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=== Southeastern === {{Main|Southeastern (train operating company)}} [[File:Class 395 Javelin STP 003.jpg|thumb|right| A [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] [[British Rail Class 395|Class 395]] train departing from London [[St Pancras railway station]] on a preview domestic service]] Domestic high-speed services on High Speed 1 are operated by [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]]. Having been in planning since 2004,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article499619.ece |title=Britain is to have its own bullet trains |newspaper=[[The Times]] |first=Jenny |last=Booth |date=27 October 2004 |access-date=1 August 2009 |location=London |archive-date=7 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107234856/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> a preview service of the [[British Rail Class 395]] trains, popularly known as ''Javelins'', started in June 2009,<ref name="SEpreview" /> and regular services began on 13 December 2009. The quickest journey time from Ashford to London St Pancras is 35 minutes,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/download/4859.4/high-speed-timetable-from-11-december/ |title=South Eastern High Speed Timetable |publisher=Southeastern |access-date=26 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211120612/http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/download/4859.4/high-speed-timetable-from-11-december/ |archive-date=11 December 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> compared with 80 minutes for the service to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/your-journey/timetables?station=CHX#May |title=South Eastern Mainline 4 Times |publisher=Southeastern |date=11 May 2009 |access-date=26 December 2011 |archive-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618172155/http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/your-journey/timetables?station=CHX#May |url-status=live }}</ref> This service on Section 2 of the CTRL, known previously as CTRL-DS, was a factor in London's successful [[2012 Summer Olympics bids|2012 Olympic Bid]], promising a seven-minute journey time from the [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park|Olympic Park]] at Stratford to the London terminus at St Pancras.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/blog/2007/11/09/full-speed-ahead-at-st-pancras-international-station.php |title=Full speed ahead at St Pancras International Station |publisher=[[London2012]] blog |access-date=23 June 2009 |date=8 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122084344/http://www.london2012.com/blog/2007/11/09/full-speed-ahead-at-st-pancras-international-station.php |archive-date=22 November 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |----- bgcolor="#f9f9f9" ! rowspan="2" | Class ! rowspan="2" |Image ! rowspan="2" | Type ! colspan="2" | Top speed ! rowspan="2" | Number ! rowspan="2" | Routes operated ! rowspan="2" | Built |----- bgcolor="#f9f9f9" ! mph ! km/h |- |[[British Rail Class 395|Class 395]] |[[File:395018 London St Pancras.jpg|170px]] |[[Electric multiple unit]] |140 |225 |29 |{{plainlist| *[[St Pancras railway station|London]]β[[Dover Priory railway station|Dover]] via [[Ashford International railway station|Ashford International]] *[[St Pancras railway station|London]]β[[Ramsgate railway station|Ramsgate]] via [[Faversham railway station|Faversham]] *[[St Pancras railway station|London]]β[[Margate railway station|Margate]] via [[Ashford International railway station|Ashford International]]}} |2007β2009 |}
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