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Encyclopedia > Connex South Eastern
A Class 423 '4Vep' unit in Connex South Eastern livery at Waterloo East in February 2003.
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A Class 423 '4Vep' unit in Connex South Eastern livery at Waterloo East in February 2003.

Connex South Eastern was a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It was owned by the Connex Group and operated between 1996 and 2003. The company operated passenger services in South London and Kent. The network was previously part of the Southern Region of British Railways and later Network SouthEast. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 615 KB)BR Class 423, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 615 KB)BR Class 423, no. ... Class 423/1, no. ... A 1948 poster showing the main concourse. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for February, 2003. ... Passenger train services in Great Britain are operated by a number of companies, referred to as Train Operating Companies or TOCs, normally on the basis of regional franchises awarded by the Strategic Rail Authority. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... A train in NSE livery Network SouthEast (NSE) was a sector of British Rail that principally operated commuter trains in the London area, and was formed in 1986 when BR was sectorised. ...


The dense South Eastern network of train services runs into Victoria, and to Charing Cross and Cannon Street via London Bridge. The company became known for promising 12-coach trains over a network with indequate electric power supplies, for gating and fencing stations to reduce freeloaders and vandalism, and for seeking to overcome capacity limitations by commissioning new trains with no on-board toilets. Victoria Station concourse Victoria station is a London Underground and railway station in London, in the City of Westminster. ... London Charing Cross railway station. ... Cannon Street is a National Rail and London Underground station in the City of London financial district of London, England. ... Outside view Platform London Bridge station is a railway station in central London (in the London Borough of Southwark), occupying a large area on two levels, immediately south-east of London Bridge. ... For other types of train see train (disambiguation) In rail transport, a train consists of a single or several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a guideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route. ... Freeloader or freeloaders can refer to several things: Someone who attempts to get something, usually a service or employment, for nothing, or as little work as possible, usually implying laziness. ... Vandalism is the conspicuous defacement or destruction of a structure or symbol against the will of the owner/governing body. ... Flush toilet A toilet is a plumbing fixture and a disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes urine and feces. ...


The franchise was originally due to run until 2011, but in June 2003 the Strategic Rail Authority decided to cut the South Eastern franchise short at the end of 2003 due to what it called "poor financial management". Connex South Eastern lost its franchise at midnight on 8 November 2003 when train services were taken over by South Eastern Trains, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Strategic Rail Authority. 2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2003. ... Categories: Stub ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... South Eastern Trains (SET) is a British train operating company set up to provide train services in the south-east of England including Kent, parts of East Sussex, and the South-East London commuter routes. ... Categories: Stub ...


See also

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External links

  • BBC News story on loss of the South East franchise
  • Connex UK


Defunct train operating companies:
InterCity: Anglia Railways - Great Western Trains
London & South East: Connex South Central - Connex South Eastern - First Great Eastern - Thames Trains - Thameslink (from April) - wagn (from April)
Regional: Arriva Trains Merseyside - Arriva Trains Northern - First North Western - MTL - North Western Trains
Northern Spirit - ScotRail - Valley Lines - Wales and Borders - Wales and West - Wessex Trains (from April)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Adjudication Connex South Eastern Limited v MJ Building Services Group plc (1074 words)
Connex SE submitted that it was "an abuse of process" for MJ to start adjudication proceedings so long after it purported on 29 November 2002 to accept a repudiation of the contract by Connex SE.
Connex SE submitted that Parliament was content for adjudication to take place after the cessation of work because this was seen in the context of a procedure which was (a) quick, (b) cheap and (c) a temporary decision.
Connex SE argued that if, as a result of the passage time, it was no longer possible to have a quick, cheap and temporary adjudication, then it was an abuse of process to permit an adjudication to take place.
SRA Blamed In Connex 'fiasco' - WhichOption (251 words)
The public accounts committee's report on the franchise found that Connex and the SRA did not communicate enough and that the SRA was slow to realise the difficulties Connex was in.
Connex was granted the 15-year south-eastern franchise in 1996 but it was terminated in 2003 after the SRA decided it was not doing enough to improve poor performance.
The committee did praise the transfer of the franchise to South Eastern Trains but said that there were lessons to be learnt for the future, adding that allowing "hope to triumph over experience" in franchise bids should never happen again.
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