Transport for London buses

6,951,275 Transport for London bus journeys followed to their destination across 71 days, 15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026. 72% arrived on time by the GB bus standard, and 25% arrived early.

That is about 97,905 journeys a day, 77.5% of all the bus journeys we followed on the same dates.

Its on-time share is within a few points of the 70% for every operator we followed on those dates. It ranks 14 of 71 operators with a page here.

Its buses run early far more often than late, 7.4 early arrivals for every late one, while 3% arrived late. Early running counts against the standard, so on these routes the timetable, more than the traffic, is what holds the on-time figure back.

Averaged across every journey, its buses arrived 0.3 min early, against 0.1 min early for all operators on the same dates.

Its best day was Wednesday, 9 September 2026, 75% on time over 96,069 journeys, and its worst Sunday, 16 August 2026, at 63% over 70,370.

Transport for London in numbers

These are the 6,951,275 Transport for London journeys we followed to within 250 metres of their last stop in the urban areas we sample, so they describe its running where we sample rather than on every route it operates. On time, early and late add up to every journey; "more than 15 minutes late" is part of late. How bus punctuality is measured and why so many buses arrive early.

Day by day

71 days, widest bar the busiest, filled to the share on time. The same days for the whole network.

Followed live from the Bus Open Data Service on each of the 71 days above. Its operator code is TFLO, each linking to the buses we have seen working for it. Today's bus league · All bus operators · Sources and licences