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Route 550/551

Hemel Hempstead - Kings Langley - Watford - Little Bushey - Elstree - Borehamwood

Includes route 500 journeys from Borehamwood but excludes 550 journeys which run from Watford to Hemel Hempstead and beyond

Mondays to Fridays           Saturdays           Sundays

Timetables also available in PDF format on Herts CC website for Route 550     Route 551    

Route record (places served and roads followed)

550/551 Mondays to Fridays towards Borehamwood      Other direction      Sat      Sun


Hemel Hempstead, Bus Station, Stop 2          --  0645 0705 0736 0813 0903           33 03          1233 1300 1330 1400 1430 1505 1525
Hemel Hempstead, Marlowes, Stop 13            --  0646 0707 0738 0815 0905           35 05          1235 1302 1332 1402 1432 1507 1527
Hemel Hempstead, Riverside, Stop 24           --  0649 0710 0741 0818 0908           38 08          1238 1305 1335 1405 1435 1510 1530
Belswains Lane, The George                    --  0653 0714 0746 0823 0913           43 13          1243 1310 1340 1410 1440 1515 1535
Kings Langley Station, Stop A                 --  0659 0720 0753 0831 0921           51 21          1251 1318 1348 1418 1448 1523 1543
Hunton Bridge, Old Mill Road                  --  0702 0723 0757 0835 0924 Then      54 24          1254 1321 1351 1421 1451 1526 1546
Leavesden, Courtlands Drive                   --   --   --  0805 0848  --  every 30  -- --           --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Nascot Wood Road, Tunnel Wood Road   --   --   --  0808 0851  --  minutes   -- --           --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Hempstead Road, Ridge Lane           --  0706 0727  --   --  0927 at        57 27          1257 1324 1354 1424 1454 1529 1549
Watford, Cassio College                       --  0709 0730  --   --  0930 these     00 30 until    1300 1327 1357 1427 1457 1533 1552
Watford Junction Station, Stop 6              --  0713 0736  --   --  0935 minutes   05 35          1305 1332 1402 1432 1502 1539 1557
Watford, Beechen Grove, Stop N, arrive            0720 0741 0822 0904 0939 past      09 39          1309 1336 1406 1436 1506 1547 1605
Watford, Beechen Grove, Stop N, depart       0650 0720 0752 0830 0910 0943 the hour  13 43          1313 1340 1410 1440 1510 1547 1605
Bushey, The Avenue                           0701 0725 0805 0845 0925 0958           28 58          1328 1355 1425 1455 1525 1602 1620
Bushey, Reddings Avenue                      0707 0731 0811 0851 0931 1004           34 04          1334 1401 1431 1501 1531 1608 1626
Chiltern Avenue, Oundle Avenue               0709 0733 0813 0853 0933 1006           36 06          1336 1403 1433 1503 1533 1610 1628
Elstree, High Street, The East               0719 0743 0823 0903 0943 1016           46 16          1346 1413 1443 1513 1543 1620 1638
Borehamwood, Shenley Road                    0728 0805 0835 0915 0953 1026           56 26          1356 1423 1453 1523 1553 1630 1648

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Hemel Hempstead, Bus Station, Stop 2    1551 1618 1648 1715 1745  --   --   --   --   --
Hemel Hempstead, Marlowes, Stop 13      1553 1620 1650 1717 1747  --   --   --   --   --
Hemel Hempstead, Riverside, Stop 24     1556 1623 1653 1720 1750  --   --   --   --   --
Belswains Lane, The George              1602 1629 1659 1726 1756  --   --   --   --   --
Kings Langley Station, Stop A           1609 1636 1706 1733 1803  --   --   --   --   --
Hunton Bridge, Old Mill Road            1614 1641 1711 1738 1808  --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Ridge Lane                     1617 1644 1714 1741 1811  --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Cassio College                 1620 1647 1717 1744 1814  --   --   --   --   --
Watford Junction Station, Stop 6        1625 1654 1724 1751 1820  --   --   --   --   --
  Watford, High Street, Stop F           --   --   --   --   --  1845 1945 2045 2145 2245
Watford, Beechen Grove, Stop N, arrive  1630 1659 1729 1756 1825 1848 1948 2048 2148 2248
Watford, Beechen Grove, Stop N, depart  1635 1705 1735 1805  --  1848 1948 2048 2148 2248
Bushey, The Avenue                      1653 1723 1753 1820  --  1859 1959 2059 2159 2259
Bushey, Reddings Avenue                 1659 1729 1759 1826  --  1904 2004 2104 2204 2304
Chiltern Avenue, Oundle Avenue          1701 1731 1801 1828  --  1906 2006 2106 2206 2306
Elstree, High Street, The East          1714 1744 1814 1838  --  1913 2013 2113 2213 2313
Borehamwood Station, Interchange         --   --   --   --   --  1917 2017 2117 2217 2317
Borehamwood, Tesco                       --   --   --   --   --  1920 2020 2120 2220 2320
Borehamwood, Shenley Road               1724 1754 1824 1848  --  1921 2021 2121 2221 2321
Borehamwood, Grove Road                  --   --   --   --   --  1923 2023 2123 2223 2323
Borehamwood, Stanborough Avenue          --   --   --   --   --  1926 2026 2126 2226 2326
Borehamwood, Allerton Road               --   --   --   --   --  1931 2031 2131 2231 2331
Borehamwood, Tesco                       --   --   --   --   --  1934 2034 2134 2234 2334
Borehamwood, Cranes Way/Arundel Drive    --   --   --   --   --  1940 2040 2140 2240  --
Borehamwood, Farriers Way                --   --   --   --   --  1942 2042 2142 2242  --
Borehamwood Station, Interchange         --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --  2337

550/551 Mondays to Fridays towards Hemel Hempstead      Other direction      Sat      Sun


                                                                                                               500  500  500
Borehamwood, Tesco, Stop A               --  0710 0740 0810 0852 0932           02 32          1402 1427 1505 1535 1605 1635 1705 1735
Elstree, High Street, The East           --  0720 0753 0825 0907 0942           12 42          1412 1437 1515 1546 1616 1646 1716 1746
Bushey Heath, Three Crowns               --  0731 0804 0836 0918 0953           23 53          1423 1448 1527 1558 1628 1658 1728 1758
Bushey, Chiltern Avenue                  --  0733 0806 0838 0920 0955           25 55          1425 1450 1529 1600 1630 1700 1730 1800
Bushey, Reddings Avenue                  --  0734 0807 0839 0921 0956           26 56          1426 1451 1530 1601 1631 1701 1731 1801
Bushey, The Avenue, Finch Lane           --  0740 0814 0846 0927 1002           32 02          1432 1457 1536 1607 1637 1707 1737 1807
Bushey Station, Stop A *                 --  0745 0822 0854 0932 1007           37 07          1437 1502 1541 1612 1643 1712 1742 1812
Watford, Clarendon Road, Stop A, arrive  --  0752 0835 0904 0942 1014           44 14          1444 1509 1551 1622 1652 1722 1752 1822
Watford, Clarendon Road, Stop A, depart 0728 0758 0835 0910 0945 1015           45 15          1445 1510 1600 1625 1655 1725 1800 1830
Watford, Clarendon Road, Stop S         0730 0800 0837 0912 0947 1017           47 17          1447 1512 1603  --   --   --  1803 1832
Watford Junction Station, Stop 1        0733 0803 0841 0915 0950 1020 Then      50 20          1450 1515 1606  --   --   --  1806 1835
Watford, Cassio College                 0737 0808 0846 0920 0955 1025 every 30  55 25          1455 1520 1612  --   --   --  1812 1840
Watford, Ridge Lane                     0740 0811 0849 0923 0958 1028 minutes   58 28          1458 1523 1615 1634 1704 1734 1816 1843
Hunton Bridge, Old Mill Road            0744 0817 0855 0928 1003 1033 at        03 33          1503 1528 1624  --   --   --  1823 1848
Kings Langley Station, Stop B           0749 0822 0900 0932 1007 1037 these     07 37 until    1507 1532 1627  --   --   --  1827 1851
Belswains Lane, The George              0755 0828 0906 0938 1013 1043 minutes   13 43          1513 1538 1633  --   --   --  1833 1857
Hemel Hempstead, Riverside, Stop 27     0802 0836 0913 0943 1018 1048 past      18 48          1518 1543 1638 1707 1737 1807 1838 1901
Hemel Hempstead, Bus Station, arrive    0805 0839 0916 0946 1021 1051 the hour  21 51          1521 1546 1641 1710 1740 1810 1841 1903

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Borehamwood, Farriers Way                --  1846 1946 2046 2146 2246
Borehamwood, Arundel Drive/Manor Way     --  1849 1949 2049 2149 2249
Borehamwood, Tesco                       --  1855 1955 2055 2155 2255
Borehamwood, Grove Road                  --  1858 1958 2058 2158 2258
Borehamwood, Stanborough Avenue          --  1901 2001 2101 2201 2301
Borehamwood, Allerton Road               --  1906 2006 2106 2206 2306
Borehamwood, Tesco                      1805 1909 2009 2109 2209 2309
Borehamwood Station, Interchange         --  1912 2012 2112 2212 2312
Elstree, High Street, The East          1815 1916 2016 2116 2216 2316
Bushey Heath. Three Crowns              1826  --   --   --   --   --
Bushey, Chiltern Avenue                 1828 1923 2023 2123 2223 2323
Bushey, Reddings Avenue                 1829 1925 2025 2125 2225 2325
Bushey, The Avenue, Finch Lane          1835 1930 2030 2130 2230 2330
Bushey Station, Stop A *                1840 1934 2034 2134 2234 2334
Watford, High Street                     --  1940 2040 2140 2240 2340
Watford, Clarendon Road, Stop A, arrive 1846  --   --   --   --   --

550/551 Saturdays and Good Fridays towards Borehamwood      Other direction      Mon-Fri      Sun


                                                                                                     551  551  551  551  551  551
Hemel Hempstead, Bus Station, Stop 2     --   --   --  0830 0900 0928           58 28          1628  --   --   --   --   --   --
Hemel Hempstead, Marlowes, Stop 13       --   --   --  0832 0902 0930           00 30          1630  --   --   --   --   --   --
Hemel Hempstead, Riverside, Stop 24      --   --   --  0835 0905 0933           03 33          1633  --   --   --   --   --   --
Belswains Lane, The George               --   --   --  0840 0910 0939           09 39          1639  --   --   --   --   --   --
Kings Langley Station, Stop A            --   --   --  0847 0917 0947           17 47          1647  --   --   --   --   --   --
Hunton Bridge, Old Mill Road             --   --   --  0850 0920 0950           20 50          1650  --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Ridge Lane                      --   --   --  0853 0923 0953           23 53          1653  --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Cassio College                  --   --   --  0856 0926 0956           26 56          1656  --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford Junction Station, Stop 6         --   --   --  0901 0931 1001           31 01          1701  --   --   --   --   --   --
  Watford, High Street, Stop F           --   --   --   --   --   --  Then      -- --           --  1740 1845 1945 2045 2145 2245
Watford, Beechen Grove, Stop N, arrive   --   --   --  0905 0935 1005 every 30  35 05          1707 1743 1848 1948 2048 2148 2248
Watford, Beechen Grove, Stop N, depart  0642 0810 0840 0909 0939 1009 minutes   39 09          1707 1743 1848 1948 2048 2148 2248
Bushey, The Avenue                      0653 0824 0854 0924 0954 1024 at        54 24          1722 1755 1859 1959 2059 2159 2259
Bushey, Reddings Avenue                 0659 0830 0900 0930 1000 1030 these     00 30 until    1728 1801 1904 2004 2104 2204 2304
Chiltern Avenue, Oundle Avenue          0701 0832 0902 0932 1002 1032 minutes   02 32          1730 1803 1906 2006 2106 2206 2306
Elstree, High Street, The East          0711 0842 0912 0942 1012 1042 past      12 42          1740 1813 1913 2013 2113 2213 2313
Borehamwood Station, Interchange         --   --   --   --   --   --  the hour  -- --           --  1817 1917 2017 2117 2217 2317
Borehamwood, Tesco                       --   --   --   --   --   --            -- --           --  1820 1920 2020 2120 2220 2320
Borehamwood, Shenley Road               0720 0852 0922 0952 1022 1052           22 52          1750 1821 1921 2021 2121 2221 2321
Borehamwood, Grove Road                  --   --   --   --   --   --            -- --           --  1823 1923 2023 2123 2223 2323
Borehamwood, Stanborough Avenue          --   --   --   --   --   --            -- --           --  1826 1926 2026 2126 2226 2326
Borehamwood, Allerton Road               --   --   --   --   --   --            -- --           --  1831 1931 2031 2131 2231 2331
Borehamwood, Tesco                       --   --   --   --   --   --            -- --           --  1834 1934 2034 2134 2234 2334
Borehamwood, Cranes Way/Arundel Drive    --   --   --   --   --   --            -- --           --  1840 1940 2040 2140 2240  --
Borehamwood, Farriers Way                --   --   --   --   --   --            -- --           --  1842 1942 2042 2142 2242  --
Borehamwood Station, Interchange         --   --   --   --   --   --            -- --           --   --   --   --   --   --  2337

550/551 Saturdays and Good Fridays towards Hemel Hempstead      Other direction      Mon-Fri      Sun


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Borehamwood, Farriers Way                --   --            -- --           --   --  1746 1846 1946 2046 2146 2246
Borehamwood, Arundel Drive/Manor Way     --   --            -- --           --   --  1749 1849 1949 2049 2149 2249
Borehamwood, Tesco                       --   --            -- --           --   --  1755 1855 1955 2055 2155 2255
Borehamwood, Grove Road                  --   --            -- --           --   --  1758 1858 1958 2058 2158 2258
Borehamwood, Stanborough Avenue          --   --            -- --           --   --  1801 1901 2001 2101 2201 2301
Borehamwood, Allerton Road               --   --            -- --           --   --  1806 1906 2006 2106 2206 2306
Borehamwood, Tesco                      0725 0827           57 27          1627 1700 1809 1909 2009 2109 2209 2309
Borehamwood Station, Interchange         --   --            -- --           --   --  1812 1912 2012 2112 2212 2312
Elstree, High Street, The East          0733 0837           07 37          1637 1710 1816 1916 2016 2116 2216 2316
Bushey Heath, Three Crowns              0744 0848 Then      18 48          1648 1721  --   --   --   --   --   --
Bushey, Chiltern Avenue                 0745 0850 every 30  20 50          1650 1723 1823 1923 2023 2123 2223 2323
Bushey, Reddings Avenue                 0746 0851 minutes   21 51          1651 1724 1825 1925 2025 2125 2225 2325
Bushey, The Avenue, Finch Lane          0752 0857 at        27 57          1657 1730 1830 1930 2030 2130 2230 2330
Bushey Station, Stop A *                0757 0902 these     32 02 until    1702 1735 1834 1934 2034 2134 2234 2334
Watford, High Street                     --   --  minutes   -- --           --   --  1840 1940 2040 2140 2240 2340
Watford, Clarendon Road, Stop A, arrive 0804 0909 past      39 09          1709 1742  --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Clarendon Road, Stop A, depart  --  0910 the hour  40 10          1710  --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Clarendon Road, Stop S          --  0913           43 13          1713  --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford Junction Station, Stop 1         --  0916           46 16          1716  --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Cassio College                  --  0921           51 21          1721  --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Watford, Ridge Lane                      --  0924           54 24          1724  --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Hunton Bridge, Old Mill Road             --  0929           59 29          1729  --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Kings Langley Station, Stop B            --  0933           03 33          1733  --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Belswains Lane, The George               --  0939           09 39          1739  --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Hemel Hempstead, Riverside, Stop 27      --  0946           16 46          1746  --   --   --   --   --   --   --
Hemel Hempstead, Bus Station, arrive     --  0949           19 49          1749  --   --   --   --   --   --   --

551 Sundays/Public Holidays (not Christmas Day or Boxing Day) towards Borehamwood    Other direction   Mon-Fri   Sat


Watford, High Street, Stop F             --  0845 0945           45        1845 1945 2045 2145 2245
Watford, Beechen Grove, Stop N           --  0848 0948           48        1848 1948 2048 2148 2248
Bushey, The Avenue                       --  0859 0959           59        1859 1959 2059 2159 2259
Bushey, Reddings Avenue                  --  0904 1004 Then      04        1904 2004 2104 2204 2304
Chiltern Avenue, Oundle Avenue           --  0906 1006 every 60  06        1906 2006 2106 2206 2306
Elstree, High Street, The East          0752 0913 1013 minutes   13        1913 2013 2113 2213 2313
Borehamwood Station, Interchange        0755 0917 1017 at        17        1917 2017 2117 2217 2317
Borehamwood, Tesco                      0756 0920 1020 these     20 until  1920 2020 2120 2220 2320
Borehamwood, Shenley Road               0758 0921 1021 minutes   21        1921 2021 2121 2221 2321
Borehamwood, Grove Road                 0801 0923 1023 past      23        1923 2023 2123 2223 2323
Borehamwood, Stanborough Avenue          --  0926 1026 the hour  26        1926 2026 2126 2226 2326
Borehamwood, Allerton Road               --  0931 1031           31        1931 2031 2131 2231 2331
Borehamwood, Tesco                       --  0934 1034           34        1934 2034 2134 2234 2334
Borehamwood, Cranes Way/Arundel Drive    --  0940 1040           40        1940 2040 2140 2240  --
Borehamwood, Farriers Way                --  0942 1042           42        1942 2042 2142 2242  --
Borehamwood Station, Interchange         --   --   --            --         --   --   --   --  2337

551 Sundays/Public Holidays (not Christmas Day or Boxing Day) towards Watford    Other direction   Mon-Fri   Sat


Borehamwood, Farriers Way                --  0946 1046           46        2046 2146
Borehamwood, Arundel Drive/Manor Way     --  0949 1049           49        2049 2149
Borehamwood, Tesco                       --  0955 1055           55        2055 2155
Borehamwood, Grove Road                  --  0958 1058 Then      58        2058 2158
Borehamwood, Stanborough Avenue         0801 1001 1101 every 60  01        2101 2201
Borehamwood, Allerton Road              0806 1006 1106 minutes   06        2106 2206
Borehamwood, Tesco                      0809 1009 1109 at        09        2109 2209
Borehamwood Station, Interchange        0812 1012 1112 these     12 until  2112 2212
Elstree, High Street, The East          0816 1016 1116 minutes   16        2116 2216
Bushey, Chiltern Avenue                 0823 1023 1123 past      23        2123 2223
Bushey, Reddings Avenue                 0825 1025 1125 the hour  25        2125 2225
Bushey, The Avenue, Finch Lane          0830 1030 1130           30        2130 2230
Bushey Station, Stop A *                0834 1034 1134           34        2134 2234
Watford, High Street                    0840 1040 1140           40        2140 2240

Note: There is no service on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. 

Operated by Arriva (routes 500/550) or for Hertfordshire County Council by Sullivan Buses (route 551).

Timetable introduced 27/06/11

Route record

Hemel Hempstead - Kings Langley - Watford - Little Bushey - Elstree - Borehamwood
(Route 550)
Hemel Hempstead Bus Station - Waterhouse Street - Combe Street - Marlowes - Bridge Street - Waterhouse Street - Moor End Road - road alongside Leighton Buzzard Road - Moor End Roundabout - Lawn Lane - Belswains Lane - Lower Road - Primrose Hill - Station Road - Kings Langley Station - Station Road - Gallows Hill - Hamilton Road - Huntonbridge Hill - Bridge Road - Hunton Bridge - Watford Road - Hempstead Road - Langley Road - Station Road - Watford Junction Station - Clarendon Road or (Route 551) Watford High Street, Market Street - Market Street - Exchange Road - Beechen Grove then
Beechen Grove - Water Lane - Watford High Street Station - Lower High Street - Bushey Station - Chalk Hill - Aldenham Road - The Avenue - Finch Lane - Herkomer Road - Bournehall Avenue - Farm Way - Harcourt Road - Little Bushey - Reddings Avenue - Coldharbour Lane - Chiltern Avenue - Little Bushey Lane - Bushey Heath - Elstree Road - Watford Road - Elstree - High Street - Elstree Hill North - Allum Lane
then (Route 550)
Borehamwood Station - Shenley Road - Borehamwood Shenley Road
or (Route 551) double run to Borehamwood Station then Shenley Road - double run to Borehamwood Tesco then Shenley Road - Brook Road - Grove Road - Gateshead Road - Stanborough Avenue - Stapleton Road - Aycliffe Road - Leeming Road - Brook Road - Shenley Road - Borehamwood Tesco - Shenley Road - Furzehill Road - Arundel Drive - Manor Way - Cranes Way - Furzehill Road - Farriers Way - Borehamwood Percheron Close, though the last journey daily diverts at Shenley Road to terminate at Elstree & Borehamwood Station Interchange
Two Mon-Fri morning peak 550 journeys deviate between Watford Road and the junction of Clarendon Road and Beechen Grove via North Orbital Road - High Road - Leavesden - Courtlands Drive - Fairview Drive - Ridge Lane - Nascot Wood Road - Langley Road - Hempstead Road - Hyde Road - The Avenue - Beechen Grove

Borehamwood - Elstree - Little Bushey - Watford - Kings Langley - Hemel Hempstead
(Route 551)
Borehamwood Percheron Close via Farriers Way - Ashley Drive - Arundel Drive - Furzehill Road - Shenley Road - Borehamwood Tesco - Shenley Road - Brook Road - Grove Road - Gateshead Road - Stanborough Avenue - Stapleton Road - Aycliffe Road - Leeming Road - Brook Road - Shenley Road - double run to Borehamwood Tesco then Shenley Road - double run to Borehamwood Station
or (Route 550)
Borehamwood Tesco - Shenley Road - Borehamwood Station
then Allum Lane - Elstree Hill North - High Street - Elstree - Watford Road - Elstree Road - (with double run to Bushey Heath Three Crowns) - Little Bushey Lane - Chiltern Avenue - Little Bushey - Coldharbour Lane - Little Bushey - Harcourt Road - Reddings Avenue - Farm Way - Bournehall Avenue - Herkomer Road - Finch Lane - The Avenue - Aldenham Road - Bushey Station - Pinner Road - Lower High Street - Dalton Way - Lower High Street - Watford High Street Station - High Street
then (Route 551)
High Street - Watford High Street, Market Street
or (Route 550)
King Street - Exchange Road - Beechen Grove - Clarendon Road - High Street - Market Street - Exchange Road - Beechen Grove - Clarendon Road - Watford Junction Station - Station Road - Langley Road - Hempstead Road - Watford Road - Hunton Bridge - Bridge Road - Huntonbridge Hill - Hamilton Road - Gallows Hill - Station Road - Kings Langley Station - Station Road - Primrose Hill - Lower Road - Belswains Lane - Lawn Lane - Moor End Roundabout - road alongside Leighton Buzzard Road - Moor End Road - Waterhouse Street - Hemel Hempstead Bus Station

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