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METRO SERVICES
Bexleyheath Line
Extra services will run on weekday evenings, increasing the frequency to half-hourly:
20.25 and 21.25 from Charing Cross to Dartford
19.23 and 20.23 Dartford to Charing Cross
On Saturday and Sunday, services between Victoria and Dartford/Gravesend will be lengthened to eight carriages.
Hayes Line
To improve the interval between trains, services from Charing Cross to Hayes will be retimed.
Departures at xx18 & xx48 will start later at Charing Cross and the interval from London Bridge will be improved from the current 9/21-minute interval to a 13/17-minute interval.
An additional service will run at 08.02 from Charing Cross to Hayes calling at Waterloo East and London Bridge.
MAINLINE SERVICES
Bromley South Line – Victoria to Orpington via Herne Hill
The 04.33 service from Swanley to Victoria is an earlier start and it will not stop at the stations between Shortlands and Brixton. The train will now arrive in to Victoria at 05.00 offering an 18-minute earlier arrival for shift workers.
An additional service will run at 04.35 from Orpington to Victoria calling at all stations via Herne Hill.
Maidstone East Line to Charing Cross – Monday to Friday
Additional services will run at peak times creating a half-hourly service throughout both the morning and evening peak periods to/from Charing Cross:
08.44 Maidstone East to Charing Cross
07.57 Charing Cross to Maidstone East
17.44 Maidstone East to Charing Cross
18.59 Charing Cross to Maidstone East
Services will call at Waterloo East, London Bridge, Swanley, Otford, Borough Green and Wrotham, and West Malling.
Maidstone East Line to Victoria – Monday to Friday
Additional services will run on the Victoria to Ashford route via Maidstone East on Monday to Friday:
09.28 Ashford to Victoria
21.55 Victoria to Ashford
Services will call at Bromley South, St Mary Cray, Swanley, Otford, Borough Green & Wrotham, West Malling, East Malling, Barming, Maidstone East, Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing.
HIGHSPEED SERVICES
Monday to Friday
Extra weekday services from St Pancras to Faversham at 20.50 and 21.50
Extra weekday services from Faversham to St Pancras at 18.30, 19.30 and 20.30
These additional services mean there will be a half-hourly service all day on the St Pancras to Faversham route until late evening.
Saturdays
There will be additional highspeed services on Saturdays at the busiest times of day increasing the frequency to half-hourly:
09.30 Faversham to St Pancras
10.50 St Pancras to Faversham
16.30 Faversham to St Pancras
17.50 St Pancras to Faversham
