News Releases

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  10 May 2021

  Southeastern safeguards colleagues’ mental health during Covid-19 pandemic

  • An industry first as Southeastern to launch mental health charter for rail operators this month
  • Covid-19 pandemic sharply escalates stress, anxiety and isolation among transport workers
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  29 Apr 2021

  More trains back in Southeastern’s timetable from Sunday 16th May

  • Additional fast and stopping services on key routes
  • Some off-peak services reinstated
  • More early morning services, and extra trains for day-trippers to the Kent coast
  • Limited number of additional and longer trains also reinstated from Monday 26^th April
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  30 Mar 2021

  Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall, meets pioneers of lifesaving train travel scheme

  • Duchess meets people from Southeastern and other organisations at London's Victoria station
  • Four domestic abuse survivors have been helped on average since April 2020
  • Her Royal Highess calls Rail to Refuge 'a brilliant initiative'
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  26 Mar 2021

  Longer trains to meet increased demand as Kent and East Sussex come out of lockdown

  • Eight-carriage trains return on key routes during off-peak times
  • All peak time trains to be formed of at least eight carriages
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  26 Mar 2021

  Kidbrooke's new station 'built back better'

  • New building supports nearby development of 5,000 homes
  • Station will be ‘gateway’ that Kidbrooke Village can be proud of
  • New ticket office replaces interim station building
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  24 Mar 2021

  Lifesaving travel scheme pioneered by Southeastern extended to help more domestic abuse survivors

  • Train operators in Great Britain, including Southeastern, are extending the ‘Rail to Refuge’ scheme to help hundreds more domestic abuse survivors.
  • Figures show 1,348 people have used the lifesaving scheme since April 2020, equal to four survivors a day.
  • The scheme was pioneered by Southeastern in 2019, before being introduced by all train operators during the first lockdown in 2020.
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  18 Mar 2021

  Sandwich station upgrade 'sign of confidence in town's future'

  Network Rail complete longer platforms and new footbridge ahead of The 149th Open

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  12 Mar 2021

  Mother and daughter train together to join the next generation of drivers

  Cynthia, 60, and Vicki, 30, will celebrate Mother’s Day on the network, whilst both training at the same time to become Southeastern drivers.

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  04 Mar 2021

  Southeastern releases safety video ahead of schools reopening

  • Southeastern will be welcoming school children back to the network next Monday
  • 15 services will have extra train carriages from Monday 8 March to accommodate the increase in passenger numbers and to help maintain social distancing

   

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  10 Feb 2021

  Paralympian Andy Barrow to lead panel ensuring Southeastern trains are accessible to all

  • Paralympian Andy Barrow to lead new panel to continually review and improve policy and practice
  • New accessibility app will use inclusive design principles
  • Innovative features added to customer information systems will provide automatic updates of toilet availability on trains and lift availability at stations
  • New highly trained roving Mobile Assistance staff to be deployed at stations