Train Times 3 London To: Ashford International Via Maidstone East Severe Winter Weather Timetable

Severe Winter Weather Timetable Train times 3 London to: Ashford International via Maidstone East Severe Winter Weather Timetable

This winter, on days when weather is forecast to be The Medway Valley Line will be closed, and We’re on the case particularly bad we’ll change our timetable to either a Southeastern services will not call at Aylesford, • Running ice and snow-busting trains 24/7 which Winter Weather or Severe Winter Weather Timetable, Beltring, Cuxton, East Farleigh, Halling, are fitted with anti-icing fluid to stop the electric rail depending on the severity of the forecast. Maidstone Barracks, Maidstone West, New Hythe, freezing up, adhesion gel for the rails for wheel grip, Snodland, Wateringbury and Yalding. and snow ploughs when weather is severe This leaflet shows theSevere Winter Weather • Fitting points which are most likely to freeze with Timetable for services from London to No rail replacement buses will run between these heaters and NASA-grade insulation to prevent ice Ashford International via Maidstone East. stations, as when the weather is forecast to be this forming and them sticking in place severe, we don’t expect that we’d be able to run them • Applying heating strips on those electric rails most When this timetable is in place train times will be reliably or at all. likely to freeze different, services will be much less frequent, and • Running empty ‘ghost trains’ overnight to keep some stations will be closed. We recommend you tracks and overhead cables free of snow and ice avoid travelling. Why we’re changing the timetable • Changing to a Winter Weather or Severe Winter When the mercury plummets, even the lightest shower Weather Timetable to keep trains running of rain or dusting of snow can freeze and become • And station teams are ready to go with gritting and Timetable summary compacted on the rails, turning into dangerous ice. snow-clearing A half-hourly train service will run on this route Not only does this freeze around the electric rail and between Victoria and Ashford International, leaving create an insulating effect preventing trains from draw- Victoria from 0655 until 2225 and calling at ing power and being able to move with any speed, in Find out more Bromley South, St Mary Cray, Swanley, Otford, the worst cases, it prevents them from being able to We aim to give you at least 24 hours’ notice that this Borough Green & Wrotham, West Malling, move at all. timetable will be in place. Please check our website Maidstone East and Bearsted. before you travel. Find out more at Snow and ice also causes points - which allow trains southeasternrailway.co.uk/winter-weather Towards London services will arrive into Victoria from to move between tracks - to freeze solid, or get #SEwinter 0710 until 2340. jammed with compacted snow. When this happens, trains can’t safely run over them. On Saturdays, services will leave Victoria from 0725 until 2225 and towards London services arrive into The couplers that join carriages together can also be- Victoria from 0740 until 2340. come iced up, making it difficult to join them together, or split them apart, and reducing the number of trains On Sundays, services will leave Victoria from 0825 we have available. until 2225 and towards London services arrive into Victoria from 0910 until 2340. We only use the Severe Winter Weather Timetable when Network Rail instruct us to do so, based on When this timetable is in place, Southeastern services detailed analysis of the weather forecast. Some routes will not call at Barming, Charing, Chartham, Chilham, are closed entirely, because Network Rail aren’t able East Malling, Harrietsham, Hollingbourne, Kemsing, to guarantee that they can be safely kept open, and Lenham and Wye. need to focus their efforts on the busiest routes. Service freuency during the Severe Winter Weather Timetable

Docklands Light Rail 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Interchange * St Pancras Minimum 4 trains per hour No Southeastern International services on this route Stratford Ferry Link Farringdon International * 3 trains per hour Cannon Street Underground 1 City Thameslink London Travelcard Interchange Blackfriars Zones 1-8 2 trains per hour Tramlink Interchange Waterloo Greenwich Westcombe East (Zone 2 & 3) Park Charlton Woolwich Arsenal Abbey Wood Charing Eurostar Interchange Cross 1 train per hour Oyster pay as you go area Loughborough Elephant London Bridge Deptford Maze Hill Woolwich Plumstead Belvedere Erith Slade & Castle Dockyard Green (Zone 1 & 2) New Cross Victoria Junction No Southeastern services stopping at this station Step free access St Johns Kidbrooke Falconwood Bexleyheath * 2 additional morning and evening Peak services Monday–Friday

DenmarkPeckham HillNunhead Rye Lewisham Blackheath Eltham Welling Barnehurst 2 Brixton (Zone 2 & 3) o alternative Southeastern transport available Hither Green Please check the Thameslink website for the timetables that they’ll operate. Mottingham Sidcup Albany Park Bexley Crayford

Crofton Park Lee New Eltham Ladywell Dartford Herne Hill Stone Crossing (Zone 2 & 3) Grove Park 3 Greenhithe Ebbsfleet International * West Dulwich Catford Swanscombe Bridge Northfleet Sheerness-on-Sea Sydenham Hill Queenborough Elmstead Woods Gravesend Bellingham Swale Lower Sydenham Higham Sundridge Kemsley Penge East Park Chislehurst Strood New Bromley Sittingbourne Beckenham North Kent House St Mary Cray Swanley Farningham Road Meopham TeynhamFaversham WhitstableChestfieldHerne & Swalecliffe Bay

Birchington-on-Sea Shortlands Bromley SouthBickley Longﬁeld Sole Street RochesterChathamGillinghamRainham Newington Westgate-on-Sea Clock House Beckenham 4 Junction Petts Selling Margate Elmers End Eynsford Wood (Kent (Kent Broadstairs Eden Park Orpington Shoreham (Kent) Cuxton ) ) Dumpton Park West Wickham Ramsgate Otford Canterbury West Hayes (Kent) Chelsﬁeld Halling

Kemsing 5 Knockholt Snodland Sturry Borough Green & Wrotham Minster Bat & Ball West Malling Sandwich 6 Dunton (for Kings Hill) Canterbury East Green New Hythe Bekesbourne Deal 7 Adisham East Malling Chartham Aylesford Walmer 8 Barming Aylesham Sevenoaks Snowdown (for Leeds Castle) Martin Mill Maidstone Barracks Shepherds Well Maidstone East Maidstone West Chilham Kearsney Weeend services Bearsted East Farleigh Hollingbourne Dover Priory Hildenborough Wateringbury etween Swanley and illinham 4 trains per hour on Mondays to Saturdays Folkestone Central 3 trains per hour on Sundays Harrietsham Yalding Lenham Wye Folkestone West Paddock Beltring Charing etween lackheath and artford Tonbridge Wood etween ither reen and etts Wood 4 trains per hour on Mondays to Saturdays Westenhanger Sandling 2 trains per hour on Sundays Marden Staplehurst Headcorn Pluckley Ashford High Brooms International *

Tunbridge Wells Ham Street Frant Appledore Wadhurst Stonegate Rye

Etchingham Ore Robertsbridge Hastings CrowhurstWest St Leonards Battle St Leonards Warrior Square Severe Winter Weather Timetable 3: Mondays to 4 London to Ashford International via Maidstone East Fridays

Mondays to Fridays London Victoria d 0655 0725 0755 2125 2155 2225 Bromley South d 0712 0742 0812 and 2142 2212 2242 St. Mary Cray d 0718 0748 0818 at 2148 2218 2248 Swanley d 0723 0753 0823 the 2153 2223 2253 Otford d 0732 0802 0832 same 2202 2232 2302 minutes Borough Green & Wrotham d 0740 0810 0840 past 2210 2240 2310 West Malling d 0746 0816 0846 each 2216 2246 2316 Maidstone East d 0754 0824 0854 hour 2224 2254 2324 Bearsted d 0800 0830 0900 until 2230 2300 2330 Ashford International a 0819 0849 0919 2249 2319 2349

Saturdays London Victoria d 0725 0755 0825 0855 2125 2155 2225 Bromley South d 0742 0812 0842 0912 and 2142 2212 2242 St. Mary Cray d 0748 0818 0848 0918 at 2148 2218 2248 Swanley d 0753 0823 0853 0923 the 2153 2223 2253 Otford d 0802 0832 0902 0932 same 2202 2232 2302 minutes Borough Green & Wrotham d 0810 0840 0910 0940 past 2210 2240 2310 West Malling d 0816 0846 0916 0946 each 2216 2246 2316 Maidstone East d 0824 0854 0924 0954 hour 2224 2254 2324 Bearsted d 0830 0900 0930 1000 until 2230 2300 2330 Ashford International a 0849 0919 0949 1019 2249 2319 2349

Sundays London Victoria d 0825 0855 0925 0955 2125 2155 2225 Bromley South d 0842 0912 0942 1012 and 2142 2212 2242 St. Mary Cray d 0848 0918 0948 1018 at 2148 2218 2248 Swanley d 0853 0923 0953 1023 the 2153 2223 2253 Otford d 0902 0932 1002 1032 same 2202 2232 2302 minutes Borough Green & Wrotham d 0910 0940 1010 1040 past 2210 2240 2310 West Malling d 0916 0946 1016 1046 each 2216 2246 2316 Maidstone East d 0924 0954 1024 1054 hour 2224 2254 2324 Bearsted d 0930 1000 1030 1100 until 2230 2300 2330 Ashford International a 0949 1019 1049 1119 2249 2319 2349

a Arrrival time d Departure time

When this timetable is in place, Southeastern services will not call at: Maidstone East Line: Barming, Charing, East Malling, Kemsing, Harrietsham, Hollingbourne or Lenham Maidstone West Line: Aylesford, Beltring, Cuxton, East Farleigh, Halling, Maidstone Barracks, Maidstone West, New Hythe, Snodland, Wateringbury or Yalding

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Severe Winter Weather Timetable 3: Mondays to 7 Ashford International to London via Maidstone East Fridays

Mondays to Fridays Ashford International d 0538 0608 0638 2108 2138 2208 Bearsted d 0556 0626 0656 and 2126 2156 2226 Maidstone East d 0602 0632 0702 at 2132 2202 2232 West Malling d 0609 0639 0709 the 2139 2209 2239 Borough Green & Wrotham d 0616 0646 0716 same 2146 2216 2246 minutes Otford d 0625 0655 0725 past 2155 2225 2255 Swanley d 0634 0704 0734 each 2204 2234 2304 St. Mary Cray d 0639 0709 0739 hour 2209 2239 2309 Bromley South d 0647 0717 0747 until 2217 2247 2317 London Victoria a 0710 0740 0810 2240 2310 2340

Saturdays Ashford International d 0608 0638 0708 0738 2108 2138 2208 Bearsted d 0626 0656 0726 0756 and 2126 2156 2226 Maidstone East d 0632 0702 0732 0802 at 2132 2202 2232 West Malling d 0639 0709 0739 0809 the 2139 2209 2239 Borough Green & Wrotham d 0646 0716 0746 0816 same 2146 2216 2246 minutes Otford d 0655 0725 0755 0825 past 2155 2225 2255 Swanley d 0704 0734 0804 0834 each 2204 2234 2304 St. Mary Cray d 0709 0739 0809 0839 hour 2209 2239 2309 Bromley South d 0717 0747 0817 0847 until 2217 2247 2317 London Victoria a 0740 0810 0840 0910 2240 2310 2340

Sundays Ashford International d 0738 0808 0838 2108 2138 2208 Bearsted d 0756 0826 0856 and 2126 2156 2226 Maidstone East d 0802 0832 0902 at 2132 2202 2232 West Malling d 0809 0839 0909 the 2139 2209 2239 Borough Green & Wrotham d 0816 0846 0916 same 2146 2216 2246 minutes Otford d 0825 0855 0925 past 2155 2225 2255 Swanley d 0834 0904 0934 each 2204 2234 2304 St. Mary Cray d 0839 0909 0939 hour 2209 2239 2309 Bromley South d 0847 0917 0947 until 2217 2247 2317 London Victoria a 0910 0940 1010 2240 2310 2340

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