High speed services arrive
Southeastern today
confirmed that a limited high speed ‘preview’ service will begin on
the 29 June.
The preview service will run on High Speed 1 between Ashford
International, Ebbsfleet International and St Pancras International
from Monday to Friday.
The preview service will offer passengers the chance to
experience what the UK’s first high speed service will be like when
it is fully introduced on 13 December.
The preview services will also allow Southeastern to continue
testing, training, adjust to passenger feedback and ensure that the
full introduction of the service runs smoothly.
The high speed service will radically improve travel times for many
passengers, using the High Speed 1.
Journey times from Ashford International to London will be just
37 minutes and from Ebbsfleet International the journey will take
just 17 minutes.
The preview service will run three morning peak services from
Ashford International to St Pancras International and three peak
services in the evening peak.
For more information visit the Southeastern
website.
Media Release 0171/09
01/06/2009
This webpage was updated on
6/1/2009