A charity charter train organised by Abellio Greater Anglia raised more than £20,000 for the Each Anglia Children’s Hospice (EACH) on April 30.
Using Direct Rail Services Class 37/4s and Mk 2s that AGA hires from DRS for its local services, the ‘EACH Express’ ran from Norwich to Ely and back, before then running to London Liverpool Street and return. The usual formation of top and tailed ‘37s’ and three carriages was boosted by a fourth coach supplied by DRS.
- For more on this, read RAIL 800, published on May 11.
Andrewjgwilt1989 - 06/05/2016 12:14
The charity is well known for its support for young children and young people who are disabled, blind and those who have Autism, Downs Syndrome and other special needs. Plus they only do East Anglia (including Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Cromer & King's Linn), Suffolk (Ipswich, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Bury St. Edmunds, Sudbury & Newmarket), Essex (Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Braintree, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Brentwood, Thurrock, Epping Forest, Saffron Walden & Harlow), Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Peterborough, St. Neots, St. Ives, Huntingdon & Ely), Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton & St. Neots), Hertfordshire (Hertford, Bishops Stortford, Royston, Harpenden, Hitchin, St. Albans, Potters Bar & Stevenage) and some parts of North London (Enfield and possibly Watford), East London (Romford and possibly Ilford and Dagenham) and Northeast London (Waltham Abbey & Loughton).