Travel Links
Aylesford railway station, with connecting trains to London St Pancras, is within walking distance of Ditton. East Malling railway station, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the village, is on the main London–Maidstone and London–Ashford line with trains leaving London Victoria and Maidstone at hourly intervals. The journey to London takes approximately one hour.
Maidstone West railway station is 4 miles (6.4 km) from Ditton. On 23 May 2011 a new high speed "Javelin" service began from the station to St Pancras International via Strood, though on a trial basis. The service consists of three departures from Maidstone West in the morning, and three departures from St Pancras International in the late afternoon though the early evening. The service calls at Strood, Gravesend, Stratford International and St Pancras International, with journey times of forty-seven minutes. There is also one service in the morning departing St Pancras International for Maidstone West. In the evening there is one service departing from Maidstone West for St Pancras International. Passengers can still travel twice an hour from Maidstone West to St Pancras International in sixty-five minutes by changing at Strood (an option also open to passengers boarding at Aylesford).
The M20 motorway is easily accessible from Ditton via junctions 4 and 5.
As Ditton is situated in Kent it has excellent connections to mainland Europe and farther afield through Kent's major transport nodes: seven freight and passenger ports, including the Port of Dover; two international high-speed railway stations, Ashford and Ebbsfleet; London City Airport (approximately 35 miles (56 km) away) and London Gatwick (40 miles (64 km) away). The railway stations at Ashford (25 miles (40 km) away) and Ebbsfleet (20 miles (32 km) away) have connections to Paris and Brussels.
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