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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, Nov 27, 2025
  • D | Orpington Bus Station2:35 PM
  • H | Tubbenden Lane2:36 PM
  • R | High Street / Orpington War Memorial2:38 PM
  • T | Walnuts Centre2:39 PM
  • V | High Street / Broomhill Road2:40 PM
  • D | Goodmead Road2:42 PM
  • L | Carlton Parade2:44 PM
  • M | Lower Road / Derry Downs2:45 PM
  • SQ | Kent Road2:47 PM
  • SX | Marion Crescent2:48 PM
  • ->N | Austin Road2:48 PM
  • ->N | Cray Valley Road2:49 PM
  • ->N | Sidmouth Road2:49 PM
  • ->W | Amherst Close2:50 PM
  • ->W | Canbury Path2:50 PM
  • ->W | Dorney Rise2:51 PM
  • ->W | Sefton Close2:52 PM
  • ->S | Sefton Road2:52 PM
  • ->SW | Church Hill Wood2:53 PM
  • W | Poverest Road / Church Hill Wood2:53 PM
  • X | Poverest Road / Chislehurst Road2:54 PM
  • Y | Ladywood Avenue2:54 PM
  • Z | Petts Wood Road2:55 PM
  • ->W | Crossway2:56 PM
  • G | Woodland Way2:57 PM
  • D | Station Square / Petts Wood Station2:57 PM
  • GL | Fairway / Tudor Way2:59 PM
  • C | Queensway / Petts Wood Station3:01 PM
  • E | Petts Wood Library3:03 PM
  • F | Crescent Drive3:04 PM
  • ->SW | Oxhawth Crescent3:05 PM
  • ->S | Oxhawth Crescent3:05 PM
  • ->S | Faringdon Avenue / Chesham Avenue3:05 PM
  • ->S1 | Faringdon Avenue / Chesham Avenue3:05 PM
  • ->SW | Faringdon Avenue / Birch Row3:05 PM
  • ->S | Faringdon Avenue / Birch Row3:05 PM
  • ->S | Faringdon Avenue / Larch Way3:05 PM
  • ->W | Almond Way3:06 PM
  • ->W | Almond Way3:06 PM
  • ->N | Whitebeam Avenue / Larch Way3:06 PM
  • ->SE | Ash Row3:07 PM
  • ->E | Prescott Avenue3:09 PM
  • ->E | Chesham Avenue / Woodhurst Avenue3:10 PM
  • ->E | Kydbrook Close3:11 PM
  • ->S | Crofton School3:13 PM
  • CJ | Place Farm Avenue3:14 PM
  • CK | St Thomas Drive3:15 PM
  • CB | Crofton Road / Crofton Lane3:16 PM
  • CC | Oakwood Road / St. Pauls Church3:16 PM
  • CD | Glyndebourne Park3:18 PM
  • HL | Crofton Road / Starts Hill Road3:19 PM
  • HK | Locksbottom / St Michael's Church3:20 PM
  • HB | Princess Royal University Hosp3:22 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 2:35 PM, and arrives at HB | Princess Royal University Hosp at 3:22 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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