The wider area around Bluewater is also served by an excellent bus network, which runs through the day and into the evening to support our late-night opening hours.

Arriva operates the 700 service from Chatham to Bluewater, where the Sapphire bus will spoil you with leather-style seats, USB charging point, 4G wifi and audio-visual next-stop announcements. Arriva’s Gravesend bus ticket zone also includes Bluewater.

GO-AHEAD

Fastrack Services is a service run by the council and operated by Go-Ahead and typically serves the Thameside region of Dartford and Gravesend as well as the surrounding housing and commercial sites. Fastrack services aim to connect new and existing communities to the commercial, employment, and transport hubs which are critical to their
lives. Fastrack currently has two services operating to Bluewater: Fastrack A and Fastrack B. Full details on where you can access these services can be found below:

Accessing Bluewater with Fastrack:

Fastrack A - Dartford:
Bluewater can be accessed via the Fastrack A route which is based at Home Gardens in Dartford. This service serves the communities north of Dartford such as Temple Hill. The service also has key points of connection with London as the service also stops at Greenhithe Station before reaching Bluewater.

Fastrack B – Gravesend:
Bluewater can also be accessed from Gravesend via the use of Fastrack B services at the Gravesend Bus hub. Fastrack B services will arrive at Bluewater via Springhead Parkway and Ebbsfleet International station which offers further connections with London and the wider Kent region.

Bus times and locations:
Both Fastrack A and B services will provide services every 30mins until 06:30am, from this point until 23:30pm where services will switch back to every 30 mins. Fastrack services can be accessed by the Bluewater bus stand at stops number 1, 2, and 3

Fares:
Following the recent government announcement that the single journey bus fare cap has increased from £2 to £3 in January 2025, Kent Fastrack has announced that fares for single journeys will be Frozen at £2 until the end of 2025. This Freeze will include services accessing Bluewater. This decision has been made to ensure Fastrack's dedication to the community that bus travel remains affordable, even as fares rise across the UK.

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