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30 Dec 2025Herne Bay railway historian awarded British Empire Medal
- Southeastern staff member Mark Jones honoured with the British Empire Medal
- Mark named in New Year Honours List for services to the community railway
- Award celebrates Mark’s 40 years of dedicated service and work in the Railway 200 celebrations
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11 Dec 2025Travel alert for this weekend: South Eastern Railway’s enhanced timetable starts from Sunday 14 December
- Latest improvements will deliver an extra 29 highspeed services per week between St Pancras International and Faversham
- There will be more carriages on some of the busiest trains and extra peak-time services on popular routes
- The modern Class 377 fleet now numbers 36 as three more units become available for customer service as part of the new timetable
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09 Dec 2025Southeastern funds free counselling for domestic abuse survivors in Kent
- Southeastern partners with domestic abuse charity to offer free counselling
- Project to support 100 women in Canterbury, Ashford, Folkestone and Hythe
- Each survivor to be offered 12 free sessions funded by grant
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27 Nov 2025First fully refreshed Class 376 train comes into customer service
- All 36 units in the Class 376 fleet are getting a full mid-life refresh.
- Includes fully refurbished seating, handy at-seat power points and accessibility improvements for better journeys plus a sleek, new blue livery.
- The upgrade is part of South Eastern Railway’s wider fleet improvement programme that covers a £27million refurbishment of the Class 395 highspeed ‘Javelins’, the arrival of 13 newer Class 377s and the ongoing procurement for a more accessible replacement Metro fleet.
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20 Nov 2025Southeastern delivers 200 Toys to Kent Children in Railway 200 Christmas celebration
- Festive enterTRAINment to Canterbury combined charitable giving with family fun as railway industry marks bicentenary year
- Special Christmas service also provided chance to play games on board UK’s fastest train service
- Southeastern is offering great value advance fares and adding a further 29 services per week from 14th December
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17 Nov 2025Engineering work to improve Kent and south east London’s railway over Christmas and New Year 2025/26
Passengers are asked to plan ahead this Christmas and New Year as vital upgrades are delivered for a more reliable railway
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14 Nov 2025Rail industry launches trial to supply essential items to women’s refuges across the country
- Southeastern has partnered with Solace Women’s Aid to pilot a scheme that delivers essential items from unclaimed lost property to women’s refuges.
- The initiative uses InPost lockers to ensure requested clothing and toys reach refuges quickly, securely and confidentially, reducing pressure on frontline staff.
- This trial run by the Rail Delivery Group to be expanded in the coming months.
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14 Nov 2025One month to go: South Eastern Railway’s boosted timetable starts from 14 December
- Latest enhancements add an extra 29 highspeed services between St Pancras International and Faversham.
- There will be more carriages on some of the busiest trains and extra peak-time services on popular routes such as Charing Cross to Maidstone East.
- Three more of the modern Class 377’s with air-conditioning and charging points are also joining the fleet, bringing the number in operation up to 36.
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13 Nov 2025Southeastern earns top recognition for investing in on-the-job training
- Southeastern has received Platinum Membership of The 5% scheme.
- The award recognises work creating opportunities through apprenticeships, graduate schemes and student placements.
- More than 500 apprentices are currently working across the business.
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06 Nov 2025THREE MONTHS TO GO: Major railway upgrades at Dartford will affect travel for passengers over the February half term next year
Rail passengers are being asked to plan ahead of a major upgrade at Dartford Junction.