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19 Aug 2024Final call for applications to Southeastern’s community fund
- Southeastern’s Customer and Community Improvement Fund will help make a positive difference across south-east London, Kent and East Sussex.
- Charities, organisations and community groups are encouraged to apply before 31st August.
- The fund is part of Southeastern’s wider commitment to advancing social mobility.
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13 Aug 2024Southeastern expands accessible travel offer with new British Sign Language service
- New technology puts stations and customer service colleagues in touch with live interpreters
- Makes it easier for customers to communicate with Southeastern colleagues using British Sign Language
- Part of wider improvements to accessible travel service across the network
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05 Aug 2024Southeastern launches ‘EnterTrainMent Week’ for families travelling on highspeed services
- Southeastern has collaborated with renowned 'toyologist' for a week of special journeys on highspeed services
- Play experts have gathered some of the best family-friendly games for customers to enjoy while travelling to the coast
- 'EnterTrainMent' is available on a limited number of specially selected services but is part of Southeastern's wider efforts to help more people ditch the car this summer
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31 Jul 2024Thanet Parkway celebrates its first birthday!
- The station provides highspeed and Main Line services to central London and Kent and is designed to be a catalyst for future investment and growth
- Since opening, around 91,000 journeys have been made to or from the station
- To mark the occasion, Southeastern and Network Rail staff gathered to enjoy a slice of birthday cake
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30 Jul 2024Southeastern recognised as one of the UK's top apprenticeship employers
- Southeastern ranked 58th on the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer List
- More than 620 people have completed apprenticeships in six years
- Biggest ever recruitment drive continues with plans to recruit more than 400 more apprentices this year
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24 Jul 2024Southeastern provides local tourism boost with extra trains this summer
- Direct services between south-east London and the north Kent coast throughout the summer holidays
- Extra carriages to provide more capacity to coastal towns in Kent and East Sussex
- Beat the traffic and travel in a more environmentally sustainable way by leaving the car at home
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16 Jul 2024Southeastern launches new fund to support community projects
- Customer and Communities Improvement Fund to help deliver local initiatives that make a difference
- Charities, organisations and community groups are encouraged to submit ideas
- Supports Southeastern’s commitment to becoming a more sustainable railway
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11 Jul 2024Southeastern works with Blackbridge Communications and OMD UK on recruitment campaign
- Creative employer brand agency Blackbridge Communications and media agency OMD UK help bring campaign to life to recruit 600 new starters
- New campaign aims to break outdated perceptions of working on the railway and encourage applicants who may not have previously considered a career in rail
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01 Jul 2024Southeastern seeks to expand membership of its Accessible Travel Advisory Panel
- The panel is made up of people of different ages and backgrounds who live or work on the Southeastern network
- All have lived experience of the challenges that can be faced when travelling by train
- Members provide support and guidance to help enhance accessibility and the customer experience for all aspects of the journey with Southeastern
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25 Jun 2024Southeastern uses new technology to reunite more customers with lost property
- Digital system makes it easier for customers to report and track lost items
- 78% increase in items being reunited with their owners in three months
- Trumpets, accordions and a prosthetic leg among the more unusual items left behind