Check before you travel - New Southeastern timetable starts next month adding an extra 220 services per week

Notes to editors

Southeastern’s December timetable information is available on the link here and summarised below:

www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/plan-your-journey/timetables

Changes by route

Metro

Woolwich line

The 12 additional Cannon Street Rounder services will run via Greenwich and Sidcup in both directions across the morning and evening peak.

Extra services (stopping at all stations except Lewisham)

• 07.35, 08.05 and 08.36 Cannon Street Rounder services via Sidcup and Greenwich.
• 16.04 Cannon Street rounder service via Sidcup and Greenwich.
• 08.32 Cannon Street rounder service via Greenwich and Sidcup.
• 16.02 and half hourly until 19.02 Cannon Street rounder service via Greenwich and Sidcup.

There are also additional part Rounder services:

• 06.27 New Cross to Cannon Street via Bexleyheath and Greenwich, calling at all stations.
• 15.29, 15.59 and 16.29 Slade Green to Cannon Street via Greenwich calling at all stations.

More services are running between Slade Green and Cannon Street via Woolwich at peak times.

This will increase frequency at Deptford, Greenwich, Maze Hill and Westcombe Park to six trains an hour, with a 10-minute interval at peak times.

Woolwich Dockyard, Erith and Belvedere will also have six trains an hour at peak times.

At Charlton, Woolwich Arsenal, Plumstead, Abbey Wood and Slade Green there will be eight trains an hour at peak times.

To improve the waiting time for travel between Abbey Wood and Dartford trains will run at 15-minute intervals.

Bexleyheath and Sidcup lines

To provide an earlier arrival into London on weekdays the 05.23 Dartford to Charing Cross via Bexleyheath will depart 11 minutes earlier at 05.12.

To provide an earlier direct service from the Bexleyheath line stations to Abbey Wood for inter-change with the Elizabeth Line there will be an additional 06.27 New Cross to Cannon Street service via Bexleyheath and Greenwich calling at all stations on weekdays.

There will be a 05.05 service from Dartford to Charing Cross calling at all stations via Sidcup and Lewisham to fill a 32-minute gap during weekdays.

London Victoria to Orpington via Herne Hill

Extra trains will run Monday to Friday on this route during off peak and evenings to provide an all-day service with four per trains an hour. The 15-minute interval delivers a turn up and go frequency.

• Four trains an hour into Victoria between 06.03 until 23.33.
• Four trains an hour from Victoria between 05.57 and 23.27.
• This increases the service frequency at Brixton, Herne Hill, West Dulwich, Sydenham Hill, Penge East, Kent House, Beckenham Junction, Shortlands, Bromley South, Bickley and Petts Wood.

 Highspeed – Dover Priory to London St Pancras

To provide an earlier arrival in London the 05.48 Dover Priory to St Pancras on weekdays will start earlier at 05.45.

Ramsgate to London Charing Cross

To fill an hour gap between Chartham and Chilham the 08.44 Ramsgate to Charing Cross service will run at 08.42 with additional stops at Chartham (09.11) and Chilham (09.14).

London Charing Cross to Ashford International via Maidstone East

To offer more evening services the 21.29 and 22.29 London Charing Cross to Maidstone East trains will run to Ashford International on weekdays, calling at Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing.

Medway Valley - Strood to Tonbridge

To give school pupils more time to get on and off the trains the 07.33 and 08.05 Strood to Tonbridge services are starting a minute earlier, and they’ll have additional dwell time at New Hythe and Aylesford.

About Southeastern

Southeastern is one of the UK’s most reliable operators with more than 1,700 services a day to 181 stations across Kent, south-east London and East Sussex.

It operates the UK's first domestic highspeed service and carried 128 million customers last year. It employs more than 4,500 people.

Southeastern is owned by SE Trains Ltd, a subsidiary of the Department for Transport’s public sector owning group, ‘DOHL’. DOHL also has responsibility for LNER, Northern Trains Limited and TransPennine Trains Limited. For more information, contact press.office@southeasternrailway.co.uk.