News Releases

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  18 Jul 2023

  Check before you travel this week: limited Southeastern service on Thursday 20, Saturday 22 and Saturday 29 July due to strike action

  • Further strike action due to take place this week and next
  • Southeastern advising customers to please check before they travel
  • Trains will start later on Friday 21 July – from 06:00
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  05 Jul 2023

  Consultation opens on Southeastern moving staff from ticket offices to provide face-to-face support for customers

  • London TravelWatch leading consultation to which people are asked to respond by 26 July 2023  
  • Planned changes in first phase of consultation published today at stations and on Southeastern’s website 
  • Knowledgeable Southeastern employees with in-depth ticket and railway knowledge will provide more face-to-face support to customers 
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  29 Jun 2023

  Clear, consistent, correct and concise: Innovation in Southeastern’s customer information recognised at Railway Innovation Awards

  A programme of improvements to customer information have not only benefited Southeastern train passengers but have had a much wider benefit to the whole rail industry.

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  29 Jun 2023

  Thanet to London in 70 minutes: new station gets ready to open for business

  • Kent’s first new railway station in eight years to bring the capital closer to the coast and open up Thanet to new jobs and new business
  • Station will offer new connections for leisure journeys in East Kent
  • Free parking offer for Thanet Parkway customers from 31 July for a limited time
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  23 Jun 2023

  Kent-born trailblazer Verena Holmes honoured with train naming on International Women in Engineering Day as Southeastern looks to boost number of women in engineering roles

  • Honour marks International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June 2023 as Southeastern raises awareness of careers for women in engineering and technical roles
  • Verena became the first female member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and Society of Locomotion Engineers
  • Train naming ceremony held at Cannon Street station attended by Verena’s great niece, Caroline Yardley
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  16 Jun 2023

  Birthday honour from the King for Southeastern’s ‘Queen of the North’

  • Sonia Maulson, Southeastern’s General Manager for the North area, has been appointed the MBE
  • Sonia was the first female train driver at Southeastern's Grove Park depot in Lewisham
  • Sonia’s career includes the enormous contribution she made during the Covid-19 pandemic and 'Operation London Bridge' following the mourning period for HM Queen Elizabeth II
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  01 Jun 2023

  Lower prices with ‘Flexi Season’ deal for part-time commuters on Southeastern extended

  • Special promotional price for travel from more than 40 stations in Kent and East Sussex stations continues until 14 October
  • Flexible Season ticket aimed at workers travelling to work at least two days a week
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  25 May 2023

  Check before you travel next week: Strike action means no trains on Wednesday 31 May or Saturday 3 June and a limited service with some routes closed on Friday 2 June

  • Customers unable to travel on Southeastern trains on Wednesday 31 May and Saturday 3 June.
  • Strike action will also take place on Friday 2 June with a limited service running on the network – customers asked to check before they travel.
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  23 May 2023

  e-Scooters to be banned on Southeastern from 1 June

  • Concerns over fire risk led to decision
  • Ban being enforced by a number of other train operators
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  19 May 2023

  Conductor, Mark Barron named as Male Apprentice of the Year at Women in Rail Awards

  At the Women in Rail Awards ceremony this week Conductor Mark Barron was awarded Male Apprentice of the year.