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153
Usually a BYD Adl Enviro 200 Mmc (Ev).

51% on timeof departures in the week ending 17 October 2026, leaving no more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late. Half of London's timetabled routes managed 73% or better.

The last week, day by day
Share of departures leaving on time.

Watch a day of route 153’s buses: every bus, replayed on the map. Or click a day on the chart.

The weekly figures

The share of departures that left on time.

Week endingFinsbury Park InterchangeLiverpool Street Station
21 Jun 2025no datano data
28 Jun 202543%no data
5 Jul 20256% thinno data
12 Jul 202553% thinno data
19 Jul 202540%no data
26 Jul 202562%no data
2 Aug 202552%no data
9 Aug 202534%no data
16 Aug 202532%no data
23 Aug 202543%no data
30 Aug 202539%no data
6 Sept 202524%no data
13 Sept 202530%no data
20 Sept 202532%no data
27 Sept 202529%no data
4 Oct 202544%no data
11 Oct 202533%no data
18 Oct 202538%no data
25 Oct 202517%no data
1 Nov 202525%no data
8 Nov 202526%no data
15 Nov 202541% thinno data
22 Nov 202519% thinno data
29 Nov 202535%no data
6 Dec 202538%no data
13 Dec 202528%no data
20 Dec 202540%no data
27 Dec 202549% thinno data
3 Jan 202639%no data
10 Jan 202631%no data
17 Jan 202633%no data
24 Jan 202631%no data
31 Jan 202628%no data
7 Feb 202637%no data
14 Feb 202633%no data
21 Feb 2026no datano data
28 Feb 2026no datano data
7 Mar 202621%no data
14 Mar 202617%no data
21 Mar 202635%no data
28 Mar 202642%no data
4 Apr 202636%no data
11 Apr 202633%no data
18 Apr 202627%no data
25 Apr 202627% thinno data
2 May 20269%no data
9 May 202630%no data
16 May 202619%no data
23 May 202614%no data
30 May 202622%no data
6 Jun 202615%no data
13 Jun 20269%no data
20 Jun 20269%no data
27 Jun 202620%no data
4 Jul 2026no datano data
11 Jul 202626%no data
18 Jul 202627%no data
25 Jul 202625%no data
1 Aug 2026no datano data
8 Aug 2026no datano data
15 Aug 2026no datano data
22 Aug 2026no datano data
29 Aug 2026no datano data
5 Sept 202630%no data
12 Sept 202610%no data
19 Sept 202628%85%
26 Sept 202635%93%
3 Oct 202615%74%
10 Oct 202630%89%
17 Oct 202619%87%

A passenger going by the timetable at Finsbury Park Interchange would find about eight departures in ten leaving more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late.

Finsbury Park Interchange
On time
19%
Cut short
1.6%
Liverpool Street Station
On time
87%
Cut short
6.3%

58 minutes was the longest gap between buses this week, at Richmond Avenue towards Liverpool Street Station, on Monday 12 October from 22:31 to 23:29. This excludes any gaps caused by holes in our own data. Watch it happen →

Journeys cut short

Last week: 7.0% of journeys were turned back before the end of the line in the week ending 17 October 2026. Everyone on board has to get off; for anyone waiting further along the route it's effectively a cancellation.

towards Finsbury Park Interchange

Last week, 45 of 466 journeys (10%) were turned short.

  • Camden Road1.6 km short of the end 10
  • Holloway / Nags Head1.4 km short of the end 8
  • Liverpool Road2.1 km short of the end 6
  • Holloway Road Station1.9 km short of the end 4
  • St John Street / Goswell Road5.4 km short of the end 4
  • Elsewhere along the route 13

towards Liverpool Street Station

Last week, 13 of 363 journeys (4%) were turned short.

  • Finsbury Square / Moorgate0.9 km short of the end 7
  • Barbican Station1.7 km short of the end 5
  • Lough Road6.1 km short of the end 1

Each place is the last stop the bus was timed at before it turned round, with the typical distance it fell short of the end of the line. The five busiest are named; the rest are counted together.

Compared with TfL's own figures

QuarterTfLOurs
2025/26 Q313 Sept – 2 Jan 202682% on timeno figure
2026/27 Q11 Apr – 26 Jun 202687% on timeno figure

TfL's figures come from its own tracking equipment and its own timetable; mine are computed from the buses' public position feed. They are the same calculation on independent data, so they should broadly agree and move together rather than match exactly.

About this data
Data collected, week ending 17 October 2026
100% of the week. This is the share of the week for which we hold bus location data at all, across the whole of London rather than for this route. A week under 60% is not published; under 90% it is marked as thin.
Departures observed
  • Finsbury Park Interchange: 287 departures seen
  • Liverpool Street Station: 250 departures seen
A guide to how much evidence sits behind this week's figures, not a measure of the service.
How it is measured
Every day, 05:00–23:59. On time means leaving no more than 2.5 minutes early or 5 minutes late. A day with less than four hours of data collected shows no daily figure. How these figures are made.
Gaps in the record for this period (39)

Most recent first. Hover a week on the chart and it will name the gap behind it. Most are a few missing hours on an otherwise ordinary day.

  • 17 Sept 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-12:59: our collector was down (machine off or power cut)
  • 28 Aug 2026 partial day, no data 20:00-23:59: our collector was down (machine off or power cut)
  • 29 Jul – 26 Aug 2026 no collection: the volunteer BODS archive was down and our own collector had not yet started
  • 28 Jul 2026 partial day, no data 11:00-23:59: no collection: the volunteer BODS archive was down and our own collector had not yet started
  • 7 Jul 2026 partial day, no data 15:00-15:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 5 Jul 2026 partial day, no data 06:00-11:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 4 Jul 2026 partial day, no data 06:00-21:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 2 Jul – 3 Jul 2026 gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 8 Jun 2026 partial day, no data 07:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 7 Jun 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-12:59, 18:00-19:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 6 Jun 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-12:59, 16:00-16:59, 18:00-18:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 27 Apr 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-12:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 21 Apr 2026 partial day, no data 06:00-11:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 20 Apr 2026 partial day, no data 15:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 16 Apr 2026 partial day, no data 12:00-15:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 28 Feb 2026 partial day, no data 06:00-18:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 16 Feb – 27 Feb 2026 gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 15 Feb 2026 partial day, no data 16:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 30 Jan 2026 partial day, no data 20:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 25 Dec 2025 no bus service on Christmas Day
  • 23 Dec 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-07:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 5 Dec 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 24 Nov 2025 partial day, no data 17:00-17:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 17 Nov 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-09:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 15 Nov – 16 Nov 2025 no London vehicles in the national feed — TfL's export to BODS was down (the volunteer archive itself was collecting)
  • 14 Nov 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-07:59, 13:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 31 Oct 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-07:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 17 Oct 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-07:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 10 Oct 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 3 Oct 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-11:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 19 Sept 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 5 Sept 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-09:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 1 Aug 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-09:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 18 Jul 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-09:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 8 Jul 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-08:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 6 Jul – 7 Jul 2025 gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 5 Jul 2025 partial day, no data 18:00-23:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 4 Jul 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-14:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)
  • 25 Jun 2025 partial day, no data 06:00-11:59: gap in the volunteer BODS archive (its collector was down)

For latest timetable and route information, see TfL's official page.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; bus data via the DfT Bus Open Data Service and Transport for London. Figures are computed from observed bus positions, every day, 05:00–23:59. How these figures are made. Bus positions from the Department for Transport’s Bus Open Data Service (BODS); the Department for Transport cannot warrant the accuracy or quality of the data published there. Positions before September 2026 come from the Bus Open Data archive generously built and kept by Open Innovations, with thanks. Route lines and stops: Powered by TfL Open Data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016. Geomni UK Map data © and database rights [2019]. These pages and the bus replay are built independently from open data: Transport for London, the Department for Transport and the bus operators had no part in making them, and none of them endorses them. Not for planning a journey.