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02 Feb 2026South Eastern Railway welcomes rising customer trust as integrated railway model shows how Great British Railways will deliver for passengers
- YouGov data shows customer trust in Southeastern has reached its highest ever level
- Comes as the integrated railway delivers continued strong performance, more services, fleet improvements and more advance fares
- Improvements demonstrate the benefit of rail reform ahead of Great British Railways
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26 Jan 2026Southeastern partners with Enterprise to bridge the last mile for rail passengers
- Enterprise Car Club vehicles now available at Sevenoaks and Otford stations under new pilot
- Project encourages more people to travel by train by bridging last mile gaps with a flexible option
- Part of Southeastern’s plan to make stations easier to reach without needing a private car
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21 Jan 2026Kent stations see record growth as Southeastern welcomes more customers back to rail
- Thanet Parkway and Folkestone West are among the fastest-growing stations on Southeastern‘s network.
- More customers are choosing Southeastern, with journeys at many stations rising to record levels
- Southeastern continues to invest in new fleet and refreshed trains to improve journeys for all customers
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14 Jan 2026South Eastern Railway deploys flood warning camera technology to improve resilience at five high-risk locations
New systems will help the integrated railway to make faster and more informed decisions to help keep trains moving safely and reliably
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06 Jan 2026Southeastern joins Great British Rail Sale with more discounted tickets available than ever before!
- Over one million tickets on sale from today (6th January)
- Tickets are valid for travel between 13 January and 25 March
- Available to purchase via the Southeastern website and app
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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