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December 2011 timetable changes

Date: 03 Nov 2011

Today we announced minor changes to the timetable which will come into effect on Sunday 11 December 2011. The minor changes are primarily to help improve connection times and overall train performance.

Southeastern spokesman said, “We are continually looking at ways in which we can improve the timetable taking into account passengers and stakeholders feedback. This year we have already introduced new high speed services to Maidstone, Deal and Sandwich for instance.”

The 11 December timetable changes include extra off-peak services between Bromley North and Grove Park as well as a trial of a number of 12 car trains from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings to help increase capacity and improve performance along that line.

Full details of the changes can be seen below and are available on National Rail Enquiries.

Metro Timetable Changes - Mondays to Fridays

04:55 Orpington to City Thameslink is extended to Kentish Town calling at Farringdon and St Pancras.
06:07 City Thameslink to Sevenoaks start back from Kentish Town calling at St Pancras and Farringdon.
06:34 Bedford to Beckenham Junction will cease to call at Herne Hill.
19:22 Sevenoaks to Swanley is withdrawn. This train has very low number of passengers on it and departs from platform 3 at Sevenoaks. This causes delays to the mainline services that proceed after this train has run and so by removing this service we will smooth the passage of mainline trains to Ashford and Hastings.
04:56 Tonbridge to Charing Cross is diverted via New Beckenham and will therefore run fast between Orpington & London Bridge.
05:15 Additional Orpington to Charing Cross via Grove Park & Lewisham calling at all stations to Lewisham, then New Cross, London Bridge & Waterloo East.
23:14 Hayes to Charing Cross additional service via Lewisham calling at all stations.
00:10 Charing Cross to Tonbridge will start at 00:15 and is diverted via New Beckenham and will therefore run fast between London Bridge and Orpington. This train will call additionally at Dunton Green offering a later last train to this station.
00:06 Charing Cross to Orpington additional service calling at Waterloo East, London Bridge, Lewisham then all stations to Orpington via Grove Park.
00:05 Charing Cross to Dartford via Sidcup will start at 00:10.
00:15 Charing Cross to Gillingham via Slade Green will start at 00:18.
A 20 minute interval pattern of service will operate on the Bromley North Branch during the daytime period. This increases the service on this route by 1 train per hour and improves connections at Grove Park to Lewisham for DLR and New Cross for London Overground.
A new service will operate between Slade Green and Barnehurst by extending the Cannon Street to Slade Green service to Barnehurst, which then forms the Barnehurst to Cannon Street service offering a through service from stations on the Greenwich & Woolwich line to stations on the Bexleyheath line. This service will also operate in the other direction by extending the Cannon Street to Barnehurst service through to Slade Green which then forms the Slade Green to Cannon Street service via Greenwich.

High Speed Timetable Changes - Mondays to Fridays

06:26 Ramsgate to St Pancras will depart Canterbury West 4 minutes later at 06:50 and reduce the station time at Ashford. Journey time reduction from Canterbury West of 4 minutes, journey time from Canterbury West now 58 minutes vice 1h02.
06:44 Margate to St Pancras will depart 4 minutes later at 06:48 and reduce station time at Ashford. Overall journey time saving of 4 minutes and brings Canterbury West to London to 58 minutes journey time vice 1h02.
07:26 Ramsgate to St Pancras will depart 4 minutes later at 07:30 and reduce station time at Ashford. Overall journey time saving of 4 minutes and brings Canterbury West to London to 58 minutes journey time vice 1h02.
07:08 Dover to St Pancras will start at 07:12 and reduce station time at Ashford. Overall journey time reduction of 4 minutes.
18:25 St Pancras to Broadstairs is retimed en route and will now arrive at Broadstairs at 20:09, overall journey time reduction of 5 minutes.
19:12 St Pancras to Dover Priory will start at 19:10 and will convey a portion to Margate. Arrival time at Canterbury of 20:11, Ramsgate 203:1, Broadstairs 20:37 & Margate 20:43.

Kent Mainline Timetable Changes - Mondays to Fridays

05:28 Ramsgate to Cannon Street via Dover is retimed to depart at 05:26. Journey time increase of 2 minutes from Ramsgate (no change from Dover).
06:10 Ramsgate to Cannon Street via Canterbury West will start 2 minutes earlier from Ramsgate (to accommodate revised 06:14 Ramsgate to Charing Cross via Dover).
06:14 Ramsgate to Cannon Street via Dover will start 2 minutes earlier.
07:12 Folkestone Central to Cannon Street will start 2 minutes later and reduce station time at Ashford. Overall journey time saving of 2 minutes.
06:40 Ramsgate to Charing Cross via Canterbury West will start 2 minutes later with reduced station time at Ashford. Overall journey time reduction of 2 minutes throughout.
06:20 Broadstairs to Cannon Street via Chatham will start at 06:25 and will cease to call at Westgate-on-Sea and Chestfield & Swalecliffe. Overall journey time reduction of 5 minutes.
06:19 Dover to Faversham is retimed 6 minutes earlier in order to connect with the revised 06:20 Broadstairs to Cannon Street service at Faversham.
06:37 Ore to Cannon Street & 07:04 Hastings to Charing Cross will operate as 12 cars throughout from Hastings.
07:25 Hastings to Cannon Street will operate as 8 cars throughout and no longer attach at Tunbridge Wells.
08:17 Charing Cross to Hastings will operate as a 12 car throughout.
The provision of 12 cars throughout to Hastings will eliminate the need for these trains to attach to or divide at Tunbridge Wells and will improve performance in this area. It also provides additional capacity for stations to Hastings.
07:11 Tonbridge to Tunbridge Wells starts at 07:18 and runs later throughout.
17:24 Cannon Street to Ramsgate via Dover is allowed additional time between Dover and Ramsgate to improve performance of this 12 car train. Overall journey time increase of 1 minute.
18:03 Charing Cross to Hastings will start at 17:59 and will operate as a 12 car train throughout to Hastings, no longer detaching a portion at Tunbridge Wells.
17:59 Charing Cross to Ashford will start at 18:03 and extend to Folkestone Central calling at Westenhanger, Sandling & Folkestone West. Note this also connects out of the 18:40 St Pancras departure at Ashford for Westenhanger & Sandling.
17:52 Cannon Street to Broadstairs via Chatham will cease to call at Teynham, Chestfield & Swalecliffe and Westgate-on-Sea. Overall journey time reduction of 3 minutes.

All Timetable Changes - Saturdays

07:28 St Pancras to Faversham retimed to start 07:52. This will provide an hourly spaced service in the morning from St Pancras to Faversham.
18:33 Orpington to Cannon Street additional service via Grove Park and Lewisham calling at all stations.
19:20 Cannon Street to Orpington additional service via Lewisham and Grove Park calling at all stations.
19:17 Charing Cross to Hayes will no longer call at New Cross or St Johns.
23:14 Hayes to Charing Cross additional service via Lewisham calling at all stations.
00:10 Charing Cross to Tonbridge will start at 00:15 and is diverted via New Beckenham and will therefore run fast between London Bridge and Orpington. This train will call additionally at Dunton Green offering a later last train to this station.
00:06 Charing Cross to Orpington additional service calling at Waterloo East, London Bridge, Lewisham then all stations to Orpington via Grove Park.
00:05 Charing Cross to Dartford via Sidcup will start at 00:10.
00:15 Charing Cross to Gillingham via Slade Green will start at 00:18.
A 20 minute interval pattern of service will operate on the Bromley North Branch during the daytime period. This increases the service on this route by 1 train per hour and improves connections at Grove Park to Lewisham for DLR and New Cross for London Overground.
A new service will operate between Slade Green and Barnehurst by extending the Cannon Street to Slade Green service to Barnehurst offering a through service from passengers on the Greenwich & Woolwich lines to stations on the Bexleyheath line. This has been possible by running previous empty stock trains as passenger trains. This service will also operate in the other direction by extending the Cannon Street to Barnehurst service through to Slade Green.

All Timetable Changes - Sundays

06:58 Faversham to St Pancras High Speed service.

Pocket timetables will be available at stations from the end of November, are already available to download online, and the Create Your Own Timetable tool on our website is also available.

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