First 688 Bus: Start of Service
The first 688 of the day from every stop on the route
Up early for a flight or an early shift? The first 688 bus of the day leaves Southgate Station at 06:25 towards Jewish Free School (Wed). The tables below show the scheduled first 688 departure from every stop, in each direction, for each day of the week. Stop names link to the full 688 timetable with every departure of the day.
To Jewish Free School
| Stop | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southgate Station G | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 |
| Chase Side / Southgate High Street M | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 | 06:25 |
| Southgate Asda N | 06:26 | 06:26 | 06:26 | 06:26 | 06:26 |
| Avenue Road S | 06:27 | 06:27 | 06:27 | 06:27 | 06:27 |
| Chase Side E | 06:28 | 06:28 | 06:28 | 06:28 | 06:28 |
| Hampden Way F | 06:30 | 06:30 | 06:30 | 06:30 | 06:30 |
| Osidge Library J | 06:31 | 06:31 | 06:31 | 06:31 | 06:31 |
| Dene Road K | 06:32 | 06:32 | 06:32 | 06:32 | 06:32 |
| Beresford Avenue BP | 06:33 | 06:33 | 06:33 | 06:33 | 06:33 |
| Pollard Road BR | 06:34 | 06:34 | 06:34 | 06:34 | 06:34 |
| Myddelton Park BQ | 06:35 | 06:35 | 06:35 | 06:35 | 06:35 |
| Oakleigh Park North | 06:36 | 06:36 | 06:36 | 06:36 | 06:36 |
| Whetstone / the Griffin D | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 |
| Totteridge & Whetstone Station B | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 | 06:37 |
| Longland Drive | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 |
| Links Drive | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 | 06:38 |
| Totteridge Green | 06:39 | 06:39 | 06:39 | 06:39 | 06:39 |
| The Orange Tree | 06:40 | 06:40 | 06:40 | 06:40 | 06:40 |
| Totteridge War Memorial | 06:41 | 06:41 | 06:41 | 06:41 | 06:41 |
| Grange Avenue | 06:41 | 06:41 | 06:41 | 06:41 | 06:41 |
| Horseshoe Lane | 06:42 | 06:42 | 06:42 | 06:42 | 06:42 |
| Totteridge Common / Mill Hill | 06:45 | 06:45 | 06:45 | 06:45 | 06:45 |
| West End House | 06:45 | 06:45 | 06:45 | 06:45 | 06:45 |
| Hendon Wood Lane | 06:46 | 06:46 | 06:46 | 06:46 | 06:46 |
| Mill Hill / the Rising Sun | 06:48 | 06:48 | 06:48 | 06:48 | 06:48 |
| Mill Hill Village / Hammers Lane | 06:51 | 06:51 | 06:51 | 06:51 | 06:51 |
| Shakespeare Road | 06:52 | 06:52 | 06:52 | 06:52 | 06:52 |
| Wise Lane | 06:54 | 06:54 | 06:54 | 06:54 | 06:54 |
| Birbeck Road | 06:54 | 06:54 | 06:54 | 06:54 | 06:54 |
| Flower Lane / Sacred Heart Church H | 06:56 | 06:56 | 06:56 | 06:56 | 06:56 |
| Mill Hill Broadway Station C | 06:58 | 06:58 | 06:58 | 06:58 | 06:58 |
| Beech Walk E | 06:59 | 06:59 | 06:59 | 06:59 | 06:59 |
| Downhurst Avenue F | 06:59 | 06:59 | 06:59 | 06:59 | 06:59 |
| Cloister Gardens G | 07:01 | 07:01 | 07:01 | 07:01 | 07:01 |
| Farm Road H | 07:02 | 07:02 | 07:02 | 07:02 | 07:02 |
| Broadfields Avenue L | 07:03 | 07:03 | 07:03 | 07:03 | 07:03 |
| Edgware Library M | 07:04 | 07:04 | 07:04 | 07:04 | 07:04 |
| Whitchurch Lane N | 07:06 | 07:06 | 07:06 | 07:06 | 07:06 |
| Deansbrook Road HD | 07:10 | 07:10 | 07:10 | 07:10 | 07:10 |
| Summit Close | 07:11 | 07:11 | 07:11 | 07:11 | 07:11 |
| Bacon Lane | 07:12 | 07:12 | 07:12 | 07:12 | 07:12 |
| Merlin Crescent | 07:12 | 07:12 | 07:12 | 07:12 | 07:12 |
| St Bride's Avenue L | 07:13 | 07:13 | 07:13 | 07:13 | 07:13 |
| Bridgewater Gardens M | 07:14 | 07:14 | 07:14 | 07:14 | 07:14 |
| Mollison Way N | 07:15 | 07:15 | 07:15 | 07:15 | 07:15 |
| Queensbury Station BB | 07:15 | 07:15 | 07:15 | 07:15 | 07:15 |
| Queensbury Morrisons EE | 07:18 | 07:18 | 07:18 | 07:18 | 07:18 |
| Princes Avenue X | 07:20 | 07:20 | 07:20 | 07:20 | 07:20 |
| Kingsbury Circle D | 07:21 | 07:21 | 07:21 | 07:21 | 07:21 |
| Kingsbury Circle / the Mall E | 07:22 | 07:22 | 07:22 | 07:22 | 07:22 |
| Lyndsey Park G | 07:25 | 07:25 | 07:25 | 07:25 | 07:25 |
| Jewish Free School | 07:26 | 07:26 | 07:26 | 07:26 | 07:26 |
To Southgate Station
| Stop | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Free School | 15:45 | 15:45 | 15:45 | 15:45 | 13:45 |
| Lyndsey Park H | 15:46 | 15:46 | 15:46 | 15:46 | 13:46 |
| Kingsbury Circle / the Mall F | 15:49 | 15:49 | 15:49 | 15:49 | 13:49 |
| Kingsbury Circle C | 15:49 | 15:49 | 15:49 | 15:49 | 13:49 |
| Cowbridge Road W | 15:51 | 15:51 | 15:51 | 15:51 | 13:51 |
| Queensbury Morrisons DD | 15:53 | 15:53 | 15:53 | 15:53 | 13:53 |
| The Honeypot D | 15:53 | 15:53 | 15:53 | 15:53 | 13:53 |
| St Bride's Avenue K | 15:55 | 15:55 | 15:55 | 15:55 | 13:55 |
| Merlin Crescent | 15:56 | 15:56 | 15:56 | 15:56 | 13:56 |
| Bacon Lane | 15:56 | 15:56 | 15:56 | 15:56 | 13:56 |
| Deansbrook Road HC | 15:57 | 15:57 | 15:57 | 15:57 | 13:57 |
| Spring Villa Road P | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 14:00 |
| St Margarets Church K | 16:01 | 16:01 | 16:01 | 16:01 | 14:01 |
| Manor Park Crescent H | 16:02 | 16:02 | 16:02 | 16:02 | 14:02 |
| Edgware Station / Station Road A | 16:02 | 16:02 | 16:02 | 16:02 | 14:02 |
| Broadfields Avenue N | 16:03 | 16:03 | 16:03 | 16:03 | 14:03 |
| Farm Road A | 16:04 | 16:04 | 16:04 | 16:04 | 14:04 |
| Cloister Gardens B | 16:05 | 16:05 | 16:05 | 16:05 | 14:05 |
| Ashbourne Grove C | 16:06 | 16:06 | 16:06 | 16:06 | 14:06 |
| Hale Grove Gardens D | 16:07 | 16:07 | 16:07 | 16:07 | 14:07 |
| Mill Hill Broadway Station F | 16:08 | 16:08 | 16:08 | 16:08 | 14:08 |
| Mill Hill Circus / Flower Lane M | 16:09 | 16:09 | 16:09 | 16:09 | 14:09 |
| Birkbeck Road | 16:10 | 16:10 | 16:10 | 16:10 | 14:10 |
| Wise Lane M | 16:12 | 16:12 | 16:12 | 16:12 | 14:12 |
| Shakespeare Road | 16:13 | 16:13 | 16:13 | 16:13 | 14:13 |
| Holcombe Hill | 16:16 | 16:16 | 16:16 | 16:16 | 14:16 |
| Mill Hill / the Rising Sun | 16:18 | 16:18 | 16:18 | 16:18 | 14:18 |
| Hendon Wood Lane | 16:19 | 16:19 | 16:19 | 16:19 | 14:19 |
| West End House | 16:20 | 16:20 | 16:20 | 16:20 | 14:20 |
| Totteridge Common / Mill Hill | 16:20 | 16:20 | 16:20 | 16:20 | 14:20 |
| Ellern Mede Farm | 16:21 | 16:21 | 16:21 | 16:21 | 14:21 |
| Horseshoe Lane | 16:23 | 16:23 | 16:23 | 16:23 | 14:23 |
| Grange Avenue | 16:24 | 16:24 | 16:24 | 16:24 | 14:24 |
| Totteridge War Memorial | 16:25 | 16:25 | 16:25 | 16:25 | 14:25 |
| The Orange Tree | 16:26 | 16:26 | 16:26 | 16:26 | 14:26 |
| Pine Grove | 16:26 | 16:26 | 16:26 | 16:26 | 14:26 |
| Links Drive | 16:27 | 16:27 | 16:27 | 16:27 | 14:27 |
| Longland Drive | 16:28 | 16:28 | 16:28 | 16:28 | 14:28 |
| Totteridge & Whetstone Station A | 16:28 | 16:28 | 16:28 | 16:28 | 14:28 |
| Whetstone / the Griffin C | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 14:30 |
| Ashcroft Court | 16:31 | 16:31 | 16:31 | 16:31 | 14:31 |
| Myddelton Park BA | 16:32 | 16:32 | 16:32 | 16:32 | 14:32 |
| Pollard Road BB | 16:32 | 16:32 | 16:32 | 16:32 | 14:32 |
| Beresford Avenue BC | 16:34 | 16:34 | 16:34 | 16:34 | 14:34 |
| Dene Road C | 16:35 | 16:35 | 16:35 | 16:35 | 14:35 |
| Osidge Library B | 16:36 | 16:36 | 16:36 | 16:36 | 14:36 |
| Hampden Square G | 16:38 | 16:38 | 16:38 | 16:38 | 14:38 |
| Manor Drive H | 16:39 | 16:39 | 16:39 | 16:39 | 14:39 |
| Avenue Road R | 16:41 | 16:41 | 16:41 | 16:41 | 14:41 |
| Southgate Asda K | 16:42 | 16:42 | 16:42 | 16:42 | 14:42 |
| Chase Side / Southgate High Street L | 16:44 | 16:44 | 16:44 | 16:44 | 14:44 |
| Southgate Station H | 16:45 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 14:45 |
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 688 bus FAQs
What time is the first 688 bus?
The first 688 bus leaves Southgate Station at 06:25 towards Jewish Free School (Wed). From Jewish Free School the first bus is at 15:45. Use the tables above for the first bus from any stop on the route.
Does the 688 bus run on Sundays?
No. TfL's timetable for the 688 has no Sunday service. Check the day columns above for the days this route runs.
Where does the first 688 bus start from?
The 688 starts from Southgate Station and runs to Jewish Free School, and in the other direction from Jewish Free School. 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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