Valley Express
Supporters can travel to home games throughout the 2008/09 season by the Valley Express coach service from more than 70 pick-up points across Kent, Sussex and Surrey. A season pass is also available for £115 - please call 0871 226 1905. Full details of pick-up points and booking arrangements for matches will be available on this page.
Fans can also book coach travel to every away game via the club here.
For the 2008/09 campaign we will be introducing new pick-ups at Ash, Littlebourne and Wingham, in Kent, and at Hailsham, in East Sussex. Exact details will be announced later in the summer. Passengers at Sandwich will benefit from a later starting time of midday for 3pm kick-offs and travel via the A257, where they will link up with our Canterbury service.
The following pick-up points are available for ALL CHAMPIONSHIP 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
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)
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)
DA postcodes
Bexley - Black Prince, westbound bus stop on A2 (1.30pm/6.15pm)
Culverstone Green - Culverstone School (12.55/5.40pm)
Darenth - Lane End Post Office (1.25pm/6.10pm)
Dartford - Kells Cafe, junction of Victoria Road/Priory Road (1.15pm/6pm)
Gravesend - 6-8 Overcliffe, opposite St James Street (12.45pm/5.30pm)
Greenhithe - railway station bus stop (1.05pm/5.50pm)
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)
Swanscombe - George and Dragon pub, London Road (12.55pm/5.40pm)
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 - Spotted Cow pub (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 (12.15pm/5pm)
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)
Westerham - main car park adjacent to Quebec House (12.55pm/5.40pm)
Surrey
Godstone - outside fire station, Godstone Hill (12.40pm/5.25pm)
Reigate - northbound bus stop on Cockshot Hill, adjacent to Vogan Close (12.55pm/5.40pm)
Redhill - Old Post Office bus stop, opposite Sainsbury's (1pm/5.45pm)
Sussex
Battle - Battle Abbey (12.10pm/4.55pm)
Bexhill - Town Hall Square (11.15am/4pm)
Brighton - Sainsbury's, Benfield Valley (11.50am/4.35pm)
Crawley - Pease Pottage Service Station (12.30pm/5.15pm)
Eastbourne - Junction Road coach station (11.15am/4pm)
East Grinstead - Bus stop opposite Barclays Bank, High Street (12.15pm/5pm)
Hastings - Priory Street, bus stop by entrance to multi-storey car-park - (11.45am/4.30pm)
Lancing - Leisure Centre (11.35am/4.20pm)
Ore - Millers Arms (11.55am/4.40pm)
Rye - Rye Railway Station (11.50am/4.35pm)
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.
