First 55 Bus: Start of Service
The first 55 of the day from every stop on the route
Up early for a flight or an early shift? The first 55 bus of the day leaves Walthamstow Bus Station at 03:50 towards Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn (Mon-Thu). The tables below show the scheduled first 55 departure from every stop, in each direction, for each day of the week. Stop names link to the full 55 timetable with every departure of the day.
To Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn
| Stop | Mon-Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walthamstow Bus Station A | 03:50 | 03:50 | 04:50 | 04:50 |
| Grosvenor Park Road K | 03:53 | 03:53 | 04:53 | 04:53 |
| Grove Road SJ | 03:54 | 03:54 | 04:54 | 04:54 |
| Bakers Avenue SK | 03:55 | 03:55 | 04:55 | 04:55 |
| High Road Leyton / Bakers Arms WH | 03:57 | 03:57 | 04:57 | 04:57 |
| Shortlands Road WJ | 03:59 | 03:59 | 04:59 | 04:59 |
| Manor Road LJ | 04:01 | 04:01 | 05:01 | 05:01 |
| Markhouse Road LK | 04:04 | 04:04 | 05:04 | 05:04 |
| Emmanuel Parish Church LL | 04:07 | 04:07 | 05:07 | 05:07 |
| Bloxhall Road LM | 04:08 | 04:08 | 05:08 | 05:08 |
| Lea Bridge Station LN | 04:10 | 04:10 | 05:10 | 05:10 |
| Lea Valley Riding Centre N | 04:13 | 04:13 | 05:13 | 05:13 |
| Lee Valley Ice Centre P | 04:15 | 04:15 | 05:15 | 05:15 |
| Chatsworth Road Q | 04:17 | 04:17 | 05:17 | 05:17 |
| Wattisfield Road U | 04:19 | 04:19 | 05:19 | 05:19 |
| Lea Bridge Roundabout T | 04:21 | 04:21 | 05:21 | 05:21 |
| Clapton Pond E | 04:22 | 04:22 | 05:22 | 05:22 |
| Millfields Road G | 04:24 | 04:24 | 05:24 | 05:24 |
| Clapton Girls' Academy N | 04:25 | 04:25 | 05:25 | 05:25 |
| Hackney Baths V | 04:27 | 04:27 | 05:27 | 05:27 |
| Clapton Square S | 04:27 | 04:27 | 05:27 | 05:27 |
| Pembury Circus Y | 04:29 | 04:29 | 05:29 | 05:29 |
| Hackney Central Station T | 04:31 | 04:31 | 05:31 | 05:31 |
| Hackney Town Hall B | 04:33 | 04:33 | 05:33 | 05:33 |
| St Thomas's Square LZ | 04:35 | 04:35 | 05:35 | 05:35 |
| Mare Street / Well Street LA | 04:37 | 04:37 | 05:37 | 05:37 |
| King Edward's Road LE | 04:39 | 04:39 | 05:39 | 05:39 |
| Mare Street / Victoria Park Road Q | 04:40 | 04:40 | 05:40 | 05:40 |
| Cambridge Heath Station N | 04:42 | 04:42 | 05:42 | 05:42 |
| Pritchard's Road HC | 04:44 | 04:44 | 05:44 | 05:44 |
| Warner Place HD | 04:45 | 04:45 | 05:45 | 05:45 |
| Queensbridge Road HE | 04:47 | 04:47 | 05:47 | 05:47 |
| Hoxton Station HF | 04:49 | 04:49 | 05:49 | 05:49 |
| Shoreditch Church S | 04:50 | 04:50 | 05:50 | 05:50 |
| Shoreditch Town Hall W | 04:51 | 04:51 | 05:51 | 05:51 |
| Great Eastern Street YA | 04:53 | 04:53 | 05:53 | 05:53 |
| Old Street Station L | 04:54 | 04:54 | 05:54 | 05:54 |
| Bunhill Row G | 04:56 | 04:56 | 05:56 | 05:56 |
| St Luke's Music Education Centre H | 04:58 | 04:58 | 05:58 | 05:58 |
| Goswell Road BX | 04:59 | 04:59 | 05:59 | 05:59 |
| Clerkenwell Road / St John Street | 05:01 | 05:01 | 06:01 | 06:01 |
| Clerkenwell Green K | 05:03 | 05:03 | 06:03 | 06:03 |
| Hatton Garden D | 05:04 | 05:04 | 06:04 | 06:04 |
| Rosebery Avenue CW | 05:05 | 05:05 | 06:05 | 06:05 |
| Gray's Inn Road CP | 05:06 | 05:06 | 06:06 | 06:06 |
| Red Lion Street A | 05:08 | 05:08 | 06:08 | 06:08 |
| Bloomsbury Square B | 05:10 | 05:10 | 06:10 | 06:10 |
| Museum Street C | 05:11 | 05:11 | 06:11 | 06:11 |
| Tottenham Court Road Station X | 05:12 | 05:12 | 06:12 | 06:12 |
| Tottenham Court Road Station YB | 05:15 | 05:15 | 06:15 | 06:15 |
| Wardour Street OM | 05:16 | 05:16 | 06:16 | 06:16 |
| Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn OP | 05:18 | 05:18 | 06:18 | 06:18 |
To Walthamstow Bus Station
| Stop | Mon-Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn OJ | 04:56 | 04:56 | 04:56 | 04:56 |
| Tottenham Court Road Station V | 05:00 | 05:00 | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| Tottenham Ct Rd Stn / New Oxford St Y | 05:02 | 05:02 | 05:02 | 05:02 |
| Museum Street E | 05:04 | 05:04 | 05:04 | 05:04 |
| Bloomsbury Square F | 05:05 | 05:05 | 05:05 | 05:05 |
| Red Lion Street G | 05:06 | 05:06 | 05:06 | 05:06 |
| Gray's Inn Road CA | 05:07 | 05:07 | 05:07 | 05:07 |
| Rosebery Avenue CU | 05:08 | 05:08 | 05:08 | 05:08 |
| Farringdon Road E | 05:09 | 05:09 | 05:09 | 05:09 |
| St John Street J | 05:10 | 05:10 | 05:10 | 05:10 |
| Goswell Road BS | 05:13 | 05:13 | 05:13 | 05:13 |
| Central Street BZ | 05:14 | 05:14 | 05:14 | 05:14 |
| St Luke's Music Education Centre J | 05:17 | 05:17 | 05:17 | 05:17 |
| Old Street Station F | 05:20 | 05:20 | 05:20 | 05:20 |
| Great Eastern Street Y | 05:23 | 05:23 | 05:23 | 05:23 |
| Shoreditch Town Hall X | 05:24 | 05:24 | 05:24 | 05:24 |
| Hackney Road / Columbia Road R | 05:26 | 05:26 | 05:26 | 05:26 |
| Hoxton Station HG | 05:27 | 05:27 | 05:27 | 05:27 |
| Queensbridge Road HH | 05:29 | 05:29 | 05:29 | 05:29 |
| Warner Place HJ | 05:32 | 05:32 | 05:32 | 05:32 |
| Pritchards Road HK | 05:34 | 05:34 | 05:34 | 05:34 |
| Cambridge Heath Station O | 05:35 | 05:35 | 05:35 | 05:35 |
| Mare Street / Victoria Park Road R | 05:36 | 05:36 | 05:36 | 05:36 |
| King Edward's Road LP | 05:38 | 05:38 | 05:38 | 05:38 |
| Mare Street / Well Street LC | 05:39 | 05:39 | 05:39 | 05:39 |
| St Thomas's Square LQ | 05:40 | 05:40 | 05:40 | 05:40 |
| Hackney Town Hall A | 05:43 | 05:43 | 05:43 | 05:43 |
| Hackney Central Station K | 05:45 | 05:45 | 05:45 | 05:45 |
| Amhurst Road / Hackney Downs Station L | 05:45 | 05:45 | 05:45 | 05:45 |
| Mare Street / Narrow Way R | 05:47 | 05:47 | 05:47 | 05:47 |
| Hackney Baths U | 05:48 | 05:48 | 05:48 | 05:48 |
| Glenarm Road Z | 05:49 | 05:49 | 05:49 | 05:49 |
| Clapton Girls' Academy L | 05:50 | 05:50 | 05:50 | 05:50 |
| Clapton Pond H | 05:51 | 05:51 | 05:51 | 05:51 |
| Lea Bridge Roundabout L | 05:52 | 05:52 | 05:52 | 05:52 |
| Lea Bridge Road / Upper Clapton Road S | 05:56 | 05:56 | 05:56 | 05:56 |
| Chatsworth Road V | 05:59 | 05:59 | 05:59 | 05:59 |
| Lee Valley Ice Centre W | 06:02 | 06:02 | 06:02 | 06:02 |
| Lee Valley Riding Centre X | 06:04 | 06:04 | 06:04 | 06:04 |
| Perth Road LE | 06:09 | 06:09 | 06:09 | 06:09 |
| Emmanuel Parish Church LF | 06:11 | 06:11 | 06:11 | 06:11 |
| Markhouse Road LG | 06:13 | 06:13 | 06:13 | 06:13 |
| Rochdale Road LH | 06:16 | 06:16 | 06:16 | 06:16 |
| Shrubland Road EA | 06:18 | 06:18 | 06:18 | 06:18 |
| High Road Leyton / Bakers Arms EC | 06:20 | 06:20 | 06:20 | 06:20 |
| Hoe Street / Bakers Arms NE | 06:21 | 06:21 | 06:21 | 06:21 |
| Grove Road NH | 06:22 | 06:22 | 06:22 | 06:22 |
| Queen's Road L | 06:23 | 06:23 | 06:23 | 06:23 |
| Walthamstow Bus Station | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 |
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 55 bus FAQs
What time is the first 55 bus?
The first 55 bus leaves Walthamstow Bus Station at 03:50 towards Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn (Mon-Thu). From Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn the first bus is at 04:56. Use the tables above for the first bus from any stop on the route.
What time is the first 55 bus on a Sunday?
On Sundays the first 55 bus leaves Walthamstow Bus Station at 04:50. Sunday service usually starts later than on weekdays, so check the Sun column above for your stop.
Is there a bus before the first 55?
Before the first 55 of the morning, night bus N55 covers the route through the night. See the N55 route page for its stops and times.
Where does the first 55 bus start from?
The 55 starts from Walthamstow Bus Station and runs to Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn, and in the other direction from Great Titchfield St / Oxford Circus Stn. 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 55 departure and the last bus from your stop, or check live arrivals while you wait.
Full 55 timetable → Live 55 arrivals →