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Exact days 102 Kent stations will see no trains this week amid strikes

Following a busy bank holiday weekend here in Kent which saw several key motorways contend with staggering traffic and congestion volumes,[1] further travel disruption is on the way for the county this week. A total of three days of industrial action from rail employees will grind train travel across Kent to a halt over the coming days.

Southeastern[2] has previously confirmed that action from members of the ASLEF union will be taking place tomorrow (May 31) and on Saturday, June 3. As ASLEF is the nation’s trade union for train drivers, no Southeastern, Southern or Thameslink services will be able to run on these three days, with no rail replacement buses in operation either.

This will leave all of Kent’s train stations without any services on these two days, with the rail operator warning that commuters will be unable to travel by train on these dates. Following this, on Thursday, June 1, there will be an overtime ban from the ASLEF union.

Southeastern has said: “We intend to run our full service but please check just before you travel.” Meanwhile, an additional day of striking has been confirmed for Friday, June 2, this time from members of the RMT union.

It has been noted that a very limited number of services will be in operation on this date. Those who are travelling on this date should expect travel disruption, with just 58 out of Southeastern’s 180 stations open on this day.

Travel for Wednesday, June 31 and Saturday, June 3

No trains will be in operation in Kent on these dates at all. The Kent stations that will not run any Southeastern, Southern or Thameslink are as follows:

  • Adisham

  • Appledore

  • Ashford International

  • Ashurst

  • Aylesford

  • Aylesham

  • Barming

  • Bat and Ball

  • Bearstead

  • Bekesbourne

  • Beltring

  • Birchington-on-Sea

  • Borough Green and Wrotham

  • Broadstairs

  • Canterbury East and West

  • Charing

  • Chartham

  • Chatham

  • Chestfiled & Swalecliffe

  • Chilham

  • Cowden

  • Cuxton

  • Dartford

  • Deal

  • Dover Priory

  • Dumpton Park

  • Dunton Green

  • East Farleigh

  • East Malling

  • Ebbsfleet International

  • Edenbridge

  • Edenbridge Town

  • Eynsford

  • Farningham Road

  • Faversham

  • Folkestone Central and West

  • Gillingham

  • Gravesend

  • Greenhithe

  • Halling

  • Ham Street

  • Harrietsham

  • Headcorn

  • Herne Bay

  • Hever

  • High Brooms

  • Higham

  • Hildenborough

  • Hollingbourne

  • Kearsney

  • Kemsing

  • Kemsley

  • Leigh

  • Lenham

  • Longfield

  • Maidstone Barracks

  • Maidstone East and West

  • Marden

  • Margate

  • Martin Mill

  • Meopham

  • Minster

  • New Hythe

  • Newington

  • Northfleet

  • Otford

  • Paddock Wood

  • Penshurst

  • Pluckley

  • Queenborough

  • Rainham

  • Ramsgate

  • Rochester

  • Sandling

  • Sandwich

  • Selling

  • Sevenoaks

  • Sheerness-on-Sea

  • Shepherds Well

  • Shoreham

  • Sittingbourne

  • Snodland

  • Snowdown

  • Sole Street

  • Staplehurst

  • Strood

  • Stone Crossing

  • Sturry

  • Swale

  • Swanley

  • Swanscombe

  • Teynham

  • Tonbridge

  • Tunbridge Wells

  • Walmer

  • Wateringbury

  • West Malling

  • Westenhanger

  • Westgate-on-Sea

  • Whitstable

  • Wye

  • Yalding

Travel for Friday, June 2

A small number of services will operate along the Bromley South, Dartford, High Speed via Ashford and Sevenoaks lines. This means that only the follow Kent stations will be open on Friday, June 2:

  • Ashford International

  • Bromley South

  • Canterbury West

  • Dartford

  • Dunton Green

  • Knockholt

  • Ramsgate

  • Sevenoaks

Full timetables for these routes can be found on the Southeastern website here[4]. Passengers are advised to plan ahead and to check their full journey before travelling, with disruption likely for the services that are in operation.

Trains that are running will be busier than usual and are likely to start later and finish earlier than normal. Customers may be unable to board trains at stations where a limited service is running, especially on the first few trains in the morning.

No rail replacement buses will serve the stations that are closed. Queuing systems are to be in place at some stations to ensure that trains have enough room onboard for customers to join all along the route.

Customers with Advance, Anytime or Off-Peak tickets for travel on a strike day can instead use their ticket on an alternative date:

  • Tickets for Wednesday May 31 can be used on the day before the date on the ticket or up to and including Monday June 5.

  • Tickets for Friday 2 and Saturday 3 June can be used on Thursday June 1 or up to and including Tuesday June 6.

  • If the ticket is for a journey that includes the London Underground it will not be valid on London Underground services on an alternative date.

Passengers who have been impacted by strike action may be entitled to a refund on their ticket fare, the full refund details of which can be found here.[5]

Never get stuck in a crash again with our FREE traffic and travel email for KentLive readers. Find out more here.[6]

References

  1. ^ staggering traffic and congestion volumes, (www.kentlive.news)
  2. ^ Southeastern (www.kentlive.news)
  3. ^ BMW motorcyclist seriously injured after crash with Jaguar (www.kentlive.news)
  4. ^ here (www.southeasternrailway.co.uk)
  5. ^ here. (www.southeasternrailway.co.uk)
  6. ^ Find out more here. (data.reachplc.com)

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