First N242 Bus: Start of Service

The first N242 of the day from every stop on the route

The N242 is a night bus, so its "first bus" is the first departure of the night, leaving Homerton Hospital / Wardle Street at 00:05 (Mon-Thu night). The tables below show the scheduled first N242 departure from every stop, in each direction, for each day of the week. Stop names link to the full N242 timetable with every departure of the day.

To St Giles High Street

Stop	Mon-Thu night	Fri night	Sat night	Sun night
Homerton Hospital / Wardle Street HA	00:05	00:05	00:05	00:05
Brooksby's Walk / Homerton Station HB	00:05	00:05	00:05	00:05
Chatsworth Road / Clifden Road N	00:06	00:06	00:06	00:06
Redwald Road J	00:08	00:08	00:08	00:08
Mandeville Street / Gilpin Road	00:09	00:09	00:09	00:09
Mandeville Community Primary School	00:10	00:10	00:10	00:10
Millfields Road	00:11	00:11	00:11	00:11
Chatsworth Road	00:12	00:12	00:12	00:12
Median Road P	00:13	00:13	00:13	00:13
Lower Clapton Road Y	00:14	00:14	00:14	00:14
Hackney Baths Q	00:15	00:15	00:15	00:15
Clapton Square S	00:15	00:15	00:15	00:15
Pembury Circus Y	00:17	00:17	00:17	00:17
Hackney Central Station T	00:18	00:18	00:18	00:18
Graham Road / Hackney Central E	00:19	00:19	00:19	00:19
Royal Oak Road Z	00:20	00:20	00:20	00:20
Greenwood Road B	00:21	00:21	00:21	00:21
Stannard Road C	00:22	00:22	00:22	00:22
Dalston Junction Station H	00:23	00:23	00:23	00:23
Forest Road D	00:24	00:24	00:24	00:24
Middleton Road KH	00:25	00:25	00:25	00:25
Haggerston Station KK	00:27	00:27	00:27	00:27
Laburnum Street KL	00:28	00:28	00:28	00:28
St Leonard's Hospital KM	00:28	00:28	00:28	00:28
Hoxton Station / Museum of the Home KN	00:29	00:29	00:29	00:29
Falkirk Street KP	00:30	00:30	00:30	00:30
Shoreditch Church T	00:31	00:31	00:31	00:31
Shoreditch High Street Station N	00:32	00:32	00:32	00:32
Commercial Street / Worship Street D	00:34	00:34	00:34	00:34
Primrose Street J	00:35	00:35	00:35	00:35
Liverpool Street Station L	00:36	00:36	00:36	00:36
Camomile Street Y	00:37	00:37	00:37	00:37
Bank Station / Cornhill E	00:40	00:40	00:40	00:40
Poultry / Bank Station L	00:41	00:41	00:41	00:41
Bread Street SN	00:43	00:43	00:43	00:43
St Paul's Station SQ	00:44	00:44	00:44	00:44
City Thameslink Station HK	00:45	00:45	00:45	00:45
Holborn Circus L	00:46	00:46	00:46	00:46
Holborn Circus / Fetter Lane G	00:47	00:47	00:47	00:47
Chancery Lane Station F	00:48	00:48	00:48	00:48
Brownlow Street R	00:48	00:48	00:48	00:48
Holborn Station K	00:49	00:49	00:49	00:49
High Holborn Q	00:50	00:50	00:50	00:50
Drury Lane S	00:51	00:51	00:51	00:51
St Giles High Street	00:52	00:52	00:52	00:52

To Homerton Hospital

Stop	Mon-Thu night	Fri night	Sat night	Sun night
New Oxford Street Z	00:00	00:00	00:00	00:00
Museum Street E	00:01	00:01	00:01	00:01
Procter Street H	00:03	00:03	00:03	00:03
Brownlow Street S	00:04	00:04	00:04	00:04
Chancery Lane Station E	00:04	00:04	00:04	00:04
Holborn Circus / Fetter Lane D	00:05	00:05	00:05	00:05
Holborn Circus K	00:05	00:05	00:05	00:05
City Thameslink Station HL	00:06	00:06	00:06	00:06
King Edward Street ST	00:07	00:07	00:07	00:07
St Paul's Station SY	00:09	00:09	00:09	00:09
Bank Station / Poultry K	00:10	00:10	00:10	00:10
Threadneedle Street LN	00:14	00:14	00:14	00:14
Camomile Street W	00:15	00:15	00:15	00:15
Liverpool Street Station E	00:17	00:17	00:17	00:17
Primrose Street H	00:18	00:18	00:18	00:18
Shoreditch High Street Station F	00:19	00:19	00:19	00:19
Shoreditch High St / Bethnal Green Road L	00:20	00:20	00:20	00:20
Shoreditch Church P	00:21	00:21	00:21	00:21
Waterson Street V	00:22	00:22	00:22	00:22
Hoxton Station / Museum of the Home KA	00:22	00:22	00:22	00:22
Pearson Street KB	00:23	00:23	00:23	00:23
St Leonard's Hospital KC	00:24	00:24	00:24	00:24
Laburnum Street KD	00:24	00:24	00:24	00:24
Haggerston Station KE	00:25	00:25	00:25	00:25
Middleton Road KF	00:26	00:26	00:26	00:26
Dalston Junction Station C	00:28	00:28	00:28	00:28
Dalston Lane / Dalston Junction Stn K	00:29	00:29	00:29	00:29
Stannard Road D	00:30	00:30	00:30	00:30
Greenwood Road E	00:31	00:31	00:31	00:31
Royal Oak Road F	00:32	00:32	00:32	00:32
Hackney Central / Mare Street G	00:33	00:33	00:33	00:33
Hackney Central Station J	00:34	00:34	00:34	00:34
Amhurst Road / Hackney Downs Station L	00:34	00:34	00:34	00:34
Clarence Road / Narrow Way Q	00:36	00:36	00:36	00:36
Hackney Baths T	00:37	00:37	00:37	00:37
Powerscroft Road / Lower Clapton Road R	00:38	00:38	00:38	00:38
Chatsworth Road	00:40	00:40	00:40	00:40
Millfields Road / Clapton Park	00:40	00:40	00:40	00:40
Oswald Street	00:41	00:41	00:41	00:41
Mandeville Street	00:42	00:42	00:42	00:42
Daubeney Road	00:43	00:43	00:43	00:43
Redwald Road K	00:43	00:43	00:43	00:43
Brooksby's Walk G	00:45	00:45	00:45	00:45
Homerton Hospital F	00:45	00:45	00:45	00:45

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 N242 bus FAQs

What time is the first N242 bus?

The N242 is a night bus, so its first departure of the night leaves Homerton Hospital / Wardle Street at 00:05 towards St Giles High Street (Mon-Thu night). From New Oxford Street the first bus is at 00:00. Use the tables above for the first bus from any stop on the route.

Is there a daytime version of the N242?

Yes. The N242 runs at night only; during the day, route 242 covers a similar corridor. See the 242 timetable for its first bus of the morning.

Where does the first N242 bus start from?

The N242 starts from Homerton Hospital / Wardle Street and runs to St Giles High Street, and in the other direction from New Oxford Street. 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?

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