{"id":19706,"date":"2026-10-05T14:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/bus-route-n242-london"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:57:57","slug":"bus-route-n242-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n242-london","title":{"rendered":"Night bus route N242 in London: Homerton Hospital \/ Wardle St \u2194 St Giles High Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route N242 in London goes from \u201cHomerton Hospital \/ Wardle St\u201d to \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d. This is a night route. The return journey starts at \u201cNew Oxford Street\u201d (150 m from \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d) and ends at \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d (100 m from \u201cHomerton Hospital \/ Wardle St\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-london#routes\">All routes in London \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac74bef63a97\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac74bef63a97\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n242-london\/#Which_way_bus_N242_runs\" >Which way bus N242 runs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n242-london\/#Where_to_change\" >Where to change<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n242-london\/#Passes_and_concessions\" >Passes and concessions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n242-london\/#Questions_and_answers\" >Questions and answers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n242-london\/#Where_does_bus_N242_start_its_return_journey\" >Where does bus N242 start its return journey?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n242-london\/#Where_can_I_change_from_bus_N242_to_another_bus_route\" >Where can I change from bus N242 to another bus route?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_way_bus_N242_runs\"><\/span>Which way bus N242 runs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ilondon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-london-bus-n242-en-v1-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ilondon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-london-bus-n242-en-v1-map.jpg\" alt=\"Night bus route N242 in London on the map: the route both ways\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>From \u201cHomerton Hospital \/ Wardle St\u201d to \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d: 45 stops. On the way: \u201cBrooksby&#8217;s Walk \/ Homerton Station\u201d, \u201cChatsworth Road \/ Clifden Road\u201d, \u201cRedwald Road\u201d, \u201cMandeville Street \/ Gilpin Road\u201d, \u201cMandeville Primary School\u201d, \u201cMillfields Road\u201d, \u201cChatsworth Road\/Millfields Rd\u201d, \u201cMedian Road\u201d, \u201cLower Clapton Road\u201d, \u201cHackney Baths\u201d. Then \u201cClapton Square\u201d, \u201cPembury Circus\u201d, \u201cHackney Central Station\u201d, \u201cGraham Road \/ Hackney Central\u201d, \u201cRoyal Oak Road\u201d, \u201cGreenwood Road\u201d, \u201cStannard Road\u201d, \u201cDalston Junction Station\u201d, \u201cForest Road \/ Kingsland Road\u201d, \u201cMiddleton Road De Beauvoir Town\u201d. Then \u201cHaggerston Station\/Downham Rd\u201d, \u201cLaburnum Street\u201d, \u201cSt Leonards Hospital\u201d, \u201cHoxton Station \/ Museum of the Home\u201d, \u201cFalkirk Street\u201d, \u201cShoreditch Church\u201d, \u201cShoreditch High Street Station\u201d, \u201cCommercial Street \/ Worship St\u201d, \u201cPrimrose Street\u201d, \u201cLiverpool Street Station\u201d. Then \u201cCamomile Street\u201d, \u201cBank Station \/ Cornhill\u201d, \u201cPoultry \/ Bank Station\u201d, \u201cBread Street\u201d, \u201cSt. Paul&#8217;s Station\u201d, \u201cCity Thameslink\u201d, \u201cHolborn Circus\u201d, \u201cHolborn Circus \/ Fetter Lane\u201d, \u201cChancery Lane\u201d, \u201cBrownlow Street\u201d. Before \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d: \u201cHolborn Station\u201d, \u201cHigh Holborn\u201d, \u201cDrury Lane\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the way back the bus takes a different route, from \u201cNew Oxford Street\u201d to \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d (46 stops). Only in this direction does it call at \u201cMuseum Street\u201d, \u201cProcter Street\u201d, \u201cKing Edward Street\u201d, \u201cBank Station \/ Poultry\u201d, \u201cBishopsgate City of London\u201d, \u201cThreadneedle Street\u201d, \u201cShoreditch High St \/ Bethnal Green Road\u201d, \u201cWaterson Street\u201d, \u201cPearson Street\u201d, \u201cDalston Lane\/Dalston Junction Station\u201d, \u201cHackney Central \/ Mare Street\u201d, \u201cAmhurst Road \/ Hackney Downs\u201d, \u201cClarence Road Hackney\u201d, \u201cPowerscroft Road\/Lower Clapton Road\u201d, \u201cMillfields Road\/Clapton Park\u201d, \u201cOswald Street\u201d, \u201cMandeville Street\u201d, \u201cDaubeney Road\u201d and \u201cBrooksby&#8217;s Walk\u201d. Only in the direction of \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d does it call at, among others, \u201cBrooksby&#8217;s Walk \/ Homerton Station\u201d, \u201cChatsworth Road \/ Clifden Road\u201d, \u201cMandeville Street \/ Gilpin Road\u201d, \u201cMandeville Primary School\u201d, \u201cMillfields Road\u201d and \u201cMedian Road\u201d. For the way back, board nearby: \u201cBrooksby&#8217;s Walk \/ Homerton Station\u201d \u2192 \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d (100 m), \u201cChatsworth Road \/ Clifden Road\u201d \u2192 \u201cBrooksby&#8217;s Walk\u201d (100 m), \u201cMandeville Street \/ Gilpin Road\u201d \u2192 \u201cDaubeney Road\u201d (100 m) and \u201cMandeville Primary School\u201d \u2192 \u201cMandeville Street\u201d (100 m). Towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d, board nearby: \u201cMuseum Street\u201d \u2192 \u201cDrury Lane\u201d (150 m), \u201cProcter Street\u201d \u2192 \u201cHolborn Station\u201d (100 m), \u201cKing Edward Street\u201d \u2192 \u201cSt. Paul&#8217;s Station\u201d (50 m) and \u201cBank Station \/ Poultry\u201d \u2192 \u201cPoultry \/ Bank Station\u201d (50 m).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_to_change\"><\/span>Where to change<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Shared sections with other routes: between \u201cShoreditch High Street Station\u201d and \u201cHigh Holborn\u201d it shares the road with route N8; between \u201cBank Station \/ Cornhill\u201d and \u201cHigh Holborn\u201d it shares the road with route N25; between \u201cHackney Baths\u201d and \u201cDalston Junction Station\u201d it shares the road with route N38.<\/p>\n<p>Connections by stop, in route order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMedian Road\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): bus N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLower Clapton Road\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): bus N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHackney Baths\u201d: bus N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cClapton Square\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): bus N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPembury Circus\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): bus N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHackney Central Station\u201d: bus N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGraham Road \/ Hackney Central\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): bus N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRoyal Oak Road\u201d: bus N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cShoreditch Church\u201d: bus N205<\/li>\n<li>\u201cShoreditch High Street Station\u201d: bus N205<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCommercial Street \/ Worship St\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): bus N205<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPrimrose Street\u201d: buses N133 and N205<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLiverpool Street Station\u201d: buses N133, N205 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCamomile Street\u201d: buses N133, N205, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBank Station \/ Cornhill\u201d: buses N15, N21, N133, N199, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPoultry \/ Bank Station\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): buses N15, N21, N199, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBread Street\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): buses N15, N21, N199, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSt. Paul&#8217;s Station\u201d: buses N15, N21, N63, N199, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCity Thameslink\u201d: buses N15, N21, N63, N89, N199, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHolborn Circus\u201d: bus N63<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHolborn Circus \/ Fetter Lane\u201d: bus N63<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChancery Lane\u201d: buses N19 and N41<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBrownlow Street\u201d: buses N19, N41 and N98<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHolborn Station\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): buses N1, N19, N41, N68, N91, N98, N171 and N207<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHigh Holborn\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): buses N1, N19, N41, N68, N91, N98, N171 and N207<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDrury Lane\u201d (only towards \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d): buses N1, N19, N41, N68, N91, N98, N171, N207 and N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d: buses N1, N5, N19, N20, N29, N41, N68, N73, N98, N171, N207, N253 and N279<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNew Oxford Street\u201d: buses N1, N5, N19, N20, N29, N41, N68, N73, N98, N171, N207, N253 and N279<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMuseum Street\u201d (only towards \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d): buses N1, N19, N41, N68, N91, N98, N171, N207 and N253<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProcter Street\u201d (only towards \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d): buses N1, N19, N41, N68, N91, N98, N171 and N207<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKing Edward Street\u201d (only towards \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d): buses N15, N21, N63, N199, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBank Station \/ Poultry\u201d (only towards \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d): buses N15, N21, N199, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBishopsgate City of London\u201d (only towards \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d): buses N15, N21, N133, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThreadneedle Street\u201d (only towards \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d): buses N21, N133, N550 and N551<\/li>\n<li>\u201cShoreditch High St \/ Bethnal Green Road\u201d (only towards \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d): bus N205<\/li>\n<li>Stops from \u201cHackney Central \/ Mare Street\u201d to \u201cPowerscroft Road\/Lower Clapton Road\u201d (only towards \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d): bus N253<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pages for these routes: <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n1-london\">bus N1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n133-london\">bus N133<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n15-london\">bus N15<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n171-london\">bus N171<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n19-london\">bus N19<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n199-london\">bus N199<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n20-london\">bus N20<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n205-london\">bus N205<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n207-london\">bus N207<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n21-london\">bus N21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n253-london\">bus N253<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Passes_and_concessions\"><\/span>Passes and concessions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Our page \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-london\">How to pay for public transport in London<\/a>\u201d describes tickets, passes and concessions, including any differences between modes of transport.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_and_answers\"><\/span>Questions and answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_does_bus_N242_start_its_return_journey\"><\/span>Where does bus N242 start its return journey?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>At \u201cNew Oxford Street\u201d (150 m from \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d).<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_can_I_change_from_bus_N242_to_another_bus_route\"><\/span>Where can I change from bus N242 to another bus route?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Most routes stop at \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d and \u201cNew Oxford Street\u201d (N1, N5, N19, N20, N29, N41, N68, N73, N98, N171, N207, N253 and N279). All other stops with connections are listed above.<\/p>\n<p><em>Checked on 5 October 2026. Source of the route and stops: Transport for London (TfL).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route N242 in London goes from \u201cHomerton Hospital \/ Wardle St\u201d to \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d. This is a night route. The return journey starts at \u201cNew Oxford Street\u201d (150 m from \u201cSt Giles High Street\u201d) and ends at \u201cHomerton Hospital\u201d (100 m from \u201cHomerton Hospital \/ Wardle St\u201d). 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