Greater Anglia (train operating company)

Greater Anglia (legal name Abellio East Anglia Limited)[1] is a train operating company in Great Britain owned as a joint venture by Abellio, the international arm of the state-owned Dutch national rail operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and the Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. It operates the East Anglia franchise, providing the regional and intercity services from its Central London terminus at London Liverpool Street to Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and parts of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire as well as many regional services throughout the East of England.

Greater Anglia
Franchise(s)Greater Anglia
5 February 2012 – 15 October 2016
East Anglia
16 October 2016 – 11 October 2025
Main region(s)Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk & Suffolk
Other region(s)London & Hertfordshire
Fleet size
Stations called at170
Stations operated154
Parent companyAbellio (60%)
Mitsui & Co. (40%)
Other
Websitegreateranglia.co.uk
Route map

Abellio began operating the franchise, then known as the Greater Anglia franchise, in February 2012. Initially it traded under the same name until it rebranded as Abellio Greater Anglia in December 2013. In May 2015, the company's commuter services were transferred to London Overground and the precursor to Crossrail, TfL Rail.

The franchise was re-tendered as the East Anglia franchise and awarded to Abellio in August 2016. The company resumed trading as Greater Anglia on 16 October 2016 when the new franchise commenced. In January 2017, Abellio announced that subject to gaining Department for Transport approval, it had agreed to sell a 40% stake in the business to Mitsui. The sale was completed in March 2017.[2]

History

Background
Abellio Greater Anglia logo as used from December 2013 until October 2016

In December 2003 the Strategic Rail Authority awarded the Greater Anglia franchise to National Express, with One commencing operations starting on 1 April 2004.[3][4] The franchise was to run until March 2011, with provision for a three-year extension if performance targets were met.

In November 2009 the Department for Transport announced that National Express would not be granted the three-year extension for which it had met the criteria, after National Express East Coast had defaulted on the InterCity East Coast franchise.[5][6]

Following a change of government as a result of the 2010 general election, the Department for Transport announced in June 2010 that all refranchising would be put on hold while a review was conducted into the franchising process.[7] As a result, National Express East Anglia was granted an initial extension until October 2011, followed by another until February 2012.[8]

Abellio granted franchise

In March 2011 the Department for Transport announced that Abellio, Go-Ahead, and Stagecoach had been shortlisted to bid for the franchise.[9] In October 2011 it awarded the new franchise to Abellio; the services operated by National Express East Anglia transferred to Greater Anglia on 5 February 2012.[10][11][12]

The franchise was originally to run until July 2014. The reason for awarding a short franchise, at the same time as the government was speaking of a desire to move to longer franchises, was to allow the government to digest the recommendations of the McNulty Rail Value for Money study before letting a long-term franchise.

In March 2013 the Secretary of State for Transport announced the franchise would again be extended until 15 October 2016.[13] Greater Anglia was rebranded as Abellio Greater Anglia in December 2013.

On 31 May 2015 the Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt (via Seven Sisters) and Chingford services, as well as the Romford to Upminster service, transferred to London Overground Rail Operations.[14] On the same day, the Liverpool Street to Shenfield stopping services transferred to the TfL Rail concession managed by MTR.[15]

On 22 December 2014 the refurbishment of the company's fleet of Mark 3 carriages began, involving a total internal rewiring, new toilets with waste-retention tanks, improved Wi-Fi provision, plug sockets at each seat, and a complete refresh of body panels, carpets and seat covers. The refurbishment programme was completed in 2016.

Franchise renewal

In June 2015, an Abellio (60%)/Stagecoach (40%) joint venture, FirstGroup and National Express were shortlisted to bid for the franchise.[16] In December 2015 it was announced that Stagecoach had pulled out of the joint bid with Abellio, and that Abellio would continue the bid alone.[17]

In August 2016, it was announced that Abellio had successfully bid to retain the franchise until 2025. A franchise commitment is to purchase 1,043 new carriages, 660 from Bombardier Transportation's Derby Litchurch Lane Works with the other 383 to be built by Stadler Rail.[18][19] In January 2017, Abellio announced that subject to gaining Department for Transport approval, it had agreed to sell a 40% stake in the business to Mitsui.[20]

In August 2017, amidst a background of ongoing rail strikes on a national level, Greater Anglia conductors voted in favour of going on strike in a dispute over planned ticket office closures and the planned introduction of more widespread driver-only operation on the Greater Anglia network.[21] Industrial action has been held on numerous occasions since October 2017, and the dispute remains unresolved as of February 2018; Greater Anglia has been criticised by the RMT for its alleged strike-breaking tactics.[22][23]

Franchise commitments

Greater Anglia franchise (2012–2016)

A number of improvements were planned during the first franchise period (2012-2016) which included:[10]

  • Improved station and ticket facilities and better information for passengers;
  • A text messaging service to keep passengers informed of any disruptions;
  • Extending Oyster card pay-as-you-go capabilities between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield/Hertford East;
  • Mobile-phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities;
  • 600 extra car park spaces at stations;
  • Additional bicycle storage facilities;
  • New automatic ticket barriers at Brentwood (no automatic ticket barrier was installed by Abellio Greater Anglia and management of the station later passed to TfL Rail).

East Anglia franchise (2016–2025)
Further information: East Anglia franchise

The following improvements have been planned as part of the Abellio bid for the East Anglia franchise (2016-2025):[24]

  • Replacement of the entire current fleet, with 1,043 new vehicles by September 2020 to run on the Regional, Intercity, Dutchflyer, Stansted Express, West Anglia and Great Eastern routes.
  • Extensive refurbishment of some of the existing vehicles, prior to replacement.
  • Raise Public Performance Measure scores to at least 92.9%.
  • Two weekday trains operating between Norwich and Ipswich to London with a journey time of 90 min and 60 min respectively.[25]
  • Free WiFi on trains and stations.
  • £60 million investment for station upgrades with a focus on Broxbourne, Cambridge, Cheshunt, Harlow Town and Southend Victoria stations.
  • Introduction of digital information screens on all stations with improvements in car and cycle parking (1,800 and 4,000 extra spaces respectively) along with upgrades to ticket offices and vending machines.
  • New ticketing programmes with offers for infrequent travellers and part-time workers.
  • Introduction of an automatic Delay Repay service for season and advance ticket holders.
  • £120 million of investment into depots with a new maintenance facility at Manningtree.
  • Hiring of twenty trainees per year and at least thirty apprenticeships by 2019.
  • Extension of the Gainsborough Line from Marks Tey to Colchester Town.[26]
  • Reintroduction of four direct Lowestoft to London services on the East Suffolk Line.
  • Improving the frequency of the Ipswich to Ely Line services to Peterborough from every two hours to hourly with some additional services extending to Colchester.
  • Improving the frequency of the Ipswich to Cambridge Line and East Suffolk Line services from every two hours to hourly respectively on Sundays.

Services

As of December 2019, the following services operate during the off-peak period, Monday to Saturday:[27]

Regional
Great Eastern
RoutetphCalling atStock
London Liverpool Street - Southend Victoria3Stratford, Romford (1tph), Shenfield, Billericay, Wickford, Rayleigh, Hockley, Rochford, Southend Airport, Prittlewell321
Wickford - Southminster​1 1⁄2Battlesbridge, South Woodham Ferrers, North Fambridge, Althorne, Burnham-on-Crouch
London Liverpool Street - Ipswich1Stratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Hatfield Peverel, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester, Manningtree321, 360
London Liverpool Street - Colchester Town1Stratford, Romford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester
London Liverpool Street - Clacton-on-Sea1Stratford, Shenfield, Ingatestone, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, Wivenhoe, Thorpe-le-Soken
London Liverpool Street - Braintree1Stratford, Shenfield, Ingatestone, Chelmsford, Witham, White Notley, Cressing, Braintree Freeport
Colchester - Walton-on-the-Naze1Colchester Town (trains reverse), Hythe, Wivenhoe, Alresford, Great Bentley, Weeley, Thorpe-le-Soken, Kirby Cross, Frinton-on-Sea321, 360
Colchester - Colchester Town1
Manningtree - Harwich Town1Mistley, Wrabness, Harwich International, Dovercourt
Marks Tey - Sudbury1Chappel & Wakes Colne, Bures755
West Anglia
RoutetphCalling atStock
London Liverpool Street - Hertford East2Hackney Downs, Tottenham Hale, Meridian Water, Ponders End, Brimsdown, Enfield Lock, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Rye House, St Margarets, Ware317, 379
Stratford - Bishop's Stortford1Lea Bridge, Tottenham Hale, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow Town, Sawbridgeworth
1Lea Bridge, Tottenham Hale, Northumberland Park, Enfield Lock, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Roydon, Harlow Town, Harlow Mill, Sawbridgeworth
London Liverpool Street - Cambridge North1Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow Town, Bishop's Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge
1Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Roydon, Harlow Town, Harlow Mill, Sawbridgeworth, Bishop's Stortford, Stansted Mountfitchet, Elsenham, Newport, Audley End, Great Chesterford, Whittlesford Parkway, Shelford, Cambridge
Stratford - Meridian Water2Lea Bridge, Tottenham Hale, Northumberland Park
Regional
RoutetphCalling atStock
Ipswich - Felixstowe1Westerfield, Derby Road, Trimley755
Ipswich - Lowestoft1Woodbridge, Melton, Wickham Market, Saxmundham, Darsham, Halesworth, Brampton,[lower-alpha 1] Beccles, Oulton Broad South
Ipswich - Cambridge1Needham Market, Stowmarket, Elmswell, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Kennett (1tp2h), Newmarket, Dullingham (1tp2h)
Kennett and Dullingham are served by alternate trains.
Ipswich - Peterborough​1⁄2Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Ely, Manea, March, Whittlesea
Norwich - Sheringham​1⁄2Salhouse (Norwich-bound only), Hoveton & Wroxham, Worstead (Sheringham-bound only), North Walsham, Cromer (trains reverse), West Runton
​1⁄2Salhouse (Sheringham-bound only), Hoveton & Wroxham, Worstead (Norwich-bound only), North Walsham, Gunton, Roughton Road, Cromer (trains reverse), West Runton
Norwich - Great Yarmouth1Brundall Gardens, Brundall, Lingwood, Acle
Norwich - Lowestoft​1⁄2Oulton Broad North
​1⁄2Brundall, Buckenham[lower-alpha 1] (limited), Cantley, Reedham, Haddiscoe, Somerleyton, Oulton Broad North
Norwich - Stansted Airport1Wymondham, Spooner Row[lower-alpha 1] (limited), Attleborough, Eccles Road (limited), Harling Road (limited), Thetford, Brandon, Lakenheath[lower-alpha 1] (limited), Shippea Hill[lower-alpha 1] (limited), Ely, Cambridge North, Cambridge, Whittlesford Parkway, Audley End
Norwich to Great Yarmouth2tpdBrundall Gardens, Brundall, Buckenham, Cantley, Reedham, Berney Arms

Intercity
Intercity
RoutetphCalling atStock
London Liverpool Street - Norwich1Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, Diss321, 745
1Stratford, [lower-alpha 2] Chelmsford, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, Stowmarket, Diss

Greater Anglia operates the Stansted Express sub-branded airport rail link between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport.[28]

Stansted Express
RoutetphCalling atStock
London Liverpool Street - Stansted Airport2Tottenham Hale, Bishop's Stortford379
2Tottenham Hale, Harlow Town, Stansted Mountfitchet (1tph)


Boat train

Greater Anglia operates the Dutchflyer sub-branded boat train between London Liverpool Street and Harwich International.[29] There is no special livery for trains.

Dutchflyer
RoutetphCalling atStock
London Liverpool Street - Harwich International4tpdStratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester, Manningtree321
Cambridge - Harwich International1tpdDullingham, Newmarket, Kennett, Bury St Edmunds, Thurston, Elmswell, Stowmarket, Needham Market, Ipswich755
Lowestoft - Harwich International1tpdOulton Broad South, Beccles, Brampton, Halesworth, Darsham, Saxmundham, Wickham Market, Melton, Woodbridge, Ipswich

Performance

The latest punctuality statistics released by Network Rail for period 7 of 2013/2014 were 94.0% PPM (Public Performance Measure) down 1.0 percentage points on the same period last year and the MAA (Moving Annual Average) up to 12 October 2013 also fell slightly to 92.3%.[30] In 2013, Abellio Greater Anglia was named train operator of the year.[31] However, a survey in February 2014 by the consumer group Which? found that customer satisfaction of Abellio Greater Anglia was at last place (out of 20 train operators) with a satisfaction percentage of 40%[32] and in 2016 Abellio Greater Anglia were rated the fourth worst UK train operator with a commuter rail services satisfaction rating of 35%.[33]

Rolling stock

Greater Anglia inherited a fleet of Class 90, Mark 3 carriages, Driving Van Trailers, Class 153, Class 156 and Class 170 diesel multiple units, and Class 315, Class 317, Class 321, Class 360 and Class 379 electric multiple units from National Express East Anglia. Due to its short initial franchise term, Greater Anglia was not planning to introduce any new trains[34] before their second franchise term started in October 2016.

In November 2013, an online petition was launched, aiming to stop Greater Anglia trains from dumping raw sewage from the train toilets.[35] There were also concerns with the 'sewage mist' from passing trains making Network Rail staff ill, and Greater Anglia announced it was "working closely" with the government to introduce a fleet upgrade.[36] As of October 2016 all Mark 3 carriages and class 156 units have controlled emission toilets.[37]

On 31 May 2015, the company's fleet of Class 315 trains were cascaded to London Overground and TfL Rail, and some Class 317 trains have been cascaded to London Overground, which has taken over local services in North and East London from the Greater Anglia franchise.

In August 2016, it was announced 1,043 new carriages would be purchased, which will allow for all of the ageing stock to be replaced, especially necessary given that a number of coaches are not compliant with accessibility requirements beyond 2020 and they would not be able to meet Abellio's new targets for lower journey times without extensive modification.[38][39] One part of the contract went to Bombardier with nearly £1 billion to build 111 Aventra electric multiple units and the other part of the purchase went to Stadler to build 58 FLIRT electric multiple units, all of which would enter service between August 2019 and September 2020.[19][24][40]

Bombardier's order included all 111 Class 720 units for taking over local and commuter services out of Liverpool Street.[41] Stadler's order included 20 twelve-carriage Class 745 units for taking over intercity services on the Great Eastern Main Line and the Stansted Express[42] as well as 38 three and four carriage Class 755 units for taking over all local diesel route services from the previous outdated rolling stock.[43]

The first unit of the new order to enter service was the Class 755 fleet, of which the first one entered service on 29 July 2019 on the Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft route.[44] The next of the order was the Class 745/0 fleet, of which the first one entered service on 8 January 2020 on the Great Eastern Main Line operating services between Norwich and Liverpool Street.[45] Following the introduction of these units, the loco-hauled Class 90 sets have all been withdrawn from service, with the last set running its last services on 24 March 2020.[46]

In March 2020, testing of the new Class 720 fleet finally began and is continuing to be done despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in order to allow the first unit to enter service within the next few months.[47][48] Following this, the first 745/1 unit entered service on 30 March 2020 on the Norwich to Liverpool Street intercity route as a replacement of a 745/0 unit. There is no current estimate for when the 745/1 units will began operating the Stansted Express, so the units will operate some of the intercity services if needed in lieu of a 745/0 unit.

On 7 June 2020, 360105 was the first unit to be moved to Kings Heath Depot, Northampton, from Ilford EMU Depot.[49]

Current fleet
Trainset Class Image Type Top speed Carriages No. Routes operated Built
mph km/h
Shunting locomotive
08 Shunter 15 24 N/A 3 Stock movements 1952–62
Electric multiple units

 317/1, 317/5, 317/6, 317/8
EMU 100 161 4 12 Fen Line
Hertford East Branch Line
West Anglia Main Line		 1981–82
15
24 1985–87
6 1981–82
321/3, 321/4, 321/9
EMU 100 161 4 66 Braintree Branch Line
Crouch Valley Line
Dutchflyer
Great Eastern Main Line
Mayflower Line
Shenfield to Southend Line
Sunshine Coast Line		 1988–91
38
3

Siemens Desiro 360/1 EMU 100 161 4 20 Braintree Branch Line
Dutchflyer
Great Eastern Main Line
Mayflower Line
Sunshine Coast Line		 2002–03
Bombardier Electrostar 379 EMU 100 161 4 30 Fen Line
Stansted Express
West Anglia Main Line		 2010–11
Stadler FLIRT 745/0 EMU 100 161 12 10 (7 in service) Great Eastern Main Line 2018-20
745/1 EMU 100 161 12 10 (4 in service) Great Eastern Main Line
Stansted Express (future)		 2018-20
Bi-mode multiple units
Stadler FLIRT 755/3 BMU 100 161 3 14 (13 in service) Wherry Lines
Breckland Line
Bittern Line
East Suffolk Line
West Anglia Main Line
Felixstowe Branch Line
Ipswich to Cambridge Line
Gainsborough Line		 2018–20
755/4 BMU 100 161 4 24 (22 in service) Wherry Lines,
Breckland Line
Bittern Line
East Suffolk Line
West Anglia Main Line
Felixstowe Branch Line
Ipswich to Cambridge Line
Gainsborough Line		 2018–20

Future fleet

The following types of rolling stock are planned:

Trainset Class Image Type Top speed Carriages Number Routes operated Built In service
mph km/h
Electric multiple units
Bombardier Aventra 720/1 & 720/5[24] EMU 100 161 10 22 West Anglia,
Great Eastern		 2018–20 2020
5 89

Past fleet

Former train types operated by Greater Anglia include:

Trainset Class Image Type Top speed Cars No. Built Notes
mph km/h
Locomotive hauled stock
Class 37 Diesel 80 130 N/A 4 1960-65 Returned to Direct Rail Services after hire period.
Class 68 in 2017 then Class 37 and Mk 2 carriages in 2019
Stadler UKLight Class 68 100 161 3 2013-17
Mark 2 Carriage 13 1963-75
Class 90 Electric 110 177 9 15 1987–90 Transferred to Freightliner (13 locos) and Locomotive Services Limited (2 locos)[50]
Mark 3 Carriage 130 1975–88 Returned to the leasing companies for storage. Some have been sent to Newport/Rotherham for scrapping.
Driving Van Trailer Control car 15 1988
Diesel multiple units
Super Sprinter Class 153 DMU 75 121 1 5 1991-92 Transferred to Transport for Wales in 2019
Class 156 2 9 1987-88 Transferred to East Midlands Railway in 2019-20
Bombardier Turbostar Class 170 100 161 2 4 2002 Transferred to Transport for Wales in 2019-20
3 8 1999

Electric multiple units
Class 315 EMU 75 121 4 61 1980-81 All transferred in 2015 to

TfL Rail (44 units) London Overground (17 units)

Class 317 100 161 4 17 1981-82 All Transferred in 2015 to

London Overground (14 units) 5 units in storage

1985-87
Siemens Desiro Class 360 1 2002-03 Currently in storage at Northampton. Awaiting to be transferred to East Midlands Railway.

Depots

Greater Anglia's fleet is maintained at Clacton-on-Sea, Ilford and Crown Point depots.

Notes
  1. Request stop
  2. Pick up only northbound, set down only southbound.

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