🇫🇷 Demain, la franchise ferroviaire GTR qui englobe : Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink et Great Northern repassera sous statut public. C'est une étape importante dans le processus de reprise car GTR est responsable pour 1 voyage sur 6 par rail au Royaume-Uni, ce sont des centaines de millions de voyageurs transportés chaque année.

L'occasion de poster quatre photos qui datent d'il y a 21 ans déjà lors d'un court séjour à Brighton. Les rames Class 460 ont été transformées après leur retrait des services Gatwick Express. Elles étaient surnommées "Darth Vador" du fait de leur avant particulier qui évoque le méchant de Star Wars. Les automotrices class 319 ont aussi déserté la région.

Va-t-on assister à la renaissance de l'inoubliable Network SouthEast qui naissait il y a quarante de cela dans le cadre de la sectorisation de British Rail? NSE a débuté le 10 juin 1986 et a été démantelé le 1er avril 1994.

➡️ Article complet (en anglais) : https://railuk.com/travel/gtr-to-enter-public-ownership-this-weekend/

➡️ Un site très complet sur NSE : https://www.networksoutheast.net

🇬🇧 Tomorrow, the GTR rail franchise which includes: Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern will return to public ownership. This is an important step in the return in public ownership of the railway as GTR is responsible for 1 in 6 rail journeys in the UK, with hundreds of millions of passengers carried each year.

It gives me an opportunity to post four photos from 21 years ago during a short stay in Brighton. The Class 460 EMUs were transformed after being withdrawn from Gatwick Express services. They were nicknamed "Darth Vader" because of their particular nose which evokes the Star Wars villain. Class 319 EMUs have also deserted the region.

Are we going to witness the rebirth of the unforgettable Network SouthEast which was born (almost exactly) forty years ago as part of the sectorisation of British Rail? NSE started on June 10th, 1986 and was dismantled on April, 1st in 1994.

➡️ Full article : https://railuk.com/travel/gtr-to-enter-public-ownership-this-weekend/

➡️ A very complete site on NSE: https://www.networksoutheast.net

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