Network SouthEast

Network SouthEast (NSE) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It was owned by British Rail. It ran commuter trains in London and the South East England areas. Before 1986, the sector was known as London & South Eastern.

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Privatisation
On 1 April 1994, British Rail was privatised and Network SouthEast was split up into different train operating companies. The train operating companies would then start running the following franchises in the table below:

Train operating unit  Route(s)  Original franchisee  Franchise start dateLTS  London, Tilbury and Southend line  c2c  26 May 1996Chiltern Lines  Chiltern Main Line, London to Aylesbury Line, Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line, Leamington to Stratford Line, Oxford to Bicester Line  Chiltern Railways  21 July 1996FirstGroup  Great Eastern  First Great Eastern  5 January 1997Thames Trains  Thames, North Downs (Gatwick/Redhill–Dorking/Guildford/Reading section)  Thames Trains  13 October 1996South West Trains  Island Line, Isle of Wight  Island Line  13 October 1996North London Railways  Northampton Line, North London Line  Silverlink  2 March 1997South Eastern  Kent Coast, Kent Link, North Downs (Tonbridge–Redhill section)  Connex South Eastern  13 October 1996Network SouthCentral  South London Line, Sussex Coast Line  Connex South Central  26 May 1996Thameslink  Thameslink (route)  Thameslink  2 March 1997West Anglia  Great Northern  West Anglia Great Northern  5 January 1997South Western  Solent & Wessex Line, South West Main Line, West of England Line  South West Trains  4 February 1996

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