Bus N15 in London links Romford Market and Margaret Street /Oxford Circus. The route is 0.0 km long with 93 stops, and the official schedule from Transport for London puts the full trip at about 89 minutes. On a weekday it runs 26 trips in one direction.
Route at a glance
| Mode | Bus |
|---|---|
| Route number | N15 |
| City | London |
| Operator | Transport for London (TfL) |
| Start → end | Romford Market → Margaret Street /Oxford Circus |
| End → start | Margaret Street /Oxford Circus → Romford Market |
| Route length | 0.0 km / 0.0 km in the opposite direction |
| Number of stops | 93 / 90 in the opposite direction |
| Travel time | about 89 minutes |
| Trips per day | 26 on weekdays one way (30 on weekdays → Romford Market) |
| Frequency | — |
| First / last trip from «Romford Market» | 00:23 / 04:35 |
| First / last trip from «Margaret Street /Oxford Circus» | 00:18 / 05:10 |
| Fare | 1.75 £ (fare in effect since 5 July 2026) |
| Updated | August 22, 2026 |
Route of Bus N15
Outbound: Romford Market → Margaret Street /Oxford Circus
This direction has 93 stops. The route passes Mercury Gardens, Capel Gardens, Balaam Street, New Road (E1). The full list of stops in order is below.
| No. | Stop | From start | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romford Market | 0.0 km | Terminus |
| 2 | Mercury Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 3 | Western Road | 0.0 km | |
| 4 | Romford Station | 0.0 km | |
| 5 | Thurloe Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 6 | Brentwood Road | 0.0 km | |
| 7 | Clydesdale Road | 0.0 km | |
| 8 | Norwood Avenue Rush Green | 0.0 km | |
| 9 | Rush Green Road / Dagenham Road | 0.0 km | |
| 10 | Leonard Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 11 | Clayton Road (RM7) | 0.0 km | |
| 12 | Barton Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 13 | CU London University / Wood Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 14 | Becontree Heath Leisure Centre | 0.0 km | |
| 15 | Morris Road | 0.0 km | |
| 16 | Five Elms School | 0.0 km | |
| 17 | Boxoll Road | 0.0 km | |
| 18 | Beverley Road (RM9) | 0.0 km | |
| 19 | Martins Corner /Valence Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 20 | Bennetts Castle Lane Fair Cross | 0.0 km | |
| 21 | Lindsey Road | 0.0 km | |
| 22 | Lodge Avenue (RM8) | 0.0 km | |
| 23 | St Thomas More Catholic Church | 0.0 km | |
| 24 | Capel Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 25 | Thurlestone Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 26 | Barking Bus Garage | 0.0 km | |
| 27 | Faircross | 0.0 km | |
| 28 | Hulse Avenue / Barking Park | 0.0 km | |
| 29 | Park Avenue Barking | 0.0 km | |
| 30 | Barking Station | 0.0 km | |
| 31 | Barking Town Centre | 0.0 km | |
| 32 | North Street | 0.0 km | |
| 33 | Barking Tesco | 0.0 km | |
| 34 | Burges Road | 0.0 km | |
| 35 | St Olaves Road | 0.0 km | |
| 36 | Altmore Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 37 | Newham Town Hall | 0.0 km | |
| 38 | Bartle Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 39 | Aintree Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 40 | Dickens Road | 0.0 km | |
| 41 | Upton Park / Priory Road | 0.0 km | |
| 42 | Upton Park Green Street | 0.0 km | |
| 43 | New City Road Plaistow | 0.0 km | |
| 44 | Plaistow Prince Regent Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 45 | Plaistow Police Station | 0.0 km | |
| 46 | Balaam Street | 0.0 km | |
| 47 | Chargeable Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 48 | Croydon Road (E13) | 0.0 km | |
| 49 | Rokeby School | 0.0 km | |
| 50 | Hermit Road | 0.0 km | |
| 51 | Rathbone Market | 0.0 km | |
| 52 | Canning Town | 0.0 km | |
| 53 | Abbott Road South Bromley | 0.0 km | |
| 54 | Blackwall Tunnel | 0.0 km | |
| 55 | Bazely Street / All Saints DLR | 0.0 km | |
| 56 | Poplar Recreation Ground / DLR | 0.0 km | |
| 57 | Upper North Street | 0.0 km | |
| 58 | University of Cumbria in London | 0.0 km | |
| 59 | Burdett Road | 0.0 km | |
| 60 | Limehouse Town Hall | 0.0 km | |
| 61 | Lowell Street | 0.0 km | |
| 62 | Limehouse | 0.0 km | |
| 63 | Stepney Methodist Church | 0.0 km | |
| 64 | Marion Richardson School | 0.0 km | |
| 65 | Exmouth Estate | 0.0 km | |
| 66 | St Mary’s & St Michael’s Church | 0.0 km | |
| 67 | Watney Market | 0.0 km | |
| 68 | New Road (E1) | 0.0 km | |
| 69 | Henriques Street | 0.0 km | |
| 70 | Aldgate East | 0.0 km | |
| 71 | Aldgate | 0.0 km | |
| 72 | Minories | 0.0 km | |
| 73 | Tower of London / Tower Hill Station | 0.0 km | |
| 74 | Great Tower Street | 0.0 km | |
| 75 | Monument | 0.0 km | |
| 76 | Cannon Street Station / Bank Station | 0.0 km | |
| 77 | St Pauls Churchyard | 0.0 km | |
| 78 | St Paul’s Cathedral | 0.0 km | |
| 79 | City Thameslink Stn / Ludgate Circus | 0.0 km | |
| 80 | Fetter Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 81 | Chancery Lane (EC4) | 0.0 km | |
| 82 | The Royal Courts of Justice | 0.0 km | |
| 83 | Aldwych / Australia House | 0.0 km | |
| 84 | Aldwych / Drury Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 85 | Savoy Street | 0.0 km | |
| 86 | Bedford Street | 0.0 km | |
| 87 | Charing Cross | 0.0 km | |
| 88 | Trafalgar Square | 0.0 km | |
| 89 | Regent Street / St James’s | 0.0 km | |
| 90 | Piccadilly Circus | 0.0 km | |
| 91 | Beak Street / Hamleys Toy Store | 0.0 km | |
| 92 | Oxford Circus Station | 0.0 km | |
| 93 | Margaret Street /Oxford Circus | 0.0 km | Terminus |
Inbound: Margaret Street /Oxford Circus → Romford Market
This direction has 90 stops. The route passes Oxford Circus Station, Watney Market, Balaam Street, Thurlestone Avenue. The full list of stops in order is below.
| No. | Stop | From start | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxford Circus Stn /Margaret St | 0.0 km | Terminus |
| 2 | Oxford Circus Station | 0.0 km | |
| 3 | Beak Street / Hamleys Toy Store | 0.0 km | |
| 4 | Piccadilly Circus | 0.0 km | |
| 5 | Haymarket / Jermyn Street | 0.0 km | |
| 6 | Trafalgar Square | 0.0 km | |
| 7 | Charing Cross | 0.0 km | |
| 8 | Southampton Street / Covent Garden | 0.0 km | |
| 9 | Aldwych | 0.0 km | |
| 10 | The Royal Courts of Justice | 0.0 km | |
| 11 | Fetter Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 12 | Ludgate Circus | 0.0 km | |
| 13 | Ludgate Hill / Old Bailey | 0.0 km | |
| 14 | St Paul’s Cathedral | 0.0 km | |
| 15 | Mansion House | 0.0 km | |
| 16 | Cannon Street Station | 0.0 km | |
| 17 | Monument | 0.0 km | |
| 18 | Great Tower Street | 0.0 km | |
| 19 | Tower of London / Tower Hill Station | 0.0 km | |
| 20 | Aldgate Bus Station | 0.0 km | |
| 21 | Aldgate East | 0.0 km | |
| 22 | Henriques Street | 0.0 km | |
| 23 | New Road (E1) | 0.0 km | |
| 24 | Watney Market | 0.0 km | |
| 25 | St Mary’s & St Michael’s Church | 0.0 km | |
| 26 | Arbour Square | 0.0 km | |
| 27 | Stepney Methodist Church | 0.0 km | |
| 28 | Limehouse | 0.0 km | |
| 29 | Lowell Street | 0.0 km | |
| 30 | Salmon Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 31 | Burdett Road | 0.0 km | |
| 32 | University of Cumbria in London | 0.0 km | |
| 33 | Upper North Street | 0.0 km | |
| 34 | Poplar Recreation Ground / DLR | 0.0 km | |
| 35 | Chrisp Street Market / All Saints DLR | 0.0 km | |
| 36 | Bazely Street | 0.0 km | |
| 37 | Brunswick Road (E14) | 0.0 km | |
| 38 | Nutmeg Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 39 | Abbott Road South Bromley | 0.0 km | |
| 40 | Stephenson Street | 0.0 km | |
| 41 | Canning Town | 0.0 km | |
| 42 | Rathbone Market | 0.0 km | |
| 43 | Hermit Road | 0.0 km | |
| 44 | Rokeby School | 0.0 km | |
| 45 | King Street (E13) | 0.0 km | |
| 46 | Balaam Street | 0.0 km | |
| 47 | Plaistow Police Station | 0.0 km | |
| 48 | Plaistow Prince Regent Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 49 | New City Road Plaistow | 0.0 km | |
| 50 | Samson Street | 0.0 km | |
| 51 | Upton Park Green Street | 0.0 km | |
| 52 | Upton Park / Priory Road | 0.0 km | |
| 53 | Arragon Road (E6) | 0.0 km | |
| 54 | Katherine Road Upton Park | 0.0 km | |
| 55 | Bartle Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 56 | High Street North East Ham | 0.0 km | |
| 57 | Newham Town Hall | 0.0 km | |
| 58 | Altmore Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 59 | St Olaves Road | 0.0 km | |
| 60 | Burges Road | 0.0 km | |
| 61 | North Street | 0.0 km | |
| 62 | Barking Town Centre | 0.0 km | |
| 63 | Barking Station | 0.0 km | |
| 64 | Park Avenue Barking | 0.0 km | |
| 65 | Hulse Avenue / Barking Park | 0.0 km | |
| 66 | Faircross | 0.0 km | |
| 67 | Barking Bus Garage | 0.0 km | |
| 68 | Thurlestone Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 69 | Capel Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 70 | St Thomas More Catholic Church | 0.0 km | |
| 71 | Becontree Avene Fair Cross | 0.0 km | |
| 72 | Lindsey Road | 0.0 km | |
| 73 | Bennetts Castle Lane Fair Cross | 0.0 km | |
| 74 | Martins Corner /Valence Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 75 | Charlecote Road | 0.0 km | |
| 76 | Winmill Road | 0.0 km | |
| 77 | Heathway Becontree | 0.0 km | |
| 78 | Morris Road | 0.0 km | |
| 79 | Becontree Heath Leisure Centre | 0.0 km | |
| 80 | CU London University / Wood Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 81 | Barton Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 82 | Clayton Road (RM7) | 0.0 km | |
| 83 | Leonard Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 84 | Dagenham Road | 0.0 km | |
| 85 | Norwood Avenue Rush Green | 0.0 km | |
| 86 | Clydesdale Road | 0.0 km | |
| 87 | Brentwood Road | 0.0 km | |
| 88 | Romford Station | 0.0 km | |
| 89 | Western Road | 0.0 km | |
| 90 | Romford Market | 0.0 km | Terminus |
Schedule and frequency
According to the official schedule from Transport for London, the route runs 26 trips in one direction on a weekday.
| Direction | Weekdays | Weekends and holidays |
|---|---|---|
| From «Romford Market» | 00:23 — 04:35 | — — — |
| From «Margaret Street /Oxford Circus» | 00:18 — 05:10 | — — — |
Fare and payment
A single ride costs 1.75 £ — fare in effect since 5 July 2026. The same fare applies to buses in London.
A single bus or tram journey costs £1.75. The Hopper fare lets you make unlimited bus and tram journeys within one hour of your first tap at no extra charge. Daily spending is capped at £5.25; a 7 Day Bus & Tram Pass costs £24.70. London buses do not accept cash — pay by contactless or Oyster. Transfers within 60 minutes are free. Within the Hopper hour the transfers are free; you must tap the same card or device.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a ride on bus N15 cost?
1.75 £ for a single ride — fare in effect since 5 July 2026.
When do the first and last trips run?
From Romford Market the first is at 00:23 and the last at 04:35. From Margaret Street /Oxford Circus they are 00:18 and 05:10.
How long does the trip from Romford Market to Margaret Street /Oxford Circus take?
About 89 minutes end to end — the median of full trips in the official schedule.
How many stops does the route have?
93 outbound and 90 inbound according to the official GTFS feed. The two lists do not match exactly.
Does bus N15 run on weekends?
Yes, the route runs every day, with a separate weekend schedule.
Every route number with its termini, operating hours and travel time is collected in the London buses overview.
Data current as of August 22, 2026. Schedule and termini — Transport for London (TfL). Fares — Mayor of London, MD3517 July 2026 fare changes (Direction to TfL). Stop list, schedule and route geometry come from the official GTFS feed (Bus Open Data Service (BODS), version 20260822_025337).