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24 Jul 2024Southeastern provides local tourism boost with extra trains this summer
- Direct services between south-east London and the north Kent coast throughout the summer holidays
- Extra carriages to provide more capacity to coastal towns in Kent and East Sussex
- Beat the traffic and travel in a more environmentally sustainable way by leaving the car at home
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16 Jul 2024Southeastern launches new fund to support community projects
- Customer and Communities Improvement Fund to help deliver local initiatives that make a difference
- Charities, organisations and community groups are encouraged to submit ideas
- Supports Southeastern’s commitment to becoming a more sustainable railway
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11 Jul 2024Southeastern works with Blackbridge Communications and OMD UK on recruitment campaign
- Creative employer brand agency Blackbridge Communications and media agency OMD UK help bring campaign to life to recruit 600 new starters
- New campaign aims to break outdated perceptions of working on the railway and encourage applicants who may not have previously considered a career in rail
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01 Jul 2024Southeastern seeks to expand membership of its Accessible Travel Advisory Panel
- The panel is made up of people of different ages and backgrounds who live or work on the Southeastern network
- All have lived experience of the challenges that can be faced when travelling by train
- Members provide support and guidance to help enhance accessibility and the customer experience for all aspects of the journey with Southeastern
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25 Jun 2024Southeastern uses new technology to reunite more customers with lost property
- Digital system makes it easier for customers to report and track lost items
- 78% increase in items being reunited with their owners in three months
- Trumpets, accordions and a prosthetic leg among the more unusual items left behind
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17 Jun 2024Southeastern launches biggest ever recruitment drive across south east London, Kent and East Sussex
- Rail operator looking to recruit 600 new starters over the next year
- New campaign aims to break outdated perceptions of working on the railway and encourage applicants who may not have previously considered a career in rail
- Opportunities across a range of roles, including drivers, station staff, on train and engineers
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13 Jun 2024Southeastern becomes first rail operator to offer leave to kinship carers
- Part of a wider commitment to support our workforce across Kent, East Sussex and London
- Kinship care is when a child lives with a relative or close family friend
- New policy introduced following feedback from a colleague who became a kinship carer
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28 May 2024Improved Southeastern timetable launches on 2 June
- The changes will mean less waiting time on platforms, improved punctuality, and more space on the busiest services.
- New timetable designed based on journey data and feedback from customers to provide a better, more reliable, and sustainable railway.
- Longer trains and additional services will make it easier for customers to explore destinations across the south-east this summer.
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15 May 2024Southeastern announces major step towards multi-million-pound improvement in Metro train fleet
- Southeastern is inviting the rail industry to provide new or upgraded trains for Metro services.
- Current fleet provides more than 900 services and tens of thousands of journeys every day between parts of Kent and south-east and central London.
- This could be the largest investment in the Southeastern network since the introduction of the highspeed service in 2009.
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13 May 2024Southeastern collaborates with local artists to showcase destinations in Kent
- Six posters showcase some of the county’s most popular destinations.
- Southeastern's supported two local artists as part of its commitment to become a more sustainable railway.
- Extra services and longer trains will make it easier for customers to reach the coast.