First 157 Bus: Start of Service
The first 157 of the day from every stop on the route
Up early for a flight or an early shift? The first 157 bus of the day leaves Crystal Palace Bus Station at 04:20 towards Morden Station (Mon-Fri). The tables below show the scheduled first 157 departure from every stop, in each direction, for each day of the week. Stop names link to the full 157 timetable with every departure of the day.
To Morden Station
| Stop | Mon-Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Palace Bus Station D | 04:20 | 04:20 | 05:20 |
| Crystal Palace Park E | 04:20 | 04:20 | 05:20 |
| Crystal Palace Station M | 04:21 | 04:21 | 05:21 |
| Hamlet Road A | 04:22 | 04:22 | 05:22 |
| Thicket Road B | 04:23 | 04:23 | 05:23 |
| Anerley Road / Anerley Station C | 04:24 | 04:24 | 05:24 |
| Seymour Villas D | 04:25 | 04:25 | 05:25 |
| Betts Way U | 04:26 | 04:26 | 05:26 |
| Anerley Road / Croydon Road V | 04:26 | 04:26 | 05:26 |
| Anerley Road / Worbeck Road L | 04:27 | 04:27 | 05:27 |
| Anerley / the Mitre M | 04:28 | 04:28 | 05:28 |
| Derwent Road N | 04:29 | 04:29 | 05:29 |
| Selby Road P | 04:30 | 04:30 | 05:30 |
| Sunnybank | 04:31 | 04:31 | 05:31 |
| Portland Road M | 04:32 | 04:32 | 05:32 |
| South Norwood Clock Tower A | 04:33 | 04:33 | 05:33 |
| Selhurst Road / Park Road | 04:34 | 04:34 | 05:34 |
| Clifton Road | 04:35 | 04:35 | 05:35 |
| Heavers Farm Centre A | 04:36 | 04:36 | 05:36 |
| Selhurst Station B | 04:37 | 04:37 | 05:37 |
| Selhurst New Road C | 04:38 | 04:38 | 05:38 |
| Beaconsfield Road D | 04:39 | 04:39 | 05:39 |
| Windmill Road E | 04:40 | 04:40 | 05:40 |
| Cromwell Road H | 04:41 | 04:41 | 05:41 |
| Hogarth Crescent R | 04:43 | 04:43 | 05:43 |
| Bedford Hall T | 04:44 | 04:44 | 05:44 |
| West Croydon Bus Station B3 | 04:46 | 04:46 | 05:46 |
| Ruskin Road CJ | 04:48 | 04:48 | 05:48 |
| Church Street Tram Stop CL | 04:49 | 04:49 | 05:49 |
| Rectory Grove | 04:51 | 04:51 | 05:51 |
| Waddon New Road / Waddon Road D | 04:52 | 04:52 | 05:52 |
| Epsom Road | 04:54 | 04:54 | 05:54 |
| Waddon Station WA | 04:55 | 04:55 | 05:55 |
| Waddon Leisure Centre / Fiveways WB | 04:56 | 04:56 | 05:56 |
| Stafford Gardens WJ | 04:57 | 04:57 | 05:57 |
| The Chase WK | 04:58 | 04:58 | 05:58 |
| Hannibal Way | 04:59 | 04:59 | 05:59 |
| Plough Lane V | 05:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 |
| Mellows Park W | 05:01 | 05:01 | 06:01 |
| Stafford Road / Sandy Lane South U | 05:02 | 05:02 | 06:02 |
| Milton Road | 05:03 | 05:03 | 06:03 |
| Elgin Road | 05:04 | 05:04 | 06:04 |
| Stafford Road / Woodcote Road N | 05:05 | 05:05 | 06:05 |
| Wallington Town Centre K | 05:06 | 05:06 | 06:06 |
| Wallington Station C | 05:08 | 05:08 | 06:08 |
| Parkgate Road GE | 05:10 | 05:10 | 06:10 |
| Park Lane GF | 05:12 | 05:12 | 06:12 |
| Carshalton High Street E | 05:13 | 05:13 | 06:13 |
| Carshalton Ponds G | 05:14 | 05:14 | 06:14 |
| Carshalton Station A | 05:15 | 05:15 | 06:15 |
| Wrythe Green D | 05:17 | 05:17 | 06:17 |
| Wrythe Recreation Ground N | 05:18 | 05:18 | 06:18 |
| Poulton Avenue P | 05:19 | 05:19 | 06:19 |
| Muschamp Road R | 05:20 | 05:20 | 06:20 |
| Welbeck Road | 05:21 | 05:21 | 06:21 |
| St Helier Hospital HA | 05:23 | 05:23 | 06:23 |
| Wrythe Lane / Rose Hill Roundabout RL | 05:25 | 05:25 | 06:25 |
| St Helier Avenue / Rose Hill Roundabout RE | 05:25 | 05:25 | 06:25 |
| Dore Gardens | 05:26 | 05:26 | 06:26 |
| St Helier Avenue / Middleton Road V | 05:27 | 05:27 | 06:27 |
| Chester Gardens U | 05:28 | 05:28 | 06:28 |
| Langdon Walk T | 05:28 | 05:28 | 06:28 |
| Connaught Gardens S | 05:29 | 05:29 | 06:29 |
| Morden Hall Road / Central Road R | 05:30 | 05:30 | 06:30 |
| Aberconway Road S | 05:31 | 05:31 | 06:31 |
| Morden Station N | 05:32 | 05:32 | 06:32 |
To Crystal Palace Parade
| Stop | Mon-Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morden Station C | 04:20 | 04:20 | 05:20 |
| Morden Hall E | 04:20 | 04:20 | 05:20 |
| Morden Hall Road / Central Road P | 04:22 | 04:22 | 05:22 |
| Connaught Gardens W | 04:23 | 04:23 | 05:23 |
| Langdon Walk X | 04:23 | 04:23 | 05:23 |
| Leominster Walk Y | 04:24 | 04:24 | 05:24 |
| St Helier Avenue / Middleton Road Z | 04:25 | 04:25 | 05:25 |
| Netley Gardens | 04:26 | 04:26 | 05:26 |
| St Helier Avenue / Rose Hill Roundabout RG | 04:27 | 04:27 | 05:27 |
| Wrythe Lane / Rose Hill Roundabout RK | 04:28 | 04:28 | 05:28 |
| St Helier Hospital HB | 04:29 | 04:29 | 05:29 |
| Welbeck Road | 04:30 | 04:30 | 05:30 |
| Muschamp Road S | 04:31 | 04:31 | 05:31 |
| Poulton Avenue T | 04:33 | 04:33 | 05:33 |
| Wrythe Green U | 04:34 | 04:34 | 05:34 |
| Wrythe Green Road V | 04:34 | 04:34 | 05:34 |
| Carshalton College C | 04:35 | 04:35 | 05:35 |
| Carshalton Station B | 04:36 | 04:36 | 05:36 |
| Carshalton Ponds C | 04:37 | 04:37 | 05:37 |
| Carshalton High Street D | 04:38 | 04:38 | 05:38 |
| Park Lane GH | 04:39 | 04:39 | 05:39 |
| Parkgate Road GJ | 04:41 | 04:41 | 05:41 |
| Wallington Station / Manor Road A | 04:42 | 04:42 | 05:42 |
| Wallington Town Centre J | 04:43 | 04:43 | 05:43 |
| Stafford Road / Woodcote Road M | 04:45 | 04:45 | 05:45 |
| Elgin Road | 04:46 | 04:46 | 05:46 |
| Milton Road | 04:47 | 04:47 | 05:47 |
| Stafford Road / Sandy Lane South A | 04:48 | 04:48 | 05:48 |
| Mellows Park B | 04:49 | 04:49 | 05:49 |
| Plough Lane C | 04:50 | 04:50 | 05:50 |
| Hannibal Way | 04:51 | 04:51 | 05:51 |
| The Chase EL | 04:51 | 04:51 | 05:51 |
| Waddon Leisure Centre / Fiveways EM | 04:53 | 04:53 | 05:53 |
| Waddon Station EP | 04:54 | 04:54 | 05:54 |
| Epsom Road EW | 04:56 | 04:56 | 05:56 |
| Rectory Grove C | 04:59 | 04:59 | 05:59 |
| Reeves Corner CN | 05:01 | 05:01 | 06:01 |
| Tamworth Road / Centrale Tram Stop CO | 05:01 | 05:01 | 06:01 |
| Ruskin Road CR | 05:02 | 05:02 | 06:02 |
| West Croydon Bus Station B1 | 05:04 | 05:04 | 06:04 |
| Bedford Hall K | 05:05 | 05:05 | 06:05 |
| Hogarth Crescent L | 05:06 | 05:06 | 06:06 |
| Devonshire Road J | 05:08 | 05:08 | 06:08 |
| Beaconsfield Road K | 05:09 | 05:09 | 06:09 |
| Selhurst New Road L | 05:10 | 05:10 | 06:10 |
| Selhurst Station M | 05:12 | 05:12 | 06:12 |
| Clifton Road N | 05:13 | 05:13 | 06:13 |
| Park Road | 05:14 | 05:14 | 06:14 |
| Russell Court | 05:15 | 05:15 | 06:15 |
| South Norwood Clock Tower B | 05:15 | 05:15 | 06:15 |
| Portland Road F | 05:16 | 05:16 | 06:16 |
| Sunnybank | 05:18 | 05:18 | 06:18 |
| Selby Road A | 05:20 | 05:20 | 06:20 |
| Anerley / the Mitre B | 05:20 | 05:20 | 06:20 |
| Samos Road C | 05:21 | 05:21 | 06:21 |
| Croydon Road / Elmers End Road D | 05:22 | 05:22 | 06:22 |
| Maple Road X | 05:23 | 05:23 | 06:23 |
| Seymour Villas Y | 05:24 | 05:24 | 06:24 |
| Anerley Road / Anerley Station H | 05:25 | 05:25 | 06:25 |
| Anerley Park J | 05:25 | 05:25 | 06:25 |
| Thicket Road K | 05:26 | 05:26 | 06:26 |
| Crystal Palace Station P | 05:28 | 05:28 | 06:28 |
| Anerley Hill / Crystal Palace F | 05:29 | 05:29 | 06:29 |
| Crystal Palace Parade C | 05:30 | 05:30 | 06:30 |
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 157 bus FAQs
What time is the first 157 bus?
The first 157 bus leaves Crystal Palace Bus Station at 04:20 towards Morden Station (Mon-Fri). From Morden Station the first bus is at 04:20. Use the tables above for the first bus from any stop on the route.
What time is the first 157 bus on a Sunday?
On Sundays the first 157 bus leaves Crystal Palace Bus Station at 05:20. Sunday service usually starts later than on weekdays, so check the Sun column above for your stop.
Where does the first 157 bus start from?
The 157 starts from Crystal Palace Bus Station and runs to Morden Station, and in the other direction from Morden 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.
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