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Southern
Govia Ltd
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Southern
expired franchise
replaced
< Gatwick Express
< South Central
was replaced by
Southern >
start date
25 May 2003
end date
20 September 2009
owned by
Govia Ltd
legal title
New Southern Railway Limited
description
The second South Central franchise operated by Govia was initially branded New Southern Railway, and then became 'Southern'. Southern absorbed the previously separate Gatwick Express franchise on 22 June 2008 as the result of reforms set out by the Strategic Rail Authority in 2004 in its Route Utilisation Study for the Brighton Main Line.
service area
Commuter, regional and local services between London Victoria/London Bridge, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport and Brighton, local and regional Sussex Coast services to Eastbourne, Ashford, Seaford, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central, plus inner south London Metro routes and South Croydon-Clapham Junction-Watford Junction-Milton Keynes Central.
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