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Greater Anglia - Page 8

Feature

Prospects for East Anglia

RICHARD CLINNICK examines what sort of challenges will confront the next incumbent of the East Anglia franchise

TOCs 18 Mar

News

East Anglia rail franchise competition begins

Procurement starts for new contract from October 2016.

20 Feb

News

Twitter becoming increasingly popular for passengers to contact rail providers

Research shows that passengers are increasingly using Twitter to contact train operators.

19 Feb

News

IPEMU tests to end this week

Independently powered electric multiple units to feature in Network Rail electrification strategy.

9 Feb

News

Refurbished Mk 3 enters traffic

First refurbished Abellio Greater Anglia Mk 3 in traffic today.

2 Feb

News

Weekend engineering work begins on GEML

Engineering works begins on the Great Eastern Main Line on weekends from January 31 until March 22.

30 Jan

News

Partnership funding for Halesworth station improvements

Abellio Greater Anglia and Suffolk County Council to jointly fund new station facilities.

15 Jan

News

Greater Anglia training programme wins accreditation

AGA’s ‘Inspire’ training programme wins Institute of Customer Service accreditation.

15 Jan

News

Anglia to spend £1.5 million on service improvements

Reliability modifications, increased maintenance and Class 90 improvements added to Abellio’s Anglia spending

20 Dec

News

Additional 600,000 extra seats for Abellio Greater Anglia

Mk 3 conversions and refurbishment adds 2,500 extra seats per day

16 Dec

Gallery

The Eastern Region today

As part of his UK Rail Rover earlier this year, PAUL BIGLAND visited parts of the former Eastern Region. This is a selection of unseen images from that trip

16 Dec

News

Abellio to spend £10 million on Greater Anglia

Interior refreshes of two electric multiple unit fleets, upgrading ticket gates and staff recruitment are among Abellio Greater Anglia's improvement plans.

27 Nov

News

‘Pretendolino’ moves to Anglia

Former Virgin Trains Mk 3 set moves to Abellio Greater Anglia

25 Nov

News

GEML investment worth £60bn

Investing in the ‘Golden thread’ known as the Great Eastern Main Line would be worth £60 billion to the UK economy.

29 Oct

News

Quality and more trains key to Abellio’s SR franchise

The franchisee that will take over ScotRail on April 1 2015 will “underpin Scotland”, according to Transport Scotland Commercial Director Bill Reeve

29 Oct

Gallery

Norwich Crown Point tour

On May 16 2014, Greater Anglia named 90001 Crown Point in recognition of the depot. Afterwards, RICHARD CLINNICK took a tour of the depot.

10 Oct

News

East Anglia deserves rail investment, urges AGA head Burles

It is East Anglia’s turn for rail investment, according to the region’s principal passenger operator.

20 Aug

News

Taskforce targets better rail services for East Anglia

New trains and improved infrastructure on the Great Eastern Main Line by the end of Control Period 5 (March 31 2019) is the aim of a taskforce.

6 Aug

News

Six-month trial underway for AGA's demonstrator Class 317

Demonstrator electric multiple unit 317722 has entered traffic with Abellio Greater Anglia for a six-month trial period.

25 Jun

Feature

Why is GA going loco

RICHARD CLINNICK reports on the use of locomotive-hauled trains in Anglia 20 years after they should have vanished

Locomotives 12 Jun

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