Essex Thameside was a railway contract, and former franchise, for the provision of passenger services on the London, Tilbury and Southend line in east London and south Essex. The London, Tilbury and S
Most services operated from Fenchurch Street in London
Network SouthEast was one of the three passenger sectors of British Rail created in 1982. NSE mainly operated commuter rail trains within Greater London and inter-urban services in densely populated S
Essex Thameside
…was abolished on 20 July 2025 when operation of the line was nationalised. Passenger services on the London, Tilbury and Southend line were part of the Network SouthEast sector of British Rail. 1 April 1994 Network SouthEast was broken up into train operating units. One of these was LTS Rail, providing all regular…
A Class 442 at Weymouth in 1992
Two Class 309 (AM9) units; one in NSE livery, the other in Jaffa Cake livery
Class 411 (4CEP) in modified NSE livery with rounded corners
Transitional scene from BR Blue (the train) to NSE (the signage, train label) at Farnborough North station