Timetables

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Direct peak-time services restored to London Blackfriars

Morning peak arrivals at Blackfriars include:

0652 Maidstone East – Blackfriars, calling at Barming, East Malling, West Malling, Borough Green & Wrotham, Otford, Swanley, St Mary Cray, Bromley South and Elephant & Castle
0730 Gillingham – Blackfriars, calling at Chatham, Rochester, Meopham, Longfield, Swanley, Bromley South and Elephant & Castle

Evening peak returns include:

1710 Blackfriars – Rochester
1744 Blackfriars – Maidstone East (Services will be formed of 8 car Class 377 Electrostars.)

More services on the Maidstone East line

Charing Cross – Maidstone East (Monday - Friday):

Additional shoulder-peak trains provide a half-hourly afternoon service between 15:30 and 20:30
Including 1559 & 1959 Charing Cross – Maidstone East, and 1644 & 1844 Maidstone East – Charing Cross

Victoria – Ashford via Maidstone East (Monday–Friday):

1028 Ashford – Victoria
0925 & 1025 Victoria – Ashford
Updated stopping patterns increase frequency at key stations, including St Mary Cray, East Malling, Barming, and Kemsing, providing:
- 3 trains per hour at St Mary Cray
- 2 trains per hour at East Malling and Barming
- A consistent hourly service at Kemsing

More Highspeed services at busy times

Weekdays & Saturdays:

Additional Canterbury West – St Pancras services at 0954 & 1054, attaching to existing Ramsgate services at Ashford
1604 St Pancras – Dover lengthened to 12 carriages as far as Ashford

Saturdays:

Highspeed strengthened to half-hourly at the busiest times with additional services between St Pancras and Faversham
0832, 1032 & 1132 Faversham to St Pancras
0950, 1150 & 1250 St Pancras to Faversham
1532 & 1732 Faversham to St Pancras
1650 & 1850 St Pancras to Faversham

Sundays:

Additional Highspeed trains support a half-hourly pattern at the busiest times
1632 & 1732 Faversham to St Pancras
1750 & 1850 St Pancras to Faversham

Better access to the seaside!

Additional services between Victoria and Dover/Ramsgate, calling at Whitstable, Herne Bay, Margate and Broadstairs
Strengthening of trains to 12-car formations on North Kent coast routes at peak leisure times
Two direct Cannon Street – Ramsgate services on Saturdays via Greenwich and Dartford
Extra Victoria – Ramsgate trains on Sundays
Direct weekday school summer holiday services from Cannon Street to the coast via Greenwich and Dartford

More chances to enjoy your evening in Thanet and going to Dreamland events

2315 Margate – Gillingham added on Fridays and Saturdays
2316 Ramsgate – Rochester (2335 from Margate) lengthened to 8-car formation

December timetable changes

In December, Southeastern will introduce a major package of timetable improvements across Kent, East Sussex and south-east London.

From Sunday 14 December, customers will benefit from:

A new weekday Hastings Express service between Hastings and Charing Cross, cutting journey times to London Bridge and Charing Cross by up to 14 minutes.
Half-hourly semi-fast services between Tunbridge Wells and Charing Cross throughout off-peak periods on weekdays and Saturdays, providing more frequent journeys to Orpington, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
Restored half-hourly services between Victoria and Ashford via Maidstone East throughout the day on weekdays and all day Saturday, alongside additional direct Charing Cross services.
A new hourly Sunday service between Charing Cross and Maidstone East, creating a train to London around every 30 minutes when combined with existing Victoria services.
Two trains an hour throughout the day, seven days a week, on the Sheerness branch, providing the most frequent timetable on the line for 30 years and better connections at Sittingbourne.
A more connected Metro network across south-east London, with almost all Metro routes operating at least four trains an hour during daytime periods from Monday to Saturday.
Improved links to the Elizabeth line, including all-day half-hourly Greenwich and Sidcup line services to Abbey Wood from Monday to Saturday.
More frequent services on the Bexleyheath line, including up to six trains an hour and direct Charing Cross services every 30 minutes, seven days a week.
Increased Saturday services between Orpington and Victoria via Herne Hill, with trains increasing from two to four per hour.
Additional capacity through a new 16:58 Cannon Street to Ashford service via Tonbridge and Headcorn.
Four trains an hour at peak times on the Bromley North Line and the introduction of a Sunday service of two trains an hour.
Increased services on Sundays between Victoria and Canterbury East via the Medway Towns at the busiest times of the day.
On Sundays a new half hourly service will run between Cannon Street and Dartford via Lewisham and Woolwich Arsenal, restoring the direct link between Lewisham and Charlton.

Journey planners will be updated from 20 September.