Southeastern passengers will soon benefit from 68 extra carriages which will be added to trains on the busiest services from mid-September.

Southeastern celebrated Headcorn station’s 175^th birthday with Helen Whately, MP Faversham and Mid Kent.

Southeastern is urging its passengers to check before they travel on routes affected by the world athletics championships starting this weekend.

Passengers travelling on Southeastern trains over the August Bank Holiday and the following four days should plan their travel in advance as none of its services will be running to Charing Cross, Waterloo East or London Bridge. These services – which will be running to an amended timetable - will be diverted to alternative London stations including Victoria, Blackfriars, Cannon Street and Waterloo while Network Rail complete further engineering work at London Bridge, as part of the Thameslink Programme.

This summer the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford will once again host one of the world’s largest international sporting events this year. After the success of the 2012 London Olympics it’s no surprise the sporting landmark has been chosen as the venue of the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championships.

The Go-Ahead Group plc today announce that Govia, its joint venture with Keolis (Go-Ahead 65%, Keolis 35%), has been shortlisted by the Department for Transport to bid for the south eastern franchise.

Ongoing upgrade work as part of the Thameslink Programme means that – from Sunday 21 May – some of Southeastern’s Sunday services from Charing Cross will go back to running in to and out of Cannon Street.

A spokesman said: “We understand no one wants to pay more for their journey, which is why we’ve frozen some of our fares for the past three years. But like any business, we sometimes need to adjust our prices. When this happens we always try to keep any increases to a minimum.

Southeastern has published important advice for anyone running – or watching – the Virgin Money London Marathon. It will also be running an extra 111 trains on Sunday 23 April 2017