Southeastern

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Southeastern
Logo Southeastern
British class 395 from Southeastern
Basic information
company Southeastern
Concession
and duration
Integrated Kent
April 1st, 2006 to
June 24th, 2018
Parent company Govia
( Go-Ahead Group / Keolis )
statistics
fleet 392 trains
Train stations 180 served, of which 164 also managed
Main regions Greater London , Kent
Secondary region East Sussex
website
www.southeasternrailway.co.uk

Southeastern is a British rail operator . The name of the company is London & South Eastern Railway Limited .

High speed service

Since December 2009, Southeastern has been the first rail company in the country to offer a high-speed connection exclusively within England (and the second ever after the Eurostar ) on the High Speed ​​One , which runs from St Pancras station in London to Kent . It also uses the main routes South Eastern Main Line and Brighton Main Line .

During the 2012 Summer Olympics continued Southeastern their trains of Class 395 as Olympic Javelin shuttle (English Javelin>: spear ) in a shuttle service from London St Pancras to Ebbsfleet International one, stopping at Stratford International , the middle of the Olympic Park is located.

Other services

Train on a mainline (trunk line)

In addition to high-speed traffic, Southeastern operates other train connections and metro lines.

Web links

Commons : Southeastern  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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  1. Number10.gov.uk: Gordon Brown hails the launch of UK high-speed train travel ( Memento of December 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), December 14, 2009
  2. bbc.co.uk - Javelin train speeds into London (English) December 12, 2008