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Bus services

This page gives full details of all the bus services in Medway (please scroll down), with up-to-date timetables for all routes, plus bus maps for the majority of routes.

Bus routes in Medway map

Download the map of bus routes in Medway (pdf 1,382KB). To use this and the other pdf files on this page, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this on your computer, please go to our advice page.

The following links also show the town centre bus stop locations, and where you need to pick up buses to various destinations:

To use the pdf files on this page, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this on your computer, please use our advice page.

For more information on services, please contact the individual operators or Traveline on 0871 200 2233. (Calls from BT landlines cost 10p per minute plus a 6p set-up fee per call. Mobile, business and other providers' charges may vary). Information on journey planning is also available at www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk or www.transportdirect.info.

Full timetables are also available on some of the bus operator websites.

For information on school buses, please visit the school bus services page.

Service number and pdf timetable
Route details Route map (pdf, if available) Monday to Saturday Monday to Saturday Sunday Operator Date timetable updated




Daytime Evening


007 / 022
Dover – Canterbury – (Ramsgate – Margate – Herne Bay 022) - Hempstead Valley - Eltham – Lewisham – London Victoria
One to two hourly Four journeys One to two hourly National Express March 2009
100
Chatham Rail Station - Gun Wharf- Chatham Maritime/Chatham Historic Dockyard/ Universities at Medway – Dockside Outlet Centre – St Mary’s Island Map 20 minutes See 151 See 151 Arriva Medway Towns September 2008
101 LF Gillingham – Chatham Historic Dockyard - Gun Wharf- Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Huntsmans Corner – Davis Estate -Bridgewood - Springfield – Maidstone Map 15 minutes Hourly M Hourly Arriva Medway Towns May 2008
105
Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Ordnance Street – Huntsmans Corner - Davis Estate Map Hourly
See service 101 for services along Maidstone Road Arriva Medway Towns June 2009
113 M Chatham - Gillingham - Darland Estate - Wigmore - Hempstead Valley - Hempstead - Luton – Chatham Map Hourly

Arriva Medway Towns September 2008
114 M Chatham - Luton - Hempstead – Hempstead Valley – Wigmore - Darland Estate - Gillingham – Chatham Map Hourly (not Saturdays)

Arriva Medway Towns September 2008
116 LF Chatham - Gun Wharf- Chatham Historic Dockyard - Gillingham - Medway Maritime Hospital - Wigmore - Parkwood - Hempstead Valley Map 20 minutes
see service 132 Arriva Medway Towns July 2008
120 LF Chatham- Otterham Quay Lane (Rainham)- Chatham via Chatham Hill Map Four journeys
see service 327 Arriva Medway Towns August 2008
121 LF Chatham- Gillingham War Memorial - Duncan Road - Medway Maritime Hospital - Jezreels - Rainham Mark Hop & Vine - Rainham (White Horse) - Otterham Park (Men of Kent) - Harwood Road (The Concorde) - Rainham Rail Station Map Eight journeys

Arriva Medway Towns August 2008
130 M LF Twydall (Royal Engineers PH) - Rainham - Farthing Corner - Parkwood - Wigmore – Hempstead Valley - Bredhurst - Boxley – Maidstone
Eight journeys (two hourly on Saturday)

Kent Top Travel May 2008
131 M LF Medway Maritime Hospital - Gillingham - Lower Rainham - Rainham – Twydall – Rainham Mark Tescos – Rainham – Farthing Corner - Parkwood - Wigmore – Hempstead Valley - Bredhurst - Boxley – Maidstone
Eight journeys (Monday - Friday)

Kent Top Travel May 2008
132 LF (Chatham Rail Station) - Chatham - Rainham - Parkwood – Hempstead Valley Map 10 minutes Hourly M Hourly M Arriva Medway Towns May 2008
133 LF Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Rochester - Strood - Cliffe Woods – Cliffe Map Hourly to Cliffe Two journeys Friday See service 193 ASD/Arriva Medway Towns (Friday evenings) September 2008
134 M Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Rochester - Cookham Wood - Rochester Airport Map Morning peak - - Arriva Medway Towns February 2008
135 M Chatham – Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Warren Wood - Borstal – Wouldham – Burham – Eccles - Aylesford – Maidstone Map See 145/155 Two journeys Two hourly Arriva Medway Towns (evening)/ Kent Top Travel (Sunday) July 2008
136 LF Gravesend – Chalk - Higham - Strood - Rochester - Chatham Rail Station - Chatham – Chatham Historic Dockyard - Gillingham - Medway Maritime Hospital Map 30 minutes Gravesend to Chatham - additional journeys to Medway Maritime Hospital

Arriva Medway Towns May 2008
140 LF Marlowe Park - Earl Estate - Strood - Rochester - Chatham Rail Station – Chatham - Gun Wharf- Chatham Historic Dockyard/Chatham Maritime / Universities at Medway – Dockside Outlet Centre Map 10 minutes (20 minutes to Chatham Maritime) See service 141 Hourly M Arriva Medway Towns May 2008
141 LF Earl Estate - Marlowe Park - Strood - Rochester - Chatham Rail Station – Chatham - Gun Wharf- Chatham Historic Dockyard/Chatham Maritime / Universities at Medway – Dockside Outlet Centre Map 10 minutes (20 minutes to Chatham Maritime) Hourly M Hourly Chatham to Dockside Outlet only - otherwise see service 140 Arriva Medway Towns July 2008
142 M LF Kits Coty - Blue Bell Hill Village – Cookham Wood - Rochester - Chatham Map Two hourly - - Arriva Medway Towns February 2008
145 LF Chatham - Rochester – Warren Wood (Sundays – Borstal – Wouldham - Burham - Eccles – Maidstone) (Evenings begin Grange Road - Pier Road – Gillingham - Medway Maritime Hospital) Map 10 minutes Every 90 minutes M See 135 Arriva Medway Towns September 2008
150 M LF Princes Avenue - Lordswood - Walderslade – Bridgewood - Blue Bell Hill Village – Maidstone
Six journeys

Kent Top Travel April 2007
151 M LF (Chatham Maritime, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Universities at Medway evenings/Sundays) – Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Rochester – Strood - Cuxton - Halling -(Upper Halling) Snodland – West Malling and Kings Hill Map Hourly (Two hourly Upper Halling) (two hourly Saturdays) Hourly to Halling Two hourly to West Malling Nu-Venture (Monday-Sunday daytime). Arriva Medway Towns (Monday-Saturday evenings).
Chalkwell (some additional Saturday journeys).
September 2008
155
Chatham – Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Borstal – Wouldham – Burham – Eccles - Aylesford – Maidstone Map Hourly (three buses an hour to Borstal). Saturday, two or three per hour to Borstal. See service 135 See service 135 Arriva Medway Towns July 2008
156 M Medway Maritime Hospital - Purser Way, Royal Engineers Museum – Chatham Historic Dockyard - Chatham - Rochester – Queen Mother Court – Borstal - Rochester Esplanade - Rochester – Chatham - Medway Maritime Hospital
Four or five journeys

ASD Coaches January 2009
164 LF Chatham - Magpie Hall Road - White Road Estate Map 20 minutes

Arriva Medway Towns May 2008
165 M (Chatham Rail Station)- Chatham- Luton- Princes Park Map Hourly (see 186 for early Saturday am) See service 167 See services 167, 181 Arriva Medway Towns (ASD Coaches early Saturday morning) September 2008
166 LF (Chatham Rail Station) - Chatham - Luton – Princes Avenue - Lords Wood Map 10 minutes See service 167 See service 167 Arriva Medway Towns September 2008
167 M Chatham Rail Station - Chatham - Luton - Princes Park - Lords Wood Map See services 165, 166 Every 90 minutes M Hourly Arriva Medway Towns September 2008
172 M Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Strood - Salters Cross - Earl Estate Map Hourly (two hourly Saturday)

Arriva Medway Towns May 2008
173 M Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Strood - Frindsbury - Salters Cross – Earl Estate Map Hourly (two hourly Saturday)

Arriva Medway Towns May 2008
176 LF Walderslade – Weeds Wood – Poachers Pocket – Huntsmans Corner – Chatham Railway Station – Chatham - Medway Maritime Hospital – Gillingham – Pier Road – Grange Road- Riverside Country Park (Summer Sundays) Map 12 minutes Every two hours M Hourly (Chatham- Walderslade See service 181) Arriva Medway Towns (Nu-Venture Sundays) June 2009
179 M Chatham - Luton – Wayfield - Walderslade - Alexandra Hospital
Hourly

Nu-Venture September 2007
181 LF (Chatham Rail Station) - Chatham - Luton - Wayfield - Poachers Pocket - Weeds Wood (Sundays - Walderslade – Alexandra Hospital – Lordswood) Map 15 minutes Hourly M Hourly M Arriva Medway Towns (Nu-Venture Sundays) May 2008
182 LF Chatham - Gun Wharf- Chatham Historic Dockyard - Brompton- Gillingham – Twydall Map 10 minutes See service 101 See service 101 Arriva Medway Towns September 2008
184   Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Huntsmans Corner - Poachers Pocket - Walderslade - Alexandra Hospital Map 30 minutes peak (off peak see services 165, 176, 181) See service 181 See service 181 Arriva Medway Towns June 2009
185 M LF Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Ordnance Street – Mid-Kent College - Davis Estate - (Bluebell Hill Village) - Walderslade – Lords Wood - Princes Avenue Map Peak

Arriva Medway Towns July 2008
186 M (Chatham Rail Station) - Chatham - Luton - Princes Park
Some services early Saturday morning

(ASD Coaches early Saturday morning) September 2008
191 LF Gillingham – Medway Maritime Hospital) - Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Strood - (High Halstow - Allhallows - Lower Stoke - Grain) Wainscott - Chattenden - Hoo Marina (also 192, 198) Map Three buses an hour (every 20 minutes Saturday) Hourly M See services 191, 193 Arriva Medway Towns/Nu-Venture (ASD Coaches evening) June 2009
192
Chatham – Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Strood - Wainscott - Lodge Hill - Chattenden – Hoo
Hourly off-peak Monday - Friday See service 191 See services 191, 193 Nu-Venture October 2008
193
Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Strood - Wainscott - Chattenden - Hoo - High Halstow - Cliffe Woods – Cliffe Map

Two hourly M Arriva Medway Towns June 2009
196
Chatham Railway Station - Chatham - Chatham Maritime/Chatham Historic Dockyard/Universities at Medway – Dockside Outlet Centre - Neptune Estate - Chattenden – Hoo Map Four journeys

Arriva Medway Towns June 2009
197 M (Medway Maritime Hospital – Chatham Historic Dockyard) - Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Strood - (Riverside Business Estate/Neptune Estate) - Lower Upnor - Lodge Hill (Tues and Fri only: - Hoo - Middle Stoke - Lower Stoke)
Four journeys

ASD Coaches January 2009




(197 Saturday timetable)



325 LF Teynham - Sittingbourne - Newington - Upchurch - Rainham - Rainham Mark - Gillingham - Medway Hospital - Dockside Outlet - Chatham Military Road
1 journey leaves Teynham Thursday at 0900, return journey leaves Chatham Thursday at 1310.


June 2009
326 LF Medway Maritime Hospital - Rainham - Newington - Sittingbourne (see also 327) Map Two hourly
See service 327 Chalkwell May 2008
327 LF (Chatham – Chatham Historic Dockyard - Gillingham -Sundays only)- Medway Maritime Hospital - Rainham - Upchurch - Lower Halstow - Newington – Sittingbourne Map Two hourly
Two hourly M Chalkwell (Kent Top Travel -Sundays) May 2008
330 LF Leysdown- Sheerness- Sittingbourne- Bridgewood Commuter Car Park- Bluewater- Lakeside
Tuesdays only (Pick up at Bridgewood at 1050; drop off at 1620)

Chalkwell
June 2009
338
Leysdown – Minster – Sheerness - Key Street - Rainham – Chatham
One journey Monday

Arriva Medway Towns July 2008
339
Leysdown - Minster – Sheerness – Hempstead Valley
One journey Thursday

Arriva Medway Towns July 2008
417
Cliffe - Cliffe Woods – Higham – Gravesend Map
Three or four journeys

Nu-Venture June 2009
700 LF Rainham - Parkwood – Chatham – Rochester - Strood - Earl Estate – Bluewater Map Hourly
Three journeys Arriva Medway Towns May 2008
701 LF Luton - Wayfield - Weeds Wood - Lordswood - Chatham - Rochester – Strood - Earl Estate – Bluewater Map Hourly Hourly Three journeys Arriva Medway Towns May 2008
703
Maidstone - Larkfield – Snodland - Halling - Cuxton – Bluewater Map Two journeys weekdays; three journeys Saturdays

Arriva Kent and Sussex January 2008
707
Maidstone- Larkfield- Snodland- Cuxton- Lakeside- Romford
First Saturday of each month (Pick up in Cuxton opp White Horse PH at 0953; drop off in Cuxton on return at 1700)

Arriva Kent and Sussex September 2008
711
Hempstead - Parkwood - Rainham - Twydall - Gillingham - Chatham - Rochester - Strood - Earl Estate - Lakeside – Romford
One journey (first and third Saturday of each month)

Arriva Kent and Sussex September 2008
783 M Wigmore - Parkwood - Farthing Corner - Rainham Rail Station
Peaks

ASD Coaches September 2008
796 M LF Chatham – Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham Maritime, Universities at Medway – Dockside Outlet Centre - Chattenden - High Halstow - Allhallows - Lower Stoke – Grain Map Three journeys Monday - Friday

Arriva Medway Towns June 2009
M1 M Lords Wood - Walderslade - Wayfield - Luton - Hempstead Valley (Wheelchair accessible)
One journey (Saturday)

ASD Coaches September 2008
Dockside Shuttle LF Chatham Rail Station- Chatham- Gun Wharf- Dock Road (Universities) - Dockside Outlet Centre
Every 20 minutes from 0600; Every 10 minutes from 0820 - 2030 (1830 Saturday) Every 20 minutes until 2345 Every 20 minutes from 0900; Every 10 minutes from 1030-1730, then every 20 minutes until 2355. Kings Ferry June 2009
Wigmore to Dockside Service LF Parkwood (Deanwood Drive/Hawbeck Road) - Rainham (Lonsdale Drive/Mierscourt Road/A2) - Gillingham (Canterbury Street, Nelson Road/ Balmoral Road/High Street/Black Lion) - Brompton- Dockside Outlet Centre
One journey to Dockside Outlet Centre (leaves Parkwood at 0800). One journey 2020 (Saturday 1830) from Dockside Outlet Centre. One journey to Dockside Outlet Centre (leaves Parkwood at 0800). One journey 2020 (Saturday 1830) from Dockside Outlet Centre. One morning journey to Dockside Outlet Centre (leaves Parkwood at 1000). One journey 1720 from Dockside Outlet Centre. Kings Ferry June 2009
Park and Ride
Horsted – Rochester – Chatham – Horsted
Saturday – every 10 to 12 minutes from 0900 to 1740

Nu-Venture
X11 (Airport by coach) LF
Chatham Maritime- Gillingham Watling Street- Hempstead Valley- Maidstone East- Sevenoaks- Godstone- Gatwick Airport   Every 2 hours, 24 hours a day (except Xmas Day) Every 2 hours, 24 hours a day (except Xmas Day) Every 2 hours, 24 hours a day (except Xmas Day) Excel June 2009

M: Service or journeys running at these times are operated on behalf of Medway Council.
LF: Most journeys on this route are operated by super low-floor accessible vehicles.

For further information contact:
email icon Email : info@medway.gov.uk
Telephone icon Telephone :

Timetable information: 0871 200 2233
Other enquiries: 01634 333333

Mail icon Write to : Medway Council
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham
Kent ME4 4TR
Minicom icon Minicom :

01634 333111


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