Bus 87 in London: Wandsworth Plain to Aldwych

The 87 starts at Wandsworth Plain and heads through Clapham Junction and Vauxhall before reaching Westminster. It finishes at Aldwych and Drury Lane after running past Charing Cross and Covent Garden.

Buses come about every 10 to 11 minutes on weekdays. The paragraphs below set out first and last departures, the number of journeys and the usual journey time for each direction.

Where the route goes

From Wandsworth Plain the route runs past Wandsworth Town Hall and Clapham Junction Station, then through Battersea Arts Centre and Wandsworth Road Station towards Nine Elms Underground Station. It then passes Vauxhall Bus Station and Tate Britain, before Lambeth Bridge and Westminster Station, and continues past Horse Guards Parade and Charing Cross.

A weekday trip takes 57 minutes from Wandsworth and 54 minutes from Aldwych, with weekend trips taking 47 and 46 minutes. Both directions are quicker at weekends.

Stops: Wandsworth Plain - Aldwych / Drury Lane

1. Wandsworth Plain
2. Wandsworth Town Hall
3. East Hill / Alma Road
4. Marcilly Road
5. Plough Road
6. Clapham Junction Station
7. Lavender Hill Police Station
8. Battersea Arts Centre
9. Tipthorpe Road
10. Cedars Road Battersea
11. The Chase Clapham
12. Silverthorne Road Clapham
13. St Rule Street
14. Wandsworth Road Station
15. Union Road Clapham
16. Larkhall Park
17. Lansdowne Green
18. Nine Elms Underground Station
19. Covent Garden Market East Side
20. Vauxhall Bus Station
21. Vauxhall Bridge Road
22. Tate Britain / Millbank Millennium Pier
23. Lambeth Bridge (SW1)
24. Horseferry Road
25. Westminster Station / Parliament Square
26. Horse Guards Parade
27. Charing Cross
28. Southampton Street / Covent Garden
29. Aldwych / Drury Lane

Stops: Aldwych / Bush House - Wandsworth Plain

1. Aldwych / Bush House
2. Savoy Street
3. Bedford Street
4. Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross
5. Whitehall / Trafalgar Square
6. Horse Guards Parade
7. Westminster Station / Parliament Square
8. Horseferry Road / Lambeth Bridge
9. Millbank Millennium Pier
10. Tate Britain
11. Vauxhall Bridge Road
12. Vauxhall Bus Station
13. Covent Garden Market East Side
14. Nine Elms Underground Station
15. Lansdowne Green
16. Larkhall Park
17. Union Road Clapham
18. Pensbury Street
19. Westbury Street
20. Silverthorne Road Clapham
21. Lambourn Road
22. Cedars Road Battersea
23. Tipthorpe Road
24. Battersea Arts Centre
25. Lavender Hill Police Station
26. Clapham Junction Station
27. Plough Road
28. Brussels Road
29. Marcilly Road
30. Huguenot Place / Alma Road
31. Herndon Road
32. Wandsworth Town Hall
33. Wandsworth Plain

When it runs

From Wandsworth Plain the first bus leaves at 00:01 and the last at 23:49, with 136 journeys on weekdays, roughly every 11 minutes. At weekends there are 93 journeys, every 16 minutes on average.

Aldwych / Bush House sees the first departure at 00:10 and the last at 23:58. The weekday service has 137 journeys every 10 minutes, and the weekend has 93, every 16 minutes.

Timetable at a glance

Tips for passengers

Weekday gaps are short, around 10 or 11 minutes, so the next bus is never far away. The weekend gap is closer to 16 minutes and is worth checking first. Because the weekday journey is over 50 minutes, allow for that when you have a fixed time to reach Aldwych or Wandsworth. Charing Cross and Covent Garden are both named along the Aldwych end, so the bus is a direct option for trips into that area.

See also

Another route in the city: London Bus 12.

Compare with the London Bus 9.

Also in London: London Bus 8.

Stops and journey times on the London Bus 7.

Route details for the London Bus 11.

Full stop list for the London Bus 6.

You may also need the London Bus 14.

Weekday and weekend times for the London Bus 13.

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• London Bus 85
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