Have you got your season ticket for 2009 yet? If not, you’d better hurry, prices go up by an average of eight per cent on January 2.

The price hike means weekly fares to London, not including tube and bus travel, will increase as follows for Kent’s commuters.

• Ashford from £86.50 to £94.50

• Canterbury from £87.00 to £94.50

• Dartford from £42.00 to £45.50

• Faversham from £82.00 to £90.00

• Gillingham from £68.50 to £75.50

• Gravesend from £56.00 to £61.00

• Greenhithe from £42.00 to £46.50

• Maidstone from £72.50 to £79.00

• Margate from £88.60 to £95.50

• Orpington from £34.50 to 36.20

• Ramsgate from £88.60 to £95.50

• Rochester from £68.50 to £75.00

• Sevenoaks from £57.50 to £62.00

• Sittingbourne from £73.00 to £80.00

• Strood from £64.00 to £75.00

• Swanley from £45.00 to £48.50

• Tonbridge from £68.50 to £75.00

• Tunbridge Wells from £75.00 to £82.50

• Whitstable from £82.00 to £90.00

For more details and to renew your season ticket visit www.southeasternrailway.co.uk