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. In the privatisation of British Rail in the 1990s it was broken into a number of franchises. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 716 KB)BR Class 411, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 716 KB)BR Class 411, no. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Commuting is the process of travelling from a place of residence to a place of work. ... St. ... The privatisation of British Rail was the result of the Railways Act 1993 introduced by John Majors Conservative government. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Meanings of franchise: Full rights of citizenship given by a country or a town, especially suffrage (political franchise) In a wider sense: any right or privilege granted by constitution or statute. ...

History

Previous to the sectorisation of BR in the 1980s, the system was split into regions, with the regions around London being London Midland Region (Marylebone, Euston, St Pancras and Broad St), Southern Region (Waterloo, Victoria, Charing Cross, Holborn Viaduct, Cannon St and London Bridge), Western Region (Paddington) and Eastern Region (King's Cross, Moorgate, Liverpool St and Fenchurch St). This was a source of inefficiency, so sectorisation reorganised everything with a single organisation covering commuter services. At the same time InterCity took over express services and Regional Railways took over regional services. On privatisation, NSE was split into various franchises. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... ex-LMS Jubilee Class 45641 Sandwich at Chinley in 1954 The London Midland Region (LMR) was one of the six regions created on British Railways (BR) and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) lines in England and Wales. ... Southern Region may be: Southern Region, Malawi Southern Region of British Railways This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Western Region may be: Western Ghana Western Region of British Railways This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A High Speed Train power car in Intercity livery InterCity was the sector of British Rail responsible for long-distance express trains. ... Categories: Rail stubs | British Rail(ways) ... Meanings of franchise: Full rights of citizenship given by a country or a town, especially suffrage (political franchise) In a wider sense: any right or privilege granted by constitution or statute. ...

Subdivisions

NSE was broken down into various sub-divisions.

The Chiltern Main Line is a name for the railway line between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill stations. ... The Great Eastern Main Line is the railway line from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich and Norwich. ... The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ... Isle of Wight unit 483 001 in 1989, when the line was run by Network SouthEast Island Line is the smallest of the Train Operating Companies that make up Britains National Rail network. ... The Chatham Main Line runs from London Victoria to Dover Priory via the Medway Towns (of which Chatham is one, hence the name). ... The Hastings Line is a railway line in Kent and Sussex, which links Hastings with Tonbridge, and from there into London via Sevenoaks. ... The Sheerness Line connects Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent with Sittingbourne on the mainland, and with the Chatham Main Line for trains to London and elsewhere in Kent. ... The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) is a railway line linking Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London with East London and south Essex towns. ... The North Downs Line runs between the Brighton Main Line and the Great Western Main Line, linking many centres of population along the North Downs. ... The WCML running alogside the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ... The Marston Vale Line is the railway line from Bletchley to Bedford. ... The North London Line is a railway line through northern London. ... The Portsmouth Direct Line is a service operated by South West Trains between runs from London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. ... The South Western Main Line is the railway line from London Waterloo to Weymouth on the Dorset coast. ... The Oxted Line is a railway line in southern England. ... The Sutton & Mole Valley Lines are commuter lines in south London and Surrey. ... The Alton Line is a line of railway stations in the south of England, stretching from Alton to Ash Vale, served by South West Trains passenger services. ... The Waterloo to Reading Line is one of the suburban railway lines operated by South West Trains (SWT) in England. ... The Brighton Main Line is the railway line from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton. ... The Arun Valley Line is part of the Southern-operated services. ... East Coastway is the name given by Southern Trains to the services operated from London Victoria along the south coast of Sussex and Kent to the east of Brighton. ... The West Coastway Line is a railway line from Brighton to Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Portsmouth and Southampton. ... Categories: Rail stubs | British railway lines ... A First Great Western Link Network Express Turbo unit at Evesham station on 19th September 2004, with a service for London Paddington. ... Thameslink Class 319 dual voltage unit, East Croydon railway station, April 2004 Thameslink is a fifty-station franchise in the British railway system running 225 km north to south across London from Bedford to Brighton through Snow Hill tunnel. ... The Fen Line runs from Cambridge in Cambridgeshire to Kings Lynn in Norfolk, in East Anglia, England. ... The Lea or Lee Valley Lines are three commuter lines and two branches in North East London, so named because they run along the valley of the River Lee (or Lea). ... The West of England Main Line is the railway line from London Waterloo to Exeter. ...

Privatisation

After privatisation, NSE was divided up into several franchises:

• c2c - previously LTS Rail.

London, Tilbury and Southend Line

• Chiltern Railways

Chiltern

• First Great Eastern - previously Great Eastern. Now part of the One Railway franchise.

Great Eastern

• First Great Western Link - previously Thames Trains.

North Downs

Thames Turbo

• Island Line

Island Line

• Silverlink - previously North London Railways.

Northampton Line

• South Eastern Trains - previously Connex South Eastern. Connex lost the franchise due to poor reliability and financial problems.

Kent Coast

• Southern - previously South Central Trains and before that Connex South Central.

South London Line

Sussex Coast

• Thameslink

Thameslink

• West Anglia Great Northern - now divided into Great Northern and West Anglia, of which the latter is part of the One Railway franchise.

Great Northern

West Anglia

• South West Trains

Solent & Wessex

South Western Line

West of England Line

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External Links

• NSE Pages - Information and enthusiast website.