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22 Jan 2024Great British Rail Sale - up to 50% off Southeastern Advance tickets
- Confirmation of details of Great British Rail Sale for Southeastern customers
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08 Jan 2024Accessibility improvements for Shortlands railway station
Shortlands station in South London will soon benefit from three lifts and a new footbridge which will make the station fully accessible
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14 Dec 2023Southeastern introduces UK first with new digital season tickets
- sTickets are a new and secure way to buy Season tickets
- Southeastern is the first train operator in the UK to accept and retail Flexi tickets as an sTicket
- New technology is introduced as Southeastern sees its busiest day since pre-pandemic with nearly 400,000 entries and exits in London
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07 Dec 2023Times are changing: 100 additional trains per week from this Monday
- Southeastern to introduce new timetable from Monday 11th December
- 100 additional trains and thousands of extra seats across Metro, Mainline and High Speed services
- Part of Southeastern’s drive to provide a better, more reliable and sustainable railway
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23 Nov 2023UK rail companies sing together to get the White Ribbon message heard
Today Southeastern's choir were joined by railway choirs from around the UK for White Ribbon Day 2023.
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07 Nov 2023
Times are changing: more train services targeted across the Southeastern network from 10 December
- Additional morning peak trains on the Sidcup line from Crayford and Albany Park
- Extra morning departure on the Maidstone East line
- Two high speed trains an hour reinstated from St Pancras to Faversham via Medway on weekdays
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27 Oct 2023Secure gate cycle hub opens at Margate station
- New bike facility with 38 spaces and two power sockets for electric bikes
- Full CCTV cover for extra security, plus a pump and repair stand
- Cycle hub opening follows a station refurbishment that saw many original features restored
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25 Oct 2023Southeastern to introduce automated train inspection technology
- Contract signed with Siemens Mobility and Eversholt Rail for innovative Automated Vehicle Inspection (AVI) programme
- Fully integrated and technically advanced, the new data-driven system will help to improve safety, performance and maintenance efficiency
- System to be installed at Ramsgate train maintenance facility where joint project team will be based
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10 Oct 2023Better journeys promised as Southeastern sets out progress on train upgrades
- 12 more Class 707 ‘City Beam’ trains join Southeastern – new to the Metro area
- Upgrade of Mainline Class 375 fleet nears completion
- Refurbishment of Class 395 Highspeed fleet now underway
- Procurement exercise looking at trains for the future
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08 Sep 2023Rail Minister officially opens Thanet Parkway station as Southeastern and Network Rail prepare to welcome customer number 10,000
- The Rail Minister Huw Merriman has formally opened Thanet Parkway, Kent’s first new railway station in eight years