Connex South Eastern

Connex South EasternCompanies House extract company no 3006571 Connex South Eastern Limited was a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It was owned by Connex. It ran the South Eastern franchise from October 1996 until November 2003.

On 8 November 2003, its services were stopped because of money problems and because they were using old trains."Connex loses rail franchise", BBC News Online, London, 24 October 2000.

Services
Connex South Eastern ran train services from London Blackfriars, London Bridge, London Cannon Street, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Hayes, Bromley North, Ramsgate, Dover Priory, Folkestone Harbour and Ore.

It also ran train services between Sittingbourne and Sheerness; Paddock Wood, Maidstone West and Strood; and Maidstone West, Redhill and Three Bridges.

Trains
Connex South Eastern took on a large fleet of slam-door and power-door electric multiple units from Network SouthEast.

The slam-door EMUs were Class 411s, Class 421s and Class 423s. 

The power-door EMUs were Class 365s, Class 465s and Class 466s.

In 1998, Connex South Eastern leased twelve Class 508s from Angel Trains to replace some of the old Class 411s.Class 508  Kent RailClass 508 - The Final Months  Southern Electric Group"Class 508s return south after eight years away" Rail Magazine issue 311 13 August 1997 page 11"Connex 508s go to work on Isle of Sheppey line" Rail Magazine issue 338 26 August 1998 page 15"Class 508/2s launched on Connex South East" The Railway Magazine issue 1170 October 1998 page 65

In 2001, Connex South Eastern ordered 112 Class 375s, and 36 Class 376s.Class 375 Electrostar Kent Rail"Connex Rail places £90 million order for 30 new EMUs from Adtranz" Rail Magazine issue 308 2 July 1997 page 7"Connex Electrostars make passenger debut" Rail Magazine issue 407 18 April 2001 page 17

From 4 February to 20 March 2002, a preserved Class 201 Hastings unit was loaned to Connex South Eastern to run two return journeys on Monday to Fridays between Charing Cross and Hastings. this was because there was a shortage of trains.

 Class  Image  Type  Number  Carriages  Built  Notes 365 Networker Express  150px  EMU  16  4  1994–1995  375 Electrostar  150px  EMU  112  3 or 4  1999–2005  411  150px  EMU  112  4  1956–1963   421  150px  EMU  25  4  1964–1972  423  150px  EMU  73  4  1967–1974  465 Networker  150px  EMU  147  4  1991–1994  466 Networker  150px  EMU  43  2  1993–1994  508  150px  EMU  12  3  1979–1980  Transferred from Merseyrail

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Category:Defunct railway companies of the United Kingdom
Category:1996 establishments in England
Category:2003 disestablishments in England
Category:Post-privatisation British railway companies