Southeastern will run longer trains on key routes serving Kent and East Sussex from Monday 29 March, supporting passengers’ journeys as the country comes out of lockdown and the economy begins to re-open.
Although Government guidance remains that people should keep journeys to a minimum and stay local, the changes being made will ensure that longer trains run on key routes both at peak and off-peak times, with further changes being made to train formations in May when the next national timetable change takes place.
The main changes being made mean:
- All off-peak trains on the London Charing Cross -Hastings line will be formed of eight carriages
- All off-peak trains on the London Charing Cross-Tonbridge-Ramsgate line will be formed of eight carriages
- All off peak trains on the London Victoria-Medway Towns-Ramsgate trains will be formed of eight carriages
- All peak time Mainline trains will be formed of at least eight carriages
Scott Brightwell, Train Services Director for Southeastern, said:
“Now that the country is beginning to open up again we’re making sure that as demand changes, the number of carriages available for service changes with it. While Government guidance continues to ask people to keep journeys to a minimum and stay local for leisure, retail and hospitality, we’ll continue to monitor levels of demand and adjust train lengths accordingly.”
Summary of changes
Additional service
The 15:39 Tonbridge-London Charing Cross, calling at Sevenoaks, London Bridge and Waterloo East is reinstated to the timetable, and will be formed of eight carriages. This train has been reinstated for school pupils and connects with the 15:52 Thameslink service from Sevenoaks to London Blackfriars, via Otford.
Main changes
|
Service |
Carriages |
|
05:49 Dover – London St Pancras |
12 |
|
05:48 Sandwich – London St Pancras |
12 |
|
08:53, 13:55 and 17:55 Margate – London St Pancras |
12 |
|
07:12, 12:12, 16:12 and 21:12 London St Pancras – Margate |
12 |
|
05:50 Hastings – London Charing Cross |
12 |
|
08:31, 09:50, 10:50, 13:50, 14:50, 15:50, 16:50, 17:50, 19:50, 20:50 and 21:50 Hastings – London Charing Cross |
8 |
|
08:45, 11:15, 12:15, 13:15, 14:15, 15:45, 16:45, 17:15, 17:45, 18:45, 19:45, 20:15, 21:45 and 22:45 London Charing Cross – Hastings |
8 |
|
05:42 Ramsgate – London Charing Cross (via Canterbury West) |
12 |
|
07:25, 09:25 and 10:25 Ramsgate – London Charing Cross (via Dover) |
8 |
|
16:02 Ashford – London Charing Cross (via Tonbridge) |
8 |
|
08:10 London Charing Cross – Ashford (via Tonbridge) |
12 |
|
13:40 and 16:40 London Charing Cross – Ramsgate (via Dover) |
8 |
|
17:40 London Charing Cross – Ramsgate (via Dover) |
12 |
|
23:40 London Charing Cross – Ashford (via Tonbridge) |
8 |
|
04:30 Dover – London Cannon Street (via Tonbridge) |
8 |
|
0642 London Cannon St – Ramsgate (via Tonbridge) |
8 |
|
05:30 Ramsgate – London Cannon Street (via the Medway Towns) |
12 |
|
06:15 Broadstairs – London Cannon Street (via the Medway Towns) |
8 |
|
06:36 Ramsgate – London Cannon Street (via the Medway Towns) |
8 |
|
16:41 London Cannon Street – Dover (via the Medway Towns) |
8 |
|
18:11 London Cannon Street – Margate (via the Medway Towns) |
8 |
|
05:20 Dover – London Victoria |
12 |
|
05:50 Ramsgate – London Victoria |
12 |
|
07:40 Ramsgate – London Victoria |
12 |
|
10:53, 1153, 1253 and 1853 Ramsgate – London Victoria |
8 |
|
17:18 Dover – London Victoria |
8 |
|
13:40, 14:40, 19:40 and 21:10 London Victoria - Ramsgate |
8 |
|
15:10 London Victoria - Dover |
8 |
|
16:40 and 17:40 Victoria - Ramsgate |
12 |
|
17:10 London Victoria - Dover |
12 |
|
07:49 Minster - London Victoria (via Maidstone East) |
8 |
|
17:38 London Blackfriars – Ashford (via Maidstone East) |
8 |
