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.

Network SouthEast

A Class 465 Networker at Waterloo East in 2003
Overview
Main region(s)	London, South East
Other region(s)	East of England, South West, Thames Valley
Fleet size	Carriages: 6,700 (1986)
Stations called at	930 (1986)
Successors	Chiltern Railways Thames Trains Connex South Eastern South West Trains Great Western Railway (train operating company) Network SouthCentral Anglia Railways First Great Eastern Thameslink Silverlink c2c West Anglia Great Northern
Parent company	British Rail

Rolling stock

Main article: Rolling stock of Network SouthEast

Class 411 (4CEP) in a changed NSE livery with rounded corners

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 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