School Buses
King’s, Rochester, provides five bus services for Preparatory and Senior School pupils. The aim is for the services to be financially self-supporting and income is dependent on the number of pupils using the buses. There are Full Tickets, Half Tickets and dated Casual Tickets available, subject to capacity, with requests for Full Tickets being given priority.
The routes and charges are attached and if you are interested in your child/children using the service you should complete and return a Ticket Reservation Form so that a seat, or seats, can be reserved. Should your child not make use of the service on particular days of the week, for whatever reason, the charge will remain the same. If you wish to cease using the service we would require a full term’s notice of cancellation, or half a term’s fees will become payable.
Subject to availability, we will continue to offer the facility of the sale of dated Casual Tickets to cope with the unexpected. Casual tickets can be purchased from the Bursary in cash, or the charge added to your next fee bill. Any unused Casual tickets must be returned by the end of July in the academic year in which they were purchased for refund. The purchase of a Casual ticket does not guarantee the availability of a seat.
It is important that your child is in possession of the correct ticket for each journey, with Full and Half tickets being shown to the driver and Casual tickets being retained by the driver.
List of School Bus Charges 2012/13 (Half Ticket charges in brackets)
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Gravesend
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Kings Hill
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Maidstone
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Rainham
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Sevenoaks
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Michaelmas
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£572
(£400)
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£663
(£464)
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£572
(£400)
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£510
(£357)
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£783
(£551)
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Lent
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£381
(£267)
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£441
(£309)
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£381
(£267)
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£340
(£239)
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£522
(£362)
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Midsummer
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£318
(£223)
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£368
(£257)
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£318
(£223)
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£285
(£199)
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£435
(£306)
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Total p/a
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£1271
(£890)
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£1472
(£1030)
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£1271
(£890)
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£1135
(£795)
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£1740
(£1219)
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Casual Dated Tickets
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£5.09
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£5.78
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£5.09
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£5.20
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£7.19
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Bus Routes and Times
Gravesend
*Please note that the inward journey times given are the departure times from each stop and being
subject to local traffic conditions cannot be guaranteed.
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Stop No
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Location
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Inward*
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Return
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1
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St John’s Lane, Hartley
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7.20 am
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5.23 pm
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2
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Hartley War Memorial, Ash Road/Castle Hill
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7.23 am
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5.21 pm
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3
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Parkfields
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7.25 am
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5.18 pm
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4
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Fairlight Cross/New Barn Road
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7.30 am
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5.13 pm
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5
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Longfield Road/New Barn Road
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7.32 am
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5.09 pm
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6
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Istead Rise
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7.35 am
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5.08 pm
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7
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Parade – junction of Longfield Road/Wrotham Road
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7.38 am
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5.05 pm
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8
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See Ho Public House
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7.52 am
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4.55 pm
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9
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Shorne Village Hall, Shorne
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7.55 am
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4.50 pm
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10
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Main School, Rochester
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8.10 am
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4.25 pm
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Kings Hill
*Please note that the inward journey times given are the departure times from each stop and being
subject to local traffic conditions cannot be guaranteed.
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Stop No
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Location
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Inward*
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Return
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1
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Wateringbury
(Inward: Church layby/Return: Love Lane)
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7.10 am
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5.20 pm
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2
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Kings Hill School
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7.20 am
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5.10 pm
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3
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West Malling – town square (opposite Tesco)
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7.35 am
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5.00 pm
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4
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Castle Lake (first layby off M20 roundabout to Snodland)
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7.45 am
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4.50 pm
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5
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Main School, Rochester
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8.10 am
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4.25 pm
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Maidstone
*Please note that the inward journey times given are the departure times from each stop and being
subject to local traffic conditions cannot be guaranteed.
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Stop No
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Location
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Inward*
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Return
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1
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Bearsted – Church Lane/The Green
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7.25 am
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4.50 pm
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2
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Grovewood Drive/Averenches Road
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7.32 am
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4.57 pm
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3
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Penenden Heath Road/Faraday Road*
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7.40 am
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5.07 pm
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4
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Main School, Rochester
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8.10 am
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4.25 pm
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Rainham
*Please note that the inward journey times given are the departure times from each stop and being
subject to local traffic conditions cannot be guaranteed.
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Stop No
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Location
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Inward*
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Return
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1
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Bobbing Apple Restaurant, Bobbing
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7.15 am
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5.25 pm
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2
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Layby top of Hartlip Hill
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7.25 am
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5.20 pm
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3
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A2 layby opposite Otterham Quay Lane
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7.30 am
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5.05 pm
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4
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Dolphin Drive (junction with Deanwood Drive)
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7.40 am
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5.00 pm
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5
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Junction of Fairview Avenue/Wigmore Road
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7.45 am
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4.55 pm
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6
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Main School, Rochester
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8.10 am
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4.25 pm
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Sevenoaks
*Please note that the inward journey times given are the departure times from each stop and being
subject to local traffic conditions cannot be guaranteed.
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Stop No
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Location
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Inward*
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Return
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1
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Sevenoaks Railway Station
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7.00 am
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5.35 pm
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2
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Sevenoaks War Memorial, The Vines
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7.05 am
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5.30 pm
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3
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Otford Railway Station
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7.15 am
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5.15 pm
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4
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High Street, Seal
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7.25 am
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5.00 pm
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5
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Rectory Lane layby, Ightham
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7.30 am
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4.58 pm
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6
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Morgan Car Showroom, Borough Green
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7.32 am
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4.55 pm
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7
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Platt, Long Mill Lane junction (opposite the Old Dairy)
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7.35 am
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4.50 pm
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8
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Church of S Peter & S Paul, Leybourne
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7.50 am
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4.40 pm
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9
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Main School, Rochester
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8.10 am
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4.25 pm
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