News Releases

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  25 Apr 2023

  Save time and money with the new digital Railcards from Southeastern

  • Southeastern launches digital Railcards to save a third off the price of train tickets and help with the cost of living
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  21 Apr 2023

  Home win for Slade Green 'Networker' overhaul team

  • In house approach to Networker overhaul enables trains to go back into service quicker
  • Year-on-year reliability improved or maintained on the fleet
  • Project which began in January 2021 completed ahead of schedule before end March 2023
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  06 Apr 2023

  Southeastern Recognised as Menopause Friendly

  Southeastern has become the first transport company to become an independently accredited Menopause Friendly Employer.

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  24 Mar 2023

  £4.4 million station improvement project announced to enhance customer experience across the Southeastern network

  • Bexley, Canterbury East, Chatham, Faversham, Herne Bay and Hither Green to all benefit from improvements, including accessibility upgrades
  • Package to enhance customer experience to be rolled out to 21 stations in total
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  15 Mar 2023

  Mother’s Day celebration is just the ticket for railway family

  Southeastern customer sales advisor Tracey Clarke will be spending Mother’s Day helping passengers at Rainham ticket office, but as her son Kieron also works on the network they will still be celebrating together.

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  13 Mar 2023

  Check before you travel: strike action by the RMT union on Thursday 16, Saturday 18, Thursday 30 March and Saturday 1 April

  • Limited service running on the Southeastern network, with some routes closed
  • First trains will leave later and last trains back from London will be much earlier
  • Only 52 out of 180 stations will be open; no rail replacement buses will serve stations that are closed
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  13 Mar 2023

  Southeastern trials better value Flexi Season fares

  • Trial runs until 2 April 2023
  • Part of Government plans to encourage more passengers back to rail travel
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  08 Mar 2023

  Train operator’s staff on track to #EmbraceEquity

  Southeastern, the train operator serving Kent, Sussex and South East London is marking International Women’s Day (IWD) today (8 March) in three separate ways:

  • Highlighting how the company’s striving to be a place where people treat one another fairly, with empathy and understanding, in line with IWD’s aim to #embraceequity
  • Collecting  period products to donate to a women’s refuge; and
  • Celebrating some of the amazing women of Southeastern who’ve been recognised by their colleagues for supporting other women, the business and its customers
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  06 Mar 2023

  Joint statement from Network Rail and Southeastern about London Bridge station
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  02 Mar 2023

  Bexleyheath line update

  • Additional trains on the Bexleyheath line at off-peak times to and from Charing Cross from 22 May 2023