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TfL R3 bus route

Locksbottom - Shepperton Rd - Coppice Estate - Pett's Wood - Poverest - Orpington

TfL R3 bus stop list and timetables

The London R3 bus serves 53 bus stops in London departing from D | Orpington Bus Station and ending at HB | Princess Royal University Hosp. Scroll down to see upcoming bus R3 timetables at each stop. You can also see connecting lines for the bus R3 route at each stop, so you can understand where and when to transfer. The full TfL R3 timetable with live bus arrivals is available in the Transit app.

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Stops
Thu, Sep 18, 2025
  • D | Orpington Bus Station6:16 PM
  • H | Tubbenden Lane6:17 PM
  • R | High Street / Orpington War Memorial6:19 PM
  • T | Walnuts Centre6:20 PM
  • V | High Street / Broomhill Road6:21 PM
  • D | Goodmead Road6:23 PM
  • L | Carlton Parade6:24 PM
  • M | Lower Road / Derry Downs6:25 PM
  • SQ | Kent Road6:27 PM
  • SX | Marion Crescent6:28 PM
  • ->N | Austin Road6:28 PM
  • ->N | Cray Valley Road6:29 PM
  • ->N | Sidmouth Road6:29 PM
  • ->W | Amherst Close6:29 PM
  • ->W | Canbury Path6:30 PM
  • ->W | Dorney Rise6:30 PM
  • ->W | Sefton Close6:31 PM
  • ->S | Sefton Road6:31 PM
  • ->SW | Church Hill Wood6:32 PM
  • W | Poverest Road / Church Hill Wood6:33 PM
  • X | Poverest Road / Chislehurst Road6:33 PM
  • Y | Ladywood Avenue6:34 PM
  • Z | Petts Wood Road6:34 PM
  • ->W | Crossway6:35 PM
  • G | Woodland Way6:36 PM
  • D | Station Square / Petts Wood Station6:37 PM
  • GL | Fairway / Tudor Way6:38 PM
  • C | Queensway / Petts Wood Station6:41 PM
  • E | Petts Wood Library6:42 PM
  • F | Crescent Drive6:43 PM
  • ->SW | Oxhawth Crescent6:45 PM
  • ->S | Oxhawth Crescent6:45 PM
  • ->S | Faringdon Avenue / Chesham Avenue6:45 PM
  • ->S1 | Faringdon Avenue / Chesham Avenue6:45 PM
  • ->SW | Faringdon Avenue / Birch Row6:45 PM
  • ->S | Faringdon Avenue / Birch Row6:45 PM
  • ->S | Faringdon Avenue / Larch Way6:45 PM
  • ->W | Almond Way6:46 PM
  • ->W | Almond Way6:46 PM
  • ->N | Whitebeam Avenue / Larch Way6:46 PM
  • ->SE | Ash Row6:46 PM
  • ->E | Prescott Avenue6:48 PM
  • ->E | Chesham Avenue / Woodhurst Avenue6:49 PM
  • ->E | Kydbrook Close6:51 PM
  • ->S | Crofton School6:52 PM
  • CJ | Place Farm Avenue6:53 PM
  • CK | St Thomas Drive6:54 PM
  • CB | Crofton Road / Crofton Lane6:55 PM
  • CC | Oakwood Road / St. Pauls Church6:55 PM
  • CD | Glyndebourne Park6:56 PM
  • HL | Crofton Road / Starts Hill Road6:57 PM
  • HK | Locksbottom / St Michael's Church6:58 PM
  • HB | Princess Royal University Hosp7:00 PM
  • TfL Locksbottom - Shepperton Rd - Coppice Estate - Pett's Wood - Poverest - Orpington map

    TfL R3 bus route map

    The TfL R3 bus route map is shown above. The route map shows you an overview of all the stops served by the R3 bus to help you plan your journey on TfL. Opening the Transit app will allow you to see more detailed information about the route on a map including stop specific alerts, such as stops that have been closed or moved. You can also see live vehicle locations in the app so you know when the R3 bus is approaching your stop.

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    TfL R3 bus Status Alerts

    Open the Transit app to see more information about any active disruptions that may impact the bus R3 timetable, such as detours, moved stops, trip cancellations, major delays, or other service changes to the bus route. The app also allows you to subscribe to receive notifications for any status alert issued by TfL so that you can plan your trip around any active or future disruptions.

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    TfL R3 bus Service Frequency

    The next R3 bus leaves D | Orpington Bus Station at 6:16 PM, and arrives at HB | Princess Royal University Hosp at 7:00 PM. You can see the frequency of upcoming trips and the exact departure times by opening the Transit app.

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    TfL R3 bus On-Time Performance

    Want to know whether the TfL R3 bus arrives on time? Open the Transit app and view user generated on-time performance reports for the R3 bus. You can also contribute your own reports on whether your trip arrived on time, late or early. As these on-time performance stats are user reported, they may differ from official TfL metrics.

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