Network SouthEast

Network SouthEast

Overview
Franchise(s)	Not subject to franchising
Main region(s)	London, South East
Other region(s)	East of England, South West, West Midlands, East Midlands, Thames Valley
Fleet size	Carriages: 6,700 (1986)
Stations called at	930 (1986)
Parent company	British Rail

Two units, one in NSE livery, while the other in Jaffa Cake livery.

A train in modified NSE livery with rounded corners.

Transitional scene from BR Blue (the train) to NSE (the signage, train sticker) at Farnborough North railway station

Network SouthEast (NSE) was one of three passenger sectors of British Rail created in 1982. NSE principally operated commuter trains in the London area and inter-urban services in densely populated South East England. Before 1986, the sector was known as London & South Eastern.

Privatisation

After privatisation, NSE was divided up into several franchises:

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