Timetables

Trains have been better spaced and run every 15 minutes towards London Bridge from stations between Pluckley and Paddock Wood during the busiest times of the morning, arriving in London between 0711 and 0842.
There are 2 extra trains from Ashford to Charing Cross to provide more space during the busiest times in the morning, arriving at Charing Cross at 0802 and 0832.

Hildenborough has an extra weekday train at 0728 to Cannon Street, and an extra train in the evening from Cannon Street at 1758, increasing capacity and frequency during busier times.

There is an extra service from Ashford to Charing Cross to provide more space during the busiest times in the morning, arriving at Charing Cross at 0802.

Additional late evening services run on Fridays at 2310 from Margate to Ashford via Canterbury and at 2318 from Margate to Ashford via Dover, enabling travel from events at Dreamland, Margate. Extra trains also run on Saturdays at 2330 from Margate to Ashford via Canterbury and at 2318 from Margate to Ashford via Dover.

Journey times are faster on services from Ramsgate to Victoria during the busiest times in the morning, arriving at Victoria between 0756 and 0856.

There’s a better spread of services between Faversham and the Medway Towns to London Bridge and Cannon Street at the busiest times in the morning.

Additional late evening services run on Friday at 2318 from Ramsgate to Rochester and Saturday at 2220 from Ramsgate to Victoria and 2253 from Ramsgate to Gillingham, enabling travel from events at Dreamland, Margate.

An extra service will run at 2218 on weekdays from Dover to Faversham calling at Canterbury East, providing a later last connection to the Medway Towns, Bromley South and Victoria.

Longer and more trains will run at weekends from Victoria and Bromley South to the North Kent Coast.

An extra 2 services will run from Charing Cross to Ashford via Maidstone East at 1659 and 1759, giving a half hourly service from 1629 until 1829 between Charing Cross and Maidstone East line stations. 

This will also mean that customers can travel direct from Charing Cross to Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing during this time.

An extra 3 services will run from Tunbridge Wells to Charing Cross on weekdays between 0900 and 1030, calling at High Brooms, Tonbridge, Hildenborough, Sevenoaks, and Orpington and an extra service from Charing Cross will run to Hastings arriving at 0829.

Departures from Tunbridge Wells are better spaced during the busiest times in the morning between 0709 and 0820 from Tunbridge Wells towards London helping to create more space.

On Saturday mornings, an extra train runs from Tunbridge Wells, boosting the frequency to 4 trains per hour from Tunbridge Wells to Charing Cross, and 6 trains per hour onwards from Tonbridge and Sevenoaks, providing more space at busier times.

There are longer trains between Charing Cross and Hastings on Saturday mornings and on Sunday mornings and afternoons, providing more space.

There is a service every 10 minutes between Slade Green and Deptford during the busiest times in the morning (arriving into London between 0757 and 0857) and trains have been better spaced at many stations along the route.

There’s also a better spread of trains between Abbey Wood and Dartford for connections to the Elizabeth Line.

Cannon Street to Gravesend services via Lewisham & Woolwich will start and terminate at Dartford.

Journey times have improved on services to Charing Cross with trains up to 5 minutes quicker off-peak, and trains have been better spaced from stations to London Bridge throughout the day.

Services between Victoria and Dartford are extended to Gravesend, calling at Greenhithe, providing a direct link to Denmark Hill for Kings College and Maudsley Hospitals and giving a direct interchange at Gravesend to highspeed services.

Cannon Street to Gravesend services via Lewisham & Woolwich will start and terminate at Dartford.

Late evening services on Saturdays to the Bexleyheath line now run from Charing Cross from 2155 to the close of service, instead of from Cannon Street.

Trains have been better spaced from Charing Cross to stations between Lee and Crayford and run every 15 minutes from Sidcup line stations towards Charing Cross, all day.

Albany Park station now has 4 trains per hour all day, including 2 trains per hour to and from Lewisham.

Trains run every 15 minutes all day from stations between Hither Green and Petts Wood towards Orpington and have been better spaced towards London.

Bromley North services increase to 3 trains per hour during the busiest times in the evening, connections leaving London between 1640 and 1940.

Trains have been better spaced and run every 15 minutes in both directions from stations between Brixton and Petts Wood during the busiest times in the morning and evening (between the hours of 0535 until 1020 from Orpington to Victoria and 1427 until 2057 from Victoria to Orpington).

During quieter times of the day and evening, trains run every 30 minutes.

Train times have changed on the highspeed route, and until 8 September, some trains to and from the coast will be longer to provide more space at busier times.