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952:NI Railways
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711:"Class 365"
668:27 November
638:19 December
497:Rural lines
219:franchise.
160:Predecessor
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109:East Sussex
63:Electrostar
1519:Categories
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1186:East Coast
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947:Merseyrail
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170:Successor
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957:Northern
853:National
688:BBC News
597:BBC News
575:depots.
573:Ramsgate
483:and the
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462:Lewisham
373:Hastings
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300:Dartford
254:Services
242:awarded
76:Overview
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842:Current
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416:Redhill
412:Gatwick
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395:Redhill
343:Ashford
317:Chatham
223:History
185:Website
70:in 2006
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1448:Go-op
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