Olympic train departs from Kent
The official Olympic train service departed from Kent for the first time this morning. Kent's high speed services are being used to take hundreds of thousands of passengers from St Pancras to the Olympic park
First Olympic train leaves late
The high-speed Javelin train service serving the Olympic Park got off to an inauspicious start when the first official train departed five minutes late today.
The Southeastern train company had designated the 7.04am from St Pancras station in London to the Park in Stratford as the beginning of the service. But the 140mph Japanese-built train did not leave Stratford until 7.09am.
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