Connex South Eastern

Connex South Eastern^[1] was a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It was owned by Connex. It ran the South Eastern franchise from October 1996 until November 2003.

Connex South Eastern

465020 at Waterloo East in January 2003
Overview
Franchise(s)	South Eastern 13 October 1996 – 8 November 2003
Main region(s)	Greater London, Kent
Other region(s)	East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey
Fleet size	approximately 350
Stations called at	178
National Rail abbreviation	CX
Parent company	Connex
Website	connex.co.uk at the Wayback Machine (archived 2001-04-05)

The railway lines of Kent, many of which Connex South Eastern ran services on

On 8 November 2003, its services were stopped because of money problems and because they were using old trains.^[2]

Services

Connex South Eastern ran train services from London Blackfriars, London Bridge, London Cannon Street, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Hayes, Bromley North, Ramsgate, Dover Priory, Folkestone Harbour and Ore.

It also ran train services between Sittingbourne and Sheerness; Paddock Wood, Maidstone West and Strood; and Maidstone West, Redhill and Three Bridges.

Trains

Connex South Eastern took on a large fleet of slam-door and power-door electric multiple units from Network SouthEast.

The slam-door EMUs were Class 411s, Class 421s and Class 423s.

The power-door EMUs were Class 365s, Class 465s and Class 466s.

In 1998, Connex South Eastern leased twelve Class 508s from Angel Trains to replace some of the old Class 411s.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

In 2001, Connex South Eastern ordered 112 Class 375s, and 36 Class 376s.^[8][9][10]

From 4 February to 20 March 2002, a preserved Class 201 Hastings unit was loaned to Connex South Eastern to run two return journeys on Monday to Fridays between Charing Cross and Hastings.^[11] this was because there was a shortage of trains.

Class	Image	Type	Number	Carriages	Built	Notes
365 Networker Express		EMU	16	4	1994–1995
375 Electrostar		EMU	112	3 or 4	1999–2005
411		EMU	112	4	1956–1963
421		EMU	25	4	1964–1972
423		EMU	73	4	1967–1974
465 Networker		EMU	147	4	1991–1994
466 Networker		EMU	43	2	1993–1994
508		EMU	12	3	1979–1980	Transferred from Merseyrail