Govia Thameslink Railway and Southeastern trains timetable change

This comes after £7 billion was invested in Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Southeastern - the main train operators in south east London and north Kent.

Some of the money is being used to rebuild London Bridge station, deliver modern trains and to make track improvements.

Bosses say the new timetable will increase the number of train services and will improve reliability.

An additional 400 GTR trains will run daily after the timetable was delivered on Sunday, May 20.

GTR chief executive Charles Horton said: "We are introducing the biggest ever change to rail timetables to significantly boost capacity on the UK's most congested network."

🕑 Our times have changed this weekend, don't get caught out! Our new timetable begins today. Many train times have been revised, so check how your journey will change at https://t.co/9rlpMsv76c pic.twitter.com/iy8awFSYnk

— Southeastern (@Se_Railway) May 20, 2018

However, not everyone is satisfied with their normal route being changed.

News Shopper recently reported how commuters travelling from Orpington to London Victoria are being hit with a reduction in services.

Disruption is expected over the coming weeks as trains and crews are redeployed.

Some commuters took to Twitter this morning as they experienced their first journeys under the new timetable.

@Se_Railway your new time table really sucks for me. My commute home is totally ruined now. Thanks so much.

— Morgan Ferretti (@morganferretti) May 20, 2018

I thought @Se_Railway were changing the train timetable, not tearing a hole in spacetime. pic.twitter.com/oHAWQE7C8d

— Max Sang (@max_sang) May 20, 2018

Looking at the trains from #Plumstead in the new @Se_Railway timetable. More cancelled than running so nothing has changed there. 💩💩💩

— MartinSE18 (@MartinSE18) May 20, 2018

So day one of the new train timetable and... engineering work at my station means bus replacement service to Slade Green. Blinding start.

— Martin Thompson (@Thomp_Martin) May 20, 2018

New train timetable has >10% fewer morning peak trains from my local station into Victoria, but more to other destinations. I hope Southeastern has done their maths properly... #trainmageddon2018

— David Marshall (@JustOneFollower) May 20, 2018

Cheers @SouthernRailUK, clearly don’t think that anybody travels from Lewes to London Bridge. Scrapped the 7.40 direct train (always packed and well used) on the new timetable and only one left is 7.02 or 6.00! Thanks for making my commute even worse 👏🏻

— Harriet (@HattieLFuller) May 20, 2018