📋 Tender Overview
Customers Are Being Reminded To Plan Their Journeys Ahead Of Engineering Work On The Railway Between Ashford International, Maidstone East And Borough Green & Wrotham Beginning On Saturday For Nine Days. Major Improvement Work Is Set To Take Place Between Ashford International, Maidstone East And Borough Green & Wrotham Stations From Saturday 23 May To Sunday 31 May, And Customers Are Being Reminded To Plan Ahead. Buses Will Replace Trains For Nine Days While Network Rail Carries Out Essential Upgrades To Improve The Long-Term Reliability Of The Line. Accessible Buses Will Run Between Ashford International, Maidstone East And Borough Green Stations For Nine Days From Saturday 23 To Sunday 31 May 2026. Rail Engineers Will Be Completing Several Important Projects, As Well As Using The Closure To Carry Out Other Minor Works, All To Help Deliver Better Journeys For Customers In Kent, Including: To Make The Most Of The Time, Engineers Will Inspect Bridges At Several Locations Between Bearsted And Ashford, Carry Out Maintenance On Over Four Miles Of Track, Examine Earthworks, Tunnels And Cuttings Along The Route And Replace The Level Crossing At Ryarsh Lane Near West Malling. David Davidson, Chief Operating Officer For The South Eastern Railway, Said: The Ashford To Maidstone East Line Is An Extremely Busy Part Of Our Railway, But The Rock Cuttings Here Are More Than 150 Years Old. As A Result, We Are Seeing An Increasing Number Of Weather And Ground Movement Related Incidents Which Cause Delays To Our Customers. We Want To Fix This, And We Need To Do The Work As Quickly As Possible Over The Nine-Day Closure Rather Than During A Series Of Disruptive Weekends. When The Line Is Closed WeLl Take The Opportunity To As Much Work As Possible, And Will Be Working At More On More 53 Separate Projects Over This Closure. ID Like To Thank Passengers For Their Patience While We Complete These Essential Improvements That Will Help To Prevent Unplanned Closures And Delays In The Years Ahead. Rail Replacement Buses During The Closure, Accessible Rail Replacement Buses Will Operate Throughout The Route. Passengers Travelling To/From East Malling Who Require Passenger Assistance Should Contact SoutheasternS Accessible Travel Team On 08007 834 524, On Whatsapp Send #Assist To 07866 002960 Or Use The Station Help Point. Passengers Are Advised To Check Before Travelling And Allow Extra Time For Their Journeys. Car Park Information During The Closure Southeastern Car Park Season Ticket Holders ( One Month And Over) On The Affected Line Can Park At Any Other Station With Their Current Ticket At No Extra Cost For The Whole Nine Days. Customers Are Advised That Borough Green & Wrotham Station Car Park Is Expected To Be Very Busy During The Closure, As People Drive To The Station To Connect With Train Services. People Are Advised To Arrive Early To Secure A Space. Alternative Car Parking Space Is Available Approximately 5 Minutes From The Station On Western Road - Western Road Car Park, Borough Green - Find A Car Park - Tonbridge And Malling Borough Council . Maidstone East Station Car Park A Will Be Used As A Site Compound To Support The Delivery Of The Work, With Some Parking Spaces Being Unavailable Before And During The Closures. Between Monday 18 And Wednesday 20 May The Lower End Of The Station Car Park Will Be Unavailable As Staff Welfare Units Are Installed In Preparation For Work. From Thursday 21 May Until Sunday 31 May (Inclusive), Half Of The Car Park Will Be Unavailable. For Detailed Travel Advice, Including Ticket Acceptance And Information About The Rail Replacement Bus Service, Customers Are Asked To Visit The Dedicated Maidstone East Line Closure Webpage. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Visit National Rail Enquiries Journalists Paul Prentice Communications Manager 07354 529345 Paul.Prentice@Networkrail.Co.Uk We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of Track , 30,000 Bridges, Tunnels And Viaducts And The Thousands Of Signals , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest Stations While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS Train Operating Companies . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver A Safe And Reliable Railway , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The Multi-Billion Pound Railway Upgrade Plan , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: @Networkrail Visit Our Online Newsroom: Www.Networkrailmediacentre.Co.Uk
