Southeastern
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Passengers forced to flee burning train
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Dozens of passengers were forced to flee a burning Southeastern train at a station in Kent.
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Train companies suffer glitch accepting card payments for tickets
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Several train companies are suffering problems accepting card payments for tickets.
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Train drivers to strike next month as industrial action causes travel chaos
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Train drivers at nine rail companies to stage a one-day strike next month in the worsening dispute, causing travel chaos across the country.
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Go-Ahead halts share trading amid Southeastern rail scandal
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Shares in train firm Go-Ahead Group have been suspended to give its auditor more time to finalise delayed full-year results in the wake of the Southeastern franchise scandal.
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Government takes over Southeastern train services
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Train services on Southeastern’s network will be taken over by the Government today after the franchise holder failed to declare more than £25 million of taxpayer funding.
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Train firm stripped of franchise over failure to declare £25m of taxpayer cash
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Train operator Southeastern has been stripped of its franchise after failing to declare more than £25 million of taxpayer funding, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
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Southeastern campaign encourages passengers to be mindful of those with accessibility requirements
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Southeastern has launched a video to encourage passengers to support the accessibility needs of fellow travellers returning to the railway.
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Operation ‘Javelin’
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Class 395 ‘Javelin’ charter trains have raised more than £125,000 for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. With this year’s Remembrance Day only two months away, Doug Lindsay takes up the story. The history of these special charter trains, utilising Southeastern High Speed Class 395 ‘Javelin’ trains’, dates back to 2011, and followed a meeting…
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EPB group vehicles displayed at Ramsgate
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THE EPB Preservation Group exhibited four EMU vehicles at the Southeastern Ramsgate depot open day on June 8. The quartet was the two-car EPB No. 5759 and Motor Luggage Vans Nos. S68001 and 9002/68002. They travelled down to Ramsgate from their Southall base by rail on June 7, returning after the weekend. MLV No. 9002/68002 is finished in…
