London Bus 242: Live Route & Stops

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🚍 London Bus Line 242 Stops & Route Guide

Homerton Hospital / Wardle Street ⇄ Aldgate Station (35 stops)

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Homerton Hospital / Wardle Street (Stop HA)
Brooksby's Walk / Homerton Station (Stop HB)
Chatsworth Road / Clifden Road (Stop N)
Redwald Road (Stop J)
Mandeville Street / Gilpin Road (Stop ->N)
Mandeville Community Primary School (Stop ->N)
Millfields Road (Stop ->W)
Chatsworth Road (Stop ->W)
Median Road (Stop P)
Lower Clapton Road (Stop Y)
Hackney Baths (Stop Q)
Clapton Square (Stop S)
Pembury Circus (Stop Y)
Hackney Central Station (Stop T)
Graham Road / Hackney Central (Stop E)
Royal Oak Road (Stop Z)
Greenwood Road (Stop B)
Stannard Road (Stop C)
Dalston Junction Station (Stop H)
Forest Road (Stop D)
Middleton Road (Stop KH)
Haggerston Station (Stop KK)
Laburnum Street (Stop KL)
St Leonard's Hospital (Stop KM)
Hoxton Station / Museum of the Home (Stop KN)
Falkirk Street (Stop KP)
Shoreditch Church (Stop T)
Shoreditch High Street Station (Stop N)
Elder Street (Stop H)
Folgate Street (Stop T)
Brushfield Street (Stop ->S)
Lolesworth Close (Stop Z)
Aldgate East Station (Stop C)
Aldgate East Station (Stop J)
Aldgate Station (Stop R)

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