Direct off-peak and weekend services from Eltham to Charing Cross will end, and peak Sidcup line services will be halved, when Southeastern's new timetable starts on 11 December. 

Southeastern Trains are intending to end direct train services off-peak and at weekends to Charing Cross from the Bexleyheath line (including Bexleyhealth, Welling, Falconwood, Eltham and Kidbrooke when their new time-table starts on 11 December.

This is a much-valued service for local residents visiting central London for business, employment and leisure and essential for those with mobility issues.

On the Sidcup line, peak (taken as 7.00am–9.30am) time direct trains from New Eltham and Mottingham to Charing Cross are reduced – from 13 to nine, Rush hour trains are very likely to experience over-crowding as a result.

Source: Southeastern Trains forward booking service at www.southeasternrailway.co.uk whose spokesman told SEnine, "there will be some peak services to Charing Cross from the Bexleyheath line but these will not operate off peak or on Saturdays in the new timetable – the timetable reflects the way people now travel and includes changes that will improve overall punctuality across this part of the network".