UK Bus Times — Live Arrivals Across the United Kingdom

Free real-time and scheduled bus departures for thousands of stops across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Same speed, same simple interface as our London app.

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Coverage

Bus stop coverage is powered by NaPTAN (the National Public Transport Access Node database) and live arrival data is sourced from operator feeds and the Bus Open Data Service (BODS) wherever available. Every major UK city is covered:

  • England: Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Newcastle, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Brighton, Southampton, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Reading, Oxford, Cambridge.
  • Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling, Inverness, Perth.
  • Wales: Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Wrexham.
  • Northern Ireland: Belfast, Derry, Lisburn.

Operators included

Major operators with live data include Stagecoach, First Bus, Arriva, Go-Ahead Group, National Express West Midlands, Lothian Buses, McGill's, Reading Buses, Brighton & Hove and many local operators. Where live data isn't available we fall back to the published timetable.

How it works

  1. Open bustimes.londonbusapp.com in any browser.
  2. Allow location access — or search by stop name, postcode or town.
  3. Tap a stop to see live arrivals; the page distinguishes live predictions (pulsing green dot) from scheduled departures (clock icon).

For London?

See our dedicated London bus times page for TfL Countdown coverage of every red bus stop in Greater London.

London & UK Live Bus Countdown

Bustimes is the fastest free live bus countdown for London and the UK. Get real-time arrivals for every TfL bus stop in London plus thousands of bus stops across the UK — including National Express, Stagecoach, Arriva, First, Go-Ahead and local operators. Track any bus by its registration plate, see every stop on its route, save favourite stops for one-tap access, and find the nearest stop with one click.

Live London bus times

Live arrivals for every London bus stop, sourced direct from the official TfL Countdown feed. See arrivals minute-by-minute, the destination, the bus registration, and the route colour. Tap any bus to follow its journey and watch it move from stop to stop.

UK bus times outside London

Real-time and scheduled bus departures across the United Kingdom, including Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Bristol, Brighton and more. Stop coverage powered by the National Public Transport Access Node (NaPTAN) database.

Why Bustimes

Native iOS & Android apps

Prefer a native app? Download the iOS app from the Apple App Store or the Android app from Google Play. Same live data, same speed.