All Greater Anglia articles – Page 2

  • gb Greater Anglia Class 745 Stadler inter-city trainset at London Liverpool Street
    Rail Business UK

    Track Your Train as signalling data added to Realtime Trains

    2020-09-15T06:22:00Z

    In RTT’s Detailed View, the aspect of the next signal the train would pass is denoted by the coloured icon top left. UK: The Realtime Trains web platform which provides independent train running information for the national network added a further layer of functionality on September ...

  • gb Soham station image
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    Soham station construction contract awarded

    2020-08-19T13:40:00Z

    UK: Network Rail has awarded J Murphy & Sons Ltd the contract to build the new Soham station, which will be served by Greater Anglia’s Ipswich – Peterborough services. An £18·6m funding package for the project has been put together by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, ...

  • gb Greater Anglia Stansted Express Class 745_1 at Stansted Airport
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    Stansted Express Class 745/1 trainsets enter passenger service

    2020-07-28T13:55:00Z

    UK: The first two of the 10 Stadler Flirt Class 745/1 electric multiple-units ordered for Greater Anglia’s Stansted Express service entered passenger service on the route between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport on July 28. ‘This milestone marks the start of the ...

  • gb Greater Anglia Aventra accessibility (2)
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    Accessibility features of Greater Anglia Aventra EMUs highlighted

    2020-05-26T09:00:00Z

    UK: Greater Anglia has unveiled the accessibility features of the Class 720 Aventra electric multiple-units which Bombardier Transportation is supplying to operate outer-suburban commuter services into London Liverpool Street. ‘Our new trains will be much better for our disabled customers’, said Rebecca Richardson, ...

  • Greater Anglia ticket machine
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    Great Anglia temporarily closes ticket offices during lockdown

    2020-04-27T06:00:00Z

    UK: With its passenger numbers down by more than 90%, Greater Anglia temporarily closed 34 ticket offices with effect from April 19 and reduced opening hours at a further seven. Offices consistently selling less than 20 tickets/day have been closed, except for those near big hospitals. Tickets ...

  • gb Greater Anglia new Bombardier EMU on test at Liverpool Street
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    Aventra EMU reaches Liverpool Street

    2020-04-03T06:00:00Z

    UK: The first of the Class 720 Aventra EMUs which Bombardier Transportation is supplying for Greater Anglia’s commuter services has completed its first test run into London Liverpool Street station. As part of the testing programme, the EMU is expected to run over all of Greater ...

  • Stadler Flirt EMU for Greater Anglia’s Stansted Express service between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport (Photo: Greater Anglia/Nick Strugnell).
    Rail Business UK

    Quartz keeps watch to help keep time

    2020-03-23T06:00:00Z

    UK: Greater Anglia has begun using software which was developed by Amey Consulting for Network Rail to better understand the performance of trains at stations and individual platforms. The Quartz software filters through existing train monitoring data streams to quickly and simply present to-the-second punctuality at any ...

  • gb Greater Anglia new Bombardier train on test in Southend Victoria 2 (1)
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    First of Greater Anglia’s Aventra EMUs on test

    2020-03-17T13:38:00Z

    UK: Greater Anglia has begun testing the first of the 111 Aventra 25 kV 50 Hz electric multiple-units being supplied by Bombardier Transportation for its London commuter routes. In the early hours of March 17, the EMU was tested on the Southend Victoria line in what the ...

  • Sheringham platform work
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    Lighter weight platform coping stones developed

    2020-03-17T06:00:00Z

    UK: Norfolk-based contractor RG Carter worked with Greater Anglia to create a platform edge coping stone weighing almost half as much as previous designs. This meant smaller machinery was needed to move and install the coping stones during the construction of a 80 m platform at Sheringham ...

  • gb - Greater Anglia Stadler trainset at Norwich Victoria sidings
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    Greater Anglia completes directly-managed Norwich Victoria sidings project

    2020-03-11T06:00:00Z

    UK: Greater Anglia has opened four sidings able to stable 12-car trains just outside Norwich station, with its first train using the facility on March 3. The operator directly managed the nine-month Norwich Victoria sidings project in its biggest infrastructure scheme to date, with Keltbray as ...

  • Greater Anglia Class 720 Bombardier Transportation Aventra EMU
    Rail Business UK

    Greater Anglia’s first Class 720 commuter EMU delivered for testing

    2020-01-16T13:50:00Z

    UK: The first of the Class 720 Aventra electric multiple-units which Bombardier Transportation’s Derby factory is supplying for Greater Anglia’s London commuter services has been delivered to Ilford depot ahead of testing. Entry into passenger service is planned for spring this year, with the entire fleet expected ...

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    Non-PRM compliant trains get last-minute derogation

    2019-12-24T12:18:00Z

    UK: A few days ahead of the January 1 2020 deadline for ensuring compliance with tighter accessibility standards, the Department for Transport has granted limited dispensations for operators to keep in service for up to one year trains which do not meet the TSI-PRM requirements.

  • Greater Anglia has unveiled a full-size mock-up of the interior of the Aventra electric multiple-units ordered from Bombardier Transportation.
    News

    Greater Anglia reveals interior of Aventra commuter train fleet

    2017-09-12T15:43:38Z

    UK: Greater Anglia has unveiled a full-size mock-up of the interior of the Aventra electric multiple-units ordered from Bombardier Transportation for entry into service on the East Anglia franchise in 2019-20. Bombardier is to supply 89 five-car and 22 ten-car 25 kV 50 Hz EMUs for Greater Anglia commuter ...

  • Abellio UK has agreed to sell 40% of its Greater Anglia rail franchise business to Mitsui & Co.
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    Abellio to sell 40% stake in Greater Anglia to Mitsui

    2017-01-17T12:25:00Z

    UK: The Abellio UK subsidiary of Dutch national passenger train operator NS announced on January 17 that it had signed an agreement to sell 40% of its Greater Anglia business to Japanese trading group Mitsui & Co. Abellio said this would be the first time that a ...

  • Greater Anglia Managing Director Jamie Burles was joined by Rail Minister Paul Maynard (centre) and Mark Pendlington of the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (second from right) to launch the nine-year franchise on October 17.
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    East Anglia franchise is ‘deliberately ambitious’

    2016-10-17T12:39:00Z

    UK: ‘This is a deliberately ambitious franchise’, insisted Rail Minister Paul Maynard, speaking at London Liverpool Street station on October 17 to mark the launch of Abellio’s nine year contract to operate the East Anglia franchise. ‘We are using the franchise system to deliver a step change ...

  • Model of Stadler Flirt UK multiple-unit on show at InnoTrans 2016.
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    Pension funds back Abellio East Anglia order for Stadler trainsets

    2016-10-05T09:21:00Z

    UK: Contracts worth more than £600m for Stadler to supply 378 multiple-unit cars for the next East Anglia franchise were signed by Abellio UK and leasing company Rock Rail on October 4. In conjunction with a £900m order for 665 Bombardier EMU cars which was signed with Angel Trains on ...

  • Bombardier Aventra electric multiple-unit for Abellio's East Anglia franchise.
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    'Largest rolling stock deal since privatisation' is signed

    2016-09-30T10:46:00Z

    UK: A contract for leasing company Angel Trains and Commonwealth Bank of Australia to finance a £900m order for 665 Bombardier Transportation electric multiple-unit cars for use on Abellio’s new East Anglia franchise was signed on September 29. Angel Trains said the ‘largest rolling stock deal since the privatisation of ...

  • Stadler has been selected to supply Flirt electric and electro-diesel multiple-units for the Abellio East Anglia franchise.
    News

    Stadler and Bombardier to supply trains for Abellio East Anglia franchise

    2016-08-10T08:45:00Z

    UK: The Department for Transport named Abellio as preferred bidder for the new East Anglia franchise on August 10. The franchise is due to start on October 16 2016 and run until October 2025, replacing the current Greater Anglia franchise which is also held by Abellio. A £1·4bn investment programme ...

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    East Anglia franchise shortlist announced

    2015-06-02T07:54:00Z

    UK: Three current or former incumbents have been shortlisted to bid for the next East Anglia franchise, which is due to take over from Abellio Greater Anglia in October 2016. Abellio had been awarded a 29-month contract to operate the franchise from February 5 2012, and a further direct award ...