page_title: South Eastern franchise
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: South Eastern franchise / History
caption_attribution_description: 375708 Works Empty Down the Middle
context_page_description: The South Eastern franchise, also known as the Integrated Kent franchise, is a railway franchise for the provision of passenger services between London and Kent in South East England.
context_section_description: The South Eastern franchise was formed as a shadow franchise in 1994 in the leadup to the privatisation of British Rail taking over the Network SouthEast services out of Blackfriars, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, London Bridge and London Victoria to Kent.
caption: Southeastern 375708 at Ashford International in June 2011
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