NETWORK SOUTHEAST

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'Network SouthEast' (NSE) was a sector of British Rail that principally operated commuter trains in the London area and inter-urban services in the densely populated South-East of England.
In the privatisation of British Rail on 1st April 1994 it was broken into a number of franchises.

Contents

History

Network Railcard

Subdivisions

Privatisation

References

New trains

External links

History

Before the sectorisation of BR in 1982 the system was split into regions: those operating around London were London Midland Region (Marylebone, Euston, St Pancras and Broad Street), Southern Region (Waterloo, Victoria, Charing Cross, Holborn Viaduct, Cannon Street and London Bridge), Western Region (Paddington) and Eastern Region (King's Cross, Moorgate, Broad Street, Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street). This was perceived to be a source of inefficiency, so sectorisation reorganised everything into a single organisation covering commuter services. At the same time InterCity took over express services and Regional Railways took over regional services.
Upon , the 'London & South Eastern' sector took over passenger services in the South-East of England.^[1]
In 1986, under new chairman Chris Green, L&SE was relaunched as Network SouthEast, along with the famous red, white and blue livery.
On privatisation, NSE was split into various franchises and the Waterloo & City Line sold to London Underground for a nominal sum of one pound.

Network Railcard

Main articles: Network Railcard

Although NSE no longer exists, the grouping of services that it defined before privatisation remain grouped by the Network Railcard [1], which can be bought for £20 and which offers a 34% discount for adults and 60% discount for accompanying children after 10:00 on weekdays and all day at weekends.

Subdivisions

NSE was broken down into various sub-divisions.

Subdivision	Main Route(s)	Route Description
Chiltern	Chiltern Main Line	London Marylebone-Aylesbury/Birmingham Snow Hill
Great Eastern	Great Eastern Main Line	London Liverpool Street-Ipswich/Harwich/Clacton/Southend Victoria
Great Northern	East Coast Main Line, London King's Cross to Cambridge Line	London King's Cross-Peterborough/Cambridge
Island Line	Island Line	Ryde-Shanklin
Kent Link	North Kent Line, Bexleyheath Line, Dartford Loop Line, Mid-Kent Line, Catford Loop Line, Hayes Line	London Victoria/Charing Cross-Dartford/Gravesend/Gillingham/Orpington/Sevenoaks/Hayes
Kent Coast	Chatham Main Line, Hastings Line, Sheerness Line	London Victoria/Charing Cross-Margate/Dover/Folkestone/Ashford/Hastings
London, Tilbury and Southend	LTS Line	London Fenchurch Street - Tilbury - Southend Central - Shoeburyness
North Downs	North Downs Line	Reading-Guildford-Gatwick Airport-Tonbridge
Northampton Line/North London Lines	West Coast Main Line, Marston Vale Line, North London Line	London Euston-Watford-Milton Keynes-Northampton-Birmingham, Bedford-Bletchley
Solent and Wessex	Portsmouth Direct Line, South Western Main Line	London Waterloo-Guildford-Portsmouth, London Waterloo-Basingstoke-Southampton-Bournemouth-Weymouth
South London Line	South London Lines, Oxted Line, Sutton & Mole Valley Lines	London Victoria & London Bridge to CroydonLondon Victoria-East Grinstead/Uckfield/Sutton/Epsom Downs/Dorking/Horsham
South Western Line	Alton Line, Waterloo-Reading Line	London Waterloo-Alton/Reading/Windsor/Guildford
Sussex Coast	Brighton Main Line, Arun Valley Line, East Coastway Line, West Coastway Line	London Victoria/London Bridge-Gatwick Airport-Brighton/Eastbourne/Littlehampton, Brighton-Hastings, Brighton-Portsmouth-Southampton
Thames	Great Western Main Line, Cotswold Line	London Paddington-Slough-Reading-Oxford-Worcester/Stratford
Thameslink	Thameslink	Bedford-Luton-London-Gatwick Airport-Brighton
West Anglia	Fen Line, Lea Valley Line	London Liverpool Street (subsequently moved to London King's Cross)-Harlow-Cambridge-King's Lynn; London Liverpool Street-Stansted Airport
West of England	West of England Main Line	London Waterloo-Basingstoke-Salisbury-Exeter

Privatisation

After privatisation, NSE was divided up into several franchises:

Original franchise	Route(s)	Currently
LTS Rail	London, Tilbury and Southend	rebranded c2c
Chiltern Railways	Chiltern	unchanged
Great Eastern Railway	Great Eastern	rebranded as First Great Eastern, then merged into larger franchise operated by 'one'
Thames Trains	North Downs Thames	merged into larger franchise operated by First Great Western
Island Line	Island Line	operated by Stagecoach South Western Trains, but is still called Island Line
North London Railways	Northampton Line North London Line	rebranded as Silverlink
South Eastern	Kent Coast, Kent Link	rebranded by original franchisee Connex as Connex South Eastern, then passed to Southeastern
Network South Central	South London Line Sussex Coast	rebranded by original franchisee Connex as Connex South Central, then passed to Southern
Thameslink	Thameslink	merged into larger franchise operated by First Capital Connect
WAGN	Great Northern West Anglia	split with GN merged into First Capital Connect and WA merged into 'one'
South West Trains	Solent & Wessex South Western Line West of England Line	operated by Stagecoach South Western Trains, but is still called South West Trains

References

1. BR in the Eighties, , David St John, Thomas, David & Charles, 1990, ISBN 0-7153-9854-7

New trains

Network South East started a programme of replacing old rolling stock up to Privatisation

★ 'Chiltern' - British Rail Class 165

★ 'Great Eastern' - British Rail Class 321

★ 'Great Northern' - British Rail Class 365

★ 'Island Line' - British Rail Class 483(LU 1938 Stock ) (Ex Underground stock built from 1938 - replaced older 1920's units)

★ 'Kent Coast' - British Rail Class 465, British Rail Class 466, British Rail Class 365

★ 'North Downs' - British Rail Class 165, British Rail Class 166

★ 'Northampton Line' - British Rail Class 321

★ 'Solent and Wessex' - British Rail Class 442

★ 'South London Lines' - British Rail Class 456

★ 'Thames' - British Rail Class 165, British Rail Class 166

★ 'Thameslink' British Rail Class 319

★ 'Waterloo and City' - British Rail Class 482( LU 1992 Stock )

★ 'West Anglia' British Rail Class 317 and British Rail Class 322

★ 'West of England' British Rail Class 159

External links

★ NSE Pages - Information and enthusiast website.

★ Network SouthEast Railway Society.

★ History of Network SouthEast.