In 1986, following the appointment of Chris Green as Managing Director, the London & South East sector was rebranded as Network SouthEast with a new and bright livery of red, white and blue. With the area of operation extended to include King's Lynn and Exeter, there was to be almost a decade of major investment in new rolling stock, infrastructure and marketing that was to see NSE as one of the most innovative of railway operators, particularly with its development of corporate branding in a railway environment.

NSE-branded locomotives operated on services from Waterloo to Exeter, from Paddington over the GWR main line and over the ex-GER lines of East Anglia, whilst major investment saw electrification to Norwich and the reopening of the Snow Hill tunnel, permitting the creation of the electrified service from the ex-Midland main line through to the former Southern Region. New units arrived in large numbers, revolutionising services into the capital.

This is the first book to provide an in-depth study of Network South East - how it was created, and how it operated and evolved in the decade prior to privatisation. Co-authored by Chris Green, the Chairman of the company, with contributions from many of the most influential railway figures of the time, it gives a real insider's view of an important era in British railway history.

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