South Eastern franchise
The South Eastern franchise, also known as the Integrated Kent franchise, is a railway franchise for providing passenger services between London and Kent in South East England.
History[change | change source]
1996: Connex South Eastern[change | change source]
Connex South Eastern began operating the franchise on 13 October 1996
On 8 November 2003, Its services were stopped because of money problems and using old trains instead of buying new ones.[1][2]
2003: South Eastern Trains[change | change source]
On 9 November 2003, South Eastern Trains, took over the franchise for 18 months.[3] It took on all of the trains and the Connex staff.
2006: Southeastern (Govia)[change | change source]
In 1 April 2006, Southeastern took over the franchise.[4][5][6] It took on all of the trains.
On 27 September 2021, Its services were stopped by the Department for Transport because it kept £25 million instead of paying it back to Department for Transport.[7][8][9][10][11]
2021: Southeastern (DfT)[change | change source]
In October 2022, Department for Transport created a new train operating company called Southeastern.
On 17 October 2021, Southeastern took over the franchise.[12][13] They had kept the same name, same logos, same trains and same staff.[13][12]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Connex loses rail franchise", BBC News Online, London, 24 October 2000.
- ↑ Clark, Andrew; correspondent, transport (28 June 2003). "Incompetence costs Connex its franchise". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ↑ Clark, Andrew; correspondent, transport (28 June 2003). "Incompetence costs Connex its franchise". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ↑ "Govia wins Integrated Kent franchise". Rail Magazine. No. 528. 7 December 2005. p. 16.
- ↑ "GoVia wins Integrated Kent franchise". Today's Railways UK. No. 49. January 2006. p. 7.
- ↑ "Department for Transport announces integrated Kent franchise". Department for Transport. 30 January 2006. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
- ↑ "Government takes over running of LSER services in response to over £25 million breach of franchise agreement". GOV.UK. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ↑ Topham, Gwyn; Kollewe, Julia (28 September 2021). "Government to take over Southeastern after 'serious' breach of franchise". the Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "Government to take over Southeastern after serious breach of franchise". The Guardian. 28 September 2021.
- ↑ "Southeastern stripped of franchise over undeclared funding". BBC News. 28 September 2021.
- ↑ "British government takes over Southeastern franchise following franchise breach". International Railway Journal. 28 September 2021.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Government takes over running of LSER services in response to over £25 million breach of franchise agreement". GOV.UK. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Partridge, Joanna (17 October 2021). "Southeastern is latest rail franchise taken over by UK government". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2024.