First 196 Bus: Start of Service
The first 196 of the day from every stop on the route
Up early for a flight or an early shift? The first 196 bus of the day leaves Elephant & Castle / Newington Causeway at 05:30 towards Norwood Junction Station (Mon-Thu). The tables below show the scheduled first 196 departure from every stop, in each direction, for each day of the week. Stop names link to the full 196 timetable with every departure of the day.
To Norwood Junction Station
| Stop | Mon-Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elephant & Castle / Newington Causeway H | 05:30 | 05:30 | 05:30 | 05:30 |
| Elephant & Castle Station P | 05:31 | 05:31 | 05:31 | 05:31 |
| Newington Butts BC | 05:32 | 05:32 | 05:32 | 05:32 |
| Renfrew Road BH | 05:34 | 05:34 | 05:34 | 05:34 |
| Kennington Road KC | 05:35 | 05:35 | 05:35 | 05:35 |
| Loughborough Street KN | 05:38 | 05:38 | 05:38 | 05:38 |
| Durham Street | 05:39 | 05:39 | 05:39 | 05:39 |
| Vauxhall Bus Station G | 05:43 | 05:43 | 05:43 | 05:43 |
| Covent Garden Market East Side X | 05:44 | 05:44 | 05:44 | 05:44 |
| Nine Elms Station L | 05:48 | 05:48 | 05:48 | 05:48 |
| Lansdowne Green M | 05:50 | 05:50 | 05:50 | 05:50 |
| Stockwell Bus Garage P | 05:52 | 05:52 | 05:52 | 05:52 |
| South Lambeth Road / Stockwell Stn B | 05:53 | 05:53 | 05:53 | 05:53 |
| Stockwell Gardens X | 05:54 | 05:54 | 05:54 | 05:54 |
| Irving Grove K | 05:56 | 05:56 | 05:56 | 05:56 |
| Stockwell Green | 05:57 | 05:57 | 05:57 | 05:57 |
| Stansfield Road | 05:58 | 05:58 | 05:58 | 05:58 |
| Brixton Academy B | 05:59 | 05:59 | 05:59 | 05:59 |
| Brixton Station Q | 06:02 | 06:02 | 06:02 | 06:02 |
| St Matthew's Church ZA | 06:02 | 06:02 | 06:02 | 06:02 |
| St Matthews Estate A | 06:03 | 06:03 | 06:03 | 06:03 |
| Morval Road B | 06:04 | 06:04 | 06:04 | 06:04 |
| Dalberg Road / Effra Parade Q | 06:06 | 06:06 | 06:06 | 06:06 |
| Milton Road R | 06:07 | 06:07 | 06:07 | 06:07 |
| Brockwell Lido M | 06:08 | 06:08 | 06:08 | 06:08 |
| Herne Hill Station N | 06:09 | 06:09 | 06:09 | 06:09 |
| Brockwell Park F | 06:09 | 06:09 | 06:09 | 06:09 |
| Rosendale Road P | 06:12 | 06:12 | 06:12 | 06:12 |
| Brockwell Park Gardens R | 06:13 | 06:13 | 06:13 | 06:13 |
| Deronda Road | 06:15 | 06:15 | 06:15 | 06:15 |
| Tulse Hill Station G | 06:17 | 06:17 | 06:17 | 06:17 |
| Elmcourt Road H | 06:18 | 06:18 | 06:18 | 06:18 |
| Lancaster Avenue L | 06:20 | 06:20 | 06:20 | 06:20 |
| Norwood Road / Robson Road P | 06:21 | 06:21 | 06:21 | 06:21 |
| West Norwood Station T | 06:22 | 06:22 | 06:22 | 06:22 |
| Norwood Bus Garage U | 06:24 | 06:24 | 06:24 | 06:24 |
| Rothschild Street V | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 |
| West Norwood Fire Station CP | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 |
| Furneaux Avenue CR | 06:27 | 06:27 | 06:27 | 06:27 |
| Crown Point / Beulah Hill CQ | 06:28 | 06:28 | 06:28 | 06:28 |
| Grecian Crescent | 06:28 | 06:28 | 06:28 | 06:28 |
| Biggin Hill SA | 06:29 | 06:29 | 06:29 | 06:29 |
| Convent Hill SB | 06:30 | 06:30 | 06:30 | 06:30 |
| Hermitage Road SC | 06:31 | 06:31 | 06:31 | 06:31 |
| Beulah Spa SD | 06:32 | 06:32 | 06:32 | 06:32 |
| Upper Beulah Hill SK | 06:33 | 06:33 | 06:33 | 06:33 |
| Beulah Hill / All Saints Church SL | 06:34 | 06:34 | 06:34 | 06:34 |
| Grange Avenue SQ | 06:35 | 06:35 | 06:35 | 06:35 |
| Wharncliffe Gardens SR | 06:36 | 06:36 | 06:36 | 06:36 |
| Ross Road ST | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 |
| Howden Road | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 |
| Elm Park Road | 06:39 | 06:39 | 06:39 | 06:39 |
| Stanley Hall K | 06:40 | 06:40 | 06:40 | 06:40 |
| Norwood Junction Station E | 06:41 | 06:41 | 06:41 | 06:41 |
To Elephant & Castle / Newington Causeway
| Stop | Mon-Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood Junction Station E | 05:30 | 05:30 | 05:30 | 05:30 |
| Portland Road F | 05:30 | 05:30 | 05:30 | 05:30 |
| Stanley Hall H | 05:31 | 05:31 | 05:31 | 05:31 |
| Elm Park Road | 05:32 | 05:32 | 05:32 | 05:32 |
| Howden Road NA | 05:34 | 05:34 | 05:34 | 05:34 |
| Wharncliffe Gardens NB | 05:35 | 05:35 | 05:35 | 05:35 |
| Grange Avenue NC | 05:36 | 05:36 | 05:36 | 05:36 |
| South Norwood Hill / All Saints Church ND | 05:37 | 05:37 | 05:37 | 05:37 |
| Upper Beulah Hill NE | 05:38 | 05:38 | 05:38 | 05:38 |
| Beulah Spa NH | 05:39 | 05:39 | 05:39 | 05:39 |
| Hermitage Road NJ | 05:41 | 05:41 | 05:41 | 05:41 |
| Convent Hill NK | 05:42 | 05:42 | 05:42 | 05:42 |
| Biggin Hill NL | 05:43 | 05:43 | 05:43 | 05:43 |
| Crown Point / Beulah Hill CS | 05:44 | 05:44 | 05:44 | 05:44 |
| Crown Point / Knights Hill CL | 05:44 | 05:44 | 05:44 | 05:44 |
| Lakeview Road | 05:45 | 05:45 | 05:45 | 05:45 |
| West Norwood Fire Station CM | 05:46 | 05:46 | 05:46 | 05:46 |
| St Julian's Farm Road Y | 05:48 | 05:48 | 05:48 | 05:48 |
| West Norwood Station W | 05:49 | 05:49 | 05:49 | 05:49 |
| Norwood Road / Robson Road N | 05:51 | 05:51 | 05:51 | 05:51 |
| Lancaster Avenue K | 05:52 | 05:52 | 05:52 | 05:52 |
| Tulse Hill Station F | 05:54 | 05:54 | 05:54 | 05:54 |
| Thurlow Park Road B | 05:55 | 05:55 | 05:55 | 05:55 |
| Deronda Road | 05:56 | 05:56 | 05:56 | 05:56 |
| Brockwell Park Gardens Q | 05:58 | 05:58 | 05:58 | 05:58 |
| Rosendale Road A | 05:59 | 05:59 | 05:59 | 05:59 |
| Brockwell Park H | 06:01 | 06:01 | 06:01 | 06:01 |
| Herne Hill Station L | 06:02 | 06:02 | 06:02 | 06:02 |
| Brockwell Lido S | 06:03 | 06:03 | 06:03 | 06:03 |
| Chaucer Road / Effra Parade T | 06:05 | 06:05 | 06:05 | 06:05 |
| Brixton Water Lane V | 06:06 | 06:06 | 06:06 | 06:06 |
| Morval Road N | 06:07 | 06:07 | 06:07 | 06:07 |
| St Matthews Estate P | 06:08 | 06:08 | 06:08 | 06:08 |
| Lambeth Town Hall W | 06:09 | 06:09 | 06:09 | 06:09 |
| Brixton Station T | 06:10 | 06:10 | 06:10 | 06:10 |
| Brixton Academy C | 06:12 | 06:12 | 06:12 | 06:12 |
| Stansfield Road | 06:13 | 06:13 | 06:13 | 06:13 |
| Stockwell Green | 06:15 | 06:15 | 06:15 | 06:15 |
| Stockwell Gardens R | 06:17 | 06:17 | 06:17 | 06:17 |
| Binfield Road / Stockwell Station C | 06:17 | 06:17 | 06:17 | 06:17 |
| Stockwell Bus Garage N | 06:19 | 06:19 | 06:19 | 06:19 |
| Lansdowne Green H | 06:21 | 06:21 | 06:21 | 06:21 |
| Nine Elms Station J | 06:23 | 06:23 | 06:23 | 06:23 |
| Covent Garden Market East Side K | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 |
| Vauxhall Bus Station F | 06:28 | 06:28 | 06:28 | 06:28 |
| St Anne's Church T | 06:30 | 06:30 | 06:30 | 06:30 |
| Loughborough Street KL | 06:32 | 06:32 | 06:32 | 06:32 |
| Kennington Road KD | 06:35 | 06:35 | 06:35 | 06:35 |
| Renfrew Road BJ | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 |
| Newington Butts BL | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 |
| Elephant & Castle Station T | 06:40 | 06:40 | 06:40 | 06:40 |
| Elephant & Castle / Newington Causeway F | 06:42 | 06:42 | 06:42 | 06:42 |
Times are TfL's scheduled first departures from each stop in the given direction; the final stop's time is an arrival. Columns cover the days shown in their heading, and the highlighted column is today. On busy mornings buses can run a few minutes later than scheduled, so allow a small buffer if the first bus matters for a connection.
First 196 bus FAQs
What time is the first 196 bus?
The first 196 bus leaves Elephant & Castle / Newington Causeway at 05:30 towards Norwood Junction Station (Mon-Thu). From Norwood Junction Station the first bus is at 05:30. Use the tables above for the first bus from any stop on the route.
What time is the first 196 bus on a Sunday?
On Sundays the first 196 bus leaves Elephant & Castle / Newington Causeway at 05:30. Sunday service usually starts later than on weekdays, so check the Sun column above for your stop.
Where does the first 196 bus start from?
The 196 starts from Elephant & Castle / Newington Causeway and runs to Norwood Junction Station, and in the other direction from Norwood Junction Station. Buses reach stops along the route a few minutes after leaving the start, and the tables above show the scheduled first departure at every stop.
Planning the other end of the day?
See every 196 departure and the last bus from your stop, or check live arrivals while you wait.
Full 196 timetable → Live 196 arrivals →