Additional services, extra carriages and more modern trains – your new timetable from 14 December!
Our timetable is changing following customer feedback and to meet growing demand. We’re adding more services on popular routes, there will be extra carriages on some of our busier trains, and we’re bringing in three more of the newer Class 377s, with charging points and air-conditioning, to help deliver better journeys.
The timetable changes form part of the national rail timetable update that happens twice a year in May and December.
More trains when you need them
An extra 29 highspeed St Pancras to Faversham services per week. These will run on weekday evenings departing from St Pancras to provide a half-hourly frequency. There will also be more trains between St Pancras and Faversham on Saturdays at the busiest times of the day.
- More services on weekday evenings from Charing Cross to Dartford via Bexleyheath to provide a half-hourly frequency.
- Additional trains at peak times on weekdays from Charing Cross to Maidstone East to also provide a half-hourly frequency.
- Extra services off-peak and evenings on weekdays from London Victoria to Ashford International via Maidstone East.
Longer trains on key routes
To give you more space and increased comfort, we are adding extra carriages to some of our busiest services, including:
- The 07.20 from Hastings to Charing cross goes up from eight to twelve carriages.
- The 17.15 Cannon Street to Hastings service will also be twelve carriages rather than eight.
- Weekend services between Victoria and Dartford / Gravesend via Bexleyheath are lengthened from four to eight carriages.
- The 16:04 St Pancras International to Dover Priory via Ashford doubles from six to 12 highspeed class 395 carriages.
Check your journey
We’ve published the full timetables above along with a route summary. You can use our online journey planner to see if your regular service has been amended.
Online journey planner
Metro services
Bexleyheath Line
Extra services will run on weekday evenings, increasing the frequency to half-hourly:
- 20.25 and 21.25 from Charing Cross to Dartford.
- 19.23 and 20.23 Dartford to Charing Cross.
On Saturday and Sunday, services between Victoria and Dartford/Gravesend will be lengthened to eight carriages.
Hayes Line
To improve the interval between trains, services from Charing Cross to Hayes will be retimed.
- Departures at xx18 & xx48 will start later at Charing Cross and the interval from London Bridge will be improved from the current 9/21-minute interval to a 13/17-minute interval.
- An additional service will run at 08.02 from Charing Cross to Hayes calling at Waterloo East and London Bridge.
Mainline services
Bromley South Line – Victoria to Orpington via Herne Hill
- The 04.33 service from Swanley to Victoria is an earlier start and it will not stop at the stations between Shortlands and Brixton. The train will now arrive in to Victoria at 05.00 offering an 18-minute earlier arrival for shift workers.
- An additional service will run at 04.35 from Orpington to Victoria calling at all stations via Herne Hill.
Maidstone East Line to Charing Cross – Monday to Friday
Additional services will run at peak times creating a half-hourly service throughout both the morning and evening peak periods to/from Charing Cross:
- 08.44 Maidstone East to Charing Cross
- 07.57 Charing Cross to Maidstone East.
- 17.44 Maidstone East to Charing Cross
- 18.59 Charing Cross to Maidstone East.
Services will call at Waterloo East, London Bridge, Swanley, Otford, Borough Green and Wrotham, and West Malling.
Maidstone East Line to Victoria – Monday to Friday
Additional services will run on the Victoria to Ashford route via Maidstone East on Monday to Friday:
- 09.28 Ashford to Victoria
- 21.55 Victoria to Ashford.
Services will call at Bromley South, St Mary Cray, Swanley, Otford, Borough Green & Wrotham, West Malling, East Malling, Barming, Maidstone East, Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing.
Highspeed services
Monday to Friday
- Extra weekday services from St Pancras to Faversham at 20.50 and 21.50.
- Extra weekday services from Faversham to St Pancras at 18.30, 19.30 and 20.30.
- These services combined with existing services mean there will be a half-hourly service all day on the St Pancras to Faversham route until late evening.
Saturdays
There will be additional highspeed services on Saturdays at the busiest times of days increasing the frequency to half-hourly:
- 09.30 Faversham to St Pancras.
- 10.50 St Pancras to Faversham.
- 16.30 Faversham to St Pancras.
- 17.50 St Pancras to Faversham.
Ashford International to London St Pancras
