Southeastern has today announced its best ever punctuality performance, claiming a successful summer for transport.

Of the 50,500 trains that ran over the four-week period ending on Saturday, 95.5% were said to have called at all the booked stations and arrived within five minutes of the scheduled arrival time.

Vince Lucas, service delivery director for Southeastern, said: "This is the best train performance ever experienced by Southeastern customers in any four-week period since Public Performance Measure (PPM) records began.

"This reporting period also coincided with the Paralympic Games, when we were running extra services and carrying around 100,000 more passengers a day than usual.

"We've been working extremely hard to provide the best possible service for our passengers.

The company runs more than 2,000 services each weekday, with more than half a million passengers.