Welcome to the Network SouthEast Railway Society
Hon. President - Chris Green
The Network SouthEast Railway Society is a vibrant and evolving group of enthusiasts whose interests lay in the nationalised British Rail services in London and the SouthEast under the guise of the Network SouthEast business sector which operated track,
trains, stations and signals from it's formation in 1986 until disbandment in 1994 in readiness for privatisation.
The Network SouthEast Railway Society is a vibrant and evolving group of enthusiasts whose interests lay in the nationalised British Rail services in London and the SouthEast under the guise of the Network SouthEast business sector which operated track,
trains, stations and signals from it's formation in 1986 until disbandment in 1994 in readiness for privatisation.
The Society collects and preserves artefacts relating to this fascinating period of transport history,
as well as material relating to Southern Region Mk1 based stock in order to help us in our active preservation of the NSERS Ltd's
Class 421 Phase 1 4 CIG unit 1753. To find out more,please see the 4 Cig 1753 page.
We are now the only regularly updated Website about 'Network SouthEast' on the Internet.
We hope you find our website informative,and thank you for visiting us.
Whats been updated on the Website ?
PHOTO ALBUMS
14 NEW photos have been added to this section, all taken by Dave East during the Network SouthEast era.
|
NSE SURVIVORS
This page has been revised & updated and has improved navigation. All entries now appear in an A-Z listing format.
|
EVENTS ATTENDED
2 reports have been added to this section. We recently visited the Mid Norfolk & Mid Hants Railways with our Society Stand.
|
NSERS EVENTS 2013
|
Thameslink 25
|
Can you help the Society with these 2 NEW exciting projects ?
The Society are assisting Chris Green with a book he is currently writing & we are also putting together a book of our own.
'THE NSE STORY' - BY CHRIS GREEN
Former NSE Managing Director & Society President
Chris Green is currently writing a book about 'Network SouthEast' which is due for publication in 2014. Chris has asked the Society to help him uncover more of history of the rebranded Business sector he created. He is looking for anecdotes relating to the NSE era, stories of experience under the NSE helm and examples of documents, materials, also where staff went ‘the extra mile’ whilst working with NSE. If you can help in his request then please get in touch ! All material to be sent, preferably by email,
to the Chairman who will pass on the items to Chris Green. To meet timescales, please ensure that any item for consideration are received by the Chairman by the 27th May 2013. Please Email all material to the 'CHAIRMAN'. candjosman@aol.com |
NETWORK SOUTHEAST - THEN & NOW
The Society has decided to produce a book to mark
'20 Years' since the End of Network SouthEast. We are looking for photos of ROLLING STOCK, STATIONS (Frontage, Concourse & Platform Areas), etc taken between 1986 - 1994 and more recently. The book will reflect the changes made from 1994 to the present day, comparing the scenes at stations and livery on rolling stock to when the railways was still under public ownership and under the banner of 'Network SouthEast'. If you would like photos from your collection considered, then please get touch with us ! Please feel free to send as many photos as you want.
All suitable images will be used in the publication, but if we don't use them all they can be definitely be used in other areas of the Website. Please Email all photos to the 'WEBMASTER'. mcbattle@orange.net |
Contributions for both projects are very welcome from MEMBERS & NON MEMBERS and Visitors to this Website.
As many older photographs may not be in a digital format i.e hard copies or negatives, the Society has the facilities to scan or transfer material to enable images to be
used in the above proposed publications, or for use on this website. Should anyone require this assistance, then please don’t hesitate to contact us. Help is at hand !!
As many older photographs may not be in a digital format i.e hard copies or negatives, the Society has the facilities to scan or transfer material to enable images to be
used in the above proposed publications, or for use on this website. Should anyone require this assistance, then please don’t hesitate to contact us. Help is at hand !!
312792 at The Electric Museum
|
PROPOSED SOCIETY VISIT TO THE
|
Class 457 at The Electric Museum
|
The Society is currently planning to visit to this fascinating museum located just outside Coventry.
It has an excellent collection of electric traction and is well worth visiting as it features rolling stock that worked
in the former NSE area, many which are still in the striking livery. The museum is only opens a few weekends a
year, but will allow small groups to visit outside these dates. So if enough members are interested it may possible!
If you wish to show an interest in attending this proposed visit,
then please email 'DAVE EAST (North of London Officer)' - poggle64@virginmedia.com
We look forward to hopefully attending the museum later on this year, so please get in touch !!!
To find out more about the Museum visit : www.electricrailwaymuseum.co.uk
It has an excellent collection of electric traction and is well worth visiting as it features rolling stock that worked
in the former NSE area, many which are still in the striking livery. The museum is only opens a few weekends a
year, but will allow small groups to visit outside these dates. So if enough members are interested it may possible!
If you wish to show an interest in attending this proposed visit,
then please email 'DAVE EAST (North of London Officer)' - poggle64@virginmedia.com
We look forward to hopefully attending the museum later on this year, so please get in touch !!!
To find out more about the Museum visit : www.electricrailwaymuseum.co.uk
This week in NSE History......
26-27 May 1991 - Southend air show is sponsored by NSE for another year. 28-29 May 1988 - Bedford station sidings open weekend celebrates new Thameslink services with diverse rolling stock on display; complements the town’s bi-annual river festival held coincidentally and sponsored this year by NSE; Jaffa cake-liveried ‘Clacton’ EMU 309618 works several return specials to London St Pancras (28th); Bedford - Bletchley line hosts Sunday services - the first such for over 20 years (29th). 28 May 1993 - Waterloo & City line Class 487s final day in service; designed by Bullied, the Southern Railway EMUs were introduced back in 1940; Car No 61 is saved for preservation by the National Railway Museum; both W&C boxes - Bank and Waterloo - are abolished with the line now closed until 19 July for completion of modernisation, resignalling and introduction of new Class 482 EMUs. 29 May 1990 - Thameslink Blackfriars - Farringdon deviation opened including new - albeit partially finished - St Paul’s Thameslink station, which replaces nearby London Holborn Viaduct (closed 29 January); the existing route was closed from 12 May to enable completion of the new deviation - and also allowing the railway bridge over Ludgate Circus to be removed on the 13th, restoring the unimpeded views of St Paul’s Cathedral from a century earlier! 31 May 1987 - Isle of Wight Steam Railway Wootton terminus ceremonially reopened by Chris Green, who pledges support for restoration of railway to re-link with NSE line at Smallbrook Junction. |
SOCIETY MERCHANDISE SHOP
Excellent range of DVDs - Mouse Mats
Mugs - Coasters - Posters Fridge Magnets - Keyrings and many other items available !!! 
|
