No Southeastern trains will be running on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.
If you’re planning to travel over the festive season, Southeastern has announced its schedule, including timetable changes and engineering works.
On New Year’s Day, most routes are open with a Sunday timetable except for engineering work where buses will replace trains between:
• Folkestone Central & Deal
• Canterbury East & Dover Priory
• Sevenoaks, Maidstone East & Ashford
Here’s all the Southeastern timetable changes this Christmas and New Years:
Monday, December 23
• All routes open with a Saturday timetable and additional trains on some routes.
Christmas Eve – Tuesday, December 24
• All routes open with a Saturday timetable and additional trains on some routes.
• Services will finish earlier, with no trains running after approximately 10pm.
Christmas Day and Boxing Day – Wednesday, December 25 & Thursday, December 26
• No Southeastern trains will run.
Friday, December 27
• All routes open with a Saturday timetable and additional trains on some routes.
Saturday, December 28
• Normal Saturday timetable except:
Buses replace trains between Ramsgate and Minster.
Sunday, December 29
• Normal Sunday timetable except:
Buses replace trains between Margate and Minster.
Monday, December 30
• All routes open with a Saturday timetable and additional trains on some routes.
New Year’s Eve – Tuesday, December 31
• All routes open with a Saturday timetable and additional trains on some routes.
• Additional late-night trains will run from Charing Cross, Victoria, and London Bridge after midnight.
• Note: No trains will run from Waterloo East after 11.30pm.
New Year’s Day – Wednesday, January 1
• Most routes open with a Sunday timetable, except: o Buses replace trains between Folkestone Central and Deal.
Buses replace trains between Canterbury East and Dover Priory.
Buses replace trains between Sevenoaks, Maidstone East, and Ashford.
• Off-peak fares available all day.
Thursday, January 2 & Friday, January 3
• All routes open with a Saturday timetable and additional trains on some routes.
Saturday, January 4
• Normal Saturday timetable across all routes.
Sunday, January 5
• Normal Sunday timetable except: o Buses replace trains between Greenwich and Dartford via Sidcup.
Buses replace trains between Lewisham and Orpington.
Buses replace trains between Swanley and Borough Green & Wrotham.
Buses replace trains between Canterbury West and Ramsgate.
Buses replace trains between Deal and Ramsgate.
Southeastern encourages passengers to check train times and plan their journeys in advance.