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Exact date 96 Kent stations will be closed as more strikes on the way

Kent commuters are set to face further travel disruption later this month as three more days of strike action will grind rail travel to a halt. Southeastern[1] has confirmed that members of the RMT union will be holding industrial action on July 20, 22 and 29, which will have an impact on the majority of Kent stations.

The rail provider has confirmed that, should this strike action go ahead, it would only be able to provide a very limited service between 7am and 7pm on these three dates, with many key routes closed. Southeastern has confirmed that just 58 of its 180 stations will be open, and that there will be no replacement bus services along closed routes.

Those who are travelling on these dates should expect some disruption and are urged to plan and check their full journey before travelling. Trains that are running will likely be busier than normal, are likely to start and finish earlier, and passengers may be unable to board trains where limited services are running, especially on the first few trains in the morning.

Queuing systems will be in place at some stations to ensure that trains have enough room onboard for customers to join all along the route. Journey planners are scheduled to be updated as follows:

  • On Thursday July 13 timetables should be updated for Thursday July 20

  • On Friday July 14 timetables should be updated for Saturday July 22

  • On Friday July 21 timetables should be updated for Saturday July 29

Services that are running

In Kent, a limited number of services will be in operation on the Dartford, Sevenoaks and High Speed via Ashford lines. On these three dates, a limited number of trains will serve the following stations:

  • Ashford International

  • Canterbury West

  • Dartford

  • Dunton Green

  • Ebbsfleet International

  • Knockholt

  • Ramsgate

  • Sevenoaks

The following Kent stations will see no trains at all on these three dates should strikes go ahead:

  • Adisham

  • Appledore

  • Ashurst

  • Aylesford

  • Aylesham

  • Barming

  • Bat and Ball

  • Bearstead

  • Bekesbourne

  • Beltring

  • Birchington-on-Sea

  • Borough Green and Wrotham

  • Broadstairs

  • Canterbury East

  • Charing

  • Chartham

  • Chatham

  • Chestfiled & Swalecliffe

  • Chilham

  • Cowden

  • Cuxton

  • Deal

  • Dover Priory

  • Dumpton Park

  • East Farleigh

  • East Malling

  • 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

  • Rochester

  • Sandling

  • Sandwich

  • Selling

  • 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

Further details about service ability can be found on the Southeastern website here[3].

What to do if you have tickets for a strike day

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 Thursday July 20 can be used on the day before the date on the ticket or up to and including Tuesday July 25.

  • Tickets for Saturday July 22 can be used on the day before the date on the ticket or up to and including Tuesday July 25.

  • Tickets for Saturday July 29 can be on the day before the date on the ticket or up to and including Tuesday August 1.

  • 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. Full refund details can be found here.[4]

Keep up with the latest rail strike news with our FREE traffic and travel email for KentLive readers. Find out more here.[5]

References

  1. ^ Southeastern (www.kentlive.news)
  2. ^ Driver killed in crash after car hits wall (www.kentlive.news)
  3. ^ here (www.southeasternrailway.co.uk)
  4. ^ here. (www.southeasternrailway.co.uk)
  5. ^ Find out more here. (data.reachplc.com)

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