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Southeastern Railway
Southeastern will be launching the first high speed domestic train services in the UK between St Pancras International, Ashford and the Kent coast.
A new timetable to be introduced in December 2009 will bring more choice for many passengers travelling between London and Kent and also open up more opportunities for easier connections to mainline services to the north of England and to Scotland.
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New service
From December 2009 high speed commuters will enjoy a super-fast service between Kent, and Central London. The new service, operating on High Speed 1, will bring the Garden of England closer to the capital and the rest of the country for leisure travellers.
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Garden of England
The new service, operating on High Speed 1, will bring some parts of the Garden of England closer to the capital and the rest of the country for leisure travellers too.
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Shuttle services
The new high speed trains will play an important role in the 2012 London Olympics transport plan, with Javelin shuttle services taking passengers from St Pancras International to the Olympic village in Stratford in just 7 minutes.
The new high speed service will be coming to Kent in December 2009, bringing brand new, powerful trains and much faster journey times to London and beyond.
The new fleet of high speed trains, capable of speeds up to 140mph, will slash journey times between Ashford and London from an average of 83 minutes down to 37 minutes. Commuters will travel at high speed on the fast new trains straight into and Central London.
Two new stations at Ebbsfleet and Stratford have been built and £87 million invested in new depot facilities at Ramsgate and Ashford to facilitate the maintenance of the Hitachi built trains.
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