Transport
The A1 was built as a major 'arterial' road and a crossroads at Bignells Corner linked it to the Barnet - St Albans road. Potters Bar is now also served by junctions 23 and 24 of the M25 motorway.
Potters Bar railway station is the highest on the line between London's King's Cross railway station and York. The First Capital Connect route serving Potters Bar links the town to various North London suburbs to the south before terminating at either King's Cross or Moorgate station. Northbound, the railway connects Potters Bar to Peterborough, Cambridge and Letchworth Garden City as well as towns en route to these destinations such as Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage.
The nearest London Underground station is at Cockfosters, which is approximately 2.5 miles south on the A111 from junction 24 of the M25.
Potters Bar has a bus depot that services local bus routes as well as some London bus routes. The 84 bus route travels south to New Barnet and north-west to St. Albans. Other routes include the 298 to Arnos Grove, the 313 to Enfield and Chingford, the 242 to Waltham Cross, the 398 to Borehamwood and the 610 to Enfield (on weekdays) and Hatfield. There are also school bus services run from various places to Dame Alice Owen's School and to Chancellor's School, as well as a service that runs once on a Wednesday from Hatfield to Potters Bar via Cuffley and Colney Heath, numbered 312.
| Route Number | Route | Operation | Operator |
| 84 TfL | St. Albans St Peters Street to New Barnet Station via Barnet |
Daily | Metroline |
| 242 | Waltham Cross Bus Station to Potters Bar Station via Cuffley, Cheshunt.
Extended to Welwyn Garden City via Hatfield on Sundays |
Daily | Metroline, Sullivan Buses, Centrebus |
| 298 TfL | Potters Bar Cranbourne Road to Arnos Grove Station via Cockfosters | Daily | Arriva London |
| 312 Circular | Hatfield Birchwood Tesco to Potters Bar Station via Cuffley | Wednesdays | Sullivan Buses |
| 313 TfL | Potters Bar Station to Chingford Station via Enfield | Daily | Arriva London |
| 398 | Potters Bar Station to Borehamwood via South Mimms | Mon-Sat | Sullivan Buses |
| 610 | Enfield Town to Hatfield Business Park via Welham Green | Mon-Sat | Uno |
| PB1 Circular | Circular via Shillitoe Avenue, Potters Bar Station, High Street and Oakmere | Mon-Sat | Uno |
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