Valley Express
2009/10 service
Valley Express provides & pound;7 return travel to Football League matches at The Valley from the pick-ups listed below.
You can book seats online at any time or by calling 0871 226 1905 between 9am and 5pm weekdays or on Saturday home matchday mornings from 9am.
Calls to 0871 226 1905 cost 10p per minute from a BT landline. Calls from other networks and mobiles may cost more
Now booking:
- Saturday, December 19th (3pm): Millwall
- Saturday, December 26th (1pm): Swindon Town
- Saturday, January 9th (3pm): Hartlepool United
Millwall: we will not be accepting online bookings for this match. Places are available from the commercial centre on 0871 226 1905. Please note that this service is restricted to home supporters in possession of home area tickets for the match.
Swindon: Valley Express will operate two hours earlier than the usual 3pm times below for this 1pm Boxing Day kick-off. There is no train service at stations between Slade Green and the Medway Towns, so the Dartford (Kells Cafe, Victoria Road) and Greenhithe railway station pick ups will operate additionally at 11.35am and 11.25am respectively.
The following pick-up points are available for all LEAGUE matches.
(The times in brackets are for 3pm kick-off and 7.45pm kick-offs.)
BR postcodes
Orpington - bus stop on by-pass before junction with Spur Road (1.20pm/6.05pm)
St Mary Cray - 51 bus stop on by-pass after Station Approach (1.25pm/6.10pm)
Swanley - Bus stop at rear of ASDA, Bartholomew Way (1.15pm/6pm)
CT postcodes
Ash - bus stop by The Chequer Inn (12.10pm/4.55pm)
Birchington - Birchington Square bus stop (12.25pm/5.10pm)
Canterbury - Victoria Hotel, London Road (12.40pm/5.25pm)
Deal - Railway Station (11.45am/4.30pm)
Dover - National Express stop, Pencester Road (12.00pm/4.45pm)
Folkestone - Bus Station, opposite Saga Building (12.00pm/4.45pm)
Herne Bay - East Kent Garage, High Street (12.40pm/5.25pm)
Hythe - Red Lion Square bus stop, Military Road (11.45am/4.30pm)
Littlebourne - bus stop outside The Anchor (12.25pm/5.10pm)
Margate - Railway Station (12.15pm/5pm)
Ramsgate - Railway Station (12.00pm/4.45pm)
Sandwich - near Railway Station, junction of Delfside and St George's Road (12.00pm/4.45pm)
Whitstable - Tesco Extra, Thanet Way (12.50pm/5.35pm)
Wingham - bus stop near The Anchor (12.15pm/5pm)
DA postcodes
Bexley - Black Prince, westbound bus stop on A2 (1.30pm/6.15pm)
Culverstone Green - Culverstone School (12.55pm/5.40pm)
Darenth - Lane End Post Office (1.25pm/6.10pm)
Gravesend - 6-8 Overcliffe, opposite St James Street (1.15pm/6.00pm)
Joydens Wood - Summerhouse Drive Post Office (1.30pm/6.15pm)
Longfield - Railway Tavern (1.15pm/6pm)
Meopham - Bus stop outside The George (1.00pm/5.45pm)
Vigo Village - Villager pub (12.50pm/5.35pm)
ME postcodes
Chatham - Railway Station (12.45pm/5.30pm)
Cuxton - White Hart bus stop (1.20pm/6.05pm)
Ditton - Teapot Lane, junction with A20 (12.50pm/5.35pm)
Faversham - Faversham Town FC on the A2 (12.50pm/5.35pm)
Gillingham - Bus Station, Nelson Road (12.30pm/5.15pm)
Halling - Railway Station (1.10pm/5.55pm)
Larkfield - Kingfisher Road bus stop (12.55pm/5.40pm)
Leybourne - Leybourne Church (1.00pm/5.45pm)
Maidstone 1 - Armstrong Road (12.20pm/5.05pm)
Maidstone 2 - Somerfield Hospital, London Road (12.45pm/5.30pm)
Rainham - High Street lay-by outside Lukehurst's store (12.15pm/5pm)
Sheerness - Tesco/Sheppey College (11.45pm/4.30pm)
Sittingbourne - Railway Station (12.00pm/4.45pm)
Snodland - bus stop outside The Bull (1.05pm/5.50pm)
Strood - B&Q/Matalan bus-stop lay-by, Commercial Road (1.00pm/5.45pm)
Sutton Valence - Total petrol garage (12.10pm/4.55pm)
TN (Kent) postcodes
Ashford - Bus stop, Warren Retail Park, Simone Weil Avenue (12.30pm/5.15pm)
Bessels Green - King's Head (1.15pm/6pm)
Borough Green - railway station (12.40pm/5.25pm)
Cranbrook - Angley School (11.45am/4.30pm)
Dymchurch - High Street main bus stop (11.30am/4.15pm)
Headcorn - bus stop opposite Total Garage, Station End (11.50am/4.35pm)
New Romney - Ship Hotel, High Street (11.20am/4.05pm)
Pembury - Camden Arms (12.45pm/5.30pm)
Sevenoaks - Bus Terminus, Buckhurst Lane (1.00pm/5.45pm)
Staplehurst - Bus stop in Station Road, near Station Approach (12.00pm/4.45pm)
Tenterden - Town Hall, High Street (11.35am/4.20pm)
Tonbridge - Bus lay-by, Priory Road, next to public toilets (12.45pm/5.30pm)
Tunbridge Wells - Assembly Hall, Crescent Road (12.30pm/5.15pm)
Surrey
Reigate - The Angel PH, Woodhatch Road (12.50pm/5.35pm)
Redhill - Old Post Office bus stop, opposite Sainsbury's (1pm/5.45pm)
Sussex
Battle - Battle Abbey (12.10pm/4.55pm)
Bexhill - Town Hall Square (11.25am/4.10pm)
Brighton - Sainsbury's, Benfield Valley (11.50am/4.35pm)
Crawley - Pease Pottage Service Station (12.20pm/5.05pm)
Hastings - Harold Place (west side) (11.45am/4.30pm)
Lancing - Leisure Centre (11.35am/4.20pm)
Ore - Millers Arms (11.55am/4.40pm)
Worthing - Lyons Farm Retail Park (11:30am/4.15pm)
Your match and/or coach tickets will be posted to you or, if it is too late to guarantee delivery before the matchday, match tickets will be held for you to pick up on the day at the tickets for collection window at the rear of the north stand, in Harvey Gardens.
Online ticket and travel orders will be acknowledged by e-mail, as well as with a paper ticket, but if in doubt please call the hotline again to confirm your order.
Match tickets and places at each pick-up are subject to availability, and will be withdrawn from sale when supplies are exhausted. Details of remaining availability will normally be posted here in the run-up to each match.
Unfortunately, this package is not on offer to supporters of the visiting team as the match tickets supplied are in home areas. We would also like to take this opportunity to remind all supporters that it is illegal to carry alcohol on a coach travelling to and from a professional football match.
All Valley Express passengers are also reminded that it is now a legal requirement for everyone over the age of 14 to wear seat belts during coach journeys. The onus to ensure they do so is on passengers, not drivers or the football club as hirer, and police have the power to levy spot fines against people who don't wear them.
Coaches for the return journey in each case will depart from the Woolwich Road or adjacent roads as advised immediately after the game. Please ask your steward for details of the precise pick-up point in each case on the outward journey if in any doubt.
We welcome your comments and suggestions about our coach services. If you prefer to speak directly to someone involved with the service, please call Lisa or Sharron on 020-8333 4075 between 9.30am and 2.30pm weekdays.
