News Releases

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  26 Jul 2016

  Station employees praised after rescuing guide dog

  Southeastern employees have been praised after rescuing a visually impaired passenger’s guide dog at Greenwich station.

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  21 Jul 2016

  Shortlands station annual fun day raises £2,500 for Alzheimer’s research

  Southeastern’s Shortlands station team hosted their annual fun day last week on Saturday 16 July in aid of Alzheimer’s Society. The event, which raised £2,500 for the cause, is a real show of community spirit with many residents and local schools and clubs pitching in to man one of 14 stalls.

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  21 Jul 2016

  Dover to Folkestone railway repairs ahead of schedule

  A £39.8m project to rebuild the line between Folkestone and Dover will be completed this autumn, Network Rail has confirmed.

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  20 Jul 2016

  Southeastern treats pupils to a day out to remember

  Year One pupils from Sandwich Infant School were taken on an end of year treat on the railway by Southeastern.

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  19 Jul 2016

  Life's a beach

  The great British seaside is the place to be when it’s hot and Margate has become the seaside town of first resort with new figures showing a huge 50 per cent leap in train passengers heading there.

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  14 Apr 2016

  Easter improvement works successfully completed

  As part of its £40 billion Railway Upgrade Plan to provide a bigger, better and more reliable railway for passengers, engineers from Network Rail and its contractors were out at locations across the Southeastern network over all four days of the Easter Bank Holiday – most notably between Swanley and Faversham, around London Bridge and at Abbey Wood.

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  13 Apr 2016

  Extra trains and free travel for runners for the Virgin Money London Marathon

  We're running extra services to the Virgin Money London Marathon start lines at Greenwich, Maze Hill and Blackheath on Sunday 24 April.

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  04 Apr 2016

  Dover-Folkestone railway expected to reopen in December

  A severely damaged stretch of railway near Dover will need to be completely replaced with a new viaduct before trains can run again.

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  09 Mar 2016

  Southeastern and Thameslink extend pay as you go to Swanley

  Swanley Oyster extensionCommuters can now use Oyster and Contactless Payment Cards to pay for travel between Swanley and London on Southeastern and Thameslink services.