SE Trains Limited,
trading as Southeastern, is a train operator, owned by
DfT OLR Holdings
DfT OLR Holdings (DOHL) is a holding company established by the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom to act as operator of last resort for rail franchises that are nationalised.
History
DfT OLR Holdings was established in 2018 by the ...
for the
Department for Transport,
that took over operating the
South Eastern franchise in
South East England from privately owned
London & South Eastern Railway (which also traded as Southeastern) on 17 October 2021.
History
In September 2021, the
Department for Transport announced it would be terminating the
South Eastern franchise operated by
Govia-owned
Southeastern
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after revenue declaration discrepancies involving £25million of public money were discovered. SE Trains, as an
operator of last resort, took over the franchise on 17 October 2021,
for a three-year period until October 2024.
Southeastern was one of several train operators impacted by the
2022 United Kingdom railway strike, which was the first national rail strike in the UK for three decades. Its workers were amongst those who participated in
industrial action due to a dispute over pay and working conditions.
In November 2022, Southeastern began the process of procuring new trains, to be made up of between 350 and 640 new carriages. These would enter service in the mid 2020s.
Overview
SE Trains serves the main London stations of
Charing Cross
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,
Waterloo East
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,
Cannon Street,
London Bridge
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,
St Pancras,
Victoria and
Blackfriars. The network has route mileage of , with 180 stations.
Routes
Southeastern initially began trading operating the same routes and services as its predecessor. However, in December 2022, a new timetable was introduced aiming to reduce congestion, improve reliability and better match demand following the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
As of December 2022, the weekday off-peak service pattern, with frequencies in trains per hour (tph), is:
Rolling stock
SE Trains is operating the same
electric multiple units as its predecessor. The remainder of the 30
Class 707s will enter service as they are released by
South Western Railway.
[Autumn start set for Southeastern Class 707s '']The Railway Magazine
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Current fleet
References
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Government-owned companies of England
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Railway companies established in 2021
Railway operators in London
Train operating companies in the United Kingdom
2021 establishments in England