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