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Bus services

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.

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

Changes to bus service 151 (Chatham - Cuxton - Halling - Snodland - West Malling - Kings Hill) due to closure of railway bridge at Halling from 4 to 29 August 2008

Due to maintenance work on Halling railway bridge, the High Street at Halling will be closed from 4 to 29 August 2008. During this period, the 151 buses serving Halling Village will leave and enter the village from the Snodland end.

They will run to through Halling to Low Meadow, turn and return to the by-pass. Buses will serve all stops in this part of the village and an additional stop will be provided in Low Meadow. No buses will stop at Halling Station and the only buses serving Jade Hill will be those running to and from Upper Halling.

For full details, please download the amended 151 timetable (pdf 55KB). 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 use our advice page.

Changes to 120/121 service between Otterham Park, Rainham and Chatham

With effect from Monday 11 August, Arriva will be providing a service on the 120/121, following Nu-Venture's decision to withdraw from providing the service. The service will run Monday to Friday to a similar timetable to that provided by Nu-Venture with the exception of the 3.20pm service from Chatham. Most journeys will run via Medway Maritime Hospital and Gillingham but there will be other minor changes to the timetable. As a result of this change, the stop in Chatham will move from Military Road to Bay 8 inside the Pentagon Bus Station.

For more details, please download the amended 120/121 timetable (pdf 47KB).

Changes to bus services from 1 June 2008

Please note that several changes took place on 1 June 2008 to Arriva's services in Medway.

  • Service 176 (Hazlemere Drive, Gillingham- Walderslade) will have its frequency increased to every 10 minutes during the day Monday to Saturday. In Gillingham the route is slightly amended. Buses will run between Chatham Hill and Medway Maritime Hospital via Rock Avenue, instead of via Jezreels and Canterbury Street.
  • To reduce congestion in the bus station at the Pentagon and to allow space for the extra service 176 buses, several bus services will use different bays. This will affect services 100, 101,116, 132, 140/141, 151, 164, 165/166/167, 176, 181, 182, 191, 193 196/796, 198, 338, 632, 675, 689, 700/701 and 711.
  • A number of services will have minor changes to their timetables to take account of two measures which will help to improve reliability. All buses approaching the bus station from the Luton Arches direction will run via The Brook instead of Best Street and Sir John Hawkins Way. The other general change is that three minutes will be added to the journey time of most buses running between Rochester and Strood. This will affect services 133, 136, 140/141, 172, 173, 191, 193, 198, 700, and 701.

For more details, please phone Arriva on 0844 800 4411, visit the Chatham Travel Shop on the first floor of the Pentagon Centre or www.medwaymainline.co.uk.

Bus routes in Medway

Medway Council has issued a new Public Transport Map and Guide. For further information, please download the map (pdf 7,312KB) and list of services (pdf 439 KB).

Service number   Service description   Approximate frequency   Operator
      Monday to Saturday Monday to Saturday Sunday  
      Daytime Evening    
007   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
100 "Island hopper"   Chatham Rail Station - Gun Wharf- Chatham Maritime/Chatham Historic Dockyard/ Universities at Medway – Dockside Outlet Centre – St Mary’s Island 20 minutes See 151 See 151 Arriva Medway Towns
101 LF Gillingham – Chatham Historic Dockyard - Gun Wharf- Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Huntsmans Corner – Davis Estate -Bridgewood - Springfield – Maidstone 15 minutes Hourly M Hourly Arriva Medway Towns
105   Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Ordnance Street – Huntsmans Corner - Davis Estate Hourly (30 minute peaks)     Arriva Medway Towns
113 M Chatham - Gillingham - Darland Estate - Wigmore - Hempstead Valley - Hempstead - Luton – Chatham Hourly     Nu-Venture
114 M Chatham - Luton - Hempstead – Hempstead Valley – Wigmore - Darland Estate - Gillingham – Chatham Hourly (not Saturdays)     Nu-Venture
116 LF Chatham - Gun Wharf- Chatham Historic Dockyard - Gillingham - Medway Maritime Hospital - Wigmore - Parkwood - Hempstead Valley 20 minutes   see service 132 Arriva Medway Towns
120 LF Chatham- Otterham Quay Lane (Rainham)- Chatham via Chatham Hill One journey leaves Military Road, Chatham at 1321   see service 327 Arriva Medway Towns
121 LF Chatham Military Road - 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 Eight journeys     Arriva Medway Towns
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
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
132 LF (Chatham Rail Station) - Chatham - Rainham - Parkwood – Hempstead Valley 10 minutes Hourly M Hourly M Arriva Medway Towns
133 LF Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Rochester - Strood - Cliffe Woods – Cliffe Hourly to Cliffe) Two journeys Friday See service 193 Arriva Medway Towns (ASD Coaches Friday evening)
134 M Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Rochester - Cookham Wood - Rochester Airport Morning peak     Arriva Medway Towns
135 M Chatham – Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Warren Wood - Borstal – Wouldham – Burham – Eccles - Aylesford – Maidstone See 145/155 Two journeys Two hourly Arriva Medway Towns (evening)/ Kent Top Travel (Sunday)
136 LF Gravesend – Chalk - Higham - Strood - Rochester - Chatham Rail Station - Chatham – Chatham Historic Dockyard - Gillingham - Medway Maritime Hospital 30 minutes Gravesend to Chatham - additional journeys to Medway Maritime Hospital     Arriva Medway Towns
139 M Medway Maritime Hospital - Rainham/Hempstead Valley (demand responsive) See 136/326/327 Three journeys See 132 Arriva Medway Towns
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 10 minutes (20 minutes to Chatham Maritime) See service 141 Hourly M Arriva Medway Towns
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 10 minutes (20 minutes to Chatham Maritime) Hourly M Hourly Chatham to Dockside Outlet only - otherwise see service 140 Arriva Medway Towns
142 M LF Kits Coty - Blue Bell Hill Village – Cookham Wood - Rochester - Chatham Two hourly     Arriva Medway Towns
145 LF Chatham - Rochester – Warren Wood (Sundays – Borstal – Wouldham - Burham - Eccles – Maidstone) (Evenings begin Grange Road - Pier Road – Gillingham - Medway Maritime Hospital) 10 minutes Hourly M See 135 Arriva Medway Towns
150 M LF Princes Avenue - Lordswood - Walderslade – Bridgewood - Blue Bell Hill Village – Maidstone Six journeys     Kent Top Travel
151 M LF Chatham Maritime, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Universities at Medway evenings/Sundays) – Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Rochester – Strood - Cuxton - Halling - Snodland – West Malling and Kings Hill Hourly Hourly to Halling Two hourly to West Malling Nu-Venture (Monday-Sunday daytime). Arriva Medway Towns (Monday-Saturday evenings).
151   Chatham – Rochester – Strood – Cuxton – Upper Halling – Halling Two hourly (two hourly Saturdays)     Nu-Venture (Monday-Sunday daytime). Arriva Medway Towns (Monday-Saturday evenings). Chalkwell (some additional Saturday journeys).
155   Chatham – Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Borstal – Wouldham – Burham – Eccles - Aylesford – Maidstone Hourly (three buses an hour to Borstal). Saturday, two or three per hour to Borstal. See service 135 See service 135 Arriva Medway Towns
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
164 LF Chatham - Magpie Hall Road - White Road Estate 20 minutes     Arriva Medway Towns
165 M (Chatham Rail Station)- Chatham- Luton- Princes Park Hourly Hourly M See services 167, 181 Arriva Medway Towns (ASD Coaches early Saturday morning, Nu Venture some journeys Monday-Friday evenings
166 LF (Chatham Rail Station) - Chatham - Luton – Princes Avenue - Lords Wood 10 minutes Hourly See service 167 Arriva Medway Towns
167 M Chatham Rail Station - Chatham - Luton - Princes Park - Lords Wood See services 166, 186 See services 166, 186 Hourly Arriva Medway Towns
172 M Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Strood - Salters Cross - Earl Estate Hourly (two hourly Saturday)     Arriva Medway Towns
173 M Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Strood - Frindsbury - Salters Cross – Earl Estate Hourly (two hourly Saturday)     Arriva Medway Towns
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) 10 minutes Hourly M Hourly (Chatham- Walderslade See service 181) Arriva Medway Towns (Nu-Venture Sundays)
179 M LF Chatham - Luton – Wayfield - Walderslade - Alexandra Hospital Hourly     Nu-Venture
181 LF (Chatham Rail Station) - Chatham - Luton - Wayfield - Poachers Pocket - Weeds Wood (Sundays - Walderslade – Alexandra Hospital – Lordswood) 15 minutes Hourly M Hourly M Arriva Medway Towns (Nu-Venture Sundays)
182 LF Chatham - Gun Wharf- Chatham Historic Dockyard - Gillingham – Twydall 10 minutes See service 101 See service 101 Arriva Medway Towns
184   Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Huntsmans Corner - Poachers Pocket - Walderslade - Alexandra Hospital 30 minutes peak (off peak see services 165, 176, 181) See service 181 See service 181 Arriva Medway Towns
185 M LF Chatham - Chatham Rail Station – Ordnance Street – Mid-Kent College - Davis Estate - (Bluebell Hill Village) - Walderslade – Lords Wood - Princes Avenue Peak     Arriva Medway Towns
186 M (Chatham Rail Station) - Chatham - Luton - Princes Park Hourly Hourly M See services 167, 181 Arriva Medway Towns (ASD Coaches early Saturday morning, Nu-Venture some journeys Monday-Friday evenings)
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) Three buses an hour (every 20 minutes Saturday) Hourly M See services 191, 193 Arriva Medway Towns/Nu-Venture (ASD Coaches evening)
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
193   Chatham - Chatham Rail Station - Rochester - Strood - Wainscott - Chattenden - Hoo - High Halstow - Cliffe Woods – Cliffe     Two hourly M Arriva Medway Towns
196   Chatham Railway Station - Chatham - Chatham Maritime/Chatham Historic Dockyard/Universities at Medway – Dockside Outlet Centre - Neptune Estate - Chattenden – Hoo Four journeys     Arriva Medway Towns
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
326 LF Medway Maritime Hospital - Rainham - Newington - Sittingbourne (see also 327) Two hourly   See service 327 Chalkwell
327 LF (Chatham – Chatham Historic Dockyard - Gillingham -Sundays only)- Medway Maritime Hospital - Rainham - Upchurch - Lower Halstow - Newington – Sittingbourne Two hourly   Two hourly M Chalkwell (Kent Top Travel -Sundays)
338   Leysdown – Minster – Sheerness - Key Street - Rainham – Chatham One journey Monday     Arriva Medway Towns
339   Leysdown - Minster – Sheerness – Hempstead Valley One journey Thursday     Arriva Medway Towns
417   Cliffe - Cliffe Woods – Higham – Gravesend Three or four journeys     Redroute/ Kent Top Travel
700 LF Rainham - Parkwood – Chatham – Rochester - Strood - Earl Estate – Bluewater Hourly   Three journeys Arriva Medway Towns
701 LF Luton - Wayfield - Weeds Wood - Lordswood - Chatham - Rochester – Strood - Earl Estate – Bluewater Hourly Hourly Three journeys Arriva Medway Towns
703   Maidstone - Larkfield – Snodland - Halling - Cuxton – Bluewater Two or three journeys     Arriva Kent and Sussex
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
783 M Wigmore - Parkwood - Farthing Corner - Rainham Rail Station Peaks     ASD Coaches
796 M LF Chatham – Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham Maritime, Universities at Medway – Dockside Outlet Centre - Chattenden - High Halstow - Allhallows - Lower Stoke – Grain Three journeys Monday - Friday     Arriva Medway Towns
M1 M Lords Wood - Walderslade - Wayfield - Luton - Hempstead Valley (Wheelchair accessible) One journey (Saturday)     ASD Coaches
Dockside Shuttle LF Chatham Rail Station- Chatham- Gun Wharf- Dock Road (Universities) - Dockside Outlet Centre Every 10 minutes from 0920 - 1830 weekdays (0920-2030 Thursday), 0845-1830 Saturday Every 20 minutes until 2345 Every 10 minutes from 1020-1730, then every 20 minutes until 2345. Kings Ferry
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 0900). One journey 1830 (Thursday 2030) from Dockside Outlet Centre. One journey to Dockside Outlet Centre (leaves Parkwood at 0900). One journey 1830 (Thurs 2015) from Dockside Outlet Centre. One morning journey to Dockside Outlet Centre (leaves Parkwood at 1000). One journey 1715 from Dockside Outlet Centre. Kings Ferry
Post bus   Chatham – Rochester – Cooling Two journeys     Royal Mail Postbuses
Park and Ride   Horsted – Rochester – Chatham – Horsted Saturday – every 10 to 12 minutes from 0900 to 1740     Nu-Venture

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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