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Central London Cashless Zone


From 24th August 2003, a Cashless Zone was introduced within Central London. This generally boarders, Paddington, King's Cross, Waterloo and Victoria. Within this zone, you will need to buy your ticket before boarding your bus. Tickets can be brought from Ticket Machines that are fitted by each bus stop. Tickets brought from the machine must be used within 1 hour of it being brought.

When boarding your bus * you must show the driver your ticket.

*On crew operated routes, you may still pay the conductor your fare or show them your prepaid ticket. On Bendy Buses you must buy your ticket before boarding throughout the route.

How to Recognise the Cashless Zone
On this site, the relevant page in the Places Index section states if the place is within the Cashless Zone. Within the zone, every bus stop has the route number plates shown in yellow with a further section at the bottom stating tickets must be brought in advance.

Picture: A typical bus stop within the Cashless Zone, with Ticket Machine.


Each route is shown by the point that they enter the zone in the first column and where they terminate in the second column. Routes that run through the zone are shown in no particular order.

Route	Point Entres Zone			Terminus/Point Leaves Zone
1	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Tottenham Court Road Station
2	Neathouse Place				Baker Street Station
3	Lambeth Palace				Oxford Circus
4	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Waterloo Station
6	Edgware Road (Orchardson Street)	Aldwych
7	Paddington Station (Eastborne Terrace)	Russell Square
8	Holborn Station				Oxford Circus
9	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Aldwych
10	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	King's Cross Station
11	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Victoria Stn (Buckingham Palace Road)
12	Lambeth North Station			Marble Arch
13	Park Lane (Alpha Close)			Aldwych
14	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Tottenham Court Road Station
15	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Paddington Basin
16	Edgware Road (Orchardson Street)	Victoria Station
17	King's Cross Station			Grays Inn Road (Sidmouth Street)
18	Warwick Hotel/Bishops Bridge Rd		Euston Station
19	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Holborn (Theobalds Street)
22	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Piccadilly Circus
23	Paddington Station (Eastborne Terrace)	Aldwych (Law Courts)
24	Victoria Stn (Wilton St/Victoria St)	Hampstead Road (Granby Cresent)
25 	Holborn Station				Oxford Circus
26	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Waterloo Station
27	Paddington Station (Eastborne Terrace)	Hampstead Road (Granby Street)
29      Hampstead Road (Granby Cresent)		Trafalgar Square
30	Kings Cross Thameslink Station		Marble Arch
36	Paddington Station (Eastborne Terrace)	Neathouse Place
38 	Holborn (Theobalds Road)		Victoria Station
45	Grays Inn Road (Sidmouth Street)	King's Cross Station
46	Grays Inn Road (Sidmouth Street)	King's Cross Station
	Harrow Road/Bishops Bridge Rd junction	Lancaster Gate Station
52	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Victoria Station
53	Lambeth north Station			Whitehall, Horseguards
55	Holborn (Theobalds Street		Oxford Circus
59	Lambeth North Station			Euston Station
63	King's Cross Magistrates Court		King's Cross Station
68	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Euston Station
73 	Kings Cross Thameslink Station		Victoria Station
74      Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Baker Street Station
76	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Waterloo, Baylis Road
77	Lambeth Place				Waterloo Station
82	Park Road (Alpha Close)			Victoria Station
87	Lambeth Bridge				Aldwych
88	Marsham Street (Page Street)		Hampstead Road (Granby Cresent)
91	King's Cross Station			Trafalgar Square
94	Marble Arch				Piccadilly Circus
98	Edgware Road (Orchardson Street)	Holborn, Red Lion Square
113	Park Road (Alpha Close)			Marble Arch
134	Hampstead Road (Granby Cresent)		Tottenham Court Road Station
137	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Oxford Circus
139	Lisson Grove (Church Street Market)	Waterloo Station
148	Lambeth North Station			Marble Arch
159	Lambeth North Station			Marble Arch
168	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Eversholt Street (Aldenham Street)
170	Victoria Station (Victoria Street)	Victoria Station (Buckingham Palace Road)
171	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Holborn Station
172	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Aldwych (Law Courts)
176	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Oxford Circus
185	Neathouse Place				Victoria Station
188	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Russell Square
189	Lisson Grove (Church Street Market)	Oxford Circus
205	King's Cross Thameslink Station		Paddington Station
211	Victoria Station (Buckingham Palace Rd)	Waterloo Station
214	King's Cross Station			King's Cross Thameslink Station
243	Holborn (Theobalds Street)		Waterloo Station
253	Eversholt Street (Aldenham Street)	Euston Station
259	King's Cross Station			King's Cross (Swinton Street)
274	Park Road (Alpha Close)			Lancaster Gate Station
332	Edgware Road (Orchardson Street)	Paddington Station
341	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Waterloo (County Hall)
344	Lambeth Palace only
381	Stamford Street (Waterloo Road		Waterloo (County Hall)
390	King's Cross Station			Marble Arch
414	Edgware Road (Orchardson Street)	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)
436	Neathouse Place				Paddington Station
453     Lambeth North Station			Marylebone Station
476	King's Cross Thameslink Station		Euston Station
507*	Waterloo Station			Victoria Station
521 	Holborn Station				Waterloo Station
705	Stops at Paddington Station, Victoria Station, St Thomas' Hospital & Waterloo Station
C2	Albany Road (Chester Gate)		Victoria Station
C10	Victoria Station (Victoria Street)	Victoria Station (Buckingham Palace Road)
	Marsham Street (Page Street)		Lambeth Palace
N1	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Tottenham Court Road Station
N2	Neathouse Place				Trafalgar Square
N3	Lambeth Palace				Oxford Circus
N5	Eversholt Street (Alendenham Street)	Trafalgar Square
N7	Paddington Station (Eastborne Terrace)	Russell Square
N8	Holborn Station				Oxford Circus
N9	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Aldwych
N10	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	King's Cross Station
N11	Victoria Station (Buckingham Palace Rd)	Aldwych (Law Courts)
N13	Park Road (Alpha Close)			Aldwych
N15	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Paddington Basin
N16	Edgware Road (Ochardson Street)		Victoria Station
N18	Warwick Hotel/Bishops Bridge Rd		Trafalgar Square
N19	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Holborn (Theobalds Street)
N20	Eversholt Street (Aldenham Street)	Trafalgar Square
N21	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Trafalgar Square
N22	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Piccadilly Circus
N26	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Trafalgar Square
N29     Hampstead Road (Granby Cresent)		Trafalgar Square
N35	Holborn (Theobalds Street)		Tottenham Court Road Station
N38	Holborn (Theobalds Street)		Victoria Station
N43	Holborn (Theobalds Street)		Trafalgar Square
N44	Lamneth Palace				Aldwych
N47	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Trafalgar Square
N50	Temple Station				Trafalgar Square
N52	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Victoria Station
N55	Holborn (Theobalds Street)		Oxford Circus
N63	King's Cross Magistrates Court		King's Cross Station
N68	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Tottenham Court Road Station
N73	Kings Cross Thameslink Station		Victoria Station
N74	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Baker Street Station
N76	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Waterloo (County Hall)
N87	Lambeth Bridge				Aldwych
N89	Aldwych (Law Courts)			Trafalgar Square
N91	King's Cross Station			Trafalgar Square
N97	Hyde Park Corner (Knightsbridge)	Trafalgar Square
N98	Edgware Road (Orchardson Street)	Holborn, Red Lion Square
N136	Oxford Circus				Neathouse Place
N155	Lambeth North Station			Lambeth North Station
N159	Lambeth North Station			Marble Arch
N171	Waterloo (The Old Vic)			Tottenham Court Road Station
N207	Marble Arch				Holborn, Red Lion Square
N253	Eversholt Street (Aldenham Street)	Tottenham Court Road Station
N279	Hampstead Road (Granby Cresent)		Victoria Station
N343	Stamford Street (Waterloo Road)		Victoria Station
N381	Stamford Street (Waterloo Road)		Trafalgar Square
RV1	Waterloo Bridge, Upper Ground)		Aldwych
X68	Waterloo Station			Russell Square
	* - These routes operate in 'cashless' mode throughout the route

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