Christmas and New Year services

Summary of the services we're running over Christmas and New Year

Date of travel:	Changes to Christmas and New Year services:
Saturday 21 December	All routes are open, and we'll be running our normal Saturday timetable.
Sunday 22 December	Our normal Sunday timetable will be in use except for engineering work where buses will replace trains between: Sevenoaks and Paddock Wood Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells Dover Priory and Ramsgate
Monday 23 December	All routes are open – we'll be running a Saturday timetable, with additional trains on some routes.
Christmas Eve Tuesday 24 December	All routes are open – we'll be running a Saturday timetable, with additional trains on some routes. Services across the networker will finish earlier, with no trains running after approximately 22:00. Please make sure you check the time of your last train.
Christmas Day & Boxing Day Wednesday 25 & Thursday 26 December	No Southeastern trains will run.
Friday 27 December	All routes are open – we'll be running a Saturday timetable, with additional trains on some routes.
Saturday 28 December	All routes are open, and we'll be running our normal Saturdaytimetable.
Sunday 29 December	Our normal Sunday timetable will be in use except for engineering work where buses will replace trains between: Margate and Minster
Monday 30 December	All routes are open, and our Saturday service will be running with additional trains on some routes.
New Years Eve Tuesday 31 December	All routes are open, and our Saturday service will be running with additional trains on some routes. Additional late-night trains will run from Charing Cross, Victoria and London Bridge after midnight. There will be no trains from Waterloo East after 23:30.
New Years Day Wednesday 1 January	Most routes are open – we'll be running a Sunday timetable except for engineering work where buses will replace trains between: Folkestone Central & Deal Canterbury East & Dover Priory Sevenoaks, Maidstone East & Ashford Off-peak fares will be available all day.
Thursday 2 & Friday 3 January	All routes are open – we'll be running a Saturday timetable, with additional trains on some routes.
Saturday 4 January	All routes are open, and we'll be running our normal Saturday timetable.
Sunday 5 January	Our normal Sunday timetable will be in use except for engineering work where buses will replace trains between: Greenwich and Dartford via Sidcup Lewisham and Orpington Swanley and Borough Green & Wrotham Canterbury West and Ramsgate Deal and Ramsgate

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.