Southeastern
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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
In addition to high-speed traffic, Southeastern operates other train connections and metro lines.
Web links
- Official website of Southeastern (English)
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ bbc.co.uk - Javelin train speeds into London (English) December 12, 2008