May 2019 Timetable
Passengers on key Southeastern routes between London, Maidstone, Canterbury and the Kent Coast are set to benefit from journey time reductions of up to four minutes, with early morning commuters from Gravesend also benefiting from two new services.
The main changes in our May 2019 will mean passengers across our network will benefit from:
- Timetable changes will take between 1-4 minutes off many journeys between London, Maidstone, Canterbury and the Kent Coast
- Services made more regular and fewer long gaps between trains at various points on the network
- A small number of additional stops and services added on other routes to meet passenger needs
Our new timetable starts on Sunday 19 May, this is now available to view and download below.
View and Download May 2019 Timetable
The timetable changes are all now live on online journey planners, including the Southeastern and National Rail websites, with printed timetable booklets available from Southeastern stations and from Customer Services in the week commencing April 8.
The following routes and their stations will benefit from journey time reductions, or other changes, on some or all of the services that call there (note this list is not exhaustive);
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Additional stops for passengers at stations between Maidstone and Strood – allowing better connections to fast services into London nearly 30 minutes earlier in the morning.
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Additional stops for passengers at stations between Maidstone and Strood – allowing better connections to fast services into London nearly 30 minutes earlier in the morning.
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| Ashford International - London Victoria |
A 1-3 minute journey time reduction on a large number of services, at all stations on the route. |
Maidstone East
East Malling
Borough Green & Wrotham Otford
Bromley South
and other stations
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| Canterbury West-London Victoria |
A 1-3 minute journey time reduction on a large number of services, at all stations along the route. |
Chilham
Ashford International
Maidstone East
East Malling
Borough Green & Wrotham, Swanley
Bromley South
and other stations
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| Dover Priory- London Victoria |
A 1-4 minute journey time reduction on a large number of services, at all stations along the route, |
Snowdown
Aylesham
Canterbury East
Faversham
Sittingbourne
Rainham
Chatham
Rochester
Bromley South
and other stations
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| Ramsgate-London Victoria |
A 1-4 minute journey time reduction on a large number of services, at all stations along the route. |
Margate
Herne Bay
Whitstable
Faversham
Sittingbourne
Gillingham
Rochester
Bromley South
and other stations
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| Gravesend-London Charing Cross/London Cannon Street |
Two new services added at 04:55 and 05:25, starting back at Gravesend to benefit commuters arriving in London for 06:00 or 07:00 starts.
Additional stop at Stone Crossing on the 06:14 Gravesend-London Cannon Street.
Additional stop at Stone Crossing on the 17:25 London Cannon Street-Gravesend.
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Gravesend
Greenhithe for Bluewater
Stone Crossing
Dartford
Lewisham
London Bridge
London Charing Cross
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| Tonbridge-Strood |
Additional stops for passengers at stations between Maidstone and Strood – allowing better connections to fast services into London nearly 30 minutes earlier in the morning. |
Aylesford
New Hythe
Snodland
Halling
Cuxton
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| Bromley South-London Victoria |
Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Ramsgate
Bromley South
and other stations
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| Canterbury West-London Victoria |
Additional, later service provided at 22:12 |
Canterbury West
and other stations
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| Teynham |
Additional stop for the 17:10 London Victoria-Dover Priory to resolve a large gap in services in the evening peak. |
Teynham
and other stations
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London Cannon Street-Margate
Four additional carriages on the 17:09 London Cannon Street to Margate
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Four additional carriages added following feedback around crowding of services.
As a result, the 18:45 London Charing Cross-Hastings service, a service that currently has ample capacity, will be reduced by four carriages.
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London Cannon Street
London Bridge
and other stations
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We received over 400 individual pieces of feedback during our six-week consultation period at the end of last year. Where possible we have used this feedback to help amend our changes to the May 2019 timetable.
To find out how we’ve responded to the feedback we’ve received, the revisions we’ve made since the consultation last year, and how passengers will benefit from the timetable changes please download the report on our May timetable consultation below.
Download May 2019 Timetable report
For More detail on changes being made to rail timetables nationally can be found on the Rail Delivery Group website.
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Additional stops for passengers at stations between Maidstone and Strood – allowing better connections to fast services into London nearly 30 minutes earlier in the morning.
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Additional stops for passengers at stations between Maidstone and Strood – allowing better connections to fast services into London nearly 30 minutes earlier in the morning.
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Additional stops for passengers at stations between Maidstone and Strood – allowing better connections to fast services into London nearly 30 minutes earlier in the morning.
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Additional stops for passengers at stations between Maidstone and Strood – allowing better connections to fast services into London nearly 30 minutes earlier in the morning.
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Additional stops for passengers at stations between Maidstone and Strood – allowing better connections to fast services into London nearly 30 minutes earlier in the morning.
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Additional stops for passengers at stations between Maidstone and Strood – allowing better connections to fast services into London nearly 30 minutes earlier in the morning.
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A 1-4 minute journey time reduction on a large number of services, at all stations along the route,
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A 1-4 minute journey time reduction on a large number of services, at all stations along the route,
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A 1-4 minute journey time reduction on a large number of services, at all stations along the route,
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Snowdown
Aylesham
Canterbury East
Faversham
Sittingbourne
Rainham
Chatham
Rochester
Bromley South
and other stations
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Snowdown
Aylesham
Canterbury East
Faversham
Sittingbourne
Rainham
Chatham
Rochester
Bromley South
and other stations
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Snowdown
Aylesham
Canterbury East
Faversham
Sittingbourne
Rainham
Chatham
Rochester
Bromley South
and other stations
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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Better spread of services in the morning peak to Victoria, including a 6-minute journey time reduction on the 05:56 Ramsgate-Bromley South, allowing this service to arrive six minutes earlier and provide a more even distribution of fast services to London Victoria for commuters between 07:00-08:00
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