Southeastern trains from Lewisham to Dartford to be replaced by buses this week.

Southeastern services will be substituted with buses on select routes owing to overnight engineering maintenance.

The work will take place this week, December 1-5. This will impact late-night and early-morning services on several Southeastern lines.

From 11.45pm till the end of service on Mondays and Thursdays, accessible buses will replace trains between Lewisham and Dartford/Gravesend via Sidcup.

Tuesday through Friday, services between Swanley and Gillingham, excluding Sole Street, will be substituted by accessible buses from 12.45 a.m. until the end of service.

A minibus will operate between Meopham and Sole Street.

The 12.25am London Victoria to Ashford International via Maidstone East train will depart later at 12.40am, connecting with replacement buses in Swanley to Meopham and Gillingham (Kent).

The 12.20am London Cannon Street to Tunbridge Wells (Tuesday and Wednesday) and 12.

15am London Charing Cross to Tunbridge Wells (Friday) services will be replaced by an accessible bus between Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells, which will stop at all stations.

Some lines on the Southeastern network will be closed due to engineering maintenance, necessitating the use of substitute buses.

During these periods of engineering construction, trains will be rerouted to run nonstop between London Victoria and Rochester via Dartford.

Alternative trains will be available between London Victoria and Swanley, connecting with the replacement buses.

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