Your New Fastrack Kent Thameside: New Operator, More Frequent Buses and Simpler Ticketing
On Sunday, November 10th, Go Ahead took over the Fastrack Services in Kent Thameside. Go-Ahead’s new Fastrack Operator Website and App can be found at the following link: https://www.kent-fastrack.co.uk/ . Go-Ahead operate the following routes:
A: Dartford Home Gardens – Temple Hill – The Bridge – Amazon LCY3 – Greenhithe – Bluewater
B: Gravesend Garrick Street – Springhead Park – Ebbsfleet International – Ingress Park – Greenhithe – Bluewater – Darent Valley Hospital – Princes Road – Dartford Home Gardens with vehicles changing at Home Gardens to become C.
C: Dartford Home Gardens – Clockwise Loop of Temple Hill – Dartford Home Gardens with vehicles changing at Home Gardens to become B.
E: Castle Hill – Ebbsfleet International – Thames Way – Cable Wharf – Gravesend Garrick Street
AZ: Dartford Home Gardens – Temple Hill – The Bridge – Amazon LCY3 / Amazon LCY3 – Greenhithe – Ebbsfleet International – Thames Way – Gravesend Garrick Street
New Timetables introduced on November 10th have more frequent and reliable services for longer:
- Fastrack A operates every 12 minutes 6am to 11pm 6 days a week
- Fastrack B/C operates every 15 minutes 6am to 11pm 6 days a week
- Fastrack A operates every 30 minutes overnight.
- Fastrack A operates every 12 minutes 7am to 10pm on Sundays
- Fastrack B/C operates every 15 minutes 7am to 10pm on Sundays
- Earlier first bus and later last bus on B/C
Fastrack E and AZ operate to the same frequencies as the previous C2 and AZ services respectively, with a slightly different timetable to improve operational reliability. Frequency on the Fastrack E routing will increase in Autumn 2025 following the extension of Fastrack A to Ebbsfleet and Gravesend taking over Fastrack E.
For full details of fare information, please see: https://www.kent-fastrack.co.uk/fares-and-tickets . A New Multi-Operator Tickets in Dartford, Gravesend and Thameside has been introduced, which allows use of multiple operators for daily journeys.
Fastrack will utilise a temporary diesel fleet from Day 1 of the new operation. These are just passing through, however, with 28 new state-of-the-art electric vehicles due to enter service in Spring 2025 on all Fastrack Routes.
