Timetables

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Autumn timetable available from Sunday 11 October to Saturday 12 December

Customers should check before they travel, as a small number of services will operate at revised times during this period.

Hastings Line

A number of early morning services from Hastings, Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge towards London will depart between 2 and 5 minutes earlier.
Some weekend services between Hastings and Charing Cross will also depart 3 minutes earlier.

Mainline services via Ashford and Tonbridge

A number of early morning services from Dover Priory, Ashford International and Ramsgate towards London will depart between 1 and 4 minutes earlier.
The 04:14 Gillingham to Tonbridge service via Maidstone West will depart 4 minutes earlier to maintain onward connections towards London.

Highspeed services

A number of early morning highspeed services from Ramsgate, Dover Priory and Margate towards St Pancras International will depart between 2 and 3 minutes earlier.
At weekends, the first highspeed services of the day from Ramsgate and Dover Priory towards London will also depart around 3 minutes earlier.

Chatham Main Line

Services between Dover Priory and London Victoria via Faversham will operate at revised times throughout the day on weekdays and Saturdays.
Services towards London Victoria will depart up to 8 minutes earlier between Dover Priory and Sittingbourne.
Services from London Victoria towards Dover Priory will arrive up to 8 minutes later between Faversham and Dover Priory.
A number of other early morning services towards Victoria, Cannon Street and St Pancras International will depart between 2 and 4 minutes earlier.

Metro services

A small number of weekday peak-time services via Charlton and Blackheath will no longer call at St Johns.
Off-peak services between Orpington and Cannon Street will arrive up to 4 minutes later on weekdays and Saturdays.
Off-peak and weekend Hayes Line services will operate at revised times.
Off-peak and weekend services between Victoria and Gravesend via Bexleyheath will depart up to 3 minutes earlier.

Victoria to Orpington services

During weekday daytime and evening periods, a number of services between Victoria and Orpington will not call at:

West Dulwich
Sydenham Hill
Penge East
Kent House

Journey planners have been updated. Please check your journey before travelling, as departure and arrival times may have changed.

December timetable changes

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

From Sunday 13 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.