Sevenoaks travel and transport
Sevenoaks travel news, newest first: rail changes, roadworks, parking charges and bus routes, each story linked to the operator or council notice.
Top story
Sevenoaks parking charges frozen, but cash to go from April
Councillors back a Sevenoaks parking charge freeze from April 2027, with cash phased out and a weekend charge at Gordon Road. Cabinet decides on 20 October.
Roads, rail and parking
Town Centre
Parking in Sevenoaks: from £1.10 an hour, £5.30 all day
Every council car park and bay priced. The cheapest is St Johns at £1.10 an hour and £3.20 for four hours, and two council car parks cost nothing at all.
Local Info
Sevenoaks to London Trains: Times, 2026 Fares & Last Train
Charing Cross in 32 minutes and an annual season at £4,600, frozen until 2027. Times to all four terminals, weekly and monthly fares, and the last train home.
Town Centre
Free Parking in Sevenoaks: Two Car Parks Free All Week
Holmesdale Road and Holly Bush Recreation Ground are free every day, and the council lists them in no tariff. Every other free hour in town, checked.
Latest stories
News
Sevenoaks Roadworks: Chipstead Slips and the Leigh Half Marathon
The A21 Chipstead slips shut on 1 and 2 October, Leigh's roads close for the 4 October half marathon, and Greenwood Way shuts for up to 50 days from 12 October.
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks gets £260,000 for new signs linking bus and rail
Kent has given Sevenoaks Town Council £260,000 for signs linking the High Street, the station and the bus station, with £51,225 added by the town council.
Council
Sevenoaks car parks could stop taking cash from April
Two options for 2027 parking charges: a 2.5% rise, or no rise but no cash at council machines and £5 weekend parking at Gordon Road. Councillors meet Thursday.
What's On
What's on in Sevenoaks this weekend, 25 to 27 September
A free Dolly Parton tribute on the Vine bandstand, Sevenoaks RFC's league opener, two markets, and a Sunday rail closure to plan around.
Crime
Halstead car meets: 91 fines and warnings in four weeks
Cabinet approved a four to six week October consultation on extending the order on 22 September, after 91 warnings and fines in four weeks this summer.
Trains
Hastings line shut 24 Oct to 1 Nov: buses over half term
Buses replace trains from Tonbridge to Wadhurst from 24 October to 1 November, all of half term. Sevenoaks keeps its London trains: what changes and when.
Accessibility
Sevenoaks station: no step-free route to London until 1 December
No step-free route to London from Sevenoaks until 1 December 2026: Southeastern's lift alert now has a hard end date, and its named alternatives have catches.
News
Charing Cross reopened 17 August: claim refunds by 30 Sep
Charing Cross and Waterloo East reopened on 17 August. If the 22-day closure cost you extra fares, Southeastern's refund form closes on 30 September.
Waste
Sevenoaks bank holiday bins: nothing on Monday 31 August
No bins are emptied in Sevenoaks on Monday 31 August and every round runs a day late until Saturday 5 September. Dunbrik tip opens 9am to 4pm; trains and M25 are clear.
Trains
Sevenoaks trains: both lines closed on Sunday 6 September
Southeastern lists no trains Orpington to Tonbridge or Otford to Sevenoaks on Sunday 6 September. The Otford line is out again on 19 and 20 September.
West Kingsdown
West Kingsdown bus and car show: free rides, Sunday 16 Aug
Go Bus marks 40 years of Roundabout on Sunday with a free bus and car show at Gamecock Meadow, free vintage bus rides from Swanley, and a bouncy castle.
Riverhead
Chipstead Lane yellow lines: object or support by 31 August
KCC wants no waiting 8am to noon, Monday to Saturday, on three stretches of Chipstead Lane, partly for bin lorries. Responses close at noon on 31 August.
Westerham
M25 lorry fire shut motorway near Westerham from 5.15pm
A lorry fire shut the M25 anticlockwise between junctions 5 and 6 from 5.15pm on Monday, with six miles of queues near Clacket Lane services. No one was hurt.
Riverhead
Riverhead puts the A25 zebra crossing first and is holding back its reserves to pay for it
Riverhead's 2026 Highway Improvement Plan puts the A25 London Road zebra crossing first, and the parish council is holding back reserves to fund the bid.
Council
Sevenoaks EV charging: 11 of 26 wards have none
Eleven of the district's 26 wards have no public EV charger, councillors were told on 14 July, as a seven-point Green climate motion was cut to two pledges.
Council
Bessels Green A25 crossing ruled out: 16 users a day
Kent County Council has ruled out an A25 pedestrian crossing at Bessels Green: surveys found 16 people crossing in 24 hours on a road too narrow for an island.