From Saturday, January 17, the N118 will begin operating between Trafalgar Square and Ruislip station, extending the night-time bus network with a direct link to Ruislip.
Passengers will be able to travel through areas including Sudbury Hill, Wembley, Kensal Green, Harlesden, Maida Hill, Paddington and central London.
Bob Blitz, Bus Planning Network Manager, said: “These improvements mark a really positive step for night-time travel in northwest London.
“The introduction of route N118 will give customers in Ruislip and the surrounding areas new overnight connections, opening up easier access to jobs, leisure and essential travel across the capital.
“We will continue to monitor the network closely to ensure these changes deliver the best possible experience for our customers.”
The journeys that currently operate on night bus route N18, between Trafalgar Square and Sudbury & Harrow Road station only, will be replaced by night bus route N118, which will follow the same route as the N18 to Sudbury & Harrow Road station before continuing to and from Ruislip station via Sudbury Hill, Northolt Park and South Ruislip.
The route will operate every 15 minutes on Friday and Saturday nights and every 30 minutes from Sunday to Thursday.
The journeys that currently operate on route N18 between Trafalgar Square and Harrow Weald via Sudbury & Harrow Road station will continue to operate every 15 minutes on Friday and Saturday nights and every 30 minutes on Sunday to Thursday nights.
Both the N18 and N118 will be scheduled to run at evenly spaced intervals along the shared section between Trafalgar Square and Sudbury & Harrow Road.
This will provide a combined frequency of a bus every 7-8 minutes on Friday and Saturday nights and every 15 minutes on Sunday to Thursday nights.
Currently, 120 bus routes operate through the night, covering 17.2 million kilometres in the last financial year.
