Night bus route N89 in London: Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross ↔ Erith Town Centre / Riverside

Bus route N89 in London runs between “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross” and “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”. This is a night route. The return journey starts at “Erith Town Centre / Cross Street” (100 m from “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”).

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The route of bus N89

From “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross” to “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”: 103 stops. On the way: “Southampton Street / Covent Garden”, “Aldwych”, “The Royal Courts of Justice”, “Fetter Lane”, “Ludgate Circus”, “Blackfriars Station / North Entrance”, “Blackfriars Station / South Entrance”, “Stamford Street”, “Southwark Station”, “Pocock Street”. Then “St George’s Circus”, “Elephant & Castle / London Road”, “Elephant & Castle Station”, “Larcom Street”, “East Street”, “Westmoreland Road”, “Camberwell Road / Albany Road”, “Bowyer Place”, “Medlar Street”, “Camberwell Church Street / Camberwell Green”. Then “St Giles Church”, “Vestry Road”, “Peckham Road / Southampton Way”, “Harris Academy / Peckham”, “Peckham Library”, “Peckham Post Office”, “Carlton Grove”, “Queens Road Peckham Station”, “Pomeroy Street”, “New Cross Fire Station”. Then “New Cross Bus Garage”, “New Cross Gate Station”, “Marquis Of Granby”, “New Cross Station”, “Deptford High St/New Cross Rd”, “Deptford Bridge”, “Egerton Drive”, “Sparta Street”, “Morden Hill”, “Blackheath Rise”. Then “Lewisham Station”, “Lockmead Road”, “The Squirrels”, “St Margaret’s Church / Brandram Road”, “Blackheath Hospital”, “Blackheath”, “Royal Parade (SE3)”, “Montpelier Row”, “St Germans Place”, “Shooters Hill Road / Stratheden Road”. Then “Shooters Hill Road / Kidbrooke Park Road”, “Shooters Hill Rd/Eastbrook Rd”, “Hervey Road”, “Weyman Road”, “Charlton Park Lane”, “Pallet Way”, “Shooters Hill Road/Baker Road”, “Shooters Hill Rd/Well Hall Rd”, “Red Lion Lane”, “Memorial Hospital”. Then “Eaglesfield Road Shooters Hill”, “Oxleas Wood / Woodlands Farm”, “Eastcote Road Falconwood”, “Bellegrove Road / Sherwood Rd”, “Bellegrove Road / Welling Way”, “Central Avenue / Welling Station”, “Deepdene Road”, “Welling High St/UpperWickhamLn”, “Guy Earl Of Warwick”, “Bethel Road”. Then “Crook Log Leisure Centre”, “Crook Log / Dallin Road”, “Upton Road Bexleyheath”, “Bexleyheath / Lion Road”, “Trinity Place”, “Bexleyheath Clock Tower”, “Foresters Crescent”, “Bexleyheath Bus Garage”, “Long Lane (DA3)”, “Lyndhurst Road”. Then “Barnehurst Station”, “Rydal Drive”, “Brook Street (DA8)”, “Barnehurst Avenue”, “Hurst Road”, “Northumberland Way”, “Colyers Walk”, “Myrtle Close”, “Northend Road / Colyers Lane”, “Bridge Road / Northend Road”. Then “Masefield Close”, “Bridge Road / Slade Green Road”, “Hazel Road”, “Forest Rd / Slade Green Stn”, “Grange Way”, “Slade Green Road / Manor Road”, “Bilton Road”, “Manor Road / Frobisher Road”, “Compton Place”, “Erith Health Centre”. Before “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”: “Colebrook Street”.

The return journey is different. Towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”: 106 stops. Only in this direction does it call at, among others, “James Watt Way”, “Manor Road / Aperfield Road”, “Tower Road”, “Park View Road / Crook Log”, “Bellegrove Rd / Churchfield Rd” and “Ruskin Drive”. Only in the direction of “Erith Town Centre / Riverside” does it call at, among others, “Southampton Street / Covent Garden”, “Aldwych”, “Ludgate Circus”, “Peckham Library”, “Peckham Post Office” and “Marquis Of Granby”. For the way back, board nearby: “Southampton Street / Covent Garden” → “Savoy Street” (100 m), “Aldwych” → “Aldwych / Drury Lane” (50 m), “Ludgate Circus” → “Fetter Lane” (250 m) and “Peckham Library” → “Hanover Park” (100 m). Towards “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”, board nearby: “James Watt Way” → “Erith Health Centre” (100 m), “Manor Road / Aperfield Road” → “Manor Road / Frobisher Road” (100 m), “Tower Road” → “Bexleyheath Clock Tower” (150 m) and “Park View Road / Crook Log” → “Crook Log Leisure Centre” (100 m).

Other routes along the way

Shared sections with other routes: between “St George’s Circus” and “Marquis Of Granby” it shares the road with route N171; between “Camberwell Church Street / Camberwell Green” and “Marquis Of Granby” it shares the road with route N136; between “St George’s Circus” and “Medlar Street” it shares the road with route N68.

Connections by stop, in route order:

• “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”: buses N3, N5, N9, N11, N15, N18, N20, N26, N29, N41, N44, N87, N91, N97, N109, N113, N118, N155, N199, N279, N343, N550 and N551
• “Southampton Street / Covent Garden” (only towards “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”): buses N1, N9, N15, N26, N44, N87, N91, N155, N199, N343, N550 and N551
• “Aldwych” (only towards “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”): buses N1, N9, N15, N26, N44, N87, N91, N155, N199, N343, N550 and N551
• “The Royal Courts of Justice”: buses N1, N9, N15, N26, N44, N87, N91, N155, N199, N550 and N551
• “Fetter Lane”: buses N15, N26, N199, N550 and N551
• “Ludgate Circus” (only towards “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”): buses N8, N15, N25, N26, N199, N242, N550 and N551
• “Blackfriars Station / North Entrance”: buses N15, N26, N199, N550 and N551
• Stops from “Blackfriars Station / South Entrance” to “Southwark Station”: buses N343 and N381
• “Pocock Street”: bus N1
• “St George’s Circus”: buses N1 and N155
• “Elephant & Castle / London Road”: buses N1, N133, N155 and N343
• “Elephant & Castle Station”: buses N1, N133, N155 and N343
• “Larcom Street”: bus N343
• “Peckham Road / Southampton Way”: bus N343
• “Harris Academy / Peckham”: buses N343 and N381
• “Peckham Library” (only towards “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”): buses N343 and N381
• “Peckham Post Office” (only towards “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”): buses N343 and N381
• “Carlton Grove”: buses N343 and N381
• Stops from “New Cross Fire Station” to “New Cross Gate Station”: bus N343
• Stops from “Egerton Drive” to “Lockmead Road”: bus N199
• “Lewisham Clock Tower” (only towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”): bus N199
• “Clayton Road (SE15)” (only towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”): buses N343 and N381
• “Hanover Park” (only towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”): buses N343 and N381
• “Heygate Street” (only towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”): buses N133, N155 and N343
• “Chancery Lane (EC4)” (only towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”): buses N15, N26, N199, N550 and N551
• “Aldwych / Australia House” (only towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”): buses N1, N9, N15, N26, N44, N87, N91, N155, N199, N550 and N551
• “Aldwych / Drury Lane” (only towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”): buses N1, N9, N15, N26, N44, N87, N91, N155, N199, N343, N550 and N551
• “Savoy Street” (only towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”): buses N1, N9, N15, N26, N44, N87, N91, N155, N199, N343, N550 and N551
• “Bedford Street” (only towards “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross”): buses N1, N5, N9, N15, N20, N26, N29, N41, N44, N87, N91, N113, N155, N199, N279, N343, N550 and N551
• “Charing Cross”: buses N3, N5, N9, N11, N15, N18, N20, N26, N29, N41, N44, N87, N91, N97, N109, N113, N118, N155, N199, N279, N343, N550 and N551

Pages for these routes: bus N1, bus N109, bus N11, bus N113, bus N118, bus N133, bus N136, bus N15, bus N155, bus N171, bus N18, bus N199, bus N20, bus N242, bus N25, bus N26, bus N279, bus N29, bus N3, bus N343, bus N381, bus N41, bus N5, bus N551, bus N68, bus N8.

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Questions about bus N89

Where does bus N89 start its return journey?

At “Erith Town Centre / Cross Street” (100 m from “Erith Town Centre / Riverside”).

Where can I change from bus N89 to another bus route?

Most routes stop at “Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross” and “Charing Cross” (N3, N5, N9, N11, N15, N18, N20, N26, N29, N41, N44, N87, N91, N97, N109, N113, N118, N155, N199, N279, N343, N550 and N551). All other stops with connections are listed above.

Checked on 26 September 2026. Source of the route and stops: Transport for London (TfL).