The Origins of Thameslink - Govia Thameslink & Network Southeast (1988-2006)

Hello & welcome to the first episode of my History of Thameslink series where I will delve into the history of Thameslink from its opening in 1988 through to 2006 and the end of the first private operator Govia Thameslink. Thanks for watching, you can support me below if you enjoyed: Patreon:   / vanmanyo   YouTube membership:    / @vanmanyo   All your support is hugely appreciated, thank you. Full Failed Franchises playlist:    • Failed Franchises/Franchise Videos   Any content featured in this video has been accredited to the correct author, where possible, with permission. However, I may sometimes mistakenly miscredit content (or label it as 'unknown' if I can't find the author), so please let me know if I have got credits wrong for authors of content featured in this video. A huge thanks to those who have allowed me to use their footage for todays video - whom without this video would not be possible to make; Soi Buakhao:    / @soibuakhaoroutemasterbus   Spompeytransportvideo:    / @spompey   Paul Felixjaz:    / @felixjaz   agdenyer:    / @agdenyer   Andrew Lambert:    / @andrewlambert7694   Richard Armstrong:    / @phat2003uk   Any views mentioned in this video are of my opinion and my opinion only. I am impartial and will never be swayed by a company to not tell the truth, however will sometimes speak from my own viewpoint. I always attempt to use sources that are from sites that I personally trust; BBC, Sky News etc. and I will always attempt to portray the whole picture of the subject in my videos. If you feel I haven't, or if I've mistakenly missed something - do let me know in the comments, on my Discord or my Twitter/Instagram & I'll be sure to look into it! Thanks for watching! References (including accredited sources): Wikipedia BBC Borehamwood & Elstree Times Husk.org IanVisits London Reconnections London Transport Museum website News Shopper Railway Technolo RailFuture Southern Railway EMAIL Group Southern Electric Group SRA/DFT Website The Guardian The Telegraph This Is Local London Watford Observer Thumbnail image credit: -Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commonshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Thanks to    / @aautismo   for the membership icons! SUBSCRIBE -    / @vanmanyo   SECOND CHANNEL:    / @vanmanyo2   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vanmanyo.bsk... X-   / vanmanyo1   Discord server link (join for free!) -   / discord   Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com/