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|Industry=Train Operator | |Industry=Train Operator | ||
|Logo= | |Logo=Https---en.wikipedia.org-wiki-File-Southeastern-toc-logo-light.svg | ||
|Type=Public | |Type=Public | ||
|Website=https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/ | |Website=https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/ | ||
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''Please note that some of the info below will be before South Eastern was nationalised. on 17 October 2021. This is a full history, not only incidents after that date.'' | ''Please note that some of the info below will be before South Eastern was nationalised. on 17 October 2021. This is a full history, not only incidents after that date.'' | ||
* Was involved in the Lewisham Train Strandings ( | *Was involved in the Lewisham Train Strandings (2 March 2018) | ||
* Passengers were hit by South Eastern floods, with all trains being cancelled. (30 December 2023) | *Passengers were hit by South Eastern floods, with all trains being cancelled. (30 December 2023) | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
=== Lewisham Train Strandings (2 March 2018) === | |||
=== | The '''Lewisham train strandings''' occurred on 2 March 2018. Eleven trains were involved in total. There was no heating, communication or working toilets on train 2M50. As a result, some trains were abandoned, even though it was unsafe to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2019 |title=Self-detrainment of passengers onto lines that were still open to traffic and electrically live at Lewisham, south-east London |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/920194/R022019_190325_Lewisham.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108204549/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/920194/R022019_190325_Lewisham.pdf |archive-date=8 January 2021 |access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref><!-- I think this could have its own article. --> | ||
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== | ===South Eastern Cancellations (30 December 2023)=== | ||
{{ | Due to flooding on the 30th December 2023, all South Eastern and Eurostar trains had to be cancelled. St Pancras Itl was filled with passengers. This affected people going on holiday the most as they couldn't take the train to their destination.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 December 2023 |title=Travel chaos as thousands of passengers hit by Eurostar and Southeastern cancellations due to tunnel flooding |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/eurostar-trains-cancelled-southeastern-tunnel-flooding-5HjcbfK_2/ |access-date=14 August 2025 |work=LBC}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== |