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Four bidding for South Eastern franchise

New deal due to start in December 2018

22 Jun

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Greater Anglia unveils interior plans for new trains

Design freeze on Greater Anglia's Stadler trains expected at end of month as operator consults on interiors

6 Jun

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Verster to leave ScotRail for East West Rail

ScotRail Alliance Managing Director to take up his new post in the spring

20 Jan

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Japanese company to buy stake in Greater Anglia

Mitsui to buy 40% of rail franchise in groundbreaking deal

17 Jan

Greater Anglia Managing Director Jamie Burles. ANTONY GUPPY.

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New Anglia franchise: operator relishing the challenge

Launching the new Anglia franchise on October 17, Greater Anglia Managing Director Jamie Burles speaks a huge weight of responsibility to “get it right”.

26 Oct

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£869 million train deal for Anglia

Angel Trains will finance 665 new Aventra vehicles for the Greater Anglia franchise, in an £869 million deal.

3 Oct

AGA 153309 at Norwich on July 25 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Three phases for franchise development - Anglia MD

The new Abellio East Anglia franchise beginning on October 16 is split into three phases, Abellio Greater Anglia Managing Director Jamie Burles reveals.

27 Sept

A FLIRT being delivered to Holland. HOWARD LEWSEY.

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EXCLUSIVE: Prompt delivery of new vehicles key for East Anglia - Burles

Six brand new trains at a time will be under test on Abellio East Anglia’s network, when delivery of the new vehicles begins.

26 Sept

A driving vehicle from 385102 at Kobe Harbour. HITACHI.

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Scotland's new trains arrive next month

The first of ScotRail's brand new electric units on order from Hitachi will be delivered to the UK in September.

30 Aug

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New trains as Abellio scoops East Anglia franchise

£1.4bn of investment for 1,043 new vehicles to replace entire fleet, 600 of which will be built by Bombardier.

10 Aug

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Barcode readers move AGA closer to paperless system

Barcode readers installed at ticket gates at Abellio Greater Anglia stations, in a £3 million scheme.

27 Jun

ScotRail 334040 at Haymarket on June 24 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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RMT members vote for strikes in ScotRail dispute

RMT members working for ScotRail have voted for industrial and strike action in an ongoing dispute over the extension of Driver Only Operation (DOO).

14 Jun

The first Abellio Greater Anglia train arrives at Lea Bridge on May 16. NETWORK RAIL.

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New station opens at Lea Bridge

Trains started serving a new station at Lea Bridge (Leyton, East London) on May 16.

16 May

London Midland Class 172s at Birmingham Moor Street on March 26 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Three bidders for West Midlands franchise

Department for Transport unveils companies in running for next West Midlands franchise

7 Apr

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DfT awards franchise ‘Passports’

The Department for Transport awards 11 companies Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Passports, in effort to make it easier and faster to bid for franchises.

15 Dec

AGA 156419 at Norwich on June 6. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Wheel damage puts AGA DMUs out of action

As this issue of RAIL went to press, trains had not run between Marks Tey and Sudbury for a week because of a shortage of available diesel multiple units.

19 Nov

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AGA awards for station adopters

More than 100 station adopters from across the Abellio Greater Anglia network joined the celebrations at AGA’s Station Adopter Awards in mid-November.

16 Nov

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ScotRail HST fleet plans

Details of HST deployment in Scotland revealed by ScotRail

1 Sept

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Class 158s being prepared for Scotland’s scenic journeys

First refurbished ScotRail Class 158 to be used on the Great Scenic Railway Journeys north of the border should be released into traffic in early September.

31 Aug

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