Summary of the services we're running over Christmas and New Year
Check train times and plan your journey
| Saturday 20 December |
All routes are open, and we'll be running our normal Saturday timetable. |
| Sunday 21 December |
Our normal Sunday timetable will be in use except for engineering work where buses will replace trains between:
- Sevenoaks and Tonbridge/Paddock Wood
- Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells/Wadhurst
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| Monday 22 & Tuesday 23 December |
All routes are open – we'll be running a Saturday timetable, with additional trains on some routes. |
Christmas Eve
Wednesday 24 December |
All routes are open – we'll be running a Saturday timetable, with additional trains on some routes.
Services across the network will finish earlier, with no trains running after approximately 22:00. Please make sure you check the time of your last train.
Download the Last trains on Christmas Eve PDF
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Christmas Day & Boxing Day
Thursday 25 & Friday 26 December |
No Southeastern trains will run.
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| Saturday 27 December |
There are no Southeastern services at London Victoria because of major engineering work, trains are diverted to London Cannon Street and there’ll be no service between London and Beckenham Junction via Herne Hill.
Brixton station will be closed (London Underground services are still available).
All other routes are open and we’ll be running our normal Saturday timetable.
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| Sunday 28 December |
There are no Southeastern services at London Victoria because of major engineering work, trains are diverted to London Cannon Street and there’ll be no service between London and Beckenham Junction via Herne Hill.
Brixton station will be closed (London Underground services are still available).
All other routes are open and we’ll be running our normal Sunday timetable.
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| Monday 29 & Tuesday 30 December |
There are no Southeastern services at London Victoria because of major engineering work, trains are diverted to London Cannon Street and there’ll be no trains between London and Beckenham Junction via Herne Hill.
Brixton station will be closed (London Underground services are still available).
All other routes are open and we’ll be running our Saturday timetable with additional trains on some routes.
Off-peak fares will apply all day, except for Travelcards and journeys wholly within the London Travelcard area.
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New Years Eve
Wednesday 31 December |
There are no Southeastern services at London Victoria because of major engineering work, trains are diverted to London Cannon Street and there’ll be no service between London and Beckenham Junction via Herne Hill.
Brixton station will be closed (London Underground services are still available).
All other routes are open and we’ll be running our Saturday timetable with additional trains on some routes
Additional late-night trains will run from Charing Cross, Cannon Street and London Bridge after midnight. Waterloo East will be closed from 23:45.
Off-peak fares will apply all day, except for Travelcards and journeys wholly within the London Travelcard area
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New Years Day
Thursday 1 January
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London Charing Cross, London Cannon Street and Waterloo East stations are closed with most trains diverted to London Victoria and a limited service at London Bridge.
A Sunday service will be running except for engineering work where buses replace trains on the following routes:
- Lewisham to Orpington via Grove Park
- Greenwich & Dartford via New Cross and Sidcup
- Folkestone and Dover/Deal
- Canterbury East and Dover
- Sevenoaks and Ashford via Maidstone East
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| Friday 2 January |
London Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations are closed because of engineering work with most trains diverted to London Victoria and a limited service at London Cannon Street/London Bridge.
There’ll be no service on the Bromley North line.
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| Saturday 3 January |
London Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations are closed because of engineering work with most trains diverted to London Victoria and a limited service at London Cannon Street/London Bridge
There’ll be no service on the Bromley North line.
All other routes are open and we’ll be running a Saturday level of service.
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| Sunday 4 January |
London Charing Cross, London Cannon Street and Waterloo East stations are closed with most trains diverted to London Victoria and a limited service at London Bridge.
Our Sunday timetable will be in use except engineering work where buses will replace trains between:
- Ebbsfleet and Strood
- Dartford and Gillingham
- Gravesend/Strood and Maidstone West
- Tunbridge Wells and Battle
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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
As well as weekends and Bank Holidays, Off-Peak fares are also available all day on 27, 30 and 31 December. Some restrictions still apply.
Changes to train times
For details of engineering work taking place over the festive period, please visit our planned engineering work page.
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