News Releases
415 news releases found, showing page 20 of 42
-
08 Nov 2022Santa teams up with Southeastern elves
Rudolph and his reindeer pals will be taking a day off from sleigh pull training in the lead up to Christmas when Santa swaps his sleigh for a special Southeastern train delivering festive cheer.
-
28 Oct 2022Southeastern celebrates and commemorates the role of Armed Forces veterans
Southeastern’s commitment to being a forces-friendly employer has seen it sign the Armed Forces Covenant and launch a dedicated Veteran Network, in partnership with Royal British Legion.
-
27 Oct 2022Folkestone West welcomes new sculpture project
Two new artworks have been unveiled at Folkestone West station as part of a project that will lead to 24 bronze sculptures being displayed at the station.
-
17 Oct 2022Southeastern breaks menopause taboo
Although some 80% of Southeastern’s workforce is male, the train operating company is continuing to spread the word about how the menopause can impact those going through it, as well as how it affects those around them.
-
13 Oct 2022Javelin high speed trains get multi-million pound upgrade for Southeastern passengers
£27 million upgrade for very high speed passenger trains to begin in March 2023
-
12 Oct 2022Lifesaving Colleagues gain National Award
Two members of Southeastern staff have been recognised as ‘Lifesavers’ in the Outstanding Personal Contribution category at the National Rail Awards.
-
28 Sep 2022Southeastern introduces a new timetable for December 2022
- The timetable improvements reflect changes in the way our customers travel
- Improved services and punctuality
- First Class will be removed to provide more seats for mainline customers
- Southeastern Director, Scott Brightwell: ‘The new timetable will focus on meeting the needs of customers as we recover from the pandemic'
-
27 Sep 2022Southeastern train services suspended during planned strike action: Saturday 1 and Wednesday 5 October
Reduced services: Saturday 8 October
- Services will run from London terminals on Sunday 2 October from 07.00 to support travel to the London Marathon
- Normal services expected to resume: 07:00 Monday 3 October
-
16 Aug 2022Only travel by train if absolutely necessary: RMT and TSSA trade union strike action on Southeastern means the vast majority of trains will not run on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August
- Extremely limited service on Southeastern during RMT and TSSA trade union industrial action on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August
- Reduced network between 07:00 and 19:00 only will see Southeastern run just 20% of the normal timetable, and all but 44 of 180 stations shut
- No trains on Southeastern routes except for a limited service on the Dartford and Sevenoaks lines
- Highspeed trains will run between London St Pancras and Ashford only
-
08 Aug 2022Do not attempt to travel by train on Saturday 13th August: ASLEF trade union strike action on Southeastern means no trains will run
- Southeastern network closed entirely during ASLEF trade union strike action on Saturday 13th August
- There will be no Southeastern services running on the rail network: please do not attempt to travel by train on this day