Javelin Train News

13 December 2009 - Successful full service introduction.

27 July 2009 - The Javelin Train service completed it's first first timed run from St Pancras to the new Olympic Park, running a time 15 seconds inside the planned trip time of seven minutes.


14th July 2009 - The UK's first high speed Javelin train began official service on Monday 13th July, running a service between  London and Kent, while also stopping at the new Olympic stadium site at Stratford which is currently under construction in readiness for the 2012 Olympic Games.


June 2009 - Southeastern Rail are planning to start a "preview" rail service using the new train on June 29 2009 in advance of the scheduled service due to start on December 13, which will run between St Pancras and Ebbsfleet in Kent and Ashford.


January 12 2009 - The interior fitting contract for the new Stratford International station has been awarded at a value of £750k . The station is due to open at the end of 2009 and is sited next to the Olympic Park. The 29 week project will bring the station to its opening state by December, and will be managed by designers MPS, who also successfully completed  the design of Ebbsfleet International station North Kent. The Javelin Train is intended to be used on the seven minute trip carrying Olympic Games visitors from St Pancras to Stratford International.


December 12, 2008 - The Javelin Train, the UK's own version of the Japanese Bullet train, completed it's first journey today from Kent to London a year ahead of the scheduled in service passenger date.

October 3rd, 2007 - London's new Javelin Train of the future reached 150mph on its inaugural test run. The six-carriage train costing £8.6 million came close to the speed of a Eurostar during trial runs on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. The Javelin Train will regularly travel at up to 140mph on the Eurostar route from St Pancras to Ashford.

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