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London Buses route N26

N1
Overview
Operator London General
Garage Belvedere (BV)
Mandela Way (MW)
Vehicle Volvo B7TL 10.6m / Wright Eclipse Gemini
Peak vehicle requirement 9
Night-time 00:20 until 06:45
Route
Start Thamesmead
Via Woolwich
Greenwich
Surrey Quays
Waterloo
End Tottenham Court Road station
Length 16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level Nights
N2
Overview
Operator Arriva London
Garage Norwood (N)
Vehicle Volvo B7TL 10.6m / Alexander ALX400
Peak vehicle requirement 5
Night-time 23:45 until 05:54
Route
Start Crystal Palace
Via West Norwood
Brixton

Vauxhall
Westminster
Victoria
End Trafalgar Square
Length 8 miles (13 km)
Service
Level Nights
N3
Overview
Operator Abellio London
Garage Battersea (QB)
Vehicle New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement 13
Night-time 23:53 until 06:49
Route
Start Bromley North
Via Beckenham
Crystal Palace
Brixton
Kennington
Trafalgar Square
End Oxford Circus
Length 16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level Nights
N5
Overview
Operator Metroline
Garage Edgware (EW)
Holloway (HT)
Vehicle Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.1m
Peak vehicle requirement 16
Night-time 00:00 until 06:00
Route
Start Edgware
Via Burnt Oak
Colindale
Hendon
Golders Green
Hampstead
Chalk Farm
Camden Town
End Trafalgar Square
Length 13 miles (21 km)
Service
Level Nights
N7
Overview
Operator Metroline
Garage Perivale West (PA)
Vehicle Volvo B5LH 10.5m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3
Peak vehicle requirement 6
Night-time 00:00 until 07:00
Route
Start Northolt
Via Greenford
Ealing
Acton
Paddington
Marble Arch
End Oxford Circus
Length 16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level Nights
N8
Overview
Operator Stagecoach London
Garage Bow (BW)
Vehicle New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement 19
Night-time 00:00 until 06:39
Route
Start Hainault
Via Barkingside
Wanstead
Stratford
Bethnal Green
Bank
End Tottenham Court Road station
Length 16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level Nights
N9
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Overview
Operator London United
Garage Hounslow (AV)
Vehicle Scania OmniCity 10.8m
Peak vehicle requirement 18
Night-time 00:00 until 05:00
Route
Start Heathrow Terminal 5
Via Hounslow
Brentford
Hammersmith
Kensington
End Aldwych
Length 16 miles (26 km)
Service
Level Nights
N11
Overview
Operator London General
Garage
Vehicle Volvo B7TL 10.1m / Wright Eclipse Gemini
Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement 7
Night-time 00:00 until 06:00
Route
Start Liverpool Street station
Via Trafalgar Square
Victoria
Chelsea
Acton
End Ealing Broadway
Length 19 miles (30 km)
Service
Level Nights
N13
Overview
Operator London Sovereign
Garage Edgware (BT)
Vehicle Volvo B5LH 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Peak vehicle requirement 10
Night-time 00:00 until 06:45
Route
Start North Finchley
Via Golders Green
Swiss Cottage
Oxford Street
Piccadilly Circus
End Aldwych
Length 10 miles (16 km)
Service
Level Nights
N15
Overview
Operator Stagecoach London
Garage Bow (BW)
Barking (BK)
Vehicle Alexander Dennis Enviro400 10.2m
Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m
Peak vehicle requirement 22
Night-time 00:20 until 06:44
Route
Start Romford
Via Barking
East Ham
Poplar
Aldgate
End Trafalgar Square
Length 18 miles (29 km)
Service
Level Nights

The London Night Bus network is a series of night bus routes that serve Greater London. Services broadly operate between the hours of 23:00 and 06:00.

Many services commence from or operate via Trafalgar Square and are extensions or variations of daytime routes and hence derive their number from these; for example, route N73 Victoria to Walthamstow follows that of route 73 as far as Stoke Newington, before continuing further north.

The first night bus was introduced in 1913. A few more services were introduced over the following decades, before all ceased during World War II. Services resumed after the war, increasing as trams and trolleybuses were replaced in the late 1950s and 1960s. In April 1984, the number of routes was increased from 21 to 32. At this point the peak service required 80 buses, by August 2013 this had grown to 890.

Originally the night bus network had its own fare structure, but with the introduction of the Oyster card in 2003, was incorporated into the Transport for London fare structure. Up until the mid-2000s, all routes had N prefixes. However, as some routes merely mirrored their day time equivalents, the N prefixes were dropped and these routes became 24-hour services; for example, route N14 was no longer differentiated from route 14.

Services are operated by private operators under contract to London Buses. The Night Bus contracts are often bundled with that of the equivalent daytime route and awarded for a five-year period, with an optional two-year extension based on performance standards being met. Some however are tendered individually.

With some London Underground lines operating a 24-hour service from August 2016 on weekends, a further eight routes commenced 24 hour operation on Friday and Saturday nights. Further changes are expected as the Night Tube network is expanded.


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