Editing Gatwick Express (section)

=== Privatisation ===
[[File:1995 gatwick express.gif|thumb|Original privatisation era logo from 1994]]
[[File:GatwickExpress.svg|thumb|Logo introduced by National Express and retained by Southern until 2016]]
Gatwick Express was the first portion of [[InterCity (British Rail)|British Rail's InterCity]] sector to be converted into a separate train operating unit, ready for franchising as a private business with the assets transferred to Gatwick Express Limited<ref>{{cite web |url = http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/02912338 |title = Gatwick Express: company no. 2912338 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072638/http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/02912338 |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |publisher = Companies House}}</ref> in March 1994.<ref name="Vincent">{{cite book |title = The Intercity Story |last = Vincent |first = Mike |publisher = OPC Railprint |date = April 2004 |isbn = 978-0-86093-524-7}}</ref> The Gatwick Express franchise was awarded by the [[Director of Passenger Rail Franchising]] to [[National Express]] with the franchise starting on 28 April 1996.<ref name = "airport hist"/>