Bus N68 in London links Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose and St Giles High Street. The route is 0.0 km long with 94 stops, and the official schedule from Transport for London puts the full trip at about 84 minutes. On a weekday it runs 11 trips in one direction.
Route at a glance
| Mode | Bus |
|---|---|
| Route number | N68 |
| City | London |
| Operator | Transport for London (TfL) |
| Start → end | Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose → St Giles High Street |
| End → start | St Giles High Street → Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose |
| Route length | 0.0 km / 0.0 km in the opposite direction |
| Number of stops | 94 / 99 in the opposite direction |
| Travel time | about 84 minutes |
| Trips per day | 11 on weekdays one way |
| Frequency | — |
| First / last trip from «Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose» | 00:20 / 23:50 |
| First / last trip from «St Giles High Street» | 00:25 / 04:55 |
| Fare | 1.75 £ (fare in effect since 5 July 2026) |
| Updated | August 22, 2026 |
Route of Bus N68
Outbound: Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose → St Giles High Street
This direction has 94 stops. The route passes Mead Way / Tollers Lane, Upland Road Croydon, Hermitage Road Norwood, Champion Hill. The full list of stops in order is below.
| No. | Stop | From start | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose | 0.0 km | Terminus |
| 2 | Mead Way / Tollers Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 3 | New Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 4 | Mead Way / Chaldon Way | 0.0 km | |
| 5 | Bradmore Way | 0.0 km | |
| 6 | Chaldon Way Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 7 | Coulsdon South | 0.0 km | |
| 8 | Coulsdon Library | 0.0 km | |
| 9 | Coulsdon Town | 0.0 km | |
| 10 | The Avenue Coulsdon | 0.0 km | |
| 11 | Willow Court | 0.0 km | |
| 12 | Smitham Downs Road | 0.0 km | |
| 13 | Brighton Road / Old Lodge Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 14 | Grovelands Road (CR8) | 0.0 km | |
| 15 | Purley Tesco | 0.0 km | |
| 16 | Purley / Downlands Precinct | 0.0 km | |
| 17 | Christchurch Road / Purley Hospital | 0.0 km | |
| 18 | Montpelier Road | 0.0 km | |
| 19 | Brighton Road / Purley Downs Road | 0.0 km | |
| 20 | Biddulph Road | 0.0 km | |
| 21 | Purley Oaks Station | 0.0 km | |
| 22 | Sanderstead Road | 0.0 km | |
| 23 | South Croydon Bus Garage | 0.0 km | |
| 24 | Haling Park Road | 0.0 km | |
| 25 | Upland Road Croydon | 0.0 km | |
| 26 | Swan & Sugar Loaf | 0.0 km | |
| 27 | Coombe Road | 0.0 km | |
| 28 | Croydon Flyover | 0.0 km | |
| 29 | Fairfield Halls | 0.0 km | |
| 30 | East Croydon Rail Station | 0.0 km | |
| 31 | Whitgift Centre | 0.0 km | |
| 32 | Delta Point / West Croydon Station | 0.0 km | |
| 33 | Bedford Hall | 0.0 km | |
| 34 | Hogarth Crescent | 0.0 km | |
| 35 | Devonshire Road (CR0) | 0.0 km | |
| 36 | The Crescent Selhurst | 0.0 km | |
| 37 | Pawsons Road | 0.0 km | |
| 38 | Talbot Road Thornton Heath | 0.0 km | |
| 39 | Clifton Road (SE25) | 0.0 km | |
| 40 | Selhurst Park Stadium | 0.0 km | |
| 41 | Whitworth Road (SE25) | 0.0 km | |
| 42 | Howden Road (SE25) | 0.0 km | |
| 43 | Wharncliffe Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 44 | Grange Avenue (SE25) | 0.0 km | |
| 45 | S Norwood Hill / All Saints Ch | 0.0 km | |
| 46 | Upper Beulah Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 47 | Beulah Spa | 0.0 km | |
| 48 | Hermitage Road Norwood | 0.0 km | |
| 49 | Convent Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 50 | Biggin Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 51 | Crown Point / Beulah Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 52 | Crown Point / Knights Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 53 | Lakeview Road | 0.0 km | |
| 54 | West Norwood Fire Station | 0.0 km | |
| 55 | St Julian’s Farm Road | 0.0 km | |
| 56 | West Norwood Station | 0.0 km | |
| 57 | Norwood Road / Robson Road | 0.0 km | |
| 58 | Lancaster Avenue (SE27) | 0.0 km | |
| 59 | Tulse Hill Station | 0.0 km | |
| 60 | Thurlow Park Road | 0.0 km | |
| 61 | Deronda Road | 0.0 km | |
| 62 | Brockwell Park Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 63 | Rosendale Road | 0.0 km | |
| 64 | Brockwell Park | 0.0 km | |
| 65 | Herne Hill Station | 0.0 km | |
| 66 | Hollingbourne Road | 0.0 km | |
| 67 | Frankfurt Road | 0.0 km | |
| 68 | Herne Hill Road | 0.0 km | |
| 69 | Deepdene Road Herne Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 70 | Blanchedowne | 0.0 km | |
| 71 | Champion Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 72 | King’s College Hospital | 0.0 km | |
| 73 | Coldharbour Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 74 | Denmark Hill /Camberwell Green | 0.0 km | |
| 75 | Camberwell Green | 0.0 km | |
| 76 | Medlar Street | 0.0 km | |
| 77 | Wyndham Road / Camberwell Road | 0.0 km | |
| 78 | Bowyer Place | 0.0 km | |
| 79 | Camberwell Road / Albany Road | 0.0 km | |
| 80 | Westmoreland Road | 0.0 km | |
| 81 | East Street | 0.0 km | |
| 82 | Larcom Street | 0.0 km | |
| 83 | Heygate Street | 0.0 km | |
| 84 | Elephant & Castle Station | 0.0 km | |
| 85 | Elephant & Castle / London Road | 0.0 km | |
| 86 | St George’s Circus | 0.0 km | |
| 87 | The Old Vic | 0.0 km | |
| 88 | Waterloo Station / Tenison Way | 0.0 km | |
| 89 | Waterloo Bridge / South Bank | 0.0 km | |
| 90 | Lancaster Place | 0.0 km | |
| 91 | Aldwych / Kingsway | 0.0 km | |
| 92 | Holborn Station | 0.0 km | |
| 93 | Drury Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 94 | St Giles High Street | 0.0 km | Terminus |
Inbound: St Giles High Street → Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose
This direction has 99 stops. The route passes Museum Street, St Paul’s Church (SE24), Wharncliffe Gardens, South Croydon Bus Garage. The full list of stops in order is below.
| No. | Stop | From start | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Oxford Street | 0.0 km | Terminus |
| 2 | Museum Street | 0.0 km | |
| 3 | Kingsway / Holborn Station | 0.0 km | |
| 4 | Aldwych / Drury Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 5 | Waterloo Bridge / South Bank | 0.0 km | |
| 6 | Waterloo Station / Waterloo Road | 0.0 km | |
| 7 | The Old Vic | 0.0 km | |
| 8 | St George’s Circus | 0.0 km | |
| 9 | Elephant & Castle / London Road | 0.0 km | |
| 10 | Elephant & Castle Station | 0.0 km | |
| 11 | Larcom Street | 0.0 km | |
| 12 | East Street | 0.0 km | |
| 13 | Westmoreland Road | 0.0 km | |
| 14 | Camberwell Road / Albany Road | 0.0 km | |
| 15 | Bowyer Place | 0.0 km | |
| 16 | Medlar Street | 0.0 km | |
| 17 | Denmark Hill /Camberwell Green | 0.0 km | |
| 18 | Coldharbour Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 19 | King’s College Hospital | 0.0 km | |
| 20 | Champion Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 21 | Blanchedowne | 0.0 km | |
| 22 | Deepdene Road Herne Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 23 | Herne Hill Road | 0.0 km | |
| 24 | Frankfurt Road | 0.0 km | |
| 25 | Hollingbourne Road | 0.0 km | |
| 26 | St Paul’s Church (SE24) | 0.0 km | |
| 27 | Herne Hill Station | 0.0 km | |
| 28 | Brockwell Park | 0.0 km | |
| 29 | Rosendale Road | 0.0 km | |
| 30 | Brockwell Park Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 31 | Deronda Road | 0.0 km | |
| 32 | Tulse Hill Station | 0.0 km | |
| 33 | Elmcourt Road Tulse Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 34 | Lancaster Avenue (SE27) | 0.0 km | |
| 35 | Norwood Road / Robson Road | 0.0 km | |
| 36 | West Norwood Station | 0.0 km | |
| 37 | Norwood Bus Garage | 0.0 km | |
| 38 | Rothschild Street | 0.0 km | |
| 39 | West Norwood Fire Station | 0.0 km | |
| 40 | Furneaux Avenue | 0.0 km | |
| 41 | Crown Point / Beulah Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 42 | Grecian Crescent | 0.0 km | |
| 43 | Biggin Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 44 | Convent Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 45 | Hermitage Road Norwood | 0.0 km | |
| 46 | Beulah Spa | 0.0 km | |
| 47 | Upper Beulah Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 48 | Beulah Hill /All Saints Church | 0.0 km | |
| 49 | Grange Avenue (SE25) | 0.0 km | |
| 50 | Wharncliffe Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 51 | Ross Road | 0.0 km | |
| 52 | Nugent Road | 0.0 km | |
| 53 | Whitworth Road (SE25) | 0.0 km | |
| 54 | Selhurst Park Stadium | 0.0 km | |
| 55 | Clifton Road (SE25) | 0.0 km | |
| 56 | Talbot Road Thornton Heath | 0.0 km | |
| 57 | Pawsons Road | 0.0 km | |
| 58 | Beaconsfield Road / Legacy Youth Zone | 0.0 km | |
| 59 | Northcote Road / Legacy Youth Zone | 0.0 km | |
| 60 | Cromwell Road (CR0) | 0.0 km | |
| 61 | Hogarth Crescent | 0.0 km | |
| 62 | St Mary’s Church / West Croydon | 0.0 km | |
| 63 | Lunar House | 0.0 km | |
| 64 | Whitgift Centre | 0.0 km | |
| 65 | Dingwall Road / East Croydon Station | 0.0 km | |
| 66 | East Croydon Rail Station | 0.0 km | |
| 67 | Park Street | 0.0 km | |
| 68 | Croydon Flyover | 0.0 km | |
| 69 | Coombe Road | 0.0 km | |
| 70 | Aberdeen Road South Croydon | 0.0 km | |
| 71 | Swan & Sugar Loaf | 0.0 km | |
| 72 | Upland Road Croydon | 0.0 km | |
| 73 | Haling Park Road | 0.0 km | |
| 74 | South Croydon Bus Garage | 0.0 km | |
| 75 | Sanderstead Road | 0.0 km | |
| 76 | Purley Oaks Station | 0.0 km | |
| 77 | Biddulph Road | 0.0 km | |
| 78 | Brighton Road / Purley Downs Road | 0.0 km | |
| 79 | Montpelier Road | 0.0 km | |
| 80 | Purley / Downlands Precinct | 0.0 km | |
| 81 | Purley Tesco | 0.0 km | |
| 82 | Grovelands Road (CR8) | 0.0 km | |
| 83 | Brighton Road / Old Lodge Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 84 | Musgrove Close | 0.0 km | |
| 85 | Smitham Downs Road | 0.0 km | |
| 86 | Willow Court | 0.0 km | |
| 87 | Coulsdon Town | 0.0 km | |
| 88 | Coulsdon Library | 0.0 km | |
| 89 | Lion Green Road | 0.0 km | |
| 90 | Coulsdon South | 0.0 km | |
| 91 | Downs Road | 0.0 km | |
| 92 | Chaldon Way Gardens | 0.0 km | |
| 93 | Bradmore Way | 0.0 km | |
| 94 | Mead Way / Chaldon Way | 0.0 km | |
| 95 | New Hill | 0.0 km | |
| 96 | Tollers Lane / Placehouse Lane | 0.0 km | |
| 97 | Tollers Lane / The Crossways | 0.0 km | |
| 98 | The Crossways | 0.0 km | |
| 99 | Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose | 0.0 km | Terminus |
Schedule and frequency
According to the official schedule from Transport for London, the route runs 11 trips in one direction on a weekday.
| Direction | Weekdays | Weekends and holidays |
|---|---|---|
| From «Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose» | 00:20 — 23:50 | — — — |
| From «St Giles High Street» | 00:25 — 04:55 | — — — |
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 N68 cost?
1.75 £ for a single ride — fare in effect since 5 July 2026.
When do the first and last trips run?
From Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose the first is at 00:20 and the last at 23:50. From St Giles High Street they are 00:25 and 04:55.
How long does the trip from Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose to St Giles High Street take?
About 84 minutes end to end — the median of full trips in the official schedule.
How many stops does the route have?
94 outbound and 99 inbound according to the official GTFS feed. The two lists do not match exactly.
Does bus N68 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).