Franchise(s):	South Eastern 9. November 2003 – 31. March 2006
Main Region(s):	Greater London
Other Region(s):	Kent, East Sussex
Fleet size:	approx. 350
Stations:	178
Parent company:	Strategic Rail Authority (publicly owned)
Web site:	www.setrains.co.uk

South Eastern Trains (SET) was a British train operating company, in public ownership, who provided train services in south east London and South East England from November 2003 to March 2006. Logo for South Eastern Trains This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 631 KB)BR Class 375/6, no. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... Categories: Stub ... Due to historical differences the railway network of the United Kingdom is split into two independent systems: one on the island of Great Britain and one in Northern Ireland, which is closely linked to the railway system of the Republic of Ireland. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ...

SET operated on 773 miles (1237 km) of tracks, with 178 stations. 82% of their train services ran into London (Charing Cross, Blackfriars, Cannon Street, and Victoria). They were replaced by commercial operator Southeastern. Charing Cross Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus. ... Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station complex in the City of London, England. ... Cannon Street is a National Rail and London Underground station in the City of London financial district of London, England. ... Victoria station in London is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of Westminster. ... Southeastern is a train operating company that began operations in south-east England on 1 April 2006, replacing the former publicly-owned operator South Eastern Trains. ...

History

SET was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) until franchise was re-privatised on 1 April 2006. It assumed the services following the withdrawal of Connex South Eastern’s franchise on 9 November 2003. Part of the company’s public information leaflet at the time stated that SET ‘will operate the franchise until a private company is appointed to manage the new Integrated Kent Franchise (IKF)’. Some trade unions, such as the RMT, opposed the plans to re-privatise (April 2004), and campaigned for SET to continue under public ownership. Categories: Stub ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A Class 423 4Vep unit in Connex South Eastern livery at Waterloo East in February 2003. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers...

Train fares, staff and schedules remained the same. In the ensuing 18 months the company announced staffing changes involving station staffs, but pointed out that 400 more staff were employed: 90 new jobs involved in station security and ‘revenue protection’ were created. Press articles claimed that large-scale cuts in services would be undertaken; in response to strenuous opposition by local councils, these were modified to some extent been, although some fears remained about the services in the Thames Gateway area. Two stations are to close, although services on the Sheerness branch line from the Isle of Sheppey, which currently terminate at Sittingbourne, are to be extended to Dover. The Thames Gateway is an area of land stretching 40 miles eastwards from East London on both sides of the River Thames and the Thames Estuary. ... 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 Isle of Sheppey is a small (36 square miles, 94 km²) island off the northern coast of Kent in the Thames Estuary, some 38 miles (62km) to the east of central London. ... Sittingbourne railway station is on the Chatham Main Line and the Sheerness Line in north Kent. ... Dover Priory railway station is the main (and currently only) station in Dover in Kent. ...

The routes across Kent are a legacy of the conflict between the London, Chatham and Dover Railway and South Eastern Railway, leaving several towns with more than one railway station. The two companies effectively merged in 1899 into the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. This allowed some rationalisation (eg in Thanet, Sevenoaks, Ashford and Rochester) but this was never completed leaving a legacy of competing / unconnected routes (eg Gravesend, Canterbury, Whitstable, and Maidstone). Upon grouping in 1923, the SECR was incorporated into the Southern Railway. Around half the network was electrified at 750v DC third rail by World War Two (London to; Gillingham, Maidstone East, Maidstone West and Sevenoaks). The rest of the network was electrified under British Rail’s 1955 modernisation plan. Freight only lines and the Marshlink line were not electrified (Marshlink is now operated by Southern). Crest of the LCDR on the first Blackfriars Railway Bridge The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) was a railway company that operated in south-eastern England between 1859 and 1923 before grouping with three other companies to form the Southern Railway. ... The London and Greenwich Railway (LGR) and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (CWR) in East Kent were the earliest railways to serve the then county of Kent: eventually both became parts of the South Eastern Railway (SER). ... Coat of Arms. ... The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was geographically the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ... 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. ... The Marshlink Line is the name given to services on the railway line linking Ashford with Hastings. ... Southern is the latest name of the train operating company that took over from Connex South Central on the routes to South London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London Bridge. ...

Under privatisation in 1996 the franchise was awarded to Connex as Connex South Eastern but the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) stripped them of franchise in June 2003 citing ‘poor financial management’, setting up the SRA-owned South Eastern Trains. During this period the very large fleet of Mk1 Slam door stock was replaced by modern Electrostar sets. This required significant power upgrades. At the same time with the construction of the Channel Tunnel, and the gap between the complete opening of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, meant significant power upgrades were required over two main lines to allow Eurostars to access Waterloo and the reopening of the section Gravesend Branch Line. Connex may refer to: a brand name used by Veolia Transport a ficticious energy company in the film Syriana an earlier name of Vodafone Romania a private operator of the suburban railway system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Connex Melbourne Category: ... A Class 423 4Vep unit in Connex South Eastern livery at Waterloo East in February 2003. ... Categories: Stub ... Electrostar trains are the new standard on many of Londons commuter routes. ... Map of the Channel Tunnel. ... CTRL redirects here. ... This article is about high-speed trains between London and Brussels / Paris. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

As of 1 April 2006, the SET franchise has been transferred Govia, who operate it under the name Southeastern. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Govia is a joint venture between Go-Ahead (65 per cent) and Keolis SA (35 per cent). ... Southeastern is a train operating company that began operations in south-east England on 1 April 2006, replacing the former publicly-owned operator South Eastern Trains. ...

Train routes

Main lines

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• North Kent Line - services via Dartford to Gillingham
• Chatham Main Line - services to the Kent Coast via Bromley South and Chatham, dividing at Faversham to Ramsgate and Dover
• Ashford via Maidstone East Line
• South Eastern Main Line - services the Kent Coast via Ashford and Sevenoaks
  • Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line
  • Ashford to Ramsgate (via Folkestone and Dover) line (Kent Coast Line)
• Ashford via East Croydon and Redhill
• Hastings Line (Hastings via Tunbridge Wells)
• London Bridge to Tunbridge Wells (via Redhill and East Croydon) - uses part of the Brighton Main Line
• Horsham to Tunbridge Wells (via Gatwick and Redhill) - uses part of the Brighton Main Line

The North Kent Line is a railway line which connects central and south east London with Dartford and Medway. ... Dartford station is a railway station at Dartford in North-West Kent, on the North Kent line. ... Gillingham (Kent) railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in Medway, north Kent, between Chatham and Rainham. ... The Chatham Main Line is the British railway line that runs from London Victoria to Dover Priory or Ramsgate via the Medway Towns (of which Chatham is one, hence the name) and Bromley). ... Bromley South railway station is a major railway interchange and station in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. ... Chatham railway station is situated in Chatham, one of the Medway Towns in Kent, England. ... Faversham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, and serves the town of Faversham. ... Ramsgate railway station serves the town of Ramsgate in Thanet in Kent. ... Dover Priory railway station is the main (and currently only) station in Dover in Kent. ... The Ashford via Maidstone East Line diverges from the Chatham Main Line at Swanley Junction (after Swanley), proceeds down the Darenth valley (via a Tunnel to Eynsford) where the line diverges to Sevenoaks (via Bat and Ball) and Maidstone East which leads onto Ashford. ... The London-Ashford-Dover Line is one of two long-distance routes serving the coast of Kent, England; the other being the Chatham Main Line, which runs along the north Kent coast to Ramsgate and Dover via Canterbury East. ... Ashford International railway station serves Ashford in Kent. ... Sevenoaks railway station serves the town of Sevenoaks in Kent. ... The Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line is the British railway line that runs from Ashford to Ramsgate via Canterbury West. ... The Kent Coast Line runs from Faversham, where it meets the Chatham Main Line, to Dover Priory via Ramsgate. ... The Kent Coast Line runs from Faversham, where it meets the Chatham Main Line, to Dover Priory via Ramsgate. ... Ashford International railway station serves Ashford in Kent. ... East Croydon station is a railway station and tram stop in Croydon. ... The station entrance Redhill railway station serves the town of Redhill, Surrey, England. ... The Hastings Line is a railway line in Kent and Sussex, which links Hastings with Tonbridge, and from there into London via Sevenoaks. ... The new station building at Hastings Hastings railway station is a piece of shit in Hastings in East Sussex, England. ... Tunbridge Wells railway station serves Tunbridge Wells in Kent, in England. ... London Bridge station is a National Rail and London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark, which occupies a large area on two levels, immediately south-east of London Bridge and 1. ... Tunbridge Wells railway station serves Tunbridge Wells in Kent, in England. ... The station entrance Redhill railway station serves the town of Redhill, Surrey, England. ... East Croydon station is a railway station and tram stop in Croydon. ... The Brighton Main Line is the railway line from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton. ... Horsham railway station serves the town of Horsham in West Sussex. ... Tunbridge Wells railway station serves Tunbridge Wells in Kent, in England. ... Gatwick Airport station is the railway station at Gatwick Airport that provides a direct rail connection to London. ... The station entrance Redhill railway station serves the town of Redhill, Surrey, England. ... The Brighton Main Line is the railway line from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton. ...

Suburban lines

The suburban services (called ‘Metro’ in the SET timetables) run to:

• Sevenoaks: two services - one via Grove Park, and one via Bromley South
• Hayes line
• Mid-Kent Line
• Orpington via Lewisham and via Bromley South
• Swanley
• Dartford via: North Kent Line; the Bexleyheath Line and the Dartford Loop Line.
• Bromley North Line

Sevenoaks railway station serves the town of Sevenoaks in Kent. ... Grove Park railway station serves the areas of Grove Park and Downham in the London borough of Lewisham. ... Bromley South railway station is a major railway interchange and station in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. ... The Hayes Line is the the railway service in south east London, United Kingdom operated by Southeastern between Charing Cross or Cannon Street and Hayes in the London Borough of Bromley. ... The Mid-Kent line is the successor to railways built by the Mid Kent Railway between 1857 and 1882. ... Orpington railway station serves the town of Orpington in the London Borough of Bromley, and is in Travelcard Zone 6. ... Categories: Docklands Light Railway stations | London railway stations | British railway stations | London Underground stubs ... Swanley railway station is on the Chatham Main Line, and serves the town of Swanley in north Kent. ... Dartford station is a railway station at Dartford in North-West Kent, on the North Kent line. ... The North Kent Line is a railway line which connects central and south east London with Dartford and Medway. ... The Bexleyheath Line is last of the three rail routes created between the outskirts of London and Dartford in Kent. ... The Dartford Loop Line is one of three lines linking London with Dartford in Kent, England. ... A short Branch Line in the Bromley (South East London) that connects with the main line from Charing Cross to Hastings (Hastings Line) via Tunbridge Wells operated by South Eastern Trains History The line was built by the South Eastern Railway to compete with the London, Chatham and Dover Railway...

Rural lines

• Medway Valley Line, some services extend to Tonbridge, and the occasional service to Gatwick
• Sheerness Line

The Medway Valley Line is the name given to the railway line linking Strood and the Medway Towns with Maidstone West and onward to Paddock Wood and Tonbridge. ... Tonbridge railway station serves the town of Tonbridge in Kent. ... Gatwick Airport station is the railway station at Gatwick Airport that provides a direct rail connection to London. ... 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. ...

Rolling stock

Current fleet

Class 375/6, no. ... A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A multiple unit (MU) is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive, and can be coupled with other similar units to operate together, in... Class 375/6, no. ... Class 375/6, no. ... Class 375/6, no. ... Class 375/6, no. ... The Class 376 Suburban Electrostar is an electric multiple-unit passenger train manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. ... Description The British Rail Class 465 Networker electric multiple units were built by Metropolitan Cammell and BREL between 1991 and 1993, and brought into service from 1991 onwards. ... Class 466s are two-car versions of the British_Rail_Class_465. ... 508136 at Kirkdale on 2 August 2004 in original Merseyrail livery. ... The Medway Valley Line is the name given to the railway line linking Strood and the Medway Towns with Maidstone West and onward to Paddock Wood and Tonbridge. ... Gatwick Airport station is the railway station at Gatwick Airport that provides a direct rail connection to London. ... Horsham railway station serves the town of Horsham in West Sussex. ... 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. ...

Past fleet

• Class 365 Networker Express - transferred to WAGN in 2004 [2]
• Class 411 4Cep - withdrawn by mid-2005
• Class 421 4Cig - withdrawn by late-2004
• Class 423 4Vep - withdrawn by late-2005

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Integrated Kent Franchise

The new franchise will add high-speed services using these trains on order from Hitachi.

South Eastern Trains has been succeeded by the Integrated Kent Franchise, which will encompass all of their current services as well as domestic high-speed trains running between Kent and London on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. The franchise was put out to tender on 18 January 2005. Image File history File linksMetadata Hitachi_A-train,_CTRL_domestic_&_Olympic_Shuttle. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Hitachi_A-train,_CTRL_domestic_&_Olympic_Shuttle. ... Japanese designed Shinkansen 700T train on a test run on the Taiwan High Speed Rail in June 2006. ... CTRL redirects here. ... Tender may mean: In finance: A process by which one can seek prices and terms for a particular project (such as a construction job) to be carried out under a contract. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bids were submitted to the Strategic Rail Authority by April 2005, from Govia (the operators of Southern), DSB/Stagecoach, GNER/MTR, and First. April 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Hamas and Islamic Jihad have declared, in principle, their intention to join the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). ... Govia is a joint venture between Go-Ahead (65 per cent) and Keolis SA (35 per cent). ... Southern is the latest name of the train operating company that took over from Connex South Central on the routes to South London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London Bridge. ... Danske Statsbaner (Danish State Railways), usually referred to as DSB, is the largest Danish train operating company. ... A Stagecoach West Scotland vehicle in the UK Bus corporate livery. ... GNER White Rose train at Kings Cross railway station Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) is a British train operating company (TOC) owned by Sea Containers Ltd. ... This article is about the metro system operator. ... First Group PLC (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ...

On 30 November 2005, the Department for Transport announced that the franchise had been awarded to Govia. [3] Operations commenced 1 April 2006 and will last for six years, with an automatic extension of another two years if performance targets are met. This means that the franchise is likely to run until 31 March 2014. November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the transport network. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 2014 (MMXIV) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Govia operate the franchise under the name Southeastern, in keeping with their other franchise, Southern. The company's formal name is London and South Eastern Railway. [4] Southeastern is a train operating company that began operations in south-east England on 1 April 2006, replacing the former publicly-owned operator South Eastern Trains. ...

As part of the new franchise, Southeastern will also operate the Olympic Javelin, a high-speed train between St Pancras station and Ebbsfleet International station, via Stratford International station, which will be situated close to the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Olympic Javelin is a proposed high-speed train network announced as part of the London 2012 Olympic bid. ... St Pancras station is a railway station in north central London, England, between the new British Library building to its west and Kings Cross station to its east. ... Dartford International railway station, was a proposed name for Ebbsfleet, and will be a new railway station a few miles east of the M25 motorway on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in the borough of Gravesham and near to Northfleet railway station. ... Stratford International station is a railway station located in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham in East London. ... The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ...

South Eastern Trains have ordered 28 Shinkansen-derived high-speed trains from Hitachi, which will be used to operate the domestic Channel Tunnel Rail Link services. [5] High-speed services are expected to begin in 2008, but according to the South Eastern Trains passenger magazine Get SET, the first trains will be delivered in 2007 for testing. This is Hitachi’s first train sale in Britain. 300 (Left) and 700 Series Shinkansen at Tokyo Station Shinkansen 500 Series at Kyoto Station, March 2005 The Shinkansen ) is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by Japan Railways. ... Hitachi may refer to: Hitachi (train) trains in Melbourne, Australia. ...

See also

• List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom
• Connex
• Southeastern (train operating company)

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External links

• Official South Eastern Trains site
• Kent County Council summary of IKF proposals March 2005
• Kent County Council IKF update July 2005
• Transport Briefing - Latest new on Integrated Kent Franchise and CTRL developments

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