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Looking back in History...

27 November 1991 - London Crossrail Bill deposited in Parliament - but Thameslink 2000 progress is stalled by failure of Government to back the South London Railways Bill, key to the project.
Note: Though NSE continues to vigorously plan and promote Thameslink 2000, the recession and privatisation combine to put back the project into the new Millennium, when it is re-launched as the ‘Thameslink Programme’. Now costing £6bn, funding was finally authorised in 2007, with phased completion 2011-8. Similar factors also delay Crossrail - eventually also approved 2007, services due to start in 2018. 

28 November 1988 - Chelmsford upgrading first phase formally completed in ceremony performed by HRH The Duke of Gloucester; the work had officially commenced on 5 November 1986; the outstanding phase consists of platform level improvements including canopy extensions.

28 November 1993 - 465037 Networker Express demonstrator (aka 465301) visits Ely, hauled dead by 317367, during gauging trials on the Great Northern routes for the new Class 365 Networker Express EMUs.

​29 November 1989 - Ingatestone £177,000 refurbishment completed.

30 November 1992 - Tilbury Riverside closed due to declining usage.

30 November 1993 - Network South Central Croydon Training Centre officially opened by ASLEF General Secretary Lew Adams.

-- November 1988 - Poole reconstructed station building partially opened.
-- November 1992 - London Victoria new £7m Victoria Island retail development opened.

1 December 1987 - Networker Class 465 EMU mock-up No ‘465501’ ceremonially unveiled at London Victoria concourse.

1 December 1987 - 319004/5 operate special from London Victoria conveying Secretary of State for Transport Paul Channon on a tour of the SR, including visiting the new Thameslink servicing facility at Selhurst and a trip over the restored Snow Hill link between London Blackfriars and Farringdon.
 
1 December 1987 - 319005 is the first of the class to enter service and in the evening works a London St Pancras - Luton peak extra, achieved in 23min 30sec - ½min faster than the previous best start-to-stop timing by a Class 317.

1 December 1992 - Kent Link Networker services officially launched at London Cannon Street by Transport Sectretary John MacGregor.

​2 December 1991 - Crossrail Class 341 Networker-based EMU mock-up - ‘341001’ Driving Trailer ‘77958’* - unveiled on concourse at London Paddington.
*Class 341 never built - 77958 used for Class 321/4 321416 Driving Trailer.

2 December 1993 - Great Eastern 321334 dons Dutch Railways yellow/blue livery plus logos and is named ‘Amsterdam’ at London Liverpool Street to commemorate twinning of the terminus with Amsterdam Central.
This section is updated every Monday
Events taken from:  THE NETWORK SOUTHEAST ACHIEVEMENT - compiled by John P McCrickard
Reposted here by kind permission from: NSERS.org/chronology

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