The carnival, held on Sunday, August 24 and Monday, August 25, will cause road closures in the Notting Hill area.
As a result, several bus routes will be altered.
A special carnival route, 7X, will operate from East Acton to Paddington Station between 1pm and 9pm.
This route will serve all stops between East Acton and Latymer Upper School Playing Fields, then limited stops to Paddington Station.
Similarly, a special carnival route 36X will run from Peckham Town Centre towards Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue, between 12pm and 6pm.
This service will call at all route 36 stops between Peckham Town Centre and Vauxhall Bus Station, then run express to Elgin Avenue.
Another special carnival route, 148X, will operate limited stops between Victoria Station and Shepherd’s Bush Green.
This service will only call at Lancaster Gate Station and Notting Hill Gate Station.
There will be no service between Notting Hill Gate and Shepherd’s Bush Green after 5.30pm.
Routes 7 and N7 will be diverted between Paddington Station and Du Cane Road in both directions.
They will operate via Westbourne Terrace, Lancaster Gate, Bayswater Road, Notting Hill Gate, Holland Park Avenue, Shepherd’s Bush Bus Interchange, Ariel Way, and Wood Lane.
Route 18 will have additional buses running every 15 minutes between Stonebridge Park and Baker Street Station from 3.30pm to 10pm.
Route 23 will be diverted from Bishop’s Bridge Road via Royal Oak Station and Harrow Road to terminate at Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue.
Additional buses will run between Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue, and Paddington Station between 6pm and 10pm.
Routes 27 and N27 will also be diverted between Paddington Station and Notting Hill Gate in both directions, operating via Westbourne Terrace, Lancaster Gate, and Bayswater Road.
Route 28 will be diverted at Notting Hill Gate via Holland Park Avenue, Shepherd’s Bush Bus Interchange, and Ariel Way to terminate at White City Bus Station.
Route 28 will serve all route 316 stops between Notting Hill Gate and White City.
Route 31 will be diverted between Elgin Avenue and White City Bus Station via Harrow Road, Scrubs Lane, and Wood Lane.
From 9.30am to 3.30pm, buses will run every 10 minutes between Camden Town and Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue, with buses running through to White City every 30 minutes.
There will be no service between Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue, and White City after 3.30pm.
Additional buses will run between Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue, and Camden Town, providing a six-minute service between 3.30pm and 9.30pm.
Route 36 will have additional journeys running from Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue, towards Peckham Town Centre, only providing a bus every six minutes on route 36 on this section between 3pm and midnight.
Route 52 will operate in two sections; from Victoria Station to Notting Hill Gate via normal route running every 12 minutes between 5am and midnight, and from Victoria Station to Willesden Bus Garage, diverting between Hyde Park Corner and Kensal Rise Station via Park Lane, Marble Arch, Edgware Road, Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue, Chippenham Road, Shirland Road, Fernhead Road, Queens Park Station, and Harvist Road.
Buses on this route will run every 20 minutes between 5am and 9am and then every 15 minutes from 9am until the last bus.
Route 70 will be diverted between Kensington Palace and Du Cane Road in both directions via Kensington High Street serving High Street Kensington Station, Addison Road (towards South Kensington only), Holland Road, Shepherd’s Bush Bus Interchange, Ariel Way, and Wood Lane.
Route 228 will run between Central Middlesex Hospital and White City Bus Station only.
Route 295 will run between Clapham Junction and Shepherd’s Bush Green only.
Route 316 will be diverted from Kilburn Lane via Harrow Road to terminate at Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue.
Route 316 will be operated by double deck buses on both days.
Route 328 will be diverted between Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue, and Notting Hill Gate in both directions via Harrow Road, Royal Oak Station, Bishops Bridge Road, Gloucester Terrace, Craven Road, Westbourne Terrace, Lancaster Gate, and Bayswater Road.
Additional buses will run between Harrow Road, Elgin Avenue, and West Hampstead Station from 3.30pm to 9.30pm.
Route 452 will run between Vauxhall Bus Station and Notting Hill Gate only.
