Connex South Eastern

Connex South Eastern was a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It was owned by Connex. It operated the South Eastern Passenger Rail Franchise from October 1996 until November 2003.
On 8 November 2003, Its services were stopped because of money problems and using old trains instead of buying new ones.
Services.
Connex South Eastern ran passenger 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 services between Sittingbourne and Sheerness; Paddock Wood, Maidstone West and Strood; and Maidstone West, Redhill and Three Bridges.
Trains.
Connex South Eastern had taken 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, built between 1956 and 1974, while the power-door EMUs were Class 365s, Class 465s and Class 466s, built between 1991 and 1995 as part of Network SouthEast's Networker family.
In 1998 Connex South Eastern leased twelve Class 508s from Angel Trains to replace some of the old Class 411s.
Connex South Eastern ordered 10 three-carriage and 102 four-carriage Class 375s, and 36 five-carriage Class 376s in a couple of batches with the first entering service in April 2001.
Between 4 February and 20 March 2002, because of a shortage of trains, a preserved Class 201 "Hastings" unit was on loan to Connex South Eastern to operate two return journeys on Monday to Fridays between Charing Cross and Hastings.
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