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About Southeastern

Southeastern operates train services throughout Kent, parts of East Sussex and south east London.

In December 2009 Southeastern began running new high speed domestic services on High Speed 1 (formerly known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link) connecting St. Pancras International, Ashford and the Kent coast. The service is the fastest commuter train service in Britain and passengers benefit from significantly reduced journey times. In the Spring 2010 National Passenger Survey it was named the best commuter service, with 95% of passengers happy or satisfied.

Click here to view an interactive map showing the significant time savings the high speed train makes to journey times.

Southeastern takes its responsibility to the environment seriously. In 2008 Southeastern and Southern became the first train operators in the country to introduce regenerative braking on the third rail* system. 113 of Southeastern's train fleet are now regenerating electricity using this method. This groundbreaking new system achieved energy savings by capturing electricity generated through train braking and returning it to the rail network.

Southeastern have implemented a very successful recycling scheme which means that almost 68 tonnes of newspapers left on their trains are recycled each month.

Working in partnership with the British Transport Police, Network Rail and the local community Southeastern now has nearly 100 stations with 'secure accreditation' and there's been a 25% drop in reported crime on their network, over the past four years.

In 2010, Southeastern achieved Bronze Investors in People accreditation, demonstrating its commitment to being a good employer to work for and focusing on staff training and development. It aims to achieve both Silver and Gold accreditation by 2012.

* The third rail or conductor rail is the system by which some trains draw their power. The system is mainly found in the South of England.