News Releases

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  10 May 2023

  Check before you travel on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 May

  • No trains on Friday 12 May on any part of the Southeastern network
  • Limited service on Southeastern network on Saturday 13 May – customers asked to plan ahead if they do travel
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  09 May 2023

  More celebrities Hop on Board for Southeastern podcasts.

  Train operator Southeastern have recruited more celebrities to help encourage people to take the train to explore Kent and East Sussex.

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  05 May 2023

  Southeastern Railway welcomes convictions for violence against staff

  • Violence towards staff intolerable warns train operator 
  • Long custodial sentences send clear message 
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  04 May 2023

  Southeastern is getting into the Coronation spirit by decorating stations across the region - and not just with bunting.

  To mark King Charles III’s Coronation this coming Saturday our stations will be decked out with bunting and even a life-sized knitted King. 

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  25 Apr 2023

  Save time and money with the new digital Railcards from Southeastern

  • Southeastern launches digital Railcards to save a third off the price of train tickets and help with the cost of living
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  21 Apr 2023

  Home win for Slade Green 'Networker' overhaul team

  • In house approach to Networker overhaul enables trains to go back into service quicker
  • Year-on-year reliability improved or maintained on the fleet
  • Project which began in January 2021 completed ahead of schedule before end March 2023
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  06 Apr 2023

  Southeastern Recognised as Menopause Friendly

  Southeastern has become the first transport company to become an independently accredited Menopause Friendly Employer.

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  24 Mar 2023

  £4.4 million station improvement project announced to enhance customer experience across the Southeastern network

  • Bexley, Canterbury East, Chatham, Faversham, Herne Bay and Hither Green to all benefit from improvements, including accessibility upgrades
  • Package to enhance customer experience to be rolled out to 21 stations in total
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  15 Mar 2023

  Mother’s Day celebration is just the ticket for railway family

  Southeastern customer sales advisor Tracey Clarke will be spending Mother’s Day helping passengers at Rainham ticket office, but as her son Kieron also works on the network they will still be celebrating together.

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  13 Mar 2023

  Check before you travel: strike action by the RMT union on Thursday 16, Saturday 18, Thursday 30 March and Saturday 1 April

  • Limited service running on the Southeastern network, with some routes closed
  • First trains will leave later and last trains back from London will be much earlier
  • Only 52 out of 180 stations will be open; no rail replacement buses will serve stations that are closed