What is Fastrack?

Dartford and Gravesham form an area called Kent Thameside. This has huge development potential, which will bring up 50,000 new jobs and 25,000 new homes over the next 15 to 25 years. But this amount of development cannot happen if everyone uses a car for local journeys.

Fastrack is already making a real difference to Kent Thameside. Positioned in the hierarchy of public transport between the railway service and current bus services, Fastrack will ultimately connect nearly all of the major existing and new developments in Dartford and Gravesham with core express routes on which only Fastrack services will be allowed to run. Alongside enhanced bus services, Fastrack already provides the frequent, reliable high quality service that ensures people can ‘get around’ – to work, to school, to play – even to London and the continent!

Fastrack operates across Thameside and Gravesham including key locations such as Dartford, Temple Hill, Bluewater, Darent Valley Hospital, Ebbsfleet and Gravesend. Fastrack started operating in 2006, and will be operated by Go-Ahead London from November 2024 before going electric after April 2025.

The network features many exclusive Fastrack lanes across the network making sure the buses do not get held up in traffic. This enables the service to operate reliably and get people where they want to go faster than a conventional bus service – or even driving!

Due to this infrastructure the network has grown since it started, carrying over 2.5 million people in 2023, serving popular destinations such as Bluewater and the large employment areas close to the Thames such as Amazon LCY3 site with regular buses, 24 hours a day.