page_title: British Rail Class 465
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail Class 465 / History
caption_attribution_description: English: BR Class 465/0, no. 465020 at Waterloo East on 25th January 2003, with a service to Dartford. This unit carries Connex Networker livery. Image by Phil Scott (Our Phellap)
context_page_description: The British Rail Class 465 Networker is a class of 147 electric multiple units built by Metro-Cammell, British Rail Engineering Limited and ABB Rail between 1991 and 1994, designed for fast acceleration and high reliability. They were operated by Network SouthEast until 1996, and then by Connex South Eastern until 2003, South Eastern Trains until 2006 and Southeastern to the present day.
context_section_description: The Network SouthEast sector of British Rail began the planning for the development of the Class 465 Networker in 1988, and invited a tender for 710 of the units to be built. The Class 465 was introduced in order to replace the 41-year-old Class 415 (4EPB) slam-door EMUs.
  The first was delivered in December 1991 and the last in April 1995. As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the 97 465/0 and 465/1s were sold to Eversholt Rail Group and the 50 Class 465/2s to Angel Trains.
  All trains were originally supplied in Network SouthEast livery and branded "Kent Links Networker". They are mostly used on suburban routes out of London Victoria, Charing Cross, Blackfriars and Cannon Street to destinations in South London and Kent.
caption: Connex South Eastern 465020 in Connex livery at Waterloo East in January 2003
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