A new railway franchise has started, with Abellio awarded a long term 10 years tenure, after having run this short term since This has coincided with major weekend engineering works on the southern end of the Great Eastern Main Line during October; pictures of some of the resultant replacement road services featuring below. There have been lots of changes at Arriva Kent Thameside.
The red TfL buses have all transferred to Arriva London. The provincial side, has seen the end of scheduled double deck operation at Colchester, and the departure of long Optare Versas from Southend and Darts from Harlow. The renewed franchise started on 16th October.
It has been renamed Greater Anglia. This is a separate company which has been established. The new title appeared on digital and printed publicity immediately, and the old style names were removed from stations. Rolling stock began to be rebranded from the end of the month. It runs until and has several commitments; the most significant being the introduction of new trains, by London Liverpool Street to Norwich, non-stop in an hour and a half.
The Class EMUs now all have grey upholstery, ex purple. Calss 08 diesel electric shunter is resident at Norwich Crown Point depot.
Has transferred to Arriva London North. These movements are connected with the traffic changes, detailed below.
