Tonbridge Trains: No Charing Cross on 14 and 15 November

No Southeastern trains will run to or from London Charing Cross, Waterloo East or Cannon Street on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November. Engineering work is closing lines between the three terminals and New Cross. Most services are being sent to London Victoria or Blackfriars instead, with a limited service to London Bridge. (Southeastern engineering works, 14 November)

For Tonbridge, that means a different London terminal on both days, and a different one again depending on which train you catch.

What changes from Tonbridge

Saturday 14 November

• Trains on the main line to Ramsgate and Dover Priory run to and from London Victoria instead of Charing Cross. They also call at Hildenborough, which they do not normally do.
• Hastings line trains run to and from London Bridge. Between London Bridge and Tonbridge they run non-stop on an alternative route, which Southeastern says takes about 20 minutes longer than usual.
• Trains that normally run only between Charing Cross and Tunbridge Wells will not run.

Sunday 15 November

• Ramsgate and Dover Priory trains via Tonbridge run to and from London Victoria.
• Hastings line trains also run to and from London Victoria.
• Charing Cross to Sevenoaks stopping trains will not run, because of further engineering work. Instead, Victoria to Orpington trains via Bromley South are extended to run to and from Sevenoaks.

(Southeastern engineering works, 14 and 15 November)

Getting across London

Southeastern says you can use the London Underground at no extra cost between Victoria, Charing Cross, Embankment, Waterloo, Southwark, London Bridge, Cannon Street and Blackfriars that weekend. If your day starts or ends near Charing Cross, the Tube from Victoria is the obvious connection.

The weekend before: Medway Valley buses

On Sunday 8 November, no trains run between Paddock Wood and Strood. Buses replace them all day, calling at Beltring, Yalding, Wateringbury, East Farleigh, Maidstone West, Maidstone Barracks, Aylesford, New Hythe, Snodland, Halling and Cuxton. (Southeastern engineering works, 8 November)

It happens again at Christmas

The same closure between Charing Cross and New Cross is planned for Sunday 27 and Monday 28 December. National Rail’s Christmas listing shows Tonbridge’s Ramsgate and Dover trains and the Hastings line running to Victoria on both days. (National Rail, Southeastern bank holiday information) Our Tonbridge Christmas train times page will carry the full festive timetable once Southeastern publishes it.

What it means for you

• Going to London on 14 or 15 November: expect to arrive at Victoria, not Charing Cross, unless you are on a Saturday Hastings line train to London Bridge.
• Allow extra time. The Saturday Hastings line route is about 20 minutes slower, and Victoria may be further from where you are going.
• Hildenborough passengers get extra calls from the diverted main-line trains on the Saturday.
• Tunbridge Wells stopping trains do not run on the Saturday, so fewer trains link Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells that day.
• Check the journey planner on the day. Southeastern’s page is the operator’s plan, and plans can change.

Normal journey times, fares and parking are on our Tonbridge trains to London page. Road closures for the same fortnight are on Tonbridge roadworks and travel.

Sources: Southeastern planned engineering works for 14 and 15 November and 8 November; National Rail, Southeastern bank holiday information. All read on 2 November 2026.