Tags: Canterbury West
Emergency incident: disruption continues
An fatal incident at Ashford station closed the Canterbury West line earlier this morning for some three hours. Emergency services have completed their work and authorised the line to reopen after 09.00. Trains are starting to run again, however expect further delays and alterations to some services this morning as the disruption clears. Southeastern's latest estimate is a return to normal services... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:13 by Admin
Replacement bus service Sunday 1st May
Planned engineering work will affect Southeastern train services on Sunday 1st May 2022. Express and stopping buses will replace all train services between Ashford International and Ramsgate via Canterbury West on Sunday. Stopping buses will call at Wye, Chilham, Chartham and Canterbury West, Sturry and Minster stations. The High Speed services between London St Pancras and Margate will terminate at... Read More »
Posted: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 19:51 by Admin
Ashford to Canterbury line to close for four days
Network Rail is preparing to replace its bridge over the River Stour at Chartham. The main heavy engineering work is scheduled over the bank holiday weekend to minimise disruption. Consequently, no trains will run between Ashford International and Canterbury West for four days. Engineering work is planned to start early on Saturday 29th May and continue through until the end of Tuesday, 1st June. During... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 18 May 2021 20:00 by Admin
Wye Station will close Sunday 11th April
While planned engineering work takes place on the lines between Ashford International and Minster on Sunday 11th April 2021, buses will replace the Southeastern train services. The Network Rail notice confirms that works will require the closure of both lines between Ashford International and Ramsgate via Canterbury West. This will affect the intermediate stations at Wye, Chilham, Chartham, Sturry... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:12 by Admin
Train services disrupted between Victoria and Blackfriars and Canterbury West
Following heavy rain, Southeastern reports that a train struck an obstruction on the line near West Malling. Consequently there are no trains in either direction between Otford and Maidstone East. Rail replacement buses are covering the affected stations. This situation is expected to last until the end of the day. Train services this evening from London Victoria and London Blackfriars to Ashford via... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:24 by Admin
Southeastern is operating replacement bus services to Wye throughout Sunday 21st June
Planned engineering works at Ashford station, and between Ashford and Canterbury West have closed various lines, so buses are replacing trains today between Ebbsfleet and Ashford, and between Ashford and Canterbury West. There is no High Speed service between London St Pancras and Margate. Instead HS1 services between London St Pancras and Ramsgate via Dover Priory will run between London St Pancras... Read More »
Posted: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:00 by Admin
Easter Day: no trains through Wye
Network Rail has planned engineering work taking place between Ashford International and Minster, via Canterbury West. Consequently the line through Wye will be closed all day on Sunday 12th April, Easter Day. Instead, replacement buses will run between Ashford International and Canterbury West (fast, and stopping at Wye, Chilham and Chartham). However, government advice is that:
...'you should only... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:14 by Admin
Wye Station ticket office is closed until further notice
Southeastern Railway has announced the temporary closure of Wye ticket office, and those at 58 other railway stations across the region. Southeastern targeted ticket offices that have been selling less than 20 tickets a day recently. In normal times Phil Coleman would expect to sell around a hundred 'walk up' tickets from Wye every morning. Clearly people are heeding the government's advice to 'only... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:15 by Admin
Disruption affects Wye and three rail lines into Ashford
Following a day of heavy rain on Thursday two landslips near #Bearsted on Friday afternoon closed the Maidstone East to Ashford line. Consequently, train services to and from Wye are still disrupted. Network Rail reports that track clearance and repair work at Bearsted is 'currently running ahead of schedule' and expects trains to be running on the Maidstone East line from Monday morning.' Charing... Read More »
Posted: Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:30 by Admin
Canterbury West disruption: all lines have now reopened
Following signalling problems this morning at Canterbury West which blocked the lines in both directions, all lines have now reopened. Train services running through this station may be delayed by up to 45 minutes or revised or diverted between Ramsgate and Ashford International. The disruption is expected to last until 09.45. There were similar signalling problems and delays at Canterbury West on... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:47 by Admin