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Moving to a new school and/or city can be an exciting time, the thrill of exploring unknown areas and taking in a whole new atmosphere is one of the many highlights of a big change.

For the majority of students, the London Transit Commission (LTC) buses will be the main method of transportation to get through the city during the school year.

With almost 50 different bus routes and over 2190 bus stops throughout the city (according to the LTC website), it’s easy to get lost or overwhelmed during your first few times of ridership.

Below is a list profiling the major bus stops within London, Ont., in accordance to a Monday to Friday schedule, the end stops for routes and their nearby amenities to guide you through your current and future adventures with the LTC. Buses run during the weekend, but at limited times.

The times given are approximations of travelling from the mentioned underlined and bolded bus stops below, to the final destination of the route.

*approximately

Adelaide and Oxford

Northbound Buses:

•• 4 (Fanshawe College in 7 to 9 minutes*)

•• 16 (Masonville Place in 17 to 19 minutes*)

•• 92 (Express route with minimal stops heading to Masonville Place in 12 to 14 minutes*)

•• 104 (Fanshawe College in 7 to 10 minutes*)

Southbound Buses:

•• 4 (White Oaks Mall in 25 to 40 minutes*)

•• 16 (Pondmills and Banbury in 22 to 36 minutes* or Darnley and Meadowgate in 22 to 33 minutes*)

•• 92 (Express route with minimal stops heading to Victoria Hospital C zone in approximately 14 to 16 minutes)

•• 104 (Ridout and Grand in 15 to17 minutes*)

Eastbound Buses:

•• 17 (Argyle Mall in 18 to 22 minutes*)

•• 91 (Express route with minimal stops to Fanshawe College in 6 to 7 minutes*) Westbound Buses:

•• 17 (Kains and Oxford in 39 to 47 minutes*, Byron Baseline and Griffith in 38 to 46 minutes* or Halls Mills and Commissioners in 20 to 41 minutes*)

•• 91 (Express route with minimal stops to Wonderland and Oxford in 10 to 15 minutes*)

•• Main Campus: 4 N., 17 E., 91 E., 104 E.

•• Downtown Campus (Richmond and Dundas): 4 S., 104 S.

Notable amenities nearby: Shoppers Drug Mart, Tim Hortons, Petro Canada convenience store, CIBC ATM machine and The Laundry Café.

Richmond and Oxford

Northbound Buses:

•• 1 (Kipps Lane and Adelaide in 12 to 13 minutes*)

•• 4 (Fanshawe College in 9 to 16 minutes*)

•• 6 (University Hospital in 17 minutes*)

•• 13 (Masonville Place in 15 minutes* or Fanshawe Park and Northridge Park in 21 to 26 minutes*)

•• 21 (Oakville and Huron in 20 to 22 minutes*)

•• 90 (Express route with minimal stops to Masonville Place in 12 minutes*)

•• 104 (Fanshawe College in 10 to 14 minutes*)

•• 106 (Natural Science Building at University of Western Ontario (UWO) in 9 minutes*)

Southbound Buses:

•• 4 (White Oaks Mall in 17 to 21 minutes*)

•• 6 (Parkwood Hospital in 25 minutes*)

•• 13 (White Oaks Mall in 22 to 44 minutes*)

•• 21 (Richmond and Dundas in 5 to 9 minutes*)

•• 90 (Express route with minimal stops to White Oaks Mall in 21 minutes*)

•• 104 (Ridout and Grand in 10 to 12 minutes*)

•• 106 (Dundas and Richmond in 9 to 15 minutes*)

Eastbound Buses:

•• 1 (Kipps Lane and Adelaide in 13 to 15 minutes*)

•• 17 (Argyle Mall in 19 to 26 minutes*)

•• 91 (Fanshawe College in 9 to 10 minutes*)

Westbound Buses:

•• 17 (Kains and Oxford in 33 to 47 minutes*, Byron Baseline and Griffith in 35 to 43 minutes* or Halls Mills and Commissioners in 17 to 38 minutes*)

•• 91 (Express route with minimal stops to Wonderland and Oxford in 6 to 9 minutes*)

•• Main Campus: 4 N., 17 E., 91 E., 104 E.

•• Downtown Campus (Richmond and Dundas): 4 S, 6 S, 13 S, 21 S, 90 S, 104 S, 106 S

Notable amenities nearby: Valu-Mart, CIBC, TD Bank ATM machine.

Richmond and Dundas

Northbound Buses:

•• 4 (Fanshawe College in 15 to 21 minutes*)

•• 6 (University Hospital in 18 minutes*)

•• 90 (Masonville Place in 17 minutes*)

•• 104 (Fanshawe College in 19 to 22 minutes*)

Southbound Buses:

•• 4 (White Oaks Mall in 11 to 30 minutes*)

•• 6 (Parkwood Hospital in 11 to 18 minutes*)

•• 13 (Adelaide and Osgoode in 27 to 21 minutes* or White Oaks Mall in 20 to 38 minutes*)

•• 15 (Westmount Mall in 20 to 26 minutes*)

•• 90 (White Oaks Mall in 16 minutes*)

•• 104 (Ridout and Grand in 5 to 7 minutes*)

Eastbound Buses:

•• 2 (Trafalgar and Clarke in 35 to 44 minutes* or Bonaventure and Dundas in 26 to 36 minutes*)

•• 3 (Argyle Mall in 34 to 36 minutes*)

•• 7 (Argyle Mall in 26 to 31 minutes*)

•• 9 (Wellington and King in 3 minutes*)

•• 19 (York and Wellington in 3 to 17 minutes*)

•• 20 (Fanshawe College in 20 to 24 minutes*)

Westbound Buses:

•• 2 (Natural Science in 14 to 19 minutes*)

•• 5 (Griffith and Boler in 28 to 36 minutes*)

•• 11 (Westmount Mall in 20 to 23 minutes*)

•• 20 (Beaverbrook and Wonderland in 20 to 21 minutes or Capulet and Oxford in 19 minutes*)

•• 23 (Westmount Mall in 19 to 22 minutes*)

•• Main Campus: 4 N., 20 E., 104 N.

Notable amenities nearby: McDonalds, Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Rexall, Scotiabank

For more information, please visit the London Transit Commission website at ltconline.ca.