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On 22 November 1999 Deputy Prime Minister [[John Prescott]] opened the 4·2&nbsp;km Lewisham extension of London's [[Docklands Light Railway]] with trains running through to Bank.<ref>{{cite web|title=On 22 November Britain's Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott opened the 4·2 km Lewisham extension of London's Docklands Light Railway|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/private-finance-brings-the-dlr-to-lewisham.html|work=Railway Gazette|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>
 
Following a number of accidents and financial issues Railtrack plc was sold to [[Network Rail]] on 3 October 2002 who became responsible for the infrastructure.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2267597.stm Network Rail closer to Railtrack takeover] BBC News, 1 April 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/Thecentreformanagementandorganisationalhistory/148170.pdf |page=18 |title=Accounting for Producer Needs: The case of Britain’sBritain's rail infrastructure |publisher=Centre for Management and Organisational History |access-date=1 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075330/http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/Thecentreformanagementandorganisationalhistory/148170.pdf |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}</ref>
 
On 27 June 2003 the [[Strategic Rail Authority]] decided to strip Connex of the franchise citing poor financial management and run the franchise itself.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3024804.stm |title=BBC NEWS - UK - England - Train firm loses franchise| date=27 June 2003|access-date=1 April 2016|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2856305/Basher-Bowker-pulls-the-plug-on-Connex.html Basher Bowker pulls the plug on Connex] ''The Telegraph'' 29 June 2003</ref> Connex South Eastern continued to operate the franchise until 8 November 2003 with the services transferring to the [[Strategic Rail Authority|Strategic Rail Authority's]] [[South Eastern Trains]] subsidiary the following day.
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== Planned London Underground services ==
=== Fleet line service ===
In 1971 and 1972, parliamentary approval was given for construction of Phases 2 and 3 of the planned [[Fleet line]].<ref name=Horne36>{{cite book | first=Mike |last=Horne |title=The Jubilee Line |year=2000 |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-220-8 |ppage=36}}</ref> Phase 3 on the proposal would have extended the line from [[Fenchurch Street railway station|Fenchurch Street]] to Lewisham, with new platforms constructed underground.<ref name=Horne36/> Further plans for Phase 4 of the extension considered the line taking over the mainline tracks on the [[Addiscombe Line|Addiscombe]] and [[Hayes Line|Hayes]] branch lines. Preliminary construction works were carried out elsewhere on the extension before the plan was postponed by lack of funds. Following a change of name to [[Jubilee line]], the first part of the line opened in 1979, but the remaining plans were not carried out. When the [[Jubilee Line Extension|Jubilee line was extended]] in 1999, a different route to [[Stratford station|Stratford]] was followed.
 
=== Bakerloo line service ===
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