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Summary of the services we're running over Christmas and New Year

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Dates of travel Changes to Christmas and New Year services:

 Saturday 23 December

No Southeastern services from London Victoria.

Our Saturday timetable will be operating except for those routes affected by engineering work.

 Christmas Eve
 Sunday 24 December

No Southeastern services from London Victoria.

Our Sunday timetable will be operating except for those routes affected by engineering work.

Services across the network will finish earlier, with no trains running after approximately 22:30

Download PDF of the last trains on Christmas Eve

 Christmas Day & Boxing Day
 Monday 25 and Tuesday 26   December

No Southeastern services will run.

 Wednesday 27 – Friday 29   December

No Southeastern services from London Victoria.

Our Saturday timetable will be operating except for those routes affected by engineering work.

 Saturday 30 December

No Southeastern services from London Victoria.

Our Saturday timetable will be operating except for those routes affected by engineering work.

 New Years' Eve 
 Sunday 31 December

No Southeastern services from London Victoria.

Our Sunday timetable will be operating except for those routes affected by engineering work.

Additional late-night trains will run after midnight until 02:35 towards Ashford, Hastings, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Hayes, Dartford & Gravesend

 New Years' Day
 Monday 1 January

No Southeastern services from London Victoria.

Our Sunday timetable will be operating with buses replacing trains between:

  • Folkestone Central & Dover Priory
  • Sevenoaks & Maidstone East
  • Maidstone East & Ashford International

Download PDF summary of our Christmas and New Year services

Timetable and ticket availability

Advance Tickets are available to buy for the festive period.

All information for the services we're running over Christmas and New Year is available in our online journey planner.


Seat Reservations

At Southeastern we operate a "turn-up-and-go" railway which means you can travel on any train for which your ticket is valid. To help find the quieter times to travel, please use our SeatFinder tools which will show you which trains are usually less busy.


Ticket restrictions

Between Wednesday 27 and Friday 29 December, normal weekday ticket restrictions will apply.


Changes to train times

For details of engineering work taking place over the festive period, please visit our planned engineering work page.