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7 years

What a sight! Snow plough in action at Strumpshaw Fen on Norwich-Lowestoft line earlier today sent by @networkrail Once the snow’s shifted, they have to check all’s well with the track, points & signals etc so that @greateranglia can start running trains again. #BeastFromTheEast

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This video shows the extent of the floodwater and damage it has caused to the track at Haddiscoe today. We are very sorry for the disruption. Please check @greateranglia for travel updates.

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6 years

Our first long 12-carriage electric train from Switzerland has arrived in the UK today! It’s being hauled to Norwich Crown Point to begin testing & will go into service on our Stansted Express route later this year. It’s the same model as our new Intercity trains. #newtrains

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4 years

The end of an era. Farewell to the last five Class 90s, which departed Norwich Crown Point for the last time this morning.

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6 years

It’s arrived! Our first brand new train from Switzerland is in East Anglia. Watch out for it around the region as we carry out safety & performance tests before it can go into service. #newtrains

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4 years

Geoff & Vicki from @allthestations are filming on one of our new long & spacious intercity trains for us today. Highlighting the amazing features that make journeys better on them #NewTrains

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7 years

This magnificent beast was blasting snow drifts on the Norwich-Lowestoft route earlier today. Apologies to customers inconvenienced by the closure of these lines. We're working hard with @networkrail to get them open. Keep checking our website for details. #BeastFromTheEast

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4 years

Farewell to these three Class 90s, which left our Norwich Crown Point depot for the final time this morning.

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5 years

The new intercity train at Norwich

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5 years

We have started high-speed dynamic testing of the first of our five-carriage Bombardier trains at the Railway Innovation and Development Centre, also known as the Old Dalby test track. Tests are being carried out on the train’s acceleration, braking and safety systems #newtrains

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2 years

🛤End of an era Class 321s are due to have their final day in scheduled service on Monday 3 April. They will run between Colchester and Walton-on-the-Naze throughout the day.

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2 years

Our Class 317s are due to carry out their last scheduled trips on the network this Saturday.

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5 years

One of Greater Anglia’s brand-new intercity trains has now entered passenger service between Norwich and London Liverpool Street #NewTrains

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6 years

Our first Stadler train has arrived in the UK #newtrains

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5 years

“I’m a fan!” Michael Portillo was impressed when he rode one of our new bi-mode trains between Great Yarmouth and Norwich. He liked the smooth ride and the seating. What do you like about our new trains? #NewTrains

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4 years

Greater Anglia colleagues at Norwich clapping for carers, the NHS and other key workers. #KeyWorkers #ThankYou

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6 years

One of our new trains has just gone through Colchester station on a testing run. Certainly brightens up a miserable grey day! #newtrains

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6 years

Testing our new Stadler class 755 train between Norwich and Diss today #newtrains

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6 years

The class 745 in all it’s glory

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4 years

During the current lockdown, we are continuing with our new trains programme. But we’ve also been getting our old trains ready to be returned to the leasing companies. Here are some of our old trains at Crown Point

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5 years

One of our new intercity trains going through Colchester on a test run to Liverpool Street earlier today. Can’t wait for them to come into service in the autumn. #newtrains

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4 years

We are absolutely delighted to have put the first of our brand-new Bombardier trains in passenger service. We are getting 133 five-carriage commuter trains made by @BombardierR_UK , which will mostly run into Liverpool Street from Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire & Ipswich

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5 years

Today we’ve started to run new trains on the Ipswich-Felixstowe line, as the replacement of all our old trains continues #NewTrains #ItsHappening

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Good morning from Soham. Our Ipswich-Peterborough services now call here. Trains are now stopping here for the first time since 1965 #reconnectingsoham

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5 years

We are very pleased to be introducing some of our new trains on the Bittern Line from today #newtrains #itshappening

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1 year

We welcome everyone onto our network and we’re proud to show off our new Pride train livery! The train will run to all destinations on our commuter routes. More info:

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5 years

Old and new at Liverpool St! Our new intercity and old intercity trains side by side earlier today. Quite a contrast! #newtrains

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5 years

Good morning from the 06.33 Norwich-Cambridge service. Today the new bi-mode trains are in passenger service for the first time on this route #newtrains #itshappening

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4 years

Thank you NHS, care workers, shop workers, delivery drivers, postal staff and all other key workers. Here are staff at Colchester station doing tonight’s #clapforkeyworkers #TransportHeroes

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5 years

Welcome on board our new intercity train. These trains will be in service later this year #newtrains #itshappening

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5 years

Our new trains are now in service on the Ipswich-Cambridge route #newtrains

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2 years

👋🏾Goodbye 321s We’re running a farewell tour on Saturday 29 April in aid of @EACH_hospices @HavensHospices and @RailwyMission Bookings can only be made online at:

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5 years

The first of our brand new Bombardier electric commuter trains has arrived in the region ready for testing. These trains will run to Liverpool Street from Essex, Cambridgeshire, Herts and Ipswich. #NewTrains

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4 years

One year ago today our last old slam-door intercity train made its last trip between Norwich & London Liverpool Street before retiring to be replaced with our brand new state-of-the-art longer intercity trains. How things have changed in the last year! #NewTrains

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6 years

The new train arrives at Crown Point #newtrains

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6 years

Look what arrived in East Anglia today! Our 4th brand new bi-mode train is now at Crown Point depot in Norwich, ready for testing. Amazing to think that next year these will start coming into service on our regional routes, like Ipswich-Lowestoft & Norwich-Sheringham #newtrains

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5 years

We've finished our biggest directly managed infrastructure project of our franchise so we've now got more room to store our new trains. This video shows the first train to pull into the new Victoria sidings just outside Norwich station. #NewTrains

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5 years

Today we've started running new longer trains on our picturesque Marks Tey-Sudbury line #NewTrains #ItsHappening

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4 years

Clacton-on-Sea✔️Ipswich✔️ Colchester Town✔️ Three more routes to London Liverpool Street now joined our new train rollout. #NewTrains

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4 years

Wow! Just look at this. We’ve been testing our new long 5-carriage @BombardierR_UK trains joined together to make a very long 10-carriage train. There’ll be no problem socially distancing on these when they go into passenger service later this year! #NewTrains

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4 years

Look what we’ve just spotted at Colchester station. One of our brand new @BombardierR_UK commuter trains out on a test run. #NewTrains

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5 years

Our new intercity train being tested at Liverpool Street

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5 years

Our third new Stadler Intercity train arrived at Crown Point in Norwich this morning. Here it is en route to the depot #newtrains

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3 months

We're installing tables on our Stansted Express trains. The significant customer-focused upgrade will see all these trains upgraded before the end of 2025, with four tables due to be fitted to a train each weekday night while it is stabled at Orient Way train care depot, London

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We are thrilled that our recent Class 321 farewell tour raised over £22,000 for three fantastic charities - @EACH_hospices , @HavensHospices and @RailwyMission . A big thank you to everyone who supported the event.

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4 years

Stunning picture of one of our new trains passing over the Chappel Viaduct on the Marks Tey - Sudbury line. We can't travel for pleasure right now but our teams are still #HereForYou , keeping the railway running for key workers. Photo credit: Bill Hiskett #SupportingKeyWorkers

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4 years

The rollout of our new trains is continuing today. We’ve just put this UK-made train into passenger service on 2 new routes between London Liverpool Street & Clacton & Ipswich. #Newtrains = more seats, plug/USB points, wifi, better accessibility features & bike spaces.

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5 years

Ooh! Look what arrived at Colchester station earlier today. One of our new bi-mode trains on test. This train can run on diesel or electricity. It was getting power from the overhead wires today. Find out more about our new trains here #newtrains

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6 years

Look at this! The second assembled bimode train now ready for testing at Stadler’s factory in Bussnang. Next year it will be running on lines like Ipswich to Lowestoft and Marks Tey to Sudbury #newtrains

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4 years

Wow! Look at these. Just got sent these photos of three of our new Bombardier trains due to come into passenger service later this year. Don't they look good! #NewTrains

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5 years

The first 100 carriages of our new UK-build Bombardier commuter trains have now been built - and they're looking good! Read more here: #newtrains

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6 years

Here's one of our new bi-mode trains being tested at Colchester this morning #newtrains

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4 years

The last new Stansted Express train, the last delivery of our 58-strong fleet from Stadler, arrived at Norwich Crown Point Depot this morning #NewTrains

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Greater Anglia to install tables on its Stansted Express trains. The operator is to fit its Stansted Express trains with tables, in a significant customer-focused upgrade that is scheduled to begin later this year and is due for completion by the end of 2025. More ⬇️

Greater Anglia to install tables on its Stansted Express trains

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4 years

Drivers in the depot at Colchester also showed their support for key workers tonight #ClapForKeyworkers #ClapForOurCarers #ClapForTheNHS

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10 months

Stansted Express services will now run every 15 minutes 🚆 Greater Anglia has reintroduced an all-day, 4️⃣ trains per hour Stansted Express service, 7️⃣ days a week ✈️ More Info ⬇️

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5 years

We’re out in Lowestoft today on a test run on one of our brand new bi-mode trains which will be coming into passenger service this summer. There’s quite a contrast between old and new! #newtrains

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6 years

Wow! This is one of the trains that will be running on rural routes such as Norwich to Sheringham, Ipswich to Lowestoft, and Marks Tey to Sudbury from next year. It’s currently being put through its paces in the Czech Republic. #newtrains

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5 years

Meridian Water station, which opened today

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6 years

745104 at Crown Point

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5 years

Greater Anglia has now started testing the first of its brand-new electric commuter trains which will provide thousands of extra seats for commuters on their journeys #NewTrains @BombardierR_UK

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5 years

Inside one of the brand new trains now running on our Norwich - Cambridge line. They're longer, with more seats, lower floors (so they are more easily accessible), dedicated cycle spaces, improved information screens, plug & USB points and free fast wifi. #newtrains #ItsHappening

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4 years

Our new trains programme is continuing throughout this lockdown period. Yesterday one of our new electric commuter trains made by @BombardierR_UK was being put through its paces on our network. It's looking rather splendid here, we're sure you'll agree!👇 #NewTrains 1/2

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7 years

Greater Anglia colleagues across the network are wearing football shirts to raise money for the Bradley Lowery charity #CancerHasNoColours

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5 years

Have you spotted this beauty on the network today? One of our brand new intercity trains is doing a test run between Norwich and Liverpool St today. It’s looking good! #newtrains

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5 years

Huge thanks to @daddydoink who has been instrumental in the design of the accessible features of our new trains #NewTrains #ItsHappening

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2 years

⚽We’re running two special additional trains for @IpswichTown football fans travelling to and from @CambridgeUtdFC Abbey Stadium on Saturday 4 February - an extra service to Cambridge beforehand and an extra return service afterwards

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This is from our test ride from Norwich-Lowestoft yesterday on a new bi-mode train (diesel & electric power). This is the first sort of new train we’ll be putting into passenger service this summer #NewTrains

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6 years

Here’s a look inside our new bi-mode train. Isn’t it great! Imagine this on the Norwich to Great Yarmouth line, Ipswich to Lowestoft and Marks Tey to Sudbury lines. #Innotrans18 #newtrains

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5 years

Meridian Water is officially open 🎉

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6 years

A new dawn for the railway in East Anglia. The first of our 12-carriage Stansted Express trains (same model as new Intercity trains) is brought through Ipswich station on way to Norwich for safety and performance tests. #newtrains

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5 years

It's the final day in passenger service for Class 37 locomotives at @GreaterAnglia . They are scheduled to be on the 08.36/10.36/12.37/17.41/19.33 Norwich to Great Yarmouth and return and the 14.05/15.50 Norwich to Lowestoft and return. Enjoy!

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Berney Arms - which has been closed for 18 months while @networkrail carry out improvement work - has reopened 🎉

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6 years

One of our Class 90 locomotives decorated with a giant poppy to support the #PoppyAppeal

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5 years

Our first brand new train is in passenger service today on the Norwich-Great Yarmouth-Lowestoft line #FirstOnNewTrains #NewTrains

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6 years

Meet Conductor Blake. He's one of our Service Diamonds, helping to improve customer service, and he's just started his own twitter feed @conductorblake so that he is even more easily available to passengers during their journey. #meetgreateranglia

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6 years

Greater Anglia is using new state-of-the-art train simulators to teach its 768 drivers how to drive the brand-new trains which are due to replace all the company’s existing trains from later this year #ourrailway

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5 years

We're getting new trains for every route on our network. But we can't introduce them all at the same time. Read this blog to find out why #NewTrains

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4 years

Have you seen one of our new @BombardierR_UK electric commuter trains whizzing up and down our network? Today we’ve been out on this one & we’ve got loads of lovely video and photos to share with you soon, showing the great features of our newest new trains! #NewTrains

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7 years

Look at these shiny new train shells in the Stadler factory which will become our brand new Intercity and Stansted Express trains. These will be whizzing up and down between London & Norwich/Stansted Airport next year! #exciting More info #newtrains

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5 years

The first of our #newtrains is in service! The new bi-mode is running between Norwich and Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft today #firstonnewtrains

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4 years

This is the future! One new train departs while another arrives at Colchester station today #NewTrains

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5 years

Meet Paul, one of a team of mobile engineers who specialises in fixing faults while trains are in service, preventing cancellations. He's just one of our amazing team helping to keep the railway running for key workers. #meetgreateranglia #behindthescenes

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5 years

Good morning from our new train! This is a class 755 bi mode train which will run on our rural routes. It’s being tested at the moment, however today we can give you a guided tour. If you have any questions, please let us know #newtrains

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5 years

Good morning from sunny Cambridge, where we arrived three minutes early #newtrains #itshappening

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A new era...some of our new Stadler fleet at Crown Point depot in Norwich #NewTrains

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4 years

Some of Greater Anglia’s key workers clapping for carers, the NHS and other key workers in front of Norwich station #KeyWorkers #ThankYou

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5 years

Did you see Michael Portillo travelling on one of our new trains on Great British Railway Journeys last night? He’s been all over our network in episodes this week unearthing interesting stories about our region #GBRJ

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7 years

Where that arrow is, under 4ft of snow, that's a railway line to Cromer. This photo was taken this afternoon (Friday) at Salhouse. We're sorry we've not got these rural lines running - but as you can see there's a lot of snow on them. #BeastFromTheEast

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6 years

Spot our new trains being tested on the network day and night. Over the next couple of weeks they’ll be in Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex. They look amazing! If you’re taking photos of them, please don’t use a flash. More here 👉

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5 years

The first of Greater Anglia’s new electric trains which will replace the company’s old trains used on lines into London from Essex, Cambridge, Hertfordshire and Ipswich has completed its maiden voyage to Liverpool Street #NewTrains

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1 year

❌More than 500 fare dodgers have been ordered to pay £42,215 in fines and costs after travelling on the Greater Anglia network without buying a ticket. It’s always #CheaperToBuyATicket

Court orders fare dodgers to pay £42,000

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4 years

Today marks one year since Greater Anglia introduced the first of its brand new Stadler bi-mode trains into passenger service #NewTrains

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4 years

Passengers on the Southminster line can now enjoy brand new trains as the rollout of our new @BombardierR_UK trains reached the Southminster last night. Read all about it here: #NewTrains

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#BehindTheScenes Our teams are still here to help, and keep the railway open & safe for key workers. Like Georgia, who is keeping everyone up to date with the latest service information on @greateranglia #SupportingEssentialWorkers

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5 years

You may have seen our new trains on some routes and you may be wondering when you're going to get them. Read our blog to find out what's involved in getting new trains into passenger service #newtrains

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4 years

Look out for a @geofftech video about our lovely new @BombardierR_UK electric commuter trains coming soon. Here’s Geoff interviewing Rachel from the project team on board the 10.10 from Southend Victoria to Liverpool Street. #NewTrains

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From Sunday there'll be no First Class on our West Anglia routes as more new trains are serving the route. First Class on our old trains will be declassified. First Class will only be available on Norwich-London intercity services #NewTrains

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