Jasper Walker

A labyrinth of rooms are jam-packed with various ephemera showing how packaging, labelling, branding and advertising have changed over the past century. Toys, signs, foodstuffs, cosmetics, bottles... too many things to mention here.

I especially like one of the rooms towards the end that shows how some brands' packaging and logos have evolved; chronological rows perfectly illustrate the changes that have happened from a product's first outing to the present day; differing sizes and shapes of containers, altered logos and new colours and typefaces. No surprise to hear that I think today's packaging just isn't as charming as the designs from earlier decades.

Go see for yourself... and enjoy the nostalgia trip.
Old brands and advertising on London streets today:

{{Distinguish|National Express East Coast}}{{About|the company that formerly operated services along these routes|the present company|Greater Anglia}}
{{Infobox Rail companies
| name = National Express East Anglia
| bgcolor =
| image_filename = 90015 at Liverpool Street.jpg
| widthpx = 300px
| franchise = [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia]]<br>1 April 2004 - 5 February 2012 <br> <ref name="dft-expiry">{{cite web |url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/franchises/greater-anglia/processdocument.pdf |title=Pre-Qualification Process Document for the Greater Anglia Franchise |publisher=Department for Transport |date =11 January 2011 |accessdate=7 May 2011}}</ref>
| logo_filename = National Express East Anglia.png
| nameforarea = region
| regions = [[East of England]]
| secregions = [[Greater London|London]]
| stations = 168
| abbr= LE
| parent_company = [[National Express Group]]
| website = www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com
| map = [[File:National Express East Anglia route map 2010.svg|300px|Route map]]
}}
'''National Express East Anglia''' (commonly abbreviated to '''NXEA''')<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/about_us/jobs_at_nxea |publisher=National Express East Anglia |title=Jobs at NXEA |accessdate=26 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/publicregister/current/nxea/ |title= NXEA (Formerly one) |accessdate =26 March 2011 |publisher=Department for Transport}}</ref><ref>[http://mrua-news.blogspot.com/2010/09/nxea-to-hold-dec-2010-timetable-surgery.html Manningtree Rail Users Association]. Retrieved 26 March 2011.</ref> was a British [[train operating company]]. The franchise was handed over to Dutch operator [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]] on 5 February 2012. It was part of the [[National Express Group]] and was branded as '''<nowiki>'One'</nowiki>''' from 1 April 2004 to 26 February 2008.<ref name=herald>{{cite news |url=http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue109.pdf |title='one' Railway to vanish as National Express begins major rebranding exercise |date=17 November 2007 |accessdate=28 June 2011 |work= Railway Herald |location =Scunthorpe |page=9}}</ref> It provided local, suburban and express services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations in the railway [[Rail franchising in Great Britain|franchise]] known as the ''Greater Anglia'' network, stretching from north and east [[Greater London]] to [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Suffolk]] and [[Norfolk]] in the [[East of England]] ([[East Anglia]]).

==History==
The franchise began on 1 April 2004 and ran until 5 February 2012.<ref name="dft-expiry"/> It combined the services previously operated by [[Anglia Railways]], [[First Great Eastern]] and the ''West Anglia'' (WA) division of [[WAGN (train operating company)|WAGN]]. The large franchise was created in order to improve efficiency and reliability as part of a move to reduce the number of train operating companies providing services from a single [[London station group|London terminal]]. As a result of the new franchise, the number of operators on the [[Great Eastern Main Line]] was reduced, with the company operating most services on the line.<ref name=network_rail>{{cite web |publisher =Network Rail |url= http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/3106_Route%207%20Great%20Eastern.pdf |title =Route 7 - Great Eastern}}</ref>

On 26 November 2009, the [[Department for Transport]] announced that National Express East Anglia was to lose its franchise in March 2011 rather than be granted an extension to operate it until 2014, which had previously been an option. The decision follows the failure of sister company [[National Express East Coast]],<ref name="BBC8380108">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8380108.stm |title= National Express loses East Anglia rail franchise |date =26 November 2009 |work=BBC News}}</ref> even though National Express East Anglia had met all of its targets required for the franchise to be extended.

From December 2010 the through service to London from Lowestoft and Peterborough ceased operation.

On 18 June 2010, following the [[United Kingdom General Election, 2010|2010 General Election]], the [[Department for Transport]] announced that the replacement process for the two remaining National Express franchises would be "put on hold". This could result in the National Express franchise continuing to operate after 31 March 2011, the date the '''DfT''' initially stated that National Express would lose the franchise on.<ref name=railnews.co.uk>{{cite news |url=http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/general/2010/06/18-franchise-replacements-put-on-hold.html |title=Franchise replacements put on hold by Department for Transport |date=18 June 2010 |work =RailNews |location =Stevenage}}</ref>

On 24 March 2011 it was announced that National Express was unsuccessful in acquiring the rights to continue the franchise, resulting in the company losing the right to continue running its services. The current franchise ended on 5 February 2012.<ref name="dft-expiry"/> The new franchise will run for 17 months, with an optional one-year extension. The short period is to allow for the publishing of proposed changes to rail franchises and their implementation. The bidders were [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]] ([[Abellio Greater Anglia|Greater Anglia Limited]]), [[Go-Ahead Group|Go-Ahead]] and [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/franchises/greater-anglia/franchisebidders.pdf |title =Shortlisted bidders for Greater Anglia and Intercity West Coast rail franchises |publisher =Department for Transport |accessdate =14 May 2011}}</ref>

On 20 October 2011 it was announced that [[Greater Anglia|Abellio Greater Anglia]] had won the franchise.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.abellio.com/pers/?key=1000000112&template=uk-pressreleases1&persitem=&pid=52 |publisher=Abellio |title=Abellio has been awarded the Greater Anglia franchise |date=20 October 2011}}</ref>

==Brand identity==

[[File:Mk3 Coaches Liverpool Street.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Mk 3 Coaches at Liverpool street]]
==='One' brand===
[[Image:47818 at Cambridge.JPG|thumb|left|175px|Diesel locomotive 47818 at Cambridge on 23 August 2004. Owned by [[Cotswold Rail]] but hired to 'One', this locomotive was used extensively over the summer of 2004 to haul passenger trains between London [[Liverpool St]] and [[Norwich]] which had been diverted from their usual all-electrified route because of engineering work at [[Ipswich]].]]

The area names from the former franchises were initially retained by the new franchise. However, all services other than [[Stansted Express]] were later branded simply 'One', reflecting the union of the three smaller franchises into one single franchise and standing for "Operated by National Express". This led to passenger confusion as they were unable to establish for example whether the announcer was saying the 07:20 'One' service would be delayed, or the 07:21 service.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} On 12 November 2007 it was announced that, as part of a group-wide re-branding exercise, National Express would change the name of the company to National Express East Anglia on 27 February 2008.<ref name=herald/> On 11 December 2007 the first [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotive to be re-liveried was rolled out of Crown Point depot in Norwich and was pictured in service the next day.<ref>The RailwayCentre.Com [http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Picture%20of%20the%20Day%20index/Old_POD_Dec2007.html Old Pictures of the Day - December 2007]</ref>


National Express East Anglia had poor industrial relations at the start of the franchise, with strikes by guards and drivers relating to ticket machines and rest day working respectively, but these issues were later resolved. Changes to the timetable were implemented in December 2005 in accordance with DfT requirements,<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/news/mercury/hoddesdon_mercury/2005/12/16/misery%20on%20the%20trains.lpf |work=Hoddesdon & Broxbourne Mercury |date=16 December 2005 |title=Misery on the trains}}</ref> which left some stations without any off-peak service, although a new route was introduced between {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} and [[Stratford station|Stratford]]. Other timetable changes resulted in reduced access to the [[Berney Marshes]] by means of [[Berney Arms railway station]] but an extra 3,000 seats on the West Anglia Route.

The former InterCity trains inherited by National Express East Anglia on the [[Great Eastern Main Line]] used [[locomotive]]-hauled [[British Rail Mark 2|Mark 2]] sets of coaches. The Mark 2 sets were replaced with ex-[[Virgin Trains]] Mark 3 sets and all 116 Mark-3 coaches were refurbished. Replacing the [[British Rail Class 86|Class 86]] locomotives and Mark 2 sets with [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90s]] and Mark 3 sets from the [[West Coast Main Line|WCML]] was criticised as a result of their poorer condition resulting from a lack of maintenance and cleaning before they were withdrawn from service with Virgin.

National Express East Anglia also received criticism for its references to "newer" trains, since the Mk3s are in fact only a few years newer than the Mk2s, in some cases being introduced just one year later.<ref>[http://www.onerailway.com/templates/NewsArticle.aspx?id=1609 Stakeholders view new Mark 3 carriages], 6 March 2006</ref>{{Dead link|date=November 2011}}{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} These changes did result in improvements though: the Class 90s were probably the main factor in the 17% improvement in the 'miles per five-minute delay' figure in the year up to October 2006, but this still left the operator behind all the other ex-InterCity services, in terms of performance, as reported in the January 2007 edition of ''Modern Railways''.

[[Image:DSCF0934.JPG|thumb|left|150px|A Class 90 powered DVT-headed main line service heads towards Norwich Thorpe on 12 April 2007]]

==='National Express East Anglia' brand===

It was announced on 12 November 2007 that, as part of a company-wide re-branding exercise, National Express was to change the name of ''One'' to ''National Express East Anglia'' with effect from February 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/BackIssues/Issue109HIGH.pdf|title='one' Railway to vanish as National Express begins major re-branding exercise|date=17 November 2007|accessdate=17 November 2007|publisher=[[Railway Herald]]|page=Page 9 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071127221005/http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/BackIssues/Issue109HIGH.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 27 November 2007}}</ref>

== Services ==
[[File:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Class 379 No. 379001 at Norwich on a test run]]

In addition to its domestic services, the company was also a partner with [[Stena Line]] and [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]] in the [[Dutchflyer]] service. All the London services use [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] as their terminus. This station is visited by 123&nbsp;million people a year.<ref name=liv>{{cite web |publisher =Network Rail |url= http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/897.aspx |title=Liverpool Street}}</ref>

=== Former Anglia franchise ===

[[File:321311 NatEx East Anglia LST.JPG|thumb|right|175px|Great Eastern Class 321/3 No. 321311 at London Liverpool Street.]]

* Intercity [[Great Eastern Main Line]] services to [[Chelmsford]], [[Colchester]], [[Ipswich]] and [[Norwich]] as well as local services in [[Suffolk]] and [[Norfolk]]
* [[Bittern Line]] ([[Norwich]]–[[Cromer]]–[[Sheringham]])
* [[Breckland Line]] ([[Norwich]]-[[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]] (continuing to [[Cambridge]])
* [[East Suffolk Line]] ([[Ipswich]]–[[Lowestoft]] continuing to [[London Liverpool Street]])
* [[Ely to Peterborough Line]] ([[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]-[[Peterborough]])
* [[Felixstowe Branch Line]] ([[Ipswich]]–[[Felixstowe]])
* [[Ipswich to Ely Line]] ([[Ipswich]]–[[Bury St. Edmunds]], continuing to [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]/[[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]]–[[Cambridge]])
* [[Wherry Lines]] ([[Norwich]]–[[Great Yarmouth]] / [[Lowestoft]])

=== Former Great Eastern franchise ===

[[File:317505 2 LDN LVS.JPG|thumb|right|175px|Newly reliveried West Anglia Class 317/5 No. 317505 at London Liverpool Street]]

* [[Great Eastern Main Line]] to [[Chelmsford]], [[Colchester]], [[Clacton|Clacton-on-Sea]] and [[Ipswich]].
* 'Shenfield Metro' service [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]]-[[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] (service to be taken over by [[Crossrail]] in 2016<ref>Control will transfer to the Crossrail franchise in 2016, but the Crossrail service via central London will not start until construction is compete in 2018. {{cite web |url= http://londonreconnections.blogspot.com/2008/10/tfl-board-meeting-summary-dlr.html |title= TfL Board Meeting Summary: DLR, Overground and Other Ways of Travelling |publisher=London Reconnections |date=2 October 2008}}</ref>)
* [[Upminster Branch Line]] ([[Romford railway station|Romford]]–[[Upminster station|Upminster]])
* [[Shenfield to Southend Line]] ([[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]]–[[Southend-on-Sea|Southend]] [[Southend Victoria railway station|Victoria]])
* [[Crouch Valley Line]] ([[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]]–[[Wickford]]–[[Southminster]])
* [[Braintree Branch Line]] ([[Witham]]–[[Braintree, Essex|Braintree]])
* [[Gainsborough Line]] ([[Marks Tey]]–[[Sudbury, Suffolk|Sudbury]])
* [[Sunshine Coast Line]] ([[Colchester]]–[[Colchester Town railway station|Colchester Town]]–[[Clacton|Clacton-on-Sea]] and [[Walton-on-the-Naze]])
* [[Mayflower Line]] ([[Manningtree]]–[[Harwich]])

=== Former West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) franchise ===

[[File:317719 NatEx East Anglia LST.JPG|thumb|right|175px|Newly reliveried Stansted Express Class 317/7 No. 317719 at London Liverpool Street]]

* [[Lea Valley Lines]] (London to [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]] / [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham]] / [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]] / [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield]] / [[Cheshunt]]). Also services on the [[Hertford East Branch Line]]
* Local services from [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] to [[Stansted Airport]]
* Stratford to Stansted Airport
* [[West Anglia Main Line]] London – [[Harlow]] – [[Cambridge]] (and limited service to [[King's Lynn]])

=== Stansted Express sub-brand===

[[Image:Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|left|175px|National Express branding for the Stansted Express]]

* Express Rail Air Link Service between Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport

== Rolling stock ==
The company operated a fleet of [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]], [[British Rail Class 156|156]] and [[British Rail Class 170|170]] [[Diesel multiple unit|DMUs]] for the local lines, with [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]], [[British Rail Class 317|317]], [[British Rail Class 321|321]], [[British Rail Class 360|360]], [[British Rail Class 379|379]] [[Electrical multiple unit|EMUs]] for the mainline commuter services, and [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotives with [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coaching stock for the intercity services.
===Fleet at start of franchise===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Built
! rowspan="2" |Withdrawn
! rowspan="2" |Inherited from
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]]
|[[Image:47818_at_Cambridge.JPG|100px]]
|[[diesel locomotive]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|Hired from<br>[[Cotswold Rail]]
|1962–1968
|2009<ref group=lower-alpha name=Cotswold>Hired from [[Direct Rail Services]] after liquidation of [[Cotswold Rail]].</ref>
|N/A
|-
|[[British Rail Class 86|Class 86]]
|[[Image:86227 'Golden Jubilee' at Ipswich.JPG|100px]]
|[[electric locomotive]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|1965-1966
|2005
|[[Anglia Railways]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 150|Class 150/2 ''Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:150245 at Cambridge.JPG|100px]]
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|10
|1984-1987
|2004<ref group=lower-alpha name=Central>Transferred to [[Central Trains]].</ref>
|[[Anglia Railways]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 153|Class 153 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:153335 'Michael Palin' at Cambridge.JPG|100px]]
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|7
|1987–1988
|2 in 2004<ref group=lower-alpha name=Central />
|[[Anglia Railways]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostar'']]
|[[File:Greater_Anglia_Class_170.JPG|100px]]
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|1999–2002
|N/A
|[[Anglia Railways]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 312|Class 312]]
|[[Image:312718_and_312721_at_Kirby_Cross.JPG|100px]]
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|90|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|24
|1975-1978
|2004
|[[First Great Eastern]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
|[[Image:315833_D_Liverpool_Street.JPG|100px]]
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|61
|1980–1981
|N/A
|[[First Great Eastern]] & [[West Anglia Great Northern|WAGN]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/1]]
|[[Image:317316_at_Cambridge.JPG|100px]]
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|27
|1981–1982
|2006<ref group=lower-alpha name=WAGN>Converted to 317/5 & 317/8.</ref>
|[[West Anglia Great Northern|WAGN]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/6]]
|[[Image:Class_317.jpg|100px]]
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|24
|1985–1987
|N/A
|[[West Anglia Great Northern|WAGN]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/7]]
|[[Image:317719_NatEx_East_Anglia_LST.JPG|100px]]
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|9
|1981–1982
|2012<ref group=lower-alpha name=317/7>Withdrawn at end of franchise.</ref>
|[[West Anglia Great Northern|WAGN]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321359_C_Norwich.JPG|100px]]
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|77
|1988–1990
|N/A
|[[First Great Eastern]]
|-
|[[British Rail Class 360|Class 360/1 ''Desiro'']]
|[[Image:360109_at_Marks_Tay.jpg|100px|]]
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|21
|2002–2003
|N/A
|[[First Great Eastern]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Railways Mark 2|Mark 2 Coach]]
|[[Image:Mk 2F TSO 6035 at Carlisle.JPG|100px]]
|[[British Railways Mark 2|Passenger Coach]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|115
|1964–1975
|2005
|[[Anglia Railways]]
|-
|[[Image:Rail-DBSO-9710-amoswolfe.jpg|100px]]
|[[Driving Brake Standard Open]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|13
|1979-1986
|2006
|[[Anglia Railways]]
|}
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

===Fleet at end of franchise===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Cars per set
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Routes operated
! rowspan="2" |Built
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]]
|[[Image:Stobart Pullman hauled by DRS 47712 photo 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[diesel locomotive]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|Hired from<br>[[Direct Rail Services]]
|[[Assisting engine|Train Rescue]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1962–1968
|-
|[[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]]
|[[Image:90008 at Norwich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[electric locomotive]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]
|1987–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 153|Class 153 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:153335 'Michael Palin' at Cambridge.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|1
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|5
|[[Felixstowe Branch Line|Ipswich - Felixstowe]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1988
|-
|[[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:156419 at Sudbury 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|9
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Saxmundham]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1989
|-
|[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostar'']]
|[[File:170206 at Marks Tey.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2 or 3
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Breckland Line|Norwich - Cambridge]]
|1999–2002
|-
|[[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
|[[Image:Unit 315838 at Ilford.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|61
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Shenfield]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]]<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Enfield Town,<br>London - Cheshunt]]
|1980–1981
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/5]]
|[[Image:NXEA 317506 Liverpool Street AB1.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]],
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/6]]
|[[Image:Class_317.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|24
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1985–1987
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/7]]
|[[Image:317719_NatEx_East_Anglia_LST.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|9<br>(Withdrawn when<br>franchise ended)
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]],<br>[[Dutchflyer|London - Harwich International]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/8]]
|[[Image:317505_2_LDN_LVS.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321311 NatEx East Anglia LST.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|94
|[[Braintree Branch Line|London - Braintree]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich]],<br>[[Shenfield to Southend Line|London - Southend Victoria]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton,<br>Colchester - Walton-on-Naze]],<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]],<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|Wickford - Southminster]]
|1988–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 360|Class 360/1 ''Desiro'']]
|[[Image:Class 360 118 desiro in nxea at liverpoolstreet.jpg|100px|]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|21
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Colchester Town]]
|2002–2003
|-
|[[British Rail Class 379|Class 379 ''Electrostar'']]
|[[Image:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|30
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]]<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]]
|2010–2011
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Coach]]
|[[File:National express East Anglia Mark 3A RFM 10247.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[British Rail Mark 3|Passenger Coach]]
|{{convert|125|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|120
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===Diagrams===
Class 360: [[Image:Class 360 National Express East Anglia Diagram.PNG|center|800px]]
Class 321: [[Image:Class 321 National Express East Anglia Diagram.PNG|center|800px]]

==Performance==
Infrastructure problems have affected performance. According to Network Rail, the main problems have been track-circuit failures, broken rails, track faults, points failures and overhead line equipment (OLE) failures.<ref name=bus_plan>Network Rail - [http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/BusinessPlan2007/PDF/Route%207%20Great%20Eastern.pdf Route Plans 2007: Route 7 Great Eastern] pp. 4-5</ref> Network Rail, which is responsible for the infrastructure, intended to improve performance by work carried out during a planned closure of London Liverpool Street station over Christmas and New Year 2007/8. This allowed much of the [[outer London]] overhead line equipment to be replaced by modern, self-tensioning lines.<ref name=bus_plan/> The work was carried out, but over-ran at short notice by some 24 hours, causing ridicule in the national press.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article3123839.ece |title= Hamfisted handling of delays adds to the pain |work =The Times |location =London |date =3 January 2008 |author=Jameson, Angela}}</ref>

Detailed figures (from the January edition of ''Modern Railways'') of the miles covered per 5-minute delay for the year ending October 2009 showed that the most reliable trains in the fleet were again the Class 360 Desiros (mainly Clacton-on-Sea to London Liverpool Street), which achieved over 38,000 miles per five-minute delay. The 'workhorse' Class 321s by comparison returned some 21,500 miles per five-minute delay, while the 'Inter-City' Class 90 locomotive-hauled Norwich - Liverpool Street trains came in at some 14,000 miles per five-minute delay - this last figure being a 35% improvement on last year's 10,400. The Class 90 locomotives won the Silver Spanner award for InterCity rolling stock at the Annual National Rail Awards 2009.

For the twelve months to 8 December 2007, the average punctuality for all services was 89.6%.<ref>National Express East Anglia - [http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/our_services/performance_bar Performance bar]</ref> Where delays occur, the company has paid compensation to those who request it as part of its ''Passengers' Charter''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://delay-repay.com |title=Delay Repay |publisher=Julian Self |date=5 April 2010 |accessdate=31 May 2011}}</ref>

The latest performance figures for the fourth quarter of the 2010-11 year released by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) were 90.2% for the public performance measure (PPM)<ref>{{cite web | title = National Rail Trends Chapter 2 | url = http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/nrt-yearbook-2010-11.pdf | publisher = ORR}}</ref> for the quarter and 90.2% for the moving annual average (MAA)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/nrt-yearbook-2010-11.pdf |title=Rail Performance up to 2010-11 Q4 |publisher=Office of Rail Regulation}}</ref> for the twelve months up to the end of the fourth quarter. The PPM is up slightly compared to the previous quarter. Passenger satisfaction with the company in 2010 was the second lowest in the UK, at 79%.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.passengerfocus.org.uk/news-and-publications/document-search/document.asp?dsid=4923 |title=National Passenger Survey Autumn 2010 Main Report |publisher =Passenger Focus}}</ref>

===Compensation===
National Express East Anglia operated a Delay Repay scheme under the terms of its Passengers' Charter which is more generous than the minimum provided for by the [[National Rail Conditions of Carriage]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/tickets_fares/general_ticket_information/delay_repay_compensation |title=Delay Repay Compensation |publisher=National Express East Anglia |accessdate=31 May 2011}}</ref> However it does mean passengers have to remember to claim compensation whereas the majority of the other train operating companies automatically provide compensation on season ticket renewals.

==Gallery==

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Image:Class 315s at London Liverpool Street.jpg|A ''One'' Class 315 unit trains at London [[Liverpool Street station]]
File:Rail-dvt-amoswolfe.jpg|Catering staff dressed for a charity event, alongside a 'One'-branded train at [[Norwich]] station
Image:317655 at Cambridge.JPG|A former ''One'' fleet Class 317 electric multiple unit in [[Cambridge]] station
File:321346 at Marks Tay.jpg|A former [[First Great Eastern]] Class 321 unit at [[Marks Tey]]
File:Mk3 Coaches Liverpool Street.jpg|Some 'One' Mark 3 Coaches at Liverpool street
File:WLE-PBO2wayreturnrailcard.png|A [[Peterborough]] to [[Whittlesey|Whittlesea]] family return ticket
File:WillowmarshLC.JPG|Willow Marsh Level Crossing
File:Tottenham Hale stn mainline signage.JPG|Station sign installed by predecessor [[West Anglia Great Northern|WAGN]], successively amended with 'One' Railway and National Express detailing.
File:Southbury station building.JPG|[[Southbury Railway Station]]'s main site
File:90006 at nameplate.jpg|The [[name plate]] on unit 90006
File:NXEATrainLowestoft.jpg|A Class 170 National Express East Anglia DMU at Lowestoft, in old [[Anglia Railways]] livery
File:90012 at Liverpool Street 2.jpg|Engine 90012 at Liverpool Street in National Express East Anglia colours
Image:317663 A Liverpool Street.JPG|Refurbished Class 317/6 EMU in the former [[West Anglia Great Northern]] (W.A.G.N.) Railway livery at [[Liverpool Street railway station|London Liverpool Street]]
File:86227 'Golden Jubilee' at Ipswich.JPG|Loco 86227, named 'Golden Jubilee', at [[Ipswich]] station in former [[Anglia Railways]] livery
</gallery>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/ National Express East Anglia Official website]

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{{Infobox shopping mall
| shopping_mall_name = Marlands Shopping Centre
| image = MallMarlands26July2005.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| location = [[Southampton]], [[United Kingdom]]
| opening_date = 5 September, 1991
| owner = The Other Retail Group <ref name="The Other Retail Group">[http://intomarlands.co.uk/about_us About Us ], The Marlands.</ref>
| number_of_stores = 56 <ref name="Daily Echo">[http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/district/southampton/8966749.Marlands_cuts_Mall_in_rebrand/ Marlands cuts Mall in rebrand], Southern Daily Echo.</ref>
| parking = 810 <ref name="Parking Spaces">[http://intomarlands.co.uk/services/parking Services], The Marlands.</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://intomarlands.co.uk/home}}
}}

'''The Marlands Shopping Centre''' was opened on 5 September 1991. At the time, the Marlands Shopping Mall was the largest shopping centre in [[Southampton]] and the first significant shopping centre in the city (East Street Shopping Centre being well out of the way of the main shopping district hence never being very successful and the [[Bargate Centre]] being much smaller), however it is now dwarfed by [[WestQuay]], which opened in 2000.

The Marlands Shopping Centre was constructed to an extremely [[PostModern]] design, which was described at the time of opening by one critic as looking like "something made of Lego". The Centre was built on the site of Southampton's bus station (the city is now without such a facility), a popular rose garden and some terraced housing. Some of the facades of the houses were retained and form an interesting part of the centre's atrium.

The centre is laid out across two levels, with escalators connecting them at the North West entrance and escalators and glass lifts connecting them in the atrium, at the South of the centre. Unlike most of its contemporaries, the Marlands Shopping Centre does not contain a car park of any kind - the designated car park for the centre is accessed by going through Southampton's unusual ASDA supermarket which is on a slope - you go in on the ground floor and come out on the tenth floor - and across a bridge.

The original anchor tenant [[Dunnes Stores]] is now [[Matalan]]. Other significant stores include Poundland CeX, [[The Disney Store]] and [[F. Hinds]]. The upper level of the centre has never been hugely successful - many of the units have been empty for some time. This lack of success is mainly due to the centre's location which is to the Northern part of the main shopping area although still in the centre of the city.

In 2005-2006 the main (Above Bar Street) entrance to the centre was significantly refurbished. The original 'Postmodern' sign tower was replaced with an ultramodern glass and steel canopy and a new Costa Coffee outlet. An information desk was also added.

On Thursday 19th August 2010 The Mall was sold as a £136m deal. Other Malls throughout the UK have been sold and will now be run as part of a group, together with others in Gloucester, Romford and Falkirk, by a specially created management company called The Other Retail Group.

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://www.marlandsshopping.co.uk The Marlands]
* [http://www.theotherretailgroup.co.uk/ The Other Retail Group]

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{{infobox shopping mall|shopping_mall_name = St George's Shopping Centre
|image = St-g-shopping.gif
|image_width = 180px
|location = [[Preston, Lancashire]], [[England]]
|coordinates =
|opening_date = 22 March 1966
|manager = Ken Williams
|owner = [[Aviva Investors Property Trust]]
|developer =
|architects =
|building_costs =
|number_of_stores = 106<ref name=visitorinfo>[http://www.stgeorgespreston.co.uk/visitor-info/visitor-info/ St George's Shopping: Visitor Info]</ref>
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|floors = 2
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'''St George's Shopping Centre''', formerly ''The Mall Preston'' and ''The Mall St George'', is a [[shopping centre]] in the city of [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] in [[Lancashire]], England.

== History ==
[[File:Pedestrian zone outside St George's Shopping Centre - geograph.org.uk - 55583.jpg |thumb|alt=The Friargate entrance in 2002|The Friargate entrance in 2002]]
The shopping centre opened on 22 March 1966 as ''St George's Shopping Centre''. It was originally an open-air centre and was roofed over during refurbishment in 1981. It was further refurbished in 1999.<ref>Holland, P. (1996) ''Nostalgic Preston'', True North Publishing, Halifax, ISBN 1-900463-50-4</ref>

When [[The Mall Company]] took over the centre, they were greeted with an aging shopping centre. The shopping centre was rebranded as ''The Mall'', and a massive development scheme was planned. Small stalls, main shops, cafes, restaurants, toilets, and escalators were overhauled. The introduction of [[Plasma display|television screens]] in the shopping centre has given information and news to the shoppers in the centre. The Mall Company also put 'Ask Me' points in the centre, so that shoppers could ask members of staff directions and other information.

In 2010, the shopping centre was acquired by [[Aviva Investors]] for £87m.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Preston-city-shopping-centre-sold.6133359.jp | title=Preston city shopping centre sold for £87m | first1=Ben | last1=Robinson | first2=David | last2=Coates | work=[[Lancashire Evening Post]] | publisher=[[Johnston Press]] | date=2010-03-09 | accessdate=2010-03-09}}</ref><ref>[http://www.shopping-centre.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/3387/Mall_sells_St_George_s_shopping_centre,_Preston.html Mall sells St George's shopping centre, Preston]</ref> In September 2010, The Mall was rebranded under its original name ''St George's Shopping Centre''.

== Centre information ==

The centre is arranged around a large circular glass-roofed rotunda in the centre, where there is a [[Costa Coffee]] cafe, which was originally known as "The Bullring" when it was open air.

Radiating from the rotunda are large halls and promenades, lined with shops and stalls. Glass roofs and walls are also evident in the centre. A two-floor hall leads to Friargate, with another hall leading to Fishergate on the upper floor, and a third route leading to Lune Street on the lower floor. The rotunda also has a third floor with offices and access to the centre's car park.

== Transport links ==

St George's is located between the city's two main shopping streets of Fishergate and Friargate, and runs its own multi-storey car park above the centre, which can be accessed from Lune Street. There is a [[Preston Park & Ride]] bus stop outside the centre's Lune Street entrance, and Fishergate is served by several bus routes. The centre is within half a mile of [[Preston railway station]] and [[Preston bus station]].

== Retailers ==

Key anchor stores in the centre include:

* [[Marks and Spencer]]
* [[H&M]]

In addition to these stores, there are also:

* [[Aleef Newsagents]]
* [[Blacks (retailer)|Blacks]]
* [[The Body Shop]]
* [[BrightHouse (retailer)|BrightHouse]]
* [[Burton (clothing)|Burton]]
* [[Claire's Accessories]]
* [[Costa Coffee]]
* DB3
* [[Dorothy Perkins]]
* [[Ernest Jones (retailer)|Ernest Jones]]
* [[Ethel Austin]]
* [[Foot Asylum]]
* [[Game (retailer)|Game]]
* [[Greggs|Greggs the Bakers]]
* [[Morgan (clothing)|Morgan]]
* [[New Look (store)|New Look]]
* The Original Art Shop
* [[Phones 4 u|Phones 4 U]]
* Sight And Sound
* [[Sony Centre]]
* [[Superdrug]]
* [[Thomson Holidays]]
* [[WHSmith]]
* [[TopShop]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.stgeorgespreston.co.uk St George's Shopping] official website

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{{Infobox shopping mall
| shopping_mall_name = The Exchange
| image =
| image_width = 80px
| motto =
| location = Main Road, [[Ilford]]
| opening_date =
| owner = Meyer Bergman
| manager =
| floors = 3
| number_of_stores = 90
| number_of_anchors = 4
| Major_Tenants = Debenhams, TK Maxx, New Look & River Island
| parking = 1200 spaces
| website = [http://theexchangeilford.co.uk/]
}}

'''The Exchange''' is the main [[Retailing|retail shopping mall]] in the [[town centre]] of [[Ilford]], officially within the [[London Borough of Redbridge]] (though the postal county is historically given as Essex). It was owned by [[The Mall Fund]] for a period of time but has now been sold and reverted to its original name of ''The Exchange Mall''<ref>[http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/the-mall-ilford-ilford Customer reviews]</ref>. It trades from three levels of retail, though its architectural design layout has resulted in the lower floor of retail being separated into two parts, meaning customers wishing to access both parts of the lower level have to travel between the sections via the middle level. There is also an upper level of retail and [[food court]] facilities accessed from the middle level. Transit between levels is via a series of lifts, stairs and escalators within the Mall; in addition, some stores trade from two or more levels of the mall.

The Exchange's anchor stores are [[Debenhams]] (formerly [[Allders]]), [[Marks & Spencer]], [[TK Maxx]] and [[Wilkinson (retailer)|Wilkinson's]] (the latter of which occupies a former [[Woolworths Group|Woolworths]] store). A new Primark store has opened adjacent to the Exchange.

Other major stores within The Mall Ilford include [[WH Smith]], [[New Look (clothing retailer)|New Look]], [[Sports Direct]], [[Clinton Cards]], [[Burger King]], [[HMV Group|HMV]], [[Ryman]], [[Poundland]], [[Peacocks (clothing)|Peacocks]], [[99p Stores]], [[The Body Shop]] and [[Game (retailer)|GAME]].

The design and layout of some of the stores is notable: the [[Marks & Spencer]] store is bisected by the Mall site: at ground level it is accessile from the High Road by its external doors either side of the Mall entrance, whilst on the middle level of the mall it is accessible from two entrances facing opposite each other (as in [[The Mall Bexleyheath]]). One of the two sides of M&S is also publicly accessible from the Upper level of the Mall. [[TK Maxx]] was initially two separate stores facing each other on opposite sides of the Mall, but this has more recently been changed, with the extension of TK Maxx across the mall area to create a single unified store, in effect splitting the lower mall into three segments, with a third section around the Cranbrook Road entrance (by Wilkinson) which is now separated from the other main part of the lower mall by TK Maxx.<ref name="floor">[http://www.themall.co.uk/my-mall/ilford/floor-plans.aspx The Mall Ilford floorplans]</ref>

Past architectural features of the mall were a, now defunct, granite floating sphere and a wishing fountain.

[[Image:Ilford Exchange Shopping Centre.JPG|thumb|200px|The main pedestrian frontage of the mall, with 'Exchange' branding, on Ilford High Road; this entrance provides access to the smaller part of the first level and access to escalators leading to upper levels]]

The centre is accessible by car, with access to parking via Havelock Street and Ley Street. The centre is also served by the numerous [[Transport for London]] bus services which serve central Ilford.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://theexchangeilford.co.uk/ http://theexchangeilford.co.uk/]

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{{Infobox shopping mall
| shopping_mall_name = The Ashley Centre
| image = AshleyC-logo.png
| image_width = 180px
| location = [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]]
| opening_date = 1984
}}
'''The Ashley Centre''' (previously '''The Mall Ashley''') is a shopping centre, in [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]].

The Ashley Centre was opened in 1984 by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] as The Ashley Centre, a development combined of shops, a [[multi-storey car park]], office space and a [[Epsom Playhouse|theatre space]]. In 2005, it was acquired by [[The Mall Company]] and rebranded throughout as The Mall Ashley. In 2009, the centre was sold again and purchased by Bride Hall Group. It was relaunched in April 2009 and has now reverted to the original name of The Ashley Centre.

==Development==
The centre was designed to have minimal impact on the streetscape of Epsom High Street, as it incorporated many of the traditional older buildings that existed along the High Street - for example the old Lester Bowden shop and [[Marks and Spencer]]'s marketplace entrances. The taller buildings of the Centre are located furthest from the marketplace so as to not be intrusive to the older buildings of the town. These are the service facilities and the car park.

Epsom town centre was also given a one-way system around this time, built to ease the flow of traffic around and through the town, and to fit in with the entrance/exit requirements of the new multi-storey car park.

In 2006, a major redesign of the centre was undertaken, to incorporate space for a large new [[Alliance Boots|Boots]] store in the centre. This took over the space previously occupied by Kings' Shade Walk, a shorter mall corridor linking the centre to Epsom marketplace.

In 2009 the toilet and baby change facilities at the centre were revamped to give better access for disabled/less-able customers.

== Transport ==
Bus links are provided from [[Reigate]], [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]], [[Guildford]], [[Leatherhead]], [[Tadworth]], [[Kingston upon Thames]], [[Ewell]], [[Worcester Park]], [[Cheam]], [[Sutton, London|Sutton]], [[Croydon]] and [[Colliers Wood]] into Epsom town centre, with The Ashley Centre being located opposite the main stops by the Clock Tower.

The Ashley Centre provides a multi-storey [[car park]] and offers Shopmobility for less-able visitors to the centre. The centre is a five minute walk from [[Epsom railway station]].

==Stores include==
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*[[Superdrug]]
*[[Waitrose]]
*[[Waterstones]]
*[[Next (clothing)]]
*[[Accessorize]]
*[[Early Learning Centre]]
*[[House of Fraser]] (previously [[Dickins & Jones]])
*[[WH Smith]]
*[[Claire's]]
*[[Starbucks]]
*[[Ann Summers]]
*[[New Look (clothing retailer)|New Look]]
*[[Alliance Boots|Boots]]
*[[McDonalds]]
*[[Marks & Spencer]]
*[[COOK Trading|COOK]]
*[[Bamboo Basket]]
}}

==External links==
[http://www.theashleycentre.co.uk/ The Ashley Centre's official website]

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'''The Broadwalk Centre''' is a [[shopping centre]] located in [[Edgware]], England which is owned by The Carlyle Group and Bride Hall Holdings. The Broadwalk Centre is a single storey shopping centre and holds over 40 shops including [[Sainsbury's]], [[Marks & Spencer|M&S]], [[Boots Group|Boots]], [[WHSmith]], [[Costa]], and [[Superdrug]], as well as disabled and public toilets and baby changing facilities.

The Broadwalk Centre used to belong to The Mall Cooperation but was bought along with the Epsom and Chester Malls, which no longer carry Mall branding. It was sold as it was seen to be a good site for future development.

== External links ==
* http://www.thebroadwalkcentre.co.uk

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[[File:Grosvenor Centre.jpg|thumb|150px|Interior of the Grosvenor Shopping Centre]]
'''The Grosvenor Shopping Centre''' (for a time known as ''The Mall Grosvenor'' or ''The Mall Chester'') is a large shopping precinct in [[Chester]], [[Cheshire]], [[UK]]. It hosts around 70 stores.<ref name="Visit Chester - The Mall Chester">
{{cite web
| title = Grosvenor Shopping Centre - Chester Attractions - Visit Chester
| publisher = Visit Chester and Cheshire
| url = http://www.visitchester.com/site/things-to-do/chester-attractions/the-mall-chester-p41241
| accessdate = 2008-05-06}}</ref> Whereas most of the central shopping area of Chester consists of historic streets, The Mall provides undercover shopping to complement the wide range of shops in other locations around the city. It consists of some Edwardian buildings with modern covered shopping malls. It was owned by [[The Mall Fund]], and carried their corporate branding. It was sold sometime in 2009 and the name Grosvenor Shopping Centre reinstated by the new owners.

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[File:Pallasades Shopping Centre -logo -Birmingham -UK.JPG|right|thumb|The logo on the side of the shopping centre.]]
'''The Pallasades''' is a shopping centre located in [[Birmingham]], [[England]] opned in 1971. The centre was built as part of the reconstruction of [[Birmingham New Street railway station]], and was formerly known as Birmingham Shopping Centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=89806&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10277 |title=Aerial View of New Street Station 1963 |publisher=Birmingham City Council |accessdate=2008-07-06 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080511152530/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=89806&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10277 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-05-11}}</ref> It occupies {{convert|290000|sqft|m2|0}} above the station and is currently owned by Birmingham City Council, who purchased it for £91 million on 30 March 2009<ref>Samantha McClary. [http://www.egi.co.uk/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=698077&NavigationID=464 Birmingham council buys Warner's Pallasades]. ''[[Estates Gazette]]''. 30 March 2009.</ref> from the Agora Max Shopping Centre Fund, a property fund of Warner Estate. It was sold to Agora Max by the previous owners, [[The Mall Company|The Mall]], in October 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warnerestate.co.uk/agora_max_fund.html |title=AGORA MAX SHOPPING CENTRE FUND |publisher=Warner Estate |accessdate=2008-05-29}}</ref>

The exterior of the shopping centre is likely to be refurbished extensively as part of proposals to renovate the railway station, however the complete demolition of the shopping centre no longer appears likely.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} The Pallasades has seen a loss of custom due to the reconstruction of the [[Bull Ring, Birmingham|Bullring Shopping Centre]] located nearby, though the reconnection of a link between the two shopping centres has helped to improve customer footfall.

Access to the shopping centre from [[New Street, Birmingham|New Street]] is in the form of a ramp divided into two by a painted line on the ground, so that pedestrian traffic entering and exiting the building does not collide. A narrow staircase, which gives access from Stephenson Street, meets the top of the ramp, another narrow stairwell formerly led from Stephenson Street and ended just outside the Armed Forces Recruitment Centre, and a disabled access ramp spirals down from the Pallasades to the corner of Stephen Street and Navigation Street, but is now out-of-use.

The BBC soap opera Doctors uses the shopping centre as filming locations occasionally for shopping mall and even airport scenes.

==Redevelopment==
[[File:New Street Redevelopment exterior.jpg|thumb|right|The [[avant-garde]] exterior of the approved redevelopment before the [[John Lewis (department store)|John Lewis]] announcement.]]
The shopping centre is set for a complete redesign as the rest of the railway station is also rebuilt. The entire redesign could cost £150 million for the shopping centre alone in the £500 million [[Gateway Plus]] project. All of the stores have shut from the middle section with some retailers moving to the edge of the centre as there will be a Skylight going down into the concourse of the Station.

[[John Lewis (department store)|John Lewis]] store is to anchor the centre, due for completion in 2014, it will include 4 floors and will be one of the largest stores outside of London, it will expand the Pallasades to the south of the station. <ref>{{cite news|title=Design of Birmingham John Lewis store planned for New Street revealed|url=http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2011/03/09/design-of-birmingham-john-lewis-store-planned-for-new-street-revealed-65233-28309210/|newspaper=Birmingham Post|date=Mar 9 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.thepallasades.co.uk}}
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| shopping_mall_name = Broadway Shopping Centre
| image = BSCB-logo.png
| image_width = 160px
| location = Broadway, [[Bexleyheath]]
| opening_date = 1984
| owner = [[Jones Lang LaSalle]] (2009-)
| manager = Peter Sedge
| floors = 1 (main retail level)<br />4 (including parking levels)
| number_of_stores = 59
| number_of_anchors = 2
| parking = 1000 spaces
| website = http://www.broadwayshoppingcentre.com
}}
'''Broadway Shopping Centre''',<ref>http://www.completelyretail.co.uk/scheme/Bexleyheath-Shopping-Centre-Bexleyheath/index.html</ref> (branded as '''The Mall Bexleyheath''' from circa 2004 until reverting to its original name in 2009), is the principal covered [[shopping centre]] in the town centre of [[Bexleyheath]] and is the largest single covered shopping facility in the [[London Borough of Bexley]].

The centre opened in its current form in [[1984]], underwent an extensive refurbishment in [[2007]], and had been due to form part of a wider regeneration of the surrounding area of Bexleyheath over the coming years, which would have seen additional retail amenity, [[Bexley Council|council]] offices, a [[library]] and residential development adjacent to the existing building.<ref>[http://www.bexley.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6803 Bexley Council]</ref> However, in 2010, following the sale of the centre, its new owners confirmed the major expansion plan would not be going ahead, though a small extension to the existing site remains a possibility.<ref name="plansdump">[http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/8410375.BEXLEYHEATH__Ambitious_civic_offices_redevelopment_shelved_for_a_supermarket/ News Shopper, 2010]</ref>

There are 59 [[Retailing|retail shop]] units considered to be within the Mall building (including several premises where public access is from the Broadway itself)<ref>[http://www.themall.co.uk/my-mall/bexleyheath/floor-plans.aspx The Mall Bexleyheath floor plan from The Mall website] (note some changes have been made since this map was produced)</ref> and additional smaller retailers in 'RMUs' (small, freestanding [[kiosk]]-like units).<ref>[http://www.themall.co.uk/business/commercial-opportunities/retail-units.aspx The Mall: RMUs]</ref>

In the early years of the centre's existence, the site was known as the Broadway Shopping Centre; its owners included [[Aviva|Norwich Union]]. In the early 21st century the building was acquired by [[the Mall Fund]], becoming one of their network of centres under the generic "The Mall" branding. The Mall Fund subsequently purchased the neighbouring Broadway Square, and ran it alongside The Mall. In 2009, The Mall Fund's parent company Capital & Regional agreed a deal to sell the centre to [[Jones Lang LaSalle]].<ref>[http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?storycode=3153717 Property Week on JLL sale]</ref> As a result of its departure from the network, use of the Mall corporate material declined, though some elements (such as signage and branding) remained under The Mall identity, being replaced over a period of time. Other centres which have been sold off by The Mall Fund (such as [[The Ashley Centre]]) have reverted to their former names following their sale. Some marketing materials for the centre, as of Spring 2010, began to appear bearing the names 'Broadway' or 'Broadway Shopping Centre'. In September 2010, new signage bearing the name "Broadway Shopping Centre Bexleyheath", with the centre's new red-and-white logo, began replacing the Mall-branded elements.

Following the sale of the centre, it was removed from The Mall's corporate website,;<ref>[http://www.themall.co.uk/bexleyheath/default.aspx The Mall Bexleyheath website removal notice]</ref> initially, it did not have a dedicated website of its own as a replacement; however, JLL subsequently established one at broadwayshoppingcentre.com - with signs promoting this URL appearing in the centre from September 2010.

== Information and location ==
The Mall is located in a rectangular building in the centre of [[Bexleyheath]]. The boundaries of the centre are the Broadway to the north, Townley Road to the west, Albion Road to the south and Norwich Place to the east.<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=the%20mall%20bexleyheath&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl Google maps]</ref> Norwich Place and the Broadway are now pedestrianised; the Broadway having been [[Pedestrian zone|pedestrianised]] in [[1993]], and Norwich Place - partly closed off in the 1993 changes - was fully paved as part of the Broadway Square changes of 2001. Access to the malls is via pedestrian entrances at three sides of the mall (Broadway, Townley Road and Norwich Place), and vehicle access to the centre (for parking and deliveries) is via ramping at Albion Road.

The centre is a four-storey building; public access to the retail stores is on the ground level; the first floor contains primarily 'service' (delivery bays), office space including the centre management suite, and the customer [[Washroom|toilets]]; and the upper floors are [[car park]]ing. There are two levels of parking - Upper and Lower - and each is divided into three sectors (East, West and Central). [[Marks & Spencer]], [[W H Smith]] and [[British Home Stores|BHS]] have since opening offered some of their retail activity on the first floor, accessed via lifts/stairs/escalators within the relevant store; the 2010 [[H&M]] and [[New Look (clothing retailer)|New Look]] stores, and the 2011 [[River Island]] store, introduced retail space on the first floor as part of the remodelling process to develop their retail space. Additionally, some stores have suspended ceilings to create a 'false' upper level in their stores, including [[HMV Group|HMV]] and the former [[Next (clothing)|Next]] store.

The building encompasses three covered malls of shops which converge on a central square, and also includes a row of shops facing onto the Broadway itself (the shops between [[Marks & Spencer]] and [[Thomson Holidays|Thomson]] (inclusive) are considered part of the Mall, though their postal addresses are given as being on the Broadway). The sloping nature of the land in the centre of Bexleyheath means that the Broadway entrance leads to a mall which is [[Inclined plane|inclined]] until it meets the central square, and the Townley Road entrance is the only entrance of the three to be connected to the street level by steps/ramping.

== History and design ==
The Mall opened in its current form in 1984. The interior [[Color scheme|colour scheme]] of the mall, until the 2007 revamp, was in hues of [[brown]], [[Gold (color)|gold]] and [[Cream (colour)|cream]], with [[marble]]d pillars, brown tiling in selected areas, cream and brown marble effect floor tiles and [[copper]]-coloured ceiling tiles and strips. The 2007 revamp altered this, most significantly in replacing the entire ceiling with a new [[white]] and [[grey]] one.

The exterior of the building is principally [[brick]], with dark brown [[roof tiles]]; a [[Ceramic glaze|glazed]] white frontage was added to the main Broadway entrance area and the Townley Road entrance area as part of the 2007 alterations.

In addition to the main retail units, small kiosks have featured within the centre to offer additional retail space within the malls; currently there are a number of kiosks in the 'RMU' format also used in a number of [[the Mall Fund]]'s other centres. The inaugural winner of the Mall Fund's 'Make Your Mark' competition for new retailers was 'Daisy's Dog Deli', a pet food RMU based at The Mall, Bexleyheath.<ref>[http://www.makeyourmark.org.uk/inspiring_stories/success_for_first_winner_of_make_your_mark_in_the_mall Make Your Mark on Daisy's Dog Deli]</ref> This firm has since relocated to trade from a kiosk at the [[Bluewater]] regional shopping mall.

== Developments and redevelopments ==
=== Broadway Square ===
In [[2001]], a new shopping development adjacent to the Mall was opened, having been under development for some time. Broadway Square uses a '[[strip mall]]' format to offer a pub and six large retail units, with an associated two-level (basement and ground) car park. Broadway Square was recently acquired by [[The Mall Fund]] and is now run in conjunction with the neighbouring Mall, though is still not officially considered part of it. Retailers currently trading from Broadway Square (as at March 2012) are [[TK Maxx]], [[JD Sports]], [[Poundland]], [[Wilkinson (retailer)|Wilkinson]] and [[Sainsbury's]], along with The Furze Wren (a [[J D Wetherspoon]] pub). It was not initially clear whether the sale of the Mall to JLL also included Broadway Square, but new centre maps installed by JLL in September 2010 included the Square stores as well as the main centre, suggesting the whole site had indeed been sold.

=== 2007 revamp ===
In late 2006 work began on a major refurbishment of the Mall. The [[Washroom|lavatory facilities]] were [[Maintenance, repair and operations|revamped]], and as part of this the men's toilet was [[Moving (address)|relocated]], with the previous men's room becoming a baby changing and feeding area. The mall level was also revamped, with the copper [[ceiling]] strips and tiles, which had been in place since the centre's opening, removed, and replaced by a new white and grey ceiling. Several new [[Skylight (window)|skylight]]s were also cut into the roof of the centre to allow more [[Sunlight|natural light]] in - due to the design of the building, with the mall level at the bottom of a four-storey development, access to natural light had been limited prior to the changes. There were also new glazed entrances developed at two of the three pedestrian entrances. The revamp also allowed space for Mall TV displays (monitors broadcasting a loop of information and promotional material) and advertising hoardings. Some of The Mall branded elements introduced in the revamp remained in the centre briefly following the sale to JLL but have now largely been replaced.

=== Previous developments of major stores ===
Due to the location and design of the building, it has not been possible to extend or materially alter the Mall. However, there have been a small number of changes to the [[Configuration (geometry)|configuration]] of units in the centre, which have made a limted number of new units available.

Two of these changes involved the division of the centre's original [[Woolworths Group|Woolworths]] store. When the centre opened in [[1984]], a large Woolworths was located at the eastern side of the centre close to [[Marks & Spencer]]. In 1990 this was cut in half, creating three new units - one which is currently occupied by [[HMV Group|HMV]], one for [[Superdrug]] and one for [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]]. The remainder continued as a smaller Woolworths. In 2000, Woolworths moved to the former [[Safeway (UK)|Safeway]] unit on the western side of the centre (near to [[W H Smith]]), with the smaller Woolworths divided again; this allowed Superdrug and Argos to extend to their current sizes, and also allowed the development of three new shop units, taken up by [[Game (retailer)|GAME]], [[Phones4U]] and Sussex Stationers. Former office space above Woolworths was let to [[Reed (company)|Reed]], with public access to this space created by converting a former Woolworths fire exit. Woolworths remained in the former Safeway store until their collapse at the end of 2008.

Following the closure of Woolworths, its later premises were extensively remodelled and divided into two new retail units. Posters were subsequently applied to the hoardings which confirmed New Look would be taking up a portion of the redeveloped space, relocating from their current store in the centre; subsequently, a strap appeared on another section of the hoarding confirming an [[H&M]] store would be occupying that section of the space from September: this will be H&M's first presence in Bexleyheath.<ref>[source: corporate promotional messages placed on hoardings around the development site]</ref> The New Look store opened in late August 2010, followed by the H&M in early September.

The only other major store to have changed its configuration since the mall opened was [[Boots Group|Boots]], which expanded to its current size in [[2001]] by taking over a vacant single store (formerly occupied by [[Stylo|Instep Sports]]) neighbouring their original unit.

=== Forthcoming and proposed developments ===
[[The Mall Fund|The Mall Company]] backed a scheme as part of a proposed redevelopment of Bexleyheath town centre. The scheme would have seen Bexley [[Magistrates' Court (England and Wales)|Magistrates' Court]], which currently neighbours the Mall on its south-eastern side, moved to the current [[Library|Central Library]] site, and the Broadway Square car park replaced by a new parking facility on part of the current Civic Offices site. The existing Magistrates' Court, Broadway Square car park and the remainder of the Civic Offices site would then have been redeveloped with two levels of retail stores (linked into the existing Mall at ground level), with new council offices, a new library and a series of residential blocks located above this. This development was approved by Bexley Council in 2009 and was expected to be developed between 2010 and 2012.<ref>[http://www.bexley.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3827&p=0 The Mall's redevelopment plans on Bexley Council's website (pdf)]</ref><ref>[http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/southeast/bexley/4190442.BEXLEY__Plans_unveiled_for_multi_million_pound_redevelopment_of_Broadway_civic_offices/ Report on proposed revamp from This Is Local London]</ref>

The plans were submitted to the council by Capital & Regional (as The Mall Fund) prior to the sale of The Mall to JLL; it was not immediately clear what effect the sale would have on the redevelopment plans, or if JLL would take over the project in its existing form. In 2010 it was confirmed that the large-scale redevelopment proposed by C&R would not be going ahead: the library and magistrates' court would remain in their existing locations, with the council selling the civic offices site to a large food store (as had been proposed by construction firm John Laing in the rival bid for the original development plan). JLL may redevelop and extend their mall site in a smaller way,<ref name="plansdump" /> most likely by extending the building onto the Broadway Square car park which neighbours the existing building.

== List of retailers ==
The following is a list of retailers trading in the Centre as of 21 March 2012, not including RMUs.

* [[Hutchison 3G|3 Store]]<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=3+Store+Bexleyheath&fb=1&split=1&gl=uk&view=text&latlng=2658639138541440481 Google maps]</ref>
* A New Chapter (formerly Buy The Book)
* [[Ann Summers]]<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Ann+Summers+Bexleyheath&fb=1&split=1&gl=uk&view=text&latlng=6423893116071914293&ei=3Rd4SpGBBJHQjAem9OGnBg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=1 Google maps]</ref>
* [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]]<ref>[http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/uk/england/london/greater-london/bexley/bexleyheath/argos-store/ GreenwichMeanTime.com - Argos]</ref>
* [[British Home Stores|BHS]]<ref>[http://www.thomsonlocal.com/Bhs-Ltd/0021445112402493000/map/companyinfo.html Thomson Local]</ref>
* Bijou Brigitte (opened December 2010)
* [[Boots Group|Boots]]<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Boots+Bexleyheath&fb=1&split=1&gl=uk&view=text&latlng=202424431414127964&dtab=2&ei=_hd4Sv6jG9nKjAfYmuWnBg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=1 Google Maps]</ref>
* [[Boots Group|Boots Opticians]] (formerly [[Dollond & Aitchison|D&A]]) - prior to Boots-D&A merger, Boots Opticians operated from a store on Broadway (now [[CeX]]) opposite the main Mall entrance
* [[Burger King]]
* [[Burton (clothing)|Burton]]<ref>[http://www.thelocalweb.net/index/MCS/tlw_477443.htm The Local Web - Burton]</ref>
* [[Card Factory]] - opened spring 2011 (former [[Krisp Clothing]] store) - the card firm's second Bexleyheath branch
* [[Carphone Warehouse]]<ref>[http://www.theopeninghours.co.uk/Bexleyheath/The-Carphone-Warehouse-Unit-63a-Broadway-Shopping-Centre,370439.html The Opening Hours - Carphone Warehouse]</ref>
* [[Claire's]]<ref>[http://www.yell.com/listings/DoFindListings/2969211/Claire's/Fashion-Accessories Yell - Claire's]</ref>
* [[C&J Clark|Clarks]]<ref>[http://www.ikent.co.uk/profile/406667/Bexleyheath/The-Clarks-Shop/ iKent - Clarks]</ref>
* [[Clinton Cards]]<ref>[http://www.brownbook.net/business/462196/clinton-cards-plc Brownbook - Clinton Cards]</ref>
* [[Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH|Deichmann]] (opened early December 2011)
* [[Dorothy Perkins]]<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Dorothy+Perkins+Bexleyheath&fb=1&split=1&gl=uk&view=textlatlng=11320959274956686669 Google Maps]</ref>
* [[Signet Jewelers|Ernest Jones]]<ref>[http://www.ernestjones.co.uk/webstore/store.do?storeNumber=3217 Ernest Jones website]</ref>
* [[Evans (clothing)|Evans]] - formerly a standalone store, now as concession within [[British Home Stores|BHS]]<ref name="wallisevans">[http://www.themall.co.uk/my-mall/bexleyheath/whats-on/16-Jul-2009-6719.aspx Wallis & Evans details]</ref>
* Eye Candy (opened late 2011)
* Gallery Gifts<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Gallery+Gifts+Bexleyheath&fb=1&split=1&gl=uk&view=text&latlng=16300880497385486961 Google Maps]</ref>
* [[Game (retailer)|GAME]]<ref>[http://www.yell.com/b/Game+Stores+Ltd-Computer+Games-Bexleyheath-DA67JJ-2917517/index.html Yell - Game]</ref>
* Gosh (opened November 2011)
* Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice shop (reopened November 2011)
* [[Greggs]]
* [[H&M]] (from September 2010)
* [[H. Samuel]]<ref>[http://www.hsamuel.co.uk/webstore/store.do?storeNumber=4120 H Samuel]</ref>
* Harris's (footwear store, opened December 2010)
* [[HMV Group|HMV]]<ref>[http://www.yell.com/b/HMV+(U.K)+Ltd-Music+Shops+(CDs+and+DVDs)-Bexleyheath-DA67JJ-525883/index.html Yell - HMV]</ref>
* [[Holland & Barrett]]<ref>[http://www.thelocalweb.net/index/HOF/tlw_534070.htm The Local Web - Holland & Barrett]</ref>
* Honeybee Boutique<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Honeybee+Bexleyheath&fb=1&split=1&gl=uk&view=text&latlng=17173403908335882643 Google Maps]</ref>
* [[Jessops]] - opened August 2011
* Magenta (opened late 2011)
* [[Marks & Spencer]]<ref>[http://www.ukretailpark.com/south-east-england/bexleyheath-marks-spencer.htm UK Retailpark - M&S]</ref> split across two stores, facing one another
* [[McDonald's]]
* [[Monsoon Stores Ltd|Monsoon]] and [[Monsoon Stores Ltd|Accessorize]]<ref>[http://www.monsoon.co.uk/stry/bexleyheathm Monsoon]</ref> - formerly two separate stores, combined into one unit in 2009
* [[National Westminster Bank|NatWest]]<ref>[http://www.yell.com/b/NatWest+Bank+plc-Banks-Bexleyheath-DA67JG-4680141/index.html Yell - NatWest]</ref>
* [[New Look (clothing retailer)|New Look]]<ref>[http://www.bview.co.uk/listing/0533331/New-Look-in-DA6 BView - New Look]</ref> (Relocated to the ex-Woolworths store as of 18 August 2010)
* [[Telefonica Europe|O2]]
* [[Optical Express]]<ref>[http://uk.opticalexpress.com/stores/bexleyheath-the-mall-6.html Optical Express]</ref>
* [[Phones4U]]<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ei=Shh4SvzGNZjMjAfGitmnBg&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Phones4u+Bexleyheath&fb=1&split=1&gl=uk&view=text&latlng=1197480049879091294&ei=TRh4SpKGC5CZjAfzgtinBg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=1 Google Maps]</ref>
* Pure Party & [[Birthdays (retailer)|Birthdays]] - previous Birthdays standalone store moved to this new store in 2009
* [[Reed (company)|Reed]]
* Sblended Milkshakes
* [[River Island]]<ref>[http://www.scoot.co.uk/England/Kent/Bexleyheath/River-Island-Clothing-Co-Ltd-CDPK495.html Scoot - River Island]</ref> - relocated to larger former [[Mothercare]] store from November 2011
* [[Starbucks]]<ref>[http://www.wozzon.com/url/venue/Starbucks+Coffee+The+Mall+Bexleyheath/5752205102 woZZOn - Starbucks]</ref>
* Steads (shoe repair)
* [[Superdrug]]<ref>[http://www.cylex-uk.co.uk/company/superdrug-stores-plc-16611742.html Cylex-UK - Superdrug]</ref>
* [[The Body Shop]]
* [[AS Watson|The Perfume Shop]]
* [[Thomas Cook Group|Thomas Cook]]<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Thomas+Cook+Bexleyheath&fb=1&split=1&gl=uk&view=text&latlng=15733765313346956821&ei=KBl4SqOHMZnUjAeFjt2nBg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=4 Google Maps]</ref>
* [[Thomson Holidays|Thomson]]
* [[T-Mobile]] and [[Orange (telecommunications)|Orange]] - (Previously a T-Mobile store; Orange moved in with its [[Everything Everywhere|sister company]] in 2011)
* [[Vision Express]]<ref>[http://www.visionexpress.com/store-locator/opticians-in-london/south-east-london/london-bexleyheath/ Vision Express]</ref>
* [[Vodafone United Kingdom|Vodafone]]<ref>[http://www.thelocalweb.net/index/MPH/tlw_641268.htm The Local Web - Vodafone]</ref>
* [[Wallis (retailer)|Wallis]] - returned as concession within BHS in 2009<ref name="wallisevans" /> having been absent from Bexleyheath since 1994
* [[W H Smith]]<ref>[http://www.ikent.co.uk/profile/36230/Bexleyheath/W-H-Smith-Ltd/ iKent - WH Smith]</ref> - Bexleyheath Post Office has traded from this store since 2008, having previously been a standalone service further down the Broadway

===Forthcoming retailers and changes===
No information is currently known about future occupants of the centre, though there are opportunities within the building and the wider town centre to introduce new retailers or relocate existing businesses in 2012 and beyond.

== Former retailers ==
Retailers which have formerly traded at the Broadway Shopping Centre but no longer do so include [[Currys.digital|Dixons]], [[Topshop]] and [[Topman]], [[Miss Selfridge]], [[Woolworths Group|Woolworths]], [[Safeway (UK)|Safeway]], [[Rosebys]], [[Radio Rentals]], [[Our Price]], [[Dolcis Shoes|Dolcis]], [[JJB Sports]], [[Waterstone's]], [[The Link (retailer)|The Link]], [[Rumbelows]], [[Krisp Clothing|Krisp]], [[Principles (retailer)|Principles]], [[Bay Trading Company]], [[Next (clothing)|Next]] and [[Stylo|Barratts]]. Some of these firms are still trading elsewhere in the country, though others are now defunct or dormant: see the retailers' pages for more detailed information about each firm.

[[JD Sports]] traded inside the mall for a time (in what is now T-Mobile) after their merger with First Sport, which previously occupied the unit, but subsequently closed this small store to focus on their larger and more recent Broadway Square site.

[[Mothercare]] and [[Early Learning Centre]] were located in separate stores inside the shopping centre for a number of years, but relocated in September 2010 to a former [[Aldi]] store on Market Place, outside the centre's boundaries.

The Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice (formerly Cottage Hospice) charity operated a retail store at various store locations within the mall building from 2009, generally taking short-term lets of then-vacant units and relocating as and when required to release stores for new regular tenants. The hospice's final store location within the building during this run closed in June 2011 and was not replaced; the hospice's other charity shops elsewhere continued to trade as normal. A new Hospice charity shop opened (in the former Hype store) in November 2011 to capitalise on Christmas trade.

[[Peacocks (clothing)|Peacocks]] traded from Broadway Square from the unit's opening in 2001 until the firm's collapse in 2012; it was not one of the stores rescued by [[Edinburgh Woollen Mill]]. In its later years Peacocks had operated a [[Bonmarche]] concession on its upper level; this too has closed.

== External links ==
* [http://www.broadwayshoppingcentre.com The centre's official website]

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== References ==
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{{infobox shopping mall |
| shopping_mall_name = Trinity Centre
| image = TrinityC-logo.png
| image_width = 200
| caption =
| location = [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]]
| opening_date = Oct 12 1984
| management =
| developer =
| owner =
| number_of_stores = 27
| number_of_anchors = 1
| floor_area =
| parking = 408 spaces
| floors = 1 (Some stores have more)
| website = [http://trinityaberdeen.co.uk/ Trinity Centre]
}}

The '''Trinity Centre''' (known as "The Mall Aberdeen" from 2006 to Dec 2009, and before that as Trinity Shopping Centre) is a one floor shopping centre in [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]]. It has a two level Gold Award Car Park. There are 408 spaces and the main entrance is on Wapping Street. Wider spaces are available for parents and children and the disabled. Car Valeting services are now also provided.

The centre is located in the middle of the city with entrances on Union Street (the city's main shopping area), Bridge Street and Guild Street. There is also an underground link walkway to the rail and bus stations, and the new multi-million pound [[Union Square Aberdeen|Union Square]] development which opened in October 2009.

The centre was previously owned and operated by [[The Mall Fund|The Mall Company]]. They sold it to an asset management company in December 2009.

==Latest News==


*[[AB10]] have now closed their store.

*[[The Card Factory]] have now opened their store in the centre in the former [[AB10]] unit.
===Store Openings===

Now Open

*[[Virgin Holidays]] - Inside [[Debenhams]]
*[[The Card Factory]]

==Stores==
There are currently 27 stores and the two anchor stores are Debenhams and Primark, the latter of which is one of the biggest in Scotland as it is spread over 3 floors.
[[Image:Entrance to Trinity Centre, Aberdeen.jpg|thumb|right|Main entrance with old "Trinity Shopping" logo which was removed in October 2009.]]
* [[Debenhams]] – 3 Retail Floors
** [[Virgin Holidays]] located inside
* [[Primark]] – 3 Retail Floors
* [[Argos (retailer)|Argos Extra]]
* [[T-Mobile]]
* [[HMV]] – 2 Retail Floors
* [[Superdrug]]
* [[Waterstone's]] – 2 Retail Floors, includes [[Costa Coffee]]
* [[Schuh]]
* [[Quiz]]
* [[Holland & Barrett]]
* [[Timpson (retailer)|Timpsons]]
* [[Zumo Juice Bar]] (Stand)
* [[The Good Food Shop]]
* [[JD Sports]]
* [[Duncan and Todd]]
* [[Claire's Accessories]]
* [[Officers Club]]
* [[H Samuel]]
* [[Signet Jewelers|Ernest Jones]]
* [[SoleMate]]
* [[Clinton Cards]]
* [[Greggs]]
* [[Progeny]]
* [[The Fragrance House]]
* [[The Card Factory]]

2 Vacant Units Remain

==See also==
* [[Retail in Aberdeen]]
* [[St Nicholas & Bon Accord]]
* [[The Academy Shopping Centre]]
* [[Union Square Aberdeen|Union Square]]

==External links==

* [http://trinityaberdeen.co.uk/ Trinity Centre's homepage]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aberdeen-Trinity-Centre/135937039780909 The Centre's Facebook page]

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[[Category:Shopping centres in Aberdeen|Trinity Shopping Centre]]

'''The Mall Maidstone''' is a covered shopping centre in [[Maidstone]], the county town of [[Kent]]. Together with the [[Fremlin Walk]] shopping centre, which is uncovered, it is one of the two primary shopping venues within the town centre.

The centre has {{convert|535000|sqft|m2}} of floor space, ranking it as the joint 60th largest shopping centre in the UK according to a 2008 survey by [[Retail Week]].<ref>http://www.retail-week.com/property/shopping-centres/top-100</ref>[[Image:Maidstone0173.JPG|thumb|210px|View from the lower level of The Mall Maidstone]]

The Mall Maidstone was built in the late 1970s as the 'Stoneborough Centre,' with a 7 storey office block on the top, named 'Stoneborough House.' In the 1990s, the shopping centre was [[Rebranding|rebranded]] as 'Chequers Shopping Centre,' to coincide with works on the main entrances and refurbishment work that was going on at the time. The office block above retained its original name.
In 2006, the centre was purchased by [[The Mall Fund]],<ref>http://www.themall.co.uk/my-mall/maidstone/index.aspx</ref> who once again set about refurbishing the centre with their own, distinctive pink corporate branding. An agreement was subsequently signed that [[Maidstone (borough)|Maidstone Borough Council]] would move into the office block on top of the centre, after extensive refurbishment of that, and the construction of a 'Gateway' reception area. The council signed a 99-year lease and took up residence in May 2007, with the block renamed 'Maidstone House'.

Today, the Mall Maidstone hosts a wide variety of shops, from independent retailers such as butchers, JC Rook and Sons,<ref>http://www.staykent.co.uk/tourist/The-Mall-Maidstone.html</ref> to big chain names like Sports Direct and BHS. It is a key part of the town centre, also containing the Chequers Bus Station, retaining the old name, which serves as the main bus terminus for the town.

In 2011 Touch screen store guides were installed on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

In May 2012 Beales announced it would be opening an outlet store in what was T.J Hughes, The largest unit in the centre.

==See also==
*[[Maidstone]]
*[[Fremlin Walk]]
*[[The Mall Fund]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.themall.co.uk/my-mall/maidstone/index.aspx Official site]

{{The Mall Fund}}
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[[Image:The Mall logo.png|thumb|The Mall logo]]
'''The Mall Fund''' owns and operates [[shopping mall|shopping centres]] in England using the trading name "The Mall Company" The shopping centres are usually branded as "The Mall".

The Mall Fund owned up to 10% of the UK's covered retail space making it the largest portfolio of branded shopping centres in the UK before some of its sites were sold off. The Fund is managed by a team of 62 from [[Capital & Regional]]'s Mall Corporation.

The Fund was formed in March 2002 with two investors, the [[Capital & Regional|Capital & Regional Group]] and clients of [[Morley Fund Management]]. New investors have come in as the portfolio has expanded, and a secondary market for the units has developed. The fund now has 45 investors, including three overseas institutions.

==Community focus==
The Mall Company tends to provide a community focus. Their centres advertise that they are a strong part of the community and they promote a celebration of "the best of your community".<ref>[http://www.themall.co.uk/community/default.aspx The Mall - UK’s leading community shopping centres]</ref>

==Locations==
Centres owned by the company include:
* [[The Mall Blackburn]], [[Blackburn]]
* [[The Mall Camberley]], [[Camberley]]
* [[The Mall Luton]], [[Luton]]
* [[The Mall Norwich]], [[Norwich]]
* [[The Mall Maidstone]], [[Maidstone]]
* [[The Mall Sutton Coldfield]], [[Sutton Coldfield]]
* [[The Mall Pavilions]], [[Uxbridge]]
* [[The Mall Walthamstow]], [[Walthamstow]]
* [[The Mall Wood Green]], [[Wood Green]]

===Former locations===
The Mall Fund has disposed of some of its centres, usually by selling the premises on to another operator or holding company. In many cases the centre will cease to use "The Mall" name and brand, and will often switch back to its previous (pre-Mall) identity. The Mall Fund's most recent disposals are shopping centres in Barnsley and Middlesbrough, which were sold in September 2011.<ref>http://www.wearebarnsley.com/news-archive/breaking-news-the-mall-sold/</ref>

Centres which have been owned by The Mall Fund but are no longer in its portfolio include:<ref>[http://www.themall.co.uk/romford/default.aspx Message on The Mall website]</ref>
* [[Trinity Centre, Aberdeen|Trinity Centre]], [[Aberdeen]]
* [[Alhambra Shopping Centre]], [[Barnsley]]
* [[Broadway Shopping Centre, Bexleyheath|Broadway Shopping Centre]], [[Bexleyheath]]
* [[Pallasades Shopping Centre]], [[Birmingham]]
* [[The Galleries, Bristol|The Galleries]], [[Bristol]]
* [[Grosvenor Shopping Centre]], [[Chester]]
* [[The Ashley Centre]], [[Epsom]]
* [[The Exchange, Ilford|The Exchange]], [[Ilford]]
* [[St George's Shopping Centre]], [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
* [[Mercury Shopping Centre]], [[Romford]]
* [[Eastgate Shopping Centre, Gloucester|Eastgate Shopping Centre]], [[Gloucester]]
* [[Howgate Shopping Centre]], [[Falkirk]]
* [[Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough|Cleveland Centre]], [[Middlesbrough]]
* [[Marlands Shopping Centre]], [[Southampton]]
* [[Broadwalk Centre]], [[Edgware]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.themall.co.uk The Mall Company]

{{The Mall Fund}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mall Fund}}
[[Category:Shopping property management firms]]
[[Category:Shopping centres in the United Kingdom|Mall Company]]

[[Image:The Mall logo.png|thumb|The Mall logo]]
'''The Mall Fund''' owns and operates [[shopping mall|shopping centres]] in England using the trading name "The Mall Company" The shopping centres are usually branded as "The Mall".

The Mall Fund owned up to 10% of the UK's covered retail space making it the largest portfolio of branded shopping centres in the UK before some of its sites were sold off. The Fund is managed by a team of 62 from [[Capital & Regional]]'s Mall Corporation.

The Fund was formed in March 2002 with two investors, the [[Capital & Regional|Capital & Regional Group]] and clients of [[Morley Fund Management]]. New investors have come in as the portfolio has expanded, and a secondary market for the units has developed. The fund now has 45 investors, including three overseas institutions.

==Community focus==
The Mall Company tends to provide a community focus. Their centres advertise that they are a strong part of the community and they promote a celebration of "the best of your community".<ref>[http://www.themall.co.uk/community/default.aspx The Mall - UK’s leading community shopping centres]</ref>

==Locations==
Centres owned by the company include:
* [[The Mall Blackburn]], [[Blackburn]]
* [[The Mall Camberley]], [[Camberley]]
* [[The Mall Luton]], [[Luton]]
* [[The Mall Norwich]], [[Norwich]]
* [[The Mall Maidstone]], [[Maidstone]]
* [[The Mall Sutton Coldfield]], [[Sutton Coldfield]]
* [[The Mall Pavilions]], [[Uxbridge]]
* [[The Mall Walthamstow]], [[Walthamstow]]
* [[The Mall Wood Green]], [[Wood Green]]

===Former locations===
The Mall Fund has disposed of some of its centres, usually by selling the premises on to another operator or holding company. In many cases the centre will cease to use "The Mall" name and brand, and will often switch back to its previous (pre-Mall) identity. The Mall Fund's most recent disposals are shopping centres in Barnsley and Middlesbrough, which were sold in September 2011.<ref>http://www.wearebarnsley.com/news-archive/breaking-news-the-mall-sold/</ref>

Centres which have been owned by The Mall Fund but are no longer in its portfolio include:
* [[Trinity Centre, Aberdeen|Trinity Centre]], [[Aberdeen]]
* [[Alhambra Shopping Centre]], [[Barnsley]]
* [[Broadway Shopping Centre, Bexleyheath|Broadway Shopping Centre]], [[Bexleyheath]]
* [http://www.thepallasades.co.uk/ The Pallasades Shopping Centre], [[Birmingham]]
* [[The Galleries, Bristol|The Galleries]], [[Bristol]]
* [http://www.thegrosvenorcentre.co.uk/ Grosvenor Shopping Centre], [[Chester]]
* [[The Ashley Centre]], [[Epsom]]
* [[The Exchange, Ilford|The Exchange]], [[Ilford]]
* [[St George's Shopping Centre]], [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
* [[Mercury Shopping Centre]], [[Romford]]<ref>[http://www.themall.co.uk/romford/default.aspx Message on The Mall website]</ref>
* [http://eastgategloucester.co.uk/ Eastgate Shopping Centre], [[Gloucester]]
* [http://www.howgateshopping.co.uk/ Howgate Shopping Centre], [[Falkirk]]
* [[Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough|Cleveland Centre]], [[Middlesbrough]]
* [[Marlands Shopping Centre]], [[Southampton]]
* [http://www.thebroadwalkcentre.co.uk/ The Broadwalk Shopping Centre], [[Edgware]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.themall.co.uk The Mall Company]

{{The Mall Fund}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mall Fund}}
[[Category:Shopping property management firms]]
[[Category:Shopping centres in the United Kingdom|Mall Company]]

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|country = England
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|official_name = Harpenden
|population = 29,881
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|shire_county = [[Hertfordshire]]
|region = East of England
|constituency_westminster= [[Hitchin and Harpenden (UK Parliament constituency)|Hitchin and Harpenden]]
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'''Harpenden''' is a town in [[Hertfordshire]], England.

The town's total population is just under 30,000.<ref>[http://www.hertsdirect.org/atozofservices/twcoun3y/twytow4y/590511 Hertsdirect.org], however, other sources suggest that the population is either higher,[http://www.acresofharpenden.com/Harpenden.htm] or lower.[http://www.hertfordshire.com/pages/towns/show-data.asp?id=281]</ref>

==Geography and administration==
There are two [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]es: Harpenden and [[Harpenden Rural]].

[[Harpenden railway station]] is on a frequent and fast rail link to central London now served by [[First Capital Connect]], having been served previously by [[Thameslink]]. Some trains stop at 'all stations' on the route, others stop at [[St Albans]] before continuing non-stop to London [[St Pancras International]] (Harpenden to St Pancras International - 25 minutes). Trains run north to [[Luton]] and on to [[Bedford]]. From London, the trains continue south to [[Brighton]] via Gatwick, [[Sevenoaks]] or [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] and [[Sutton, London|Sutton]]. The rail link therefore gives direct access to [[London Luton Airport]] (one stop north) and [[London Gatwick Airport]] (approx 1hr 10 m on a limited stops train).

In common with much of the region, Harpenden is an area of extremely high property costs. Land Registry data suggests that the average house price in Harpenden in the 1st quarter of 2006 was £500,902 (against £287,277 for St Albans District generally, and £183,598 nationally). The data also indicates that an unusually high proportion of houses in Harpenden are owner occupied (81.4%, as opposed to 69.6% in the District generally, and 66.2% nationally).<ref>[http://www.mouseprice.com/property-stats/st-albans/harpenden-property-al5-1.aspx Source]. Part of the discrepancy is explained by the "top-heavy" nature of the Harpenden property market, which has a disproportionately high level of detached houses (40.8% in Harpenden, against a national average of 22.8%) and a disproportionately low level of flats (16.5% in Harpenden, against 19.2% nationally) and, slightly perplexingly, significantly fewer terraced houses (15.4% in Harpenden, against a national average of 26.0%).</ref>

The [[River Lea]] flows through the Batford neighbourhood. The [[Nicky Line]] railway used to link Harpenden, [[Redbourn]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]]. It has since been converted to a path forming part of the [[National Cycle Network]]. The [[A6 road (Great Britain)|A6]] used to run through Harpenden, although the road numbering was changed to avoid congestion. The [[M1 motorway|M1]] runs nearby.

Harpenden has a large number of its streets named after English literary figures on the East side of the town (an area known, unsurprisingly, as the Poets' Corner), including [[George Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Byron Road]], [[William Cowper|Cowper Road]], [[Rudyard Kipling|Kipling Way]], [[John Milton|Milton Road]], [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare Road]], [[Edmund Spenser|Spenser Road]], [[Mary Shelley|Shelley Court]], [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Tennyson Road]], [[Aurelian Townshend|Townsend Road]], [[John Masefield|Masefield Road]] and [[William Wordsworth|Wordsworth Road]].

==History==
There are [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] remains in land around Harpenden, for instance in the park at Rothamsted. Harpenden village grew out of Westminster Abbey's gradual clearing of woodland for farming and settlement within its Wheathampstead manor, granted by [[Edward the Confessor]] in 1060. A first reference to a parish church is in 1221 (where it is referred to as '''Harpendene''') so it is inferred that the village grew up around then. The [[St Nicholas Church, Harpenden|church of St Nicholas]] is the oldest church in the town, originally built as a [[Chapel of ease]] in 1217.

Just beyond the southern edge of the town lies [[Nomansland, Hertfordshire|Nomansland Common]] (sometimes simply called "No Man's Land") upon which part of the [[Second Battle of St Albans]] was fought during the [[Wars of the Roses]]. Nomansland Common also saw the first annually contested [[steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]] in England, in 1830 when it was organised by [[Thomas Coleman]], and the last fight of nineteenth century bare-knuckle fighter, [[Simon Byrne]]. It was also the haunt of the highwaywoman known as [[Lady Katherine Ferrers]], better known as the "Wicked Lady".

Between 1848 and 1914 the common was a regular venue for [[horse racing]]. In his ''History of Hertfordshire'' in 1879, [[John Edwin Cussans]] commented "Notwithstanding that these meetings are under the most unexceptional patronage as regards the Stewards, yet for two days in the year all the London pickpockets, sharpers and blackguards who happen to be out of gaol are permitted to make Harpenden their own and to make travelling in a first-class carriage on the [[Midland Railway]] a danger to men and an impossibility to ladies." Golf has been played on the Common since 1894 and it was at that time Harpenden Golf Club was set up by a group of Harpenden people with the help and a financial contribution of 5 pounds from Sir [[John Bennet Lawes]] of [[Rothamsted Manor]]. The club moved to a new course at Hammonds End in 1931, at which time Harpenden Common Golf Club was formed by those who wanted to remain at the Common. In 1932 Bamville Cricket club was formed and shares part of the Common with the Golfers..a truly unique situation within the worlds of Golf and Cricket...

A widespread but now little-known industry of Harpenden was [[Straw plaiting|straw-weaving]], a trade mainly carried out by women in the nineteenth century. A good straw weaver could make as much as a field labourer. The straw plaits were taken to the specialist markets in [[St Albans]] or [[Luton]] and bought by dealers to be converted into straw items such as boaters and other hats or bonnets.

The arrival of the railway system from 1860 and the sale of farms for residential development after 1880 radically changed Harpenden's surroundings. It grew from a basically agricultural village into a town. The actress [[Ellen Terry]] lived in Harpenden from 1868 to 1874, with her architect lover Godwin, in a house he built called Pigeonwick. He commuted into London by train.

Harpenden's most prestigious contribution to history is [[Rothamsted Manor]] and Rothamsted Research (formerly [[Rothamsted Experimental Station]] and later the Institute of Arable Crops Research), a leading centre for agricultural research. In front of its main building, which faces the common, is a stone, erected in 1893, commemorating 50 years of experiments by Sir [[John Bennet Lawes]] and [[Joseph Henry Gilbert]].

Lawes inherited the family estate at Rothamsted in 1834. Acknowledged as "the father of agricultural science", his early field experiments on Hertfordshire farms led him to patent a phosphate fertiliser, the sales of which enriched him immensely. With the proceeds, he established the experimental station, building laboratories in the 1850s. The station continued the development of the artificial fertilisers on which most modern farmers now depend. Some of the long-term 'classical field experiments' begun by Lawes and Gilbert remain in place to this day (such as Broadbalk) representing a unique resource for agricultural and environmental research.

During the [[Second World War]], Harpenden was used to [[Emergency evacuation|evacuate]] children from heavily-bombed London. However, Harpenden was not totally confident in its safety, as evidenced by the now decaying Bowers Parade air raid shelters, soon to be secured for the future. It has been suggested both that it be used for educational and emergency training purposes.<ref>[http://www.harpenden.gov.uk/Uploads/Site796/Files/FULLCOUNCIMINUTES9THJULY2007.doc] Harpenden Town Council meeting re: Air Raid Shelter</ref>

The Harpenden and District Local History Society<ref>[http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/comvol/herit2y/hthist3y/587461 http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/comvol/herit2y/hthist3y/587461] ''hertsdirect.org''</ref> has a collection of local material and archives which can be consulted, and holds regular meetings on topics of historical interest.

==Shopping==

Harpenden has many shops commonly found in other English towns, with three central supermarkets, multiple female clothes shops, charity shops, banks, estate agents and chemists. A good proportion of these are run by independent retailers. The local council has resisted the opening of fast food chain outlets. Cafes are also common in Harpenden, but with only two commercial chains; the rest are owned independently. There are multiple restaurants, mainly of Italian origin, and many pubs; both in central Harpenden and in its suburbs.

==Parks and commons==
[[File:Harpenden common.JPG|thumb|Harpenden Common]]

One notable feature of Harpenden is its abundant parks and [[commons]]. The central area of Harpenden, known locally as "the village" is characterised by Church Green, Leyton Green and the High Street Greens, which give the town its provincial feel.

Just to the south of the town centre is Harpenden Common, stretching from the shops in the town centre for more than a mile to the south, encompassing a total of {{convert|238|acre|ha}}. Today Harpenden Common hosts two cricket clubs, a football club, bridle ways for horse riding, ramblers' paths and Harpenden Common Golf Club, all contained in an area of natural beauty which was awarded a national [[Green Flag Award]] in 2007. Harpenden Town Council is keen to help retain and maintain the environment and oversees habitat issues including bird and bat watching, the maintenance/regeneration of gorse, fungi and all the original wildlife(fauna and flora) for the benefit of the people of Harpenden.
Since 1894 Harpenden Common Golf Club has traditionally maintained a large part of the common and today works closely with Harpenden Town Council and Countryside management. This partnership has enabled the people of Harpenden to take full advantage of the common for all kinds of leisure activities,and the relationship of the golfers and others users has been excellent for many years.

In addition the town has large green public spaces available in [[Rothamsted Park]], Batford Park, Kinsbourne Green, [[Lydekker Park]] and the [[Nicky Line]] which bisects the town.

Just to the south of Harpenden is the large expanse of [[Nomansland, Hertfordshire|Nomansland Common]].

==Education==
Harpenden boasts several secondary schools:
*[[St George's VA School, Harpenden|St. George's School]], a specialist [[Technology College|Technology]] and [[Language College]]
*[[Sir John Lawes School]], a specialist Media [[Arts College]] and [[Science College]] and Teacher Training college
*[[Roundwood Park School]], a specialist [[Mathematics and Computing College]] and [[Language College]]
*[[Aldwickbury School]] is an independent all boys preparatory school.

==Twinning==
Harpenden is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire]], France
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Alzey]], Germany

==Miscellany==
* [[Rothamsted Research]], the largest agricultural research centre in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the oldest in the world, is in Harpenden.
* [[Youth With A Mission]] an international Christian missionary organization, has their England Head Office in Harpenden.<ref>[http://www.ywam.org/searches/BProfile.asp?BID=56 http://www.ywam.org/searches/BProfile.asp?BID=56] ''ywam.org''</ref> This is on the site of the old [[National Children's Home]].
* In a 2008 episode of ''[[Peep Show (TV series)|Peep Show]]'', Sophie was mentioned as owning a mug marked "Harpenden, Harpenden, Harpenden".
* An annual classic car show, "Classics on the Common",<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/2754321/Classic-cars-on-the-Common.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/2754321/Classic-cars-on-the-Common.html] ''telegraph.co.uk''</ref> is held on the last Wednesday in July attracting over 10,000 visitors and 1300 cars. One of the biggest events of its type in Europe, it is a free event with any monies collected going to charity.
* In the ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' episode "Deja vu", Michael Palin hijacks a plane and wants it to fly to Luton, then he changes his mind and wants them to take him to Harpenden.

==Notable residents==
* Nan Asquith, the pen name of Nancy Evelyn Pattinson, the author of 20 or so romantic novels, settled in Harpenden after the war and stayed there until her shortly before her death in the seventies.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}
* [[Julian Bliss]], international clarinettist and child prodigy was born and raised in Harpenden.<ref>[http://alumni.indiana.edu/profiles/alumni/jbliss.shtml http://alumni.indiana.edu/profiles/alumni/jbliss.shtml] ''alumni.indiana.edu''</ref>
* [[Steve Borthwick]] - who is the current [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] rugby captain lives in Harpenden.
* [[Ken Brown (golfer)|Ken Brown]], who played in the Ryder Cup and is now a commentator for major golf competitions such as the British Open
* [[Craig Charles]], comedian and actor in ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' and ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and host of the ''[[The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show|Funk and Soul Show]]'' and ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]''.<ref>http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/lifestyle/family-life/2003/05/13/me-and-my-health-84229-12953255/</ref>
* [[Ralph Chubb]], poet, artist and printer was born here in 1892.
* [[Donald Coxeter]], 20th century geometer attended [[St. George's School, Harpenden|St. George's School]].
* [[Matt Dickinson]], Everest mountaineer, author, scriptwriter and director.
* [[Lee Dixon]], former [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] footballer.
* [[Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy]], involved in the [[Dreyfus affair]] lived in Milton Road, after his flight from France until his death in 1923. He is buried in St Nicholas' churchyard.
* [[Siobhan Fahey]], singer in [[Bananarama]] lived in Harpenden while she was 14 - 16. She attended Sir John Lawes School for those 2 years.
* [[Andy Farrell]], Saracens and England Rugby player.
* [[Owen Farrell]], rugby player for [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] and a former member of St Georges School.
* [[Ronald Fisher]], a statistician ''who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science''.<ref>[http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/fisherguide/rafreader.htm http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/fisherguide/rafreader.htm] ''economics.soton.ac.uk''</ref> worked at [[Rothamsted Experimental Station]].
* [[Miles Golding]], classical musician and violinist of [[Split Enz]].
* [[Martin Gore]] from the band [[Depeche Mode]].
* [[Richard Herring]], Comedian and podcaster, living in Harpenden while London home is renovated.<ref>http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup/?id=3416</ref>
* [[George Hogg (adventurer)|George Hogg]], British journalist who rescued 50 orphaned children in China during the Japanese occupation.
* [[Frank Ifield]], Australian singer and yodeller lived in Harpenden.
* [[Guy Johnston]], cello soloist and winner of [[BBC Young Musician of the Year]] in 2000.
* [[Stanley Kubrick]], filmmaker, lived and died in nearby [[Childwickbury Manor]].
* [[Henry Lawson]], Australian writer, lived in 'Spring Villa', Cowper Rd, Harpenden from July-September, 1900.
* [[Andy Linighan]], former [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] footballer.
* [[Eric Morecambe]], comedian, lived in Harpenden, close to his beloved [[Luton Town FC]]. His funeral and burial took place in [[St Nicholas Church, Harpenden|St. Nicholas Church]]. The Public Halls are named after him.
* [[Albert Moses]], an actor who starred in [[Mind Your Language]] playing [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] student Ranjeet Singh and a number of James Bond films.
* [[John Motson]], [[Football (soccer)|Football]] commentator.
* [[Tim Rice]], the composer, attended [[Aldwickbury School]].
* Raphael Salaman, collector of, and writer on, trade tools, particularly woodworking and leatherworking.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-r-a-salaman-1399714.html|title=Obituary: R. A. Salaman|newspaper=The Independent|first=David|last=Kessler|date=13 January 1994|accessdate=18 February 2012}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Strauli]], actor, who starred in ''[[Only When I Laugh (TV series)|Only When I Laugh]]'' and ''Full House'' was born in Harpenden.
* Dame [[Ellen Terry]], actress 1847–1928, who lived in Harpenden from 1868 to 1874.
* [[Sir John Wittewronge]], owned and lived at [[Rothamsted Manor]], where in the seventeenth century he kept a weather and gardening diary which has very early records of rain, temperature and winds.
* [[Ashley Young]], Aston Villa and England International football player.
* [[Richard Youngs]] alternative musician, grew up in the town and recorded several albums there, especially ''Lake'' and ''Advent''.

==Sport==
Harpenden is home to various sports clubs. Just a selection are listed below:
* [[Harpenden Town Football Club]]
* [[Harpenden Rugby Football Club]]
* Elliswick Lawn Tennis Club
* [[Harpenden Lawn Tennis Club]]
* Harpenden Dolphins Cricket Club
* Bamville Cricket Club
* [[Harpenden Colts Football Club]]
* Harpenden Hockey Club
* Harpenden Golf Club
* Harpenden Common Golf Club
* Harpenden Swimming Club
* Harpenden (Lawn) Bowling Club
* [http://www.harpendenarorunners.co.uk/ Harpenden Aro Runners]
* Skew Bridge FC
* [http://www.skewbridgefootball.co.uk]

==Scouting Groups==
* 1st Harpenden Scouts
* 2nd Harpenden Scouts
* 3rd Harpenden Scouts
* 4th Harpenden Scouts
* 9th Harpenden Scouts
* 10th Harpenden Scouts
* 12th Harpenden Scouts
Harpenden Explorer Scout Unit (HESU)
Kingsbourne Explorer Scouts (KES)
Shackleton Explorer Scout Unit (SESU)

Harpenden and Wheathamstead are is the District

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Harpenden_High_Street_1.jpg|Harpenden High Street, looking north
Image:Harpenden_High_Street_2.jpg|Harpenden High Street, looking north
Image:Harpenden_High_Street_4.jpg|Harpenden High Street, looking south
Image:Harpenden_War_Memorial.jpg|Harpenden War Memorial
Image:St Nicholas_Church_2.JPG|St Nicholas Church
Image:Lydekker_Park.JPG|Lydekker Park
Image:Rothampstead park.JPG|Rose garden in Rothamsted Park
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Harpenden}}
{{Wikisource1911Enc}}
* [http://www.harpenden.gov.uk/ Harpenden Town Council]
* [http://www.whatsonstalbans.co.uk/ Local listing and loyalty card website]
* [http://www.classicsonthecommon.com/ Classics on the Common website]
* [http://www.harpendenroundtable.org/ Harpenden Round Table Website]
* [http://www.harpendencircle.co.uk/ Harpenden Circle Website]
* [http://www.hcgc.co.uk/ Harpenden Common Golf Club Website]
* [http://www.harpendenuk.com/ Harpenden Culture, People, Information]

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{{dablink|For London United Tramways (1894 - 1933) see [[London United Tramways]].}}
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'''London United''' is one of many operators of [[London Buses]] and is owned by the [[RATP Group]], an international [[public transport]] operator owned by the [[government of France]]. The company's legal name is '''London United Busways Ltd'''.

London United operates 80 routes on contract to TfL and employs around 600 staff.

==Company history==
===Origins===
London United Busways was set up as a subsidiary of London Buses in 1989. The company was a "reincarnation" of the former [[London United Tramways]], an operator of [[tram]]s and [[trolleybus]]es in west and south west London absorbed by the [[London Passenger Transport Board]] in 1933. The company adopted the former tram company's device, based on the [[coat of arms]] of the [[City of London]], as its logo. Upon privatisation in 1994, it was purchased by a management buyout and renamed 'London United'.

In 1995, the company purchased Stanwell Buses Ltd (trading as 'Westlink') and took on its routes, vehicles and two garages - located in [[Hounslow|Hounslow Heath]], [[Middlesex]] and [[Kingston upon Thames]].

===The Transdev era===
[[File:Transdev London United logo.png|right|200px]]
In 1997, the bus company was purchased by French transport group [[Transdev]]. In 2003, Transdev purchased struggling bus operator [[Transdev London Sovereign|London Sovereign]], part of the [[Blazefield Group]], and adapted London Sovereign's livery and vehicles to a similar style to that of London United. The buyout came with around a dozen routes operated on contract to [[Transport for London]] (TfL) as well as two garages at [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] and [[Edgware]] in Middlesex.

In April 2006, the company commenced a rebrand of all of its vehicles with the Transdev name and logo, effectively removing the London United and London Sovereign brands. This was completed in September the same year, although both companies continued to exist as legal entities.

===Mergers and demergers===
In 2009, the [[Caisse des dépôts et consignations]], the majority owner of the Transdev group, started negotiations with [[Veolia Environnement]] to merge Transdev with [[Veolia Transport]]. As part of the resulting agreement, made in May 2010, it was agreed that the [[RATP Group]], which had a minority shareholding in Transdev, would take over ownership of some of Transdev's operations in lieu of cash payment. This had a considerable impact on Transdev's London bus operations, as it was agreed that London United would transfer to the RATP Group, whilst [[Transdev London Sovereign|London Sovereign]] would remain with Transdev and become part of the merged [[Veolia Transdev]] group.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.veolia-transport.com/en/medias/press-releases/Transdev-Veolia-Transport.htm | title = Merger of Veolia Transport and Transdev | publisher = Veolia Transport | accessdate = 2010-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.transdev.eu/Website/dynamic/actus.php?LANGUAGE=eng&actu=66 | title = Completion of the merger of Veolia Transport and Transdev | publisher = Transdev | accessdate = 2011-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ratp.fr/en/ratp/c_13056/the-new-scale-of-the-ratp-group/|title=The new scale of the RATP Group|publisher=RATP|year=2011|accessdate=2011-03-04}}</ref>

This agreement took effect in March 2011, and the London United brand is now being reintroduced as the principal branding on the company's buses, along with a much less prominent RATP Group branding. By contrast, London Sovereign's buses retain Transdev London branding.<ref name=bm674>{{cite news | title = RATP seeks partnerships and purchases | work = Buses Magazine | publisher = Ian Allan Publishing Ltd | pages = 8, 64 | date = May 2011}}</ref>

==Garages==
[[Image:London united.png|right|thumb|The original London United logo.]]
[[Image:Transdev TA218.JPG|right|thumb|TA218, a [[Dennis Trident 2|Dennis Trident]]/[[Alexander ALX400]], working from Fulwell Garage on route 281, while in [[Surbiton]].]]

The company has eight bus garages.

===Fulwell (FW)===
This garage holds 107 buses, and runs London bus routes [[London Buses route 71|71]], [[London Buses route 110|110]], [[London Buses route 131|131]], [[London Buses route 216|216]], [[London Buses route 267|267]], [[London Buses route 371|371]], 24-hour routes [[London Buses route 65|65]] and [[London Buses route 281|281]], and school routes, [[London Buses route 671|671]], [[London Buses route 681|681]], and [[London Buses route 691|691]].

[[Fulwell]] garage also operate shuttle buses to and from [[Twickenham Stadium]] on behalf of the [[RFU]] on event days.

====History====
When new, the {{convert|11|acre|m2|sing=on}} site was described as one of the finest plants in the country and was the main depot of London United Tramways with 20 covered tracks. The garage is nowadays divided into two sections, one used by London United, with the entrance in Wellington Road, and the other by [[Abellio London]], who recently purchased [[Travel London]] (formerly Tellings Golden Miller), with the entrance in Stanley Road. The [[Abellio London]] side had been used by the Grundy company (manufacturers of metal school dinner trays), London Buses Sales Department (to sell off surplus London vehicles until privatisation in the late 1980s), and Kelly construction, before Tellings Golden Miller moved in. Fulwell was the first garage in London to receive trolleybuses, and together with Isleworth was the last to operate them some 31 years later. The last trams operated from the depot in 1935, although some of the tram tracks were, until recently, still visible in the cobbled surface of the Stanley Road entrance. The garage has never reached its capacity, even taking in much of the work from Twickenham (AB) when it closed in 1970, and in 2001 107 buses were allocated. In 1999 the garage housed 13 [[London Country]] buses after Arriva Croydon & N. Surrey shut its [[Leatherhead]] garage. The buses on route 85 were operated from the forecourt with Arriva drivers. The large forecourt is at present partly used as the bus stand for route 267.

On 5 September 2011, route 110 was transferred to this garage.

On 1 October 2011, Abellio London have gained the contract for route 290.

====Bus types in use====
* [[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart|Alexander Dennis Enviro200H Hybrid]] (HDE) for route 371.
* [[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] 10.2m (DE) for routes 371.
* [[Dennis Dart SLF]] 10.2m / [[Plaxton Pointer 2]] (DPS) for routes 110 and 216.
* [[Dennis Trident 2]] 9.9m / [[Alexander ALX400]] (TA) for routes 131, 281, 371, 671, 681 and 691.
* [[Dennis Trident 2]] 10.5m/ [[Alexander ALX400]] (TLA) as a logical spare.
* [[Scania OmniDekka]] 10.6m (SLE) for routes 267.
* [[Scania OmniCity]] 10.6m (SP) for routes 65, 71 and 267.
* [[Volvo B7TL]] 10m / [[Alexander ALX400]] (VA) as a logical spare.

===Hounslow (AV)===
This garage holds 120 buses, and runs London bus routes [[London Buses route 9|9]] (late and early journeys), [[London Buses route 27|27]] (night service only on this 24-hour route), [[London Buses route 81|81]], [[London Buses route 111|111]], [[London Buses route 120|120]], [[London Buses route 203|203]], [[London Buses route 222|222]], [[London Buses route H32|H32]], [[London Buses route H37|H37]], [[London Buses route H98|H98]], school routes [[London Buses route 696|696]], [[London Buses route 697|697]] and Night bus [[London Buses route N9|N9]].

====History====
[[Hounslow]] garage was opened by the [[London General Omnibus Company]] in 1913 on the former site of the [[District Railway]]'s [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town station]]. The garage along with many others was requisitioned in the First World War. Hounslow was the subject of two firsts in 1925 and 1930 with the first [[pneumatic tyre]] buses and the original Dennis Dart allocated respectively. The garage had one problem though: the roof was too low and only open toppers and single deck vehicles could use the depot until the mid 1930s when the roof was raised. A London Transport survey in 1947 found that 92 vehicles were allocated to Hounslow, a garage with a capacity of 72. This was mainly achieved by parking buses on a plot of land behind the garage that was also used to stand vehicles terminating there on layover. The garage was rebuilt in the early 1950s and included a new bus station in front of the garage. The planned allocation was now up to 120 vehicles, although the allocation in 2002 was 127. Hounslow was one of the few garages in London not to operate [[Daimler Fleetline|DMS double deckers]]: its first one-person-operated double deckers did not arrive until 1982, in the shape of the [[MCW Metrobus|M class Metrobus]] for routes 111 & 202. With the allocation still high, Hounslow runs a number of night services on behalf of other London United garages to enable it to fit the buses into the garage. It was also the first garage in London to operate a low-floor bus with the arrival of [[Dennis Lance SLF]]/[[Wright Pathfinder]] LLW1 direct from the Coach & Bus show.

There were plans to relocate the garage away from the town centre, and allow the expansion of the adjoining bus station. In 2005 there was an unsuccessful planning application for a site in Hanworth Road. This was largely due to a campaign by residents overlooking the site.

In late 2007 the bus station in front of the garage was closed for rebuilding. The overall roof was removed and the eight bus bays demolished. In their place have been built just two stands for routes 120 and 281. The other seven routes that previously served the bus station now stand on the garage forecourt (the old bus station) but pick up passengers in the road outside. One exception was route 81, where buses ran out of service to and from the bus stand at [[Isleworth]] Fire Station however this has since been discontinued and buses again turn around in the bus station.

====Bus types in use====
* [[Alexander Dennis Enviro200Dart]] 10.8m (DLE) for route H98.
* [[Dennis Dart SLF]] 10.2m / [[Alexander Dennis Pointer]] (DPS) for route 222.
* [[Scania OmniCity]] 10.6m (SP) for routes 111, 120, 697 and H32.
* [[Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro]] 12m (MCL) for route 203.
* [[Optare Tempo]] 12m (OT) for route H37.
* [[Volvo B7TL]] 10m / Alexander ALX400 (VA) for routes 27, 81, 222, 696 and N9.
* [[Volvo B7TL]] 10m / [[Plaxton President]] (VP) for routes 27, 81, 120, 696 and N9.
* [[Alexander Dennis Enviro400]] to be introduced on routes 81 from 28 July 2012, 120 from 23 June 2012 and 222 from 15 September 2012.

===Hounslow Heath (HH)===
This garage holds 57 buses, and runs London bus routes [[London Buses route 116|116]], [[London Buses route 423|423]], [[London Buses route 482|482]], [[London Buses route H22|H22]], [[London Buses route H91|H91]], 24-hour route [[London Buses route 285|285]], school routes [[London Buses route 698|698]].

====History====
Situated in Tamian Way, off Green Lane, Hounslow Heath was the original operating base of Stanwell Buses, a company set up by London Buses just prior to deregulation. They traded as [[Westlink]], hence the garage code WK, and initially operated routes 116/117/203 which were all joint London/Surrey contracts. Stanwell Buses was taken over by London United in 1999 and recoded internally as HH. London Buses still use the code WK. The depot has also been extended over the former Travellers Coaches yard next door.

====Bus types in use====
* [[Alexander Dennis Enviro400|Alexander Dennis Enviro400H Hybrid]] (ADH) for route H91.
* [[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] 10.2m (DE) for routes 116, 285 and 698.
* Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart 10.8m (DLE) for route 423.
* [[Dennis Dart SLF]] 10.2m / [[Alexander Dennis Pointer]] (DPS) for routes 116 and H22.
* [[Scania OmniCity]] (SP) for routes 482, 698 and H91.

===Shepherd's Bush (S)===
[[Image:London Bus route 148.jpg|right|thumb|A Transdev London [[Scania OmniCity]] double decker, on route 148. This begun Transdev's trend of removing the grey skirt from its livery.]]
This garage holds 111 buses, and runs London bus routes [[London Buses route 49|49]], 24-hour routes [[London Buses route 72|72]], [[London Buses route 94|94]], [[London Buses route 148|148]], [[London Buses route 220|220]], and Night bus [[London Buses route N97|N97]].

====History====
Shepherd's Bush (S) opened in 1906.

====Bus types in use====
* [[Dennis Trident 2]] 10.5m / [[Alexander ALX400]] (TLA) for routes 94 and 220.
* [[Volvo B7TL]] 10m / Alexander ALX400 (VA) for routes 220 and N97.
* [[Alexander Dennis Enviro400|Alexander Dennis Enviro400H Hybrid]] (ADH) for route 94.
* [[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] 10.2m (DE) for route 72.
* Volvo B7TL 10m / [[East Lancs Myllennium Vyking]] (VE) for route 49.
* Volvo B7TL 10m / [[Wright Eclipse Gemini]] (VR) as a logical spare.
* [[Scania OmniCity]] 10.6m (SP) for routes 49 and 148.

===Stamford Brook (V)===
This garage holds 77 buses, and runs London bus routes [[London Buses route 9|9]], [[London Buses route 27|27]] (day time service only), [[London Buses route 391|391]] and 24-hour route [[London Buses route 10|10]].

====History====
Stamford Brook opened as a bus garage in 1980 after a 2-year project costing some £2 Million started in 1978. Originally built as Chiswick Tram depot, it had latterly been used to operate the [[British Airways]] bus service between [[Heathrow Airport]] and the West London Air Terminal in [[Kensington]].

The original plan was to create a temporary home for the R (Riverside) buses and staff whilst that garage was re-built with a view to taking on the workload from Mortlake and Turnham Green which were to close. However this idea was changed and the garage took on the work from Turnham Green which closed and also inherited the garage code V. Following service reductions, Mortlake & Riverside closed in 1983, with some of their work moving to Stamford Brook.

Later that year Stamford Brook took on the A1 & A2 'Airbus' routes following the withdrawal of the existing British airways services from London - Heathrow Airport. These vehicles were transferred in 1994 to West Ramp (which became an outstation of V) leaving the garage with an allocation of MRL's, M's, L's and Darts.

The garage closed in 1996 and became a store for unlicensed vehicles for possible future use, and reopened in 1999 when it was reutilised to cater for increased demand in the area. In 2001 the allocation consisted entirely of Dennis Darts. When route 9 was converted from [[Routemaster]] to one person operation, it was moved from Shepherds Bush to Stamford Brook, and double deckers reappeared at the garage.

On 28 February 2009, NCP Challenger (later known as [[NSL Buses]]) gained the contract for route 283.

On 30 January 2010, London United gained the contract for route 10. It is now operated from this garage.

====Bus types in use====
* [[Scania OmniDekka]] 10.6m (SLE) for route 27.
* [[Volvo B7TL]] 10.6m / East Lancs Myllennium Vyking (VLE) for routes 9 and 27.
* Volvo B7TL 10m / [[Wright Eclipse Gemini]] (VR) as a logical spare.
* [[Optare Versa]] 10.4m (OV) for route 391.
* [[Scania OmniCity]] 10.6m (SP) for route 10.

===Tolworth (TV)===
[[Image:Transdev DPK604.JPG|right|thumb|DPK600, a [[Dennis Dart SLF]] 8.8m / [[Plaxton Pointer 2]], working from Tolworth Garage on route K4, while in [[Surbiton]].]]
This garage holds 100 buses, and runs London bus routes [[London Buses route 265|265]], [[London Buses route K1|K1]], [[London Buses route K2|K2]], [[London Buses route K3|K3]], [[London Buses route K4|K4]], 24 hour route [[London Buses route 57|57]] and school bus routes [[London Buses route 613|613]] and [[London Buses route 665|665]], mobility bus route [[London Buses route 965|965]] also the seasonal K50 - see below.

====History====
Tolworth is one of the newest London bus garages and is built on the site of a former coal yard behind [[Tolworth railway station]].

Tolworth was originally planned in the late 1990s following the closure of Kingston Garage and the announcement that the site was to be part sold off and part converted into the new bus station. A recruitment centre was opened on Tolworth Broadway long before building work ever started.

The sale of the Kingston site was brought forward somewhat, and this appeared to catch out the operator as Tolworth Garage was not yet ready. Buses were temporarily parked in a car park in Kingston until the new 100 capacity bus garage finally opened in early 2002. In recent times the yard has been used to store [[Routemaster]]s coming out of service.

====Bus types in use====
* [[Dennis Dart SLF]] 8.8m / [[Plaxton Pointer 2]] (DPK) for route K4.
* Dennis Dart SLF 10.2m / Plaxton Pointer 2 (DPS) for routes 265, 665, K2, K3 and K50.
* [[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] 8.9m (SDE) for routes 965 and K1.
* [[Dennis Trident 2]] 9.9m / [[Alexander ALX400]] (TA) for routes 57 and 613.

====Kingston Christmas Park & Ride K50====
[[File:Transdev London DPS670.JPG|thumb|Park & Ride bus in 2008.]]
Transdev held a 5-year contract (2004–2008 incl.) to operate route K50, the Kingston - [[Chessington World of Adventures]], Christmas park & ride service. Different vehicles have been used each year, depending on what is available at the time. The service runs daily from early November to mid January each year.
In 2004, this was operated by LLW-class Dennis Lances and in 2005 by single doored Dennis Darts (DP).
In 2006, it was mainly operated by Dennis Dart SLF / Caetano Nimbus (DN) on hire from Blue Triangle.
In 2007, single doored Dennis Darts (DP) returned to the route, with each one being named after one of [[Santa Claus's reindeer|Santa's Reindeer]].
In 2008, Dennis Darts (DPS's) recently displaced from the 285 were used.
Each year the buses have had vinyl adverts for the service applied to all lower panels. In 2004 they were green, turquoise in 2005 and blue in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
In 2009 the service is once again being operated by surplus Transdev DPSs, the contract has been renewed for another 5 years.
In 2010, the service was operated by Dennis Dart SLF 10.8m / Plaxton Pointer 2's (DP).
In 2011, the service is operated by Dennis Dart SLF 10.2m / Plaxton Pointer 2's (DPS) from Hounslow (AV), Tolworth (TV) & Fulwell (FW) garages, were in use on the first day of service.

===Park Royal (PK)===
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This garage can hold approximately 50 buses, and runs London bus routes [[London Buses route 272|272]], [[London Buses route 283|283]], [[London Buses route 440|440]], [[London Buses route C1|C1]] and [[London Buses route E11|E11]].

====History====
Park Royal (PK) garage was opened by [[NSL Buses|NCP-Challenger]] on 26 May 2007, on the site of the former [[Metroline]] Garage in Atlas Road, Harlesden (HR), which had been closed in 2005.

The garage is actually located in a 3 places boundary, which are [[Park Royal]], [[North Acton]] and [[Old Oak Common]].

The garage was taken over by Transdev London in November 2009.

====Bus types in use====
*[[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] 10.2m (DE) for routes 272, 440 and C1.
*Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart 8.9m (SDE) for route E11.
*[[Optare Versa]] 10.4m (OV) for route 283.

===Twickenham (NC)===
This garage is located on [[Twickenham]] Trading Estate, off Rugby Road. The garage holds approximately 45 buses, and runs London bus route [[London Buses route 419|419]] and 24-hour route [[London Buses route 33|33]].

====History====
Their Twickenham Garage (NC) was [[NSL Buses|NCP's]] first garage, opened on 12 November 2005, to operate routes 33 and 419, and later the 493.

The garage was taken over by Transdev London in November 2009.

On 31 March 2012, London General have gained the contract for route 493.

====Bus types in use====
*[[Dennis Dart SLF]] 10.2m / [[Alexander Dennis Pointer]] (DPS) for route 419.
*[[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] 10.2m (DE) for route 33.

==See also==
*[[List of bus operators of the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|London United (bus company)}}
* http://www.londonutd.co.uk/

{{Bus companies in Greater London}}
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|country = England
|latitude = 51.8175
|longitude = -0.3524
|official_name = Harpenden
|population = 29,881
|shire_district= [[City and District of St Albans|St Albans]]
|shire_county = [[Hertfordshire]]
|region = East of England
|constituency_westminster= [[Hitchin and Harpenden (UK Parliament constituency)|Hitchin and Harpenden]]
|post_town = HARPENDEN
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'''Harpenden''' is a town in [[Hertfordshire]], England.

The town's total population is just under 30,000.<ref>[http://www.hertsdirect.org/atozofservices/twcoun3y/twytow4y/590511 Hertsdirect.org], however, other sources suggest that the population is either higher,[http://www.acresofharpenden.com/Harpenden.htm] or lower.[http://www.hertfordshire.com/pages/towns/show-data.asp?id=281]</ref>

==Geography and administration==
There are two [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]es: Harpenden and [[Harpenden Rural]].

[[Harpenden railway station]] is on a frequent and fast rail link to central London now served by [[First Capital Connect]], having been served previously by [[Thameslink]]. Some trains stop at 'all stations' on the route, others stop at [[St Albans]] before continuing non-stop to London [[St Pancras International]] (Harpenden to St Pancras International - 25 minutes). Trains run north to [[Luton]] and on to [[Bedford]]. From London, the trains continue south to [[Brighton]] via Gatwick, [[Sevenoaks]] or [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] and [[Sutton, London|Sutton]]. The rail link therefore gives direct access to [[London Luton Airport]] (one stop north) and [[London Gatwick Airport]] (approx 1hr 10 m on a limited stops train).

In common with much of the region, Harpenden is an area of extremely high property costs. Land Registry data suggests that the average house price in Harpenden in the 1st quarter of 2006 was £500,902 (against £287,277 for St Albans District generally, and £183,598 nationally). The data also indicates that an unusually high proportion of houses in Harpenden are owner occupied (81.4%, as opposed to 69.6% in the District generally, and 66.2% nationally).<ref>[http://www.mouseprice.com/property-stats/st-albans/harpenden-property-al5-1.aspx Source]. Part of the discrepancy is explained by the "top-heavy" nature of the Harpenden property market, which has a disproportionately high level of detached houses (40.8% in Harpenden, against a national average of 22.8%) and a disproportionately low level of flats (16.5% in Harpenden, against 19.2% nationally) and, slightly perplexingly, significantly fewer terraced houses (15.4% in Harpenden, against a national average of 26.0%).</ref>

The [[River Lea]] flows through the Batford neighbourhood. The [[Nicky Line]] railway used to link Harpenden, [[Redbourn]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]]. It has since been converted to a path forming part of the [[National Cycle Network]]. The [[A6 road (Great Britain)|A6]] used to run through Harpenden, although the road numbering was changed to avoid congestion. The [[M1 motorway|M1]] runs nearby.

Harpenden has a large number of its streets named after English literary figures on the East side of the town (an area known, unsurprisingly, as the Poets' Corner), including [[George Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Byron Road]], [[William Cowper|Cowper Road]], [[Rudyard Kipling|Kipling Way]], [[John Milton|Milton Road]], [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare Road]], [[Edmund Spenser|Spenser Road]], [[Mary Shelley|Shelley Court]], [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Tennyson Road]], [[Aurelian Townshend|Townsend Road]], [[John Masefield|Masefield Road]] and [[William Wordsworth|Wordsworth Road]].

==History==
There are [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] remains in land around Harpenden, for instance in the park at Rothamsted. Harpenden village grew out of Westminster Abbey's gradual clearing of woodland for farming and settlement within its Wheathampstead manor, granted by [[Edward the Confessor]] in 1060. A first reference to a parish church is in 1221 (where it is referred to as '''Harpendene''') so it is inferred that the village grew up around then. The [[St Nicholas Church, Harpenden|church of St Nicholas]] is the oldest church in the town, originally built as a [[Chapel of ease]] in 1217.

Just beyond the southern edge of the town lies [[Nomansland, Hertfordshire|Nomansland Common]] (sometimes simply called "No Man's Land") upon which part of the [[Second Battle of St Albans]] was fought during the [[Wars of the Roses]]. Nomansland Common also saw the first annually contested [[steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]] in England, in 1830 when it was organised by [[Thomas Coleman]], and the last fight of nineteenth century bare-knuckle fighter, [[Simon Byrne]]. It was also the haunt of the highwaywoman known as [[Lady Katherine Ferrers]], better known as the "Wicked Lady".

Between 1848 and 1914 the common was a regular venue for [[horse racing]]. In his ''History of Hertfordshire'' in 1879, [[John Edwin Cussans]] commented "Notwithstanding that these meetings are under the most unexceptional patronage as regards the Stewards, yet for two days in the year all the London pickpockets, sharpers and blackguards who happen to be out of gaol are permitted to make Harpenden their own and to make travelling in a first-class carriage on the [[Midland Railway]] a danger to men and an impossibility to ladies." Golf has been played on the Common since 1894 and it was at that time Harpenden Golf Club was set up by a group of Harpenden people with the help and a financial contribution of 5 pounds from Sir [[John Bennet Lawes]] of [[Rothamsted]]. The club moved to a new course at Hammonds End in 1931, at which time Harpenden Common Golf Club was formed by those who wanted to remain at the Common. In 1932 Bamville Cricket club was formed and shares part of the Common with the Golfers..a truly unique situation within the worlds of Golf and Cricket...

A widespread but now little-known industry of Harpenden was [[Straw plaiting|straw-weaving]], a trade mainly carried out by women in the nineteenth century. A good straw weaver could make as much as a field labourer. The straw plaits were taken to the specialist markets in [[St Albans]] or [[Luton]] and bought by dealers to be converted into straw items such as boaters and other hats or bonnets.

The arrival of the railway system from 1860 and the sale of farms for residential development after 1880 radically changed Harpenden's surroundings. It grew from a basically agricultural village into a town. The actress [[Ellen Terry]] lived in Harpenden from 1868 to 1874, with her architect lover Godwin, in a house he built called Pigeonwick. He commuted into London by train.

Harpenden's most prestigious contribution to history is [[Rothamsted Manor]] and Rothamsted Research (formerly [[Rothamsted Experimental Station]] and later the Institute of Arable Crops Research), a leading centre for agricultural research. In front of its main building, which faces the common, is a stone, erected in 1893, commemorating 50 years of experiments by Sir [[John Bennet Lawes]] and [[Joseph Henry Gilbert]].

Lawes inherited the family estate at Rothamsted in 1834. Acknowledged as "the father of agricultural science", his early field experiments on Hertfordshire farms led him to patent a phosphate fertiliser, the sales of which enriched him immensely. With the proceeds, he established the experimental station, building laboratories in the 1850s. The station continued the development of the artificial fertilisers on which most modern farmers now depend. Some of the long-term 'classical field experiments' begun by Lawes and Gilbert remain in place to this day (such as Broadbalk) representing a unique resource for agricultural and environmental research.

During the [[Second World War]], Harpenden was used to [[Emergency evacuation|evacuate]] children from heavily-bombed London. However, Harpenden was not totally confident in its safety, as evidenced by the now decaying Bowers Parade air raid shelters, soon to be secured for the future. It has been suggested both that it be used for educational and emergency training purposes.<ref>[http://www.harpenden.gov.uk/Uploads/Site796/Files/FULLCOUNCIMINUTES9THJULY2007.doc] Harpenden Town Council meeting re: Air Raid Shelter</ref>

The Harpenden and District Local History Society<ref>[http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/comvol/herit2y/hthist3y/587461 http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/comvol/herit2y/hthist3y/587461] ''hertsdirect.org''</ref> has a collection of local material and archives which can be consulted, and holds regular meetings on topics of historical interest.

==Shopping==

Harpenden has many shops commonly found in other English towns, with three central supermarkets, multiple female clothes shops, charity shops, banks, estate agents and chemists. A good proportion of these are run by independent retailers. The local council has resisted the opening of fast food chain outlets. Cafes are also common in Harpenden, but with only two commercial chains; the rest are owned independently. There are multiple restaurants, mainly of Italian origin, and many pubs; both in central Harpenden and in its suburbs.

==Parks and commons==
[[File:Harpenden common.JPG|thumb|Harpenden Common]]

One notable feature of Harpenden is its abundant parks and [[commons]]. The central area of Harpenden, known locally as "the village" is characterised by Church Green, Leyton Green and the High Street Greens, which give the town its provincial feel.

Just to the south of the town centre is Harpenden Common, stretching from the shops in the town centre for more than a mile to the south, encompassing a total of {{convert|238|acre|ha}}. Today Harpenden Common hosts two cricket clubs, a football club, bridle ways for horse riding, ramblers' paths and Harpenden Common Golf Club, all contained in an area of natural beauty which was awarded a national [[Green Flag Award]] in 2007. Harpenden Town Council is keen to help retain and maintain the environment and oversees habitat issues including bird and bat watching, the maintenance/regeneration of gorse, fungi and all the original wildlife(fauna and flora) for the benefit of the people of Harpenden.
Since 1894 Harpenden Common Golf Club has traditionally maintained a large part of the common and today works closely with Harpenden Town Council and Countryside management. This partnership has enabled the people of Harpenden to take full advantage of the common for all kinds of leisure activities,and the relationship of the golfers and others users has been excellent for many years.

In addition the town has large green public spaces available in [[Rothamsted Park]], Batford Park, Kinsbourne Green, [[Lydekker Park]] and the [[Nicky Line]] which bisects the town.

Just to the south of Harpenden is the large expanse of [[Nomansland, Hertfordshire|Nomansland Common]].

==Education==
Harpenden boasts several secondary schools:
*[[St George's VA School, Harpenden|St. George's School]], a specialist [[Technology College|Technology]] and [[Language College]]
*[[Sir John Lawes School]], a specialist Media [[Arts College]] and [[Science College]] and Teacher Training college
*[[Roundwood Park School]], a specialist [[Mathematics and Computing College]] and [[Language College]]
*[[Aldwickbury School]] is an independent all boys preparatory school.

==Twinning==
Harpenden is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire]], France
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Alzey]], Germany

==Miscellany==
* [[Rothamsted Experimental Station|Rothamsted Research]], the largest agricultural research centre in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the oldest in the world, is in Harpenden.
* [[Youth With A Mission]] an international Christian missionary organization, has their England Head Office in Harpenden.<ref>[http://www.ywam.org/searches/BProfile.asp?BID=56 http://www.ywam.org/searches/BProfile.asp?BID=56] ''ywam.org''</ref> This is on the site of the old [[National Children's Home]].
* In a 2008 episode of ''[[Peep Show (TV series)|Peep Show]]'', Sophie was mentioned as owning a mug marked "Harpenden, Harpenden, Harpenden".
* An annual classic car show, "Classics on the Common",<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/2754321/Classic-cars-on-the-Common.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/2754321/Classic-cars-on-the-Common.html] ''telegraph.co.uk''</ref> is held on the last Wednesday in July attracting over 10,000 visitors and 1300 cars. One of the biggest events of its type in Europe, it is a free event with any monies collected going to charity.
* In the ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' episode "Deja vu", Michael Palin hijacks a plane and wants it to fly to Luton, then he changes his mind and wants them to take him to Harpenden.

==Notable residents==
* Nan Asquith, the pen name of Nancy Evelyn Pattinson, the author of 20 or so romantic novels, settled in Harpenden after the war and stayed there until her shortly before her death in the seventies.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}
* [[Julian Bliss]], international clarinettist and child prodigy was born and raised in Harpenden.<ref>[http://alumni.indiana.edu/profiles/alumni/jbliss.shtml http://alumni.indiana.edu/profiles/alumni/jbliss.shtml] ''alumni.indiana.edu''</ref>
* [[Steve Borthwick]] - who is the current [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] rugby captain lives in Harpenden.
* [[Ken Brown (golfer)|Ken Brown]], who played in the Ryder Cup and is now a commentator for major golf competitions such as the British Open
* [[Craig Charles]], comedian and actor in ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' and ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and host of the ''[[The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show|Funk and Soul Show]]'' and ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]''.<ref>http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/lifestyle/family-life/2003/05/13/me-and-my-health-84229-12953255/</ref>
* [[Ralph Chubb]], poet, artist and printer was born here in 1892.
* [[Donald Coxeter]], 20th century geometer attended [[St. George's School, Harpenden|St. George's School]].
* [[Matt Dickinson]], Everest mountaineer, author, scriptwriter and director.
* [[Lee Dixon]], former [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] footballer.
* [[Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy]], involved in the [[Dreyfus affair]] lived in Milton Road, after his flight from France until his death in 1923. He is buried in St Nicholas' churchyard.
* [[Siobhan Fahey]], singer in [[Bananarama]] lived in Harpenden while she was 14 - 16. She attended Sir John Lawes School for those 2 years.
* [[Andy Farrell]], Saracens and England Rugby player.
* [[Owen Farrell]], rugby player for [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] and a former member of St Georges School.
* [[Ronald Fisher]], a statistician ''who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science''.<ref>[http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/fisherguide/rafreader.htm http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/fisherguide/rafreader.htm] ''economics.soton.ac.uk''</ref> worked at [[Rothamsted Experimental Station]].
* [[Miles Golding]], classical musician and violinist of [[Split Enz]].
* [[Martin Gore]] from the band [[Depeche Mode]].
* [[Richard Herring]], Comedian and podcaster, living in Harpenden while London home is renovated.<ref>http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup/?id=3416</ref>
* [[George Hogg (adventurer)|George Hogg]], British journalist who rescued 50 orphaned children in China during the Japanese occupation.
* [[Frank Ifield]], Australian singer and yodeller lived in Harpenden.
* [[Guy Johnston]], cello soloist and winner of [[BBC Young Musician of the Year]] in 2000.
* [[Stanley Kubrick]], filmmaker, lived and died in nearby [[Childwickbury Manor]].
* [[Henry Lawson]], Australian writer, lived in 'Spring Villa', Cowper Rd, Harpenden from July-September, 1900.
* [[Andy Linighan]], former [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] footballer.
* [[Eric Morecambe]], comedian, lived in Harpenden, close to his beloved [[Luton Town FC]]. His funeral and burial took place in [[St Nicholas Church, Harpenden|St. Nicholas Church]]. The Public Halls are named after him.
* [[Albert Moses]], an actor who starred in [[Mind Your Language]] playing [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] student Ranjeet Singh and a number of James Bond films.
* [[John Motson]], [[Football (soccer)|Football]] commentator.
* [[Tim Rice]], the composer, attended [[Aldwickbury School]].
* Raphael Salaman, collector of, and writer on, trade tools, particularly woodworking and leatherworking.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-r-a-salaman-1399714.html|title=Obituary: R. A. Salaman|newspaper=The Independent|first=David|last=Kessler|date=13 January 1994|accessdate=18 February 2012}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Strauli]], actor, who starred in ''[[Only When I Laugh (TV series)|Only When I Laugh]]'' and ''Full House'' was born in Harpenden.
* Dame [[Ellen Terry]], actress 1847–1928, who lived in Harpenden from 1868 to 1874.
* [[Sir John Wittewronge]], owned and lived at [[Rothamsted Manor]], where in the seventeenth century he kept a weather and gardening diary which has very early records of rain, temperature and winds.
* [[Ashley Young]], Aston Villa and England International football player.
* [[Richard Youngs]] alternative musician, grew up in the town and recorded several albums there, especially ''Lake'' and ''Advent''.

==Sport==
Harpenden is home to various sports clubs. Just a selection are listed below:
* [[Harpenden Town Football Club]]
* [[Harpenden Rugby Football Club]]
* Elliswick Lawn Tennis Club
* [[Harpenden Lawn Tennis Club]]
* Harpenden Dolphins Cricket Club
* Bamville Cricket Club
* [[Harpenden Colts Football Club]]
* Harpenden Hockey Club
* Harpenden Golf Club
* Harpenden Common Golf Club
* Harpenden Swimming Club
* Harpenden (Lawn) Bowling Club
* [http://www.harpendenarorunners.co.uk/ Harpenden Aro Runners]
* Skew Bridge FC
* [http://www.skewbridgefootball.co.uk]

==Scouting Groups==
* 1st Harpenden Scouts
* 2nd Harpenden Scouts
* 3rd Harpenden Scouts
* 4th Harpenden Scouts
* 9th Harpenden Scouts
* 10th Harpenden Scouts
* 12th Harpenden Scouts
Harpenden Explorer Scout Unit (HESU)
Kingsbourne Explorer Scouts (KES)
Shackleton Explorer Scout Unit (SESU)

Harpenden and Wheathamstead are is the District

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Harpenden_High_Street_1.jpg|Harpenden High Street, looking north
Image:Harpenden_High_Street_2.jpg|Harpenden High Street, looking north
Image:Harpenden_High_Street_4.jpg|Harpenden High Street, looking south
Image:Harpenden_War_Memorial.jpg|Harpenden War Memorial
Image:St Nicholas_Church_2.JPG|St Nicholas Church
Image:Lydekker_Park.JPG|Lydekker Park
Image:Rothampstead park.JPG|Rose garden in Rothamsted Park
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Harpenden}}
{{Wikisource1911Enc}}
* [http://www.harpenden.gov.uk/ Harpenden Town Council]
* [http://www.whatsonstalbans.co.uk/ Local listing and loyalty card website]
* [http://www.classicsonthecommon.com/ Classics on the Common website]
* [http://www.harpendenroundtable.org/ Harpenden Round Table Website]
* [http://www.harpendencircle.co.uk/ Harpenden Circle Website]
* [http://www.hcgc.co.uk/ Harpenden Common Golf Club Website]
* [http://www.harpendenuk.com/ Harpenden Culture, People, Information]

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{{Infobox UK station|symbol=rail
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[[File:FCC train at Harpenden.JPG|thumb|265px|right|A [[British Rail Class 319|Class 319]] train at Harpenden, operated by First Capital Connect but in the livery of [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]]]]
'''Harpenden railway station''' serves the town of [[Harpenden]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]]. It is situated on the [[Midland Main Line]]. The station is managed by [[First Capital Connect]] and is served by its [[Thameslink]] route service.

The station has facilities of toilet, newsagent, dry cleaner, taxi office and rank, and a coffee shop.

The station has a [[PlusBus]] scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together for a cheaper price.

Work is complete on extending the platforms to support 12-carriage trains which also required widening a road bridge. Ticket gates have been installed on platforms 1 & 4 (and in the case of platform 1 it required moving the old entrance 35 metres south). Work on these started on 21 November 2010 and was completed in May 2011.<ref>http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/about-us/media-centre/news/2010/Better-security-for-Harpenden-station/</ref> A second footbridge with lifts is due to be built to the north end of the station and this will be funded by the Department for Transport’s Access For All scheme.<ref>http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/cms/pages/view/59/62</ref> The ticket gates are due to be moved to the location of this new footbridge (when it opens).

==History==
The second station in Harpenden, it was built by the [[Midland Railway]] in 1868 on its extension to [[St Pancras railway station|St. Pancras]], however nothing remains of the original station buildings. Although located on Station Road, the road is actually named after the first station, {{Stnlnk|Harpenden East}}, now closed.

A branch line, built by the Hemel Hempstead Railway Company in 1877, known as the '''[[Nicky Line]]''' but operated by the Midland, formerly diverged from the main line north of the station. The intention had been to meet the [[London and North Western Railway|LNWR]] at [[Boxmoor]] but the section from Hemel Hempstead never had a passenger service. In 1886 a south curve was added to the junction allowing passengers to join the London trains at Harpenden rather than Luton.<ref>Radford, B., (1983) ''Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby'' London: Bloomsbury Books</ref> The branch was closed in 1964. The route remains in use as a cycleway, passing under the [[M1 motorway|M1]] in a tunnel.

A row of five brick built former coal merchant's offices along the station approach are now used as small retail and office units.

==Services==
=== 2006/07 services ===
The typical off-peak service pattern saw six trains per hour in each direction operated by [[First Capital Connect]]. Four of these were fast trains between {{Stnlnk|Bedford}} and {{Stnlnk|Brighton}}, via [[Kings Cross Thameslink]] station in central [[London]] and {{Stnlnk|Gatwick Airport}}. The remaining two trains called at all stations between {{Stnlnk|Luton}} and [[Sutton railway station (London)|Sutton]] (in [[South London]]).

=== December 2007 ===
Following the closure of [[Kings Cross Thameslink]], [[First Capital Connect]] now operate trains on the [[Thameslink]] route between {{Stnlnk|Bedford}}, {{Stnlnk|Luton}}, [[Sutton railway station (London)|Sutton]] and {{Stnlnk|Brighton}} calling at the new low level platforms at [[St Pancras railway station#First Capital Connect (Thameslink route)|St Pancras]].

[[East Midlands Trains]] operate trains on the [[Midland Main Line]] route from [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras International]] to/from [[Leeds]], [[Sheffield]], [[Derby]], [[Nottingham]] and [[Leicester]] through the station, but do not stop. Interchange with these trains can be made 1 or 2 stops to the north, either at [[Luton railway station|Luton]] or [[Luton Airport Parkway railway station|Luton Airport Parkway]], dependent on the service.

===2009===
From March 2009, [[First Capital Connect]], in partnership with [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] began running a new Luton-[[Sevenoaks]] service. These trains call at Harpenden.

===Future===
From 2015, Wimbledon trains are likely to be withdrawn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/faqs/faqs_categories/public_index#question_42 |title= Thameslink Programme - FAQ |accessdate=21 November 2008 |work= |publisher= |date= }}</ref>

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==References==
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{{Infobox UK station
|name = Southend Airport
|symbol = rail
|image_name = Geograph-2919611-by-william.jpg
|caption = The 'train station' building in April 2012
|code = SIA
|manager = [[Stobart Rail]]
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'''Southend Airport railway station''' is a railway station on the [[Shenfield to Southend Line|Shenfield to Southend line]] which opened on to passengers on 18 July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-14183028|title=London Southend Airport opens station and control tower|publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=18 July 2011 |accessdate=18 July 2011}}</ref> The official opening ceremony was enacted by Minister for Transport [[Theresa Villiers]] MP on 21 September 2011 <ref>{{Cite web|title=New London Southend Airport Railway Station OfficiallyOpens|url=http://www.southendairport.com/PDFs/New%20London%20Southend%20Airport%20Railway%20Station%20Officially%20Opens.pdf|publisher=London Southend Airport|accessdate=21 September 2011|date=21 September 2011}}</ref>. It serves [[London Southend Airport]] which is being developed by [[Stobart Air]]; a new terminal building adjoining the station opened in February 2012. It also serves [[Sutton, Essex]] and northern parts of [[Southend on Sea]]. The station is manned by staff employed by [[Stobart Rail]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9140067.Airport_rail_station_to_open_next_week/ |title=Airport rail station to open next week |Echo Newspapers |quote=Stobart, not National Express, will employ the staff who man the station and meet passengers getting off the train}}</ref>
It was designed by Atkins and constructed by Birse Rail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbrail.co.uk/news-article/Southend-Airport-New-Railway|title=Birse Rail joins forces with Stobart Rail to construct new railway station at Southend Airport|publisher=BalfourBeattyRail| accessdate=28 July 2011 |quote=Birse Rail is working with Stobart Rail, part of Stobart Group, to oversee the design and construction management of a new railway station at London Southend Airport.}}</ref>

The new station eliminates the need to change at [[Rochford railway station|Rochford]] or one of the Southend stations onto a bus or taxi in order to access the airport by train.
==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Geograph-2515721-by-John-Allan.jpg|Platform 1, for trains to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]]
File:New railway station at Southend Airport - geograph.org.uk - 1615904.jpg|Construction work in December 2009
</gallery>

== Services ==
{{As of|2011|5}} the typical off-peak service is:
*3 trains per hour to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] - All stations to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, then {{stnlnk|Stratford}} and Liverpool Street. One train an hour additionally calls at Romford.
*3 trains per hour to {{stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} - All stations (Does not call at Prittlewell on Sundays) <ref>[http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/travel_information/train_timetables/may_2011_timetable May 2011 timetable] ''National Express''</ref>

{{Rail start}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Rochford railway station|Rochford]]|next=[[Prittlewell railway station|Prittlewell]]<br><small>[[Southend Victoria railway station|Southend Victoria]] on Sundays|route=[[Greater Anglia]]<br><small>[[Shenfield to Southend Line]]</small>|col={{NXEA colour}}}}
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== References ==
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|caption = The 'train station' building in April 2012
|code = SIA
|manager = [[Stobart Rail]]
|locale = [[Southend Airport]]
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'''Southend Airport railway station''' is a railway station on the [[Shenfield to Southend Line|Shenfield to Southend line]] which opened on to passengers on 18 July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-14183028|title=London Southend Airport opens station and control tower|publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=18 July 2011 |accessdate=18 July 2011}}</ref> The official opening ceremony was enacted by Minister for Transport [[Theresa Villiers]] MP on 21 September 2011 <ref>{{Cite web|title=New London Southend Airport Railway Station OfficiallyOpens|url=http://www.southendairport.com/PDFs/New%20London%20Southend%20Airport%20Railway%20Station%20Officially%20Opens.pdf|publisher=London Southend Airport|accessdate=21 September 2011|date=21 September 2011}}</ref>. It serves [[London Southend Airport]] which is being developed by [[Stobart Air]]; a new terminal building adjoining the station opened in February 2012. It also serves [[Sutton, Essex]] and northern parts of [[Southend on Sea]]. The station is manned by staff employed by [[Stobart Rail]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9140067.Airport_rail_station_to_open_next_week/ |title=Airport rail station to open next week |Echo Newspapers |quote=Stobart, not National Express, will employ the staff who man the station and meet passengers getting off the train}}</ref>
It was designed by Atkins and constructed by Birse Rail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbrail.co.uk/news-article/Southend-Airport-New-Railway|title=Birse Rail joins forces with Stobart Rail to construct new railway station at Southend Airport|publisher=BalfourBeattyRail| accessdate=28 July 2011 |quote=Birse Rail is working with Stobart Rail, part of Stobart Group, to oversee the design and construction management of a new railway station at London Southend Airport.}}</ref>

The new station eliminates the need to change at [[Rochford railway station|Rochford]] or one of the Southend stations onto a bus or taxi in order to access the airport by train.
== Services ==
{{As of|2011|5}} the typical off-peak service is:
*3 trains per hour to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] - All stations to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, then {{stnlnk|Stratford}} and Liverpool Street. One train an hour additionally calls at Romford.
*3 trains per hour to {{stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} - All stations (Does not call at Prittlewell on Sundays) <ref>[http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/travel_information/train_timetables/may_2011_timetable May 2011 timetable] ''National Express''</ref>

{{Rail start}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Rochford railway station|Rochford]]|next=[[Prittlewell railway station|Prittlewell]]<br><small>[[Southend Victoria railway station|Southend Victoria]] on Sundays|route=[[Greater Anglia]]<br><small>[[Shenfield to Southend Line]]</small>|col={{NXEA colour}}}}
{{s-end}}

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Geograph-2515721-by-John-Allan.jpg|Platform 1, for trains to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]]
File:New railway station at Southend Airport - geograph.org.uk - 1615904.jpg|Construction work in December 2009
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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{{UK Airport stations}}
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[[Category:Railway stations serving London airports]]

{{Infobox UK station
|name = Southend Airport
|symbol = rail
|image_name = Geograph-2919611-by-william.jpg
|caption = The 'train station' building in April 2012
|code = SIA
|manager = [[Stobart Rail]]
|locale = [[Southend Airport]]
|borough = [[Rochford (district)|Rochford]], [[Essex]]
|platforms = 2
|latitude = 51.5687
|longitude = 0.7052
| owner =
| gridref =
| original = [[Network Rail]]
| years = 18 July 2011
| events = Station opened
}}

'''Southend Airport railway station''' is a railway station on the [[Shenfield to Southend Line|Shenfield to Southend line]] which opened on to passengers on 18 July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-14183028|title=London Southend Airport opens station and control tower|publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=18 July 2011 |accessdate=18 July 2011}}</ref> The official opening ceremony was enacted by Minister for Transport [[Theresa Villiers]] MP on 21 September 2011 <ref>{{Cite web|title=New London Southend Airport Railway Station OfficiallyOpens|url=http://www.southendairport.com/PDFs/New%20London%20Southend%20Airport%20Railway%20Station%20Officially%20Opens.pdf|publisher=London Southend Airport|accessdate=21 September 2011|date=21 September 2011}}</ref>. It serves [[London Southend Airport]] which is being developed by [[Stobart Air]]; a new terminal building adjoining the station opened in February 2012. It also serves [[Sutton, Essex]] and northern parts of [[Southend on Sea]]. The station is manned by staff employed by [[Stobart Rail]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9140067.Airport_rail_station_to_open_next_week/ |title=Airport rail station to open next week |Echo Newspapers |quote=Stobart, not National Express, will employ the staff who man the station and meet passengers getting off the train}}</ref>
It was designed by Atkins and constructed by Birse Rail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbrail.co.uk/news-article/Southend-Airport-New-Railway|title=Birse Rail joins forces with Stobart Rail to construct new railway station at Southend Airport|publisher=BalfourBeattyRail| accessdate=28 July 2011 |quote=Birse Rail is working with Stobart Rail, part of Stobart Group, to oversee the design and construction management of a new railway station at London Southend Airport.}}</ref>

The new station eliminates the need to change at [[Rochford railway station|Rochford]] or one of the Southend stations onto a bus or taxi in order to access the airport by train.
==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Geograph-2515721-by-John-Allan.jpg|Platform 1, for trains to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]]
File:New railway station at Southend Airport - geograph.org.uk - 1615904.jpg|Construction work in December 2009
</gallery>

== Services ==
{{As of|2011|5}} the typical off-peak service is:
*3 trains per hour to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] - All stations to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, then {{stnlnk|Stratford}} and Liverpool Street. One train an hour additionally calls at Romford.
*3 trains per hour to {{stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} - All stations (Does not call at Prittlewell on Sundays) <ref>[http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/travel_information/train_timetables/may_2011_timetable May 2011 timetable] ''National Express''</ref>

{{Rail start}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Rochford railway station|Rochford]]|next=[[Prittlewell railway station|Prittlewell]]<br><small>[[Southend Victoria railway station|Southend Victoria]] on Sundays|route=[[Greater Anglia]]<br><small>[[Shenfield to Southend Line]]</small>|col={{NXEA colour}}}}
{{s-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Southend Airport railway station}}

{{UK Airport stations}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2010}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southend Airport Railway Station}}
[[Category:Transport in Rochford]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Essex]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened by Network Rail]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2011]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Greater Anglia]]
[[Category:Railway stations serving London airports]]

{{Infobox UK station
|name = Southend Airport
|symbol = rail
|image_name = Geograph-2919611-by-william.jpg
|caption = The station building in April 2012
|code = SIA
|manager = [[Stobart Rail]]
|locale = [[Southend Airport]]
|borough = [[Rochford (district)|Rochford]], [[Essex]]
|platforms = 2
|latitude = 51.5687
|longitude = 0.7052
| owner =
| gridref =
| original = [[Network Rail]]
| years = 18 July 2011
| events = Station opened
}}

'''Southend Airport railway station''' is a railway station on the [[Shenfield to Southend Line|Shenfield to Southend line]] which opened on to passengers on 18 July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-14183028|title=London Southend Airport opens station and control tower|publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=18 July 2011 |accessdate=18 July 2011}}</ref> The official opening ceremony was enacted by Minister for Transport [[Theresa Villiers]] MP on 21 September 2011 <ref>{{Cite web|title=New London Southend Airport Railway Station OfficiallyOpens|url=http://www.southendairport.com/PDFs/New%20London%20Southend%20Airport%20Railway%20Station%20Officially%20Opens.pdf|publisher=London Southend Airport|accessdate=21 September 2011|date=21 September 2011}}</ref>. It serves [[London Southend Airport]] which is being developed by [[Stobart Air]]; a new terminal building adjoining the station opened in February 2012. It also serves [[Sutton, Essex]] and northern parts of [[Southend on Sea]]. The station is manned by staff employed by [[Stobart Rail]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9140067.Airport_rail_station_to_open_next_week/ |title=Airport rail station to open next week |Echo Newspapers |quote=Stobart, not National Express, will employ the staff who man the station and meet passengers getting off the train}}</ref>
It was designed by Atkins and constructed by Birse Rail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbrail.co.uk/news-article/Southend-Airport-New-Railway|title=Birse Rail joins forces with Stobart Rail to construct new railway station at Southend Airport|publisher=BalfourBeattyRail| accessdate=28 July 2011 |quote=Birse Rail is working with Stobart Rail, part of Stobart Group, to oversee the design and construction management of a new railway station at London Southend Airport.}}</ref>

The new station eliminates the need to change at [[Rochford railway station|Rochford]] or one of the Southend stations onto a bus or taxi in order to access the airport by train.
==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Geograph-2515721-by-John-Allan.jpg|Platform 1, for trains to {{stnlnk|Southend Victoria}}
File:New railway station at Southend Airport - geograph.org.uk - 1615904.jpg|Construction work in December 2009
</gallery>

== Services ==
{{As of|2011|5}} the typical off-peak service is:
*3 trains per hour to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] - All stations to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, then {{stnlnk|Stratford}} and Liverpool Street. One train an hour additionally calls at Romford.
*3 trains per hour to {{stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} - All stations (Does not call at Prittlewell on Sundays) <ref>[http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/travel_information/train_timetables/may_2011_timetable May 2011 timetable] ''National Express''</ref>

{{Rail start}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Rochford railway station|Rochford]]|next=[[Prittlewell railway station|Prittlewell]]<br><small>[[Southend Victoria railway station|Southend Victoria]] on Sundays|route=[[Greater Anglia]]<br><small>[[Shenfield to Southend Line]]</small>|col={{NXEA colour}}}}
{{s-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Southend Airport railway station}}

{{UK Airport stations}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2010}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southend Airport Railway Station}}
[[Category:Transport in Rochford]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Essex]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened by Network Rail]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2011]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Greater Anglia]]
[[Category:Railway stations serving London airports]]

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{{Infobox company
| name = Arriva UK Trains Ltd.
| logo = [[Image:Arriva logo.svg|200px]]
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Arriva UK Trains is the company that combines [[Arriva]]'s [[Train operating company|train operating companies]] in the United Kingdom, with the services formerly run by [[DB Regio]].

==Divisions==

They currently run the following companies:<ref>http://www.arriva.co.uk/arriva/en/business_activities/transport_services/unitedkingdom/trains/</ref>

*[[Arriva Trains Wales]]
*[[Chiltern Railways]]
*[[CrossCountry]]
*[[Grand Central Railway]]
*[[London Overground Rail Operations|London Overground Rail Operations Limited]] (50:50 with [[MTR]])
*[[Tyne and Wear Metro]]
*LNWR
*[[Alliance Rail Holdings]]

==History==
===Arriva's operations===
[[Image:Llandudno railway station MMB 02 175112.jpg|thumb|An Arriva Trains Wales services]]
[[Arriva Trains Wales|Arriva Trains Wales/Trenau Arriva Cymru]] operates the majority of passenger rail service in [[Wales]] and the [[Welsh Marches]]. It gained the franchise in 2003 and it is due to run for 15 years, subject to [[Welsh Assembly Government]] reviews every five years.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3205428.stm Train firm to get £1.6bn] BBC News, 2003</ref>
Arriva also operates [[CrossCountry]], which provides rail services on long-distance cross-country routes in England and [[Scotland]] from 11 November 2007 to April 2016. The concession was previously operated by [[Virgin CrossCountry]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6286904.stm "Virgin loses Cross Country rail"], BBC News, 10 July 2007</ref>

[[Arriva Trains Merseyside]] ran urban rail services on [[Merseyside]] from 2000 to 2003 and [[Arriva Trains Northern]] ran local rail services in [[Northern England]] from 2000 to 2004. Both contracts were lost to [[Serco-Abellio]].

===Former DB Regio operations===

Following the purchase of Arriva by Deutsche Bahn, Arriva UK Trains was expanded to take over DB's existing DB Regio UK division which consisted of [[Chiltern Railways]], [[Tyne & Wear Metro]], the now closed [[Wrexham & Shropshire]] open access operation and a 50% sharesholding in [[LOROL]] (with [[MTR Corporation]]).

In January 2008, it was announced that, subject to regulatory approval, DB Regio would take over the expanding [[Laing Rail]] in the [[United Kingdom]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vector1media.com/news/top-stories/53-corporate-news/1982-deutsche-bahn-announces-acquisition-of-laing-rail|title=Deutsche Bahn Announces Acquisition of Laing Rail|date=2008-02-27|accessdate=2010-11-27|publisher=Vector1 Media}}</ref> which had itself just taken over the [[London Overground]] concession jointly with [[MTR Corporation]]. As a result of the DB buyout Laing Rail Group was renamed DB Regio UK.

DB Regio UK continued to expand when in February 2009 it was shortlisted<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7864519.stm |title=Foreign bids for Metro contract |publisher=BBC News |date=2009-02-02 |accessdate=2009-02-03}}</ref> and on 3 December 2009 named as preferred bidder for a contract to operate the [[Tyne and Wear Metro]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/db-regio-preferred-bidder-for-tyne-metro-operating-contract.html |title=DB Regio preferred bidder for Tyne & Wear Metro operating contract |publisher=[[Railway Gazette International]] |date=2009-12-03}}</ref> and took over operations on 1 April 2010.

==Future==
===Post Merger Growth Strategy===

Arriva UK Trains wishes to expand the number of UK Rail businesses it operates by developing open access operations and successfully bidding for further UK Department for Transport Rail Franchises. <ref>[http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=1092]</ref> As part of this strategy in November 2011 Arriva bought open-access operator [[Grand Central Railway]] for an undisclosed price.<ref>{{cite news | title=Arriva acquires open access operator Grand Central | date=4 November 2011 |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/arriva-acquires-open-access-operator-grand-central.html |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |location =London}}</ref> Disappointingly in the last full financial year before the purchase, Grand Central's seven return trains a day lost £8.5m leaving an overall deficit of £35m. <ref> [http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9210250.Rail_firm_makes_loss_of___8_5m/]</ref> [[Alliance Rail Holdings]] continues to develop new open access proposals following the rejection of their initial plans by the Office of Rail Regulation in 2011. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12623203] </ref>

During 2011-2012 Arriva's applications to compete for the West Coast, Greater Anglia, Essex Thameside and Thameslink franchises were all rejected by the UK Department for Transport before the contests began. Following this run of failure Arriva was publically critical of the government's prequalification process and called for it to be abolished.<ref> [http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=1092] </ref> However Arriva are shortlisted to compete against [[First Group]], [[National Express]] and [[Stagecoach Group]] for the 15 year Greater Western franchise.<ref> [http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20120329/] </ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}


{{Arriva Group UK}}
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{{infobox shopping mall|
| shopping_mall_name = Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough
| image =
| image_width = 80px
| caption =
| location = [[Middlesbrough]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]]
| opening_date = 1970s
| developer =
| manager = David McNee
| owner= F&C Reit Company
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| number_of_anchors =
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The '''Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough''', formerly '''The Mall''', is a [[shopping centre]] that serves the town of [[Middlesbrough]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]] and is owned TF&C Reit Company.

It has been called The Cleveland Shopping Centre since its opening in the 1970's until new owners named it The Mall. It was announced in September 2011 that The Mall had been sold for over 80 million to the F&C Reit Company, and that the name has been changed back to The Cleveland Centre as of April 2012.

== Centre Information ==
=== Transport links ===
The shopping centre is located in the centre of [[Middlesbrough]] and is a short walk to:
*[[Middlesbrough railway station]]
*[[Middlesbrough bus station]]

=== Retailers ===
There are many retailers in the centre, including:

*[[British Home Stores|Bhs]]
*[[Boots Group|Boots]]
*[[The Carphone Warehouse]]
*[[Claire's|Claire's Accessories]]
*[[HMV]]
*[[New Look (store)|New Look]]
*[[W H Smith|WHSmith]]
*Eurochange
*[[Republic (clothing)|Republic]]
*[[Vodafone]]
*[[H&M]]

== See also ==
*[[The Mall Company]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/clevelandcentre.middlesbrough]Facebook Website

{{The Mall Fund}}
{{Middlesbrough}}

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{{infobox shopping mall|
| shopping_mall_name = Cleveland Centre Middlesbrough
| image =
| image_width = 80px
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| location = [[Middlesbrough]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]]
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| developer =
| manager = David McNee
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'''The Cleveland Shopping Centre''', formerly '''The Mall''', is a [[shopping centre]] that serves the town of [[Middlesbrough]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]] and is owned TF&C Reit Company.

It has been called The Cleveland Shopping Centre since its opening in the 1970's until new owners named it The Mall. It was announced in September 2011 that The Mall had been sold for over 80 million to the F&C Reit Company, and that the name has been changed back to The Cleveland Shopping Centre as of April 2012.

== Centre Information ==
=== Transport links ===
The shopping centre is located in the centre of [[Middlesbrough]] and is a short walk to:
*[[Middlesbrough railway station]]
*[[Middlesbrough bus station]]

=== Retailers ===
There are many retailers in the centre, including:

*[[British Home Stores|Bhs]]
*[[Boots Group|Boots]]
*[[The Carphone Warehouse]]
*[[Claire's|Claire's Accessories]]
*[[HMV]]
*[[New Look (store)|New Look]]
*[[W H Smith|WHSmith]]
*Eurochange
*[[Republic (clothing)|Republic]]
*[[Vodafone]]
*[[H&M]]

== See also ==
*[[The Mall Company]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/clevelandcentre.middlesbrough]Facebook Website

{{The Mall Fund}}
{{Middlesbrough}}

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Uhm, I'm not sure whether Zumo is deservant of it's own section here. Seems a bit superfluous for a juice bar, which is hardly the star of the centre anyway!
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#REDIRECT [[Broadmarsh (shopping centre)]]

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| shopping_mall_name = Broadmarsh
| image = Broadmarshsign.jpg
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| caption =
| location = [[Nottingham City Centre]], [[England]]
| coordinates = {{coord|52|57|0|N|1|08|55|W |type:landmark_region:GB |display=inline,title}}
| address = Lister Gate
| opening_date = 1972
| developer =
| manager =
| owner = [[Capital Shopping Centres]]
| number_of_stores = 55 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westfield.com/broadmarsh/ourstores|title=Our Stores|date=|accessdate=21 July 2010|publisher=[[The Westfield Group]]}}</ref>
| number_of_anchors = 5
| floor_area = 45,000 m² (484,000 ft²)
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| floors = 2
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The '''Broadmarsh shopping centre''' is a [[shopping centre]] in [[Nottingham, England]], owned by Capital shopping centres. The centre has 55 stores and a total retail floor space of 45,000&nbsp;m² (484,000&nbsp;ft²)In 2011 Westfield group announced that it would sell the shopping centre to owners of the other local shopping centre 'Victoria centre' because they could not make the figures stack up with two rival shopping centres trying to attract the same stores. In recent times, and especially after being sold by Westfield, the centre has arguably began to look rather neglected. With many empty shops and low-value retail enterprises, the store fails to attract a wider audience of shoppers to a large extent, and many of the stores found inside are duplicates which are available in other parts of the city. One problem the centre faces is its aesthetical appeal - it was last refurbished in 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shoppinginnottingham.co.uk/Broadmarsh|title=Broadmarsh|date=|accessdate=16 March 2012|publisher=[[Shopping in Nottingham]]}}</ref>, and is arguably out of date for a large modern city. With the proximity of Nottingham Coach Station, and Nottingham Railway Station, there has always been the tenancy for people to use it as a shortcut to the city centre, but in the current situation there is little appeal from the shops they pass, with several closed down <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shopping-time.co.uk/NG1/Nottingham/TK-Maxx-Nottingham-Broadmarsh-This-store-will-be-closing-on-April-10th-104-105-Broadmarsh-Centre,3475.html|title=TK Maxx Broadmarsh - This store will be closing on April 10th|date=|accessdate=16 March 2012|publisher=[[shopping time]]}}</ref> It is certainly in need of the opposed 700 million pound redevelopment made by Westfield, but due to them selling the centre it is very unlikely that the plans will be going ahead. <ref>{{cite web
</ref> The main retailers are [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]], [[Bhs]], [[Boots Group|Boots]], [[H&M]], with other stores such as [[JD Sports]], [[Wilkinson]] and [[Ethel Austin]]. Several market-style [[Stall (enclosure)|stall]]s are located on the ground floor.

==History==
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It was built on what was historically [[bog|boggy ground]] on the outskirts of the medieval town, hence the name. By the time of construction, the area had badly degenerated. Despite its historic interest, all the buildings were demolished to accommodate the redevelopment. Broadmarsh is also the main bus disembarkation point for visitors to the city, as several bus routes terminate there.

During preparation of the site, many ancient and recent [[cave]]s and [[Basement|cellar]]s dug into the soft [[sandstone]] foundations of the city were rediscovered. Activism from residents and historians allowed the caves to be preserved instead of destroyed, and the [[City of Caves]] exhibit beneath the shopping centre is now a major [[tourist attraction]].

The Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, which opened to the public in 1972, was originally intended to be an [[Arndale Centre]], and the associated parking structure – once voted the "ugliest building in Nottingham" – is still known as the Arndale Car Park. Furthermore, the main mall section of the development lacks distinction architecturally. The centre improved with a major cosmetic refurbishment in 1988.

==Future==
In April 2007, a three-year redevelopment plan was approved. The scheme involves the [[demolition]] of much of the centre, the car park, and the adjoining [[Broadmarsh bus station|bus terminus]]. The plan will see the centre's retail floor area expanded to 136,000&nbsp;m² with 400&nbsp;shops across three floors.<ref>http://plan4.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/WAM/pas/showCaseFile.do?councilName=Nottingham+City+Council&appNumber=07/00117/PVAR3</ref>

Plans for the new centre include arcade cafés and roof-top restaurants with views of the city, a food court with 1,200&nbsp;seats, a major new public open space surrounded by bars and restaurants with views of [[Nottingham Castle]], a new shopmobility service for the disabled, state-of-the-art transport interchange linking buses and trams with parking and passenger drop-off points. A tram stop integrated within the development for easy access to the shops, an 'airport style' bus station with additional stops and bus priority lanes, and cycle network with cycle storage facilities.

The new centre will come in a street like form. A number of routes will be created around the centre, many of these routes will be covered by glass roofs.

The new shopping centre will cost approximately £700m to build.

[[Marks & Spencer]] and [[Debenhams]] will anchor the development. There have also been rumours that Apple and Harvey Nichols are planning on opening new store's in the redeveloped Westfield Broadmarsh<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Harvey-Nichols-talks-Broadmarsh-storearticle-426424-details/article.html|title=Harvey Nichols 'in talks' over Broadmarsh store|date=25 October 2008|accessdate=21 July 2010|publisher=thisisNottingham}}</ref>

In November 2011, it was announced that [[Capital Shopping Centres]], owners of the nearby Victoria Shopping Centre, are buying Westfield's part of Broadmarsh.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://uk.westfield.com/broadmarsh/ Official Westfield Broadmarsh Centre Website]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2499245.stm 2002 BBC News article on the plans for the centre]
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'''Alliance Rail Holdings''' is a proposed [[train operating company]] in the United Kingdom and is finalising its development plans for the operation of new rail services on a number of routes through its subsidiaries Great North Western Railway Co Ltd (GNWR) and Great North Eastern Railway Co Ltd (GNER). The services are planned to start from December 2013 when [[Virgin Trains]] and [[East Coast (train operating company)|East Coast]] franchises have expired.<ref name="RailMag632">{{cite news |url=http://www.alliancerail.co.uk/alliancerailarticle.pdf |title=Yeowart... challenging the old guard |issue=632 |work=Rail |location =Peterborough |date=2 December 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5mZ1EGokq |author=Broadbent, Steve |archivedate=5 January 2010}}</ref> The company seeks a contract of up to 30 years to reflect the investment proposed.<ref name="MR201012"/>

Alliance is now undertaking detailed timetabling and economic work to support its application to the ORR for the establishment of these new rail routes. This work will also provide the opportunity to review the potential for the re-introduction of a more regular inter-city service at locations such as Nuneaton and Tamworth, and also offer new direct services between West Yorkshire and Crewe, allowing easy onward connections to Wales and the South West.

Alliance Rail Holdings is headed by Ian Yeowart,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/rail-veteran-bids-to-revive-gner-services-1792874.html |title=Rail veteran bids to revive GNER services |first=Russell |last=Lynch |date=25 September 2009 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location =London}}</ref> founder and former managing director of [[Grand Central Railway]]. A new development team was announced on 12 August 2010.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.alliancerail.co.uk/2009/12/development-tea/ |title= New development team announced |date=12 August 2010 |publisher=Alliance Rail}}</ref> The venture is partly funded by [[Arriva UK Trains]], which is owned by [[Deutsche Bahn]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=492 |work=Rail Professional |title=Interview: Ian Yeowart |first=Katie |last=Silvester |month=October |year=2010 |accessdate=29 September 2010}}</ref>

==Proposed services==
[[File:Alliance Rail GNER logo.svg|thumb|right|Great North Eastern Railway]]

===Great North Eastern Railway===
The Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) service, which would resurrect the name of the defunct [[Sea Containers]] subsidiary [[Great North Eastern Railway]], is planned to run between [[London King's Cross railway station|London King's Cross]], [[Cleethorpes]], [[Skipton]], [[Ilkley]] and [[Huddersfield]], in addition to services between [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] and [[Liverpool]] via [[Bradford]] and [[Leeds]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.alliancerail.co.uk/gner/ |title=GNER |publisher=Alliance Rail |accessdate=6 January 2010}}</ref>

The planned timetable is as follows:
*2 Hourly services in opposite hour to Huddersfield: London King's Cross, [[Retford]], [[Worksop]], [[Sheffield]], [[Meadowhall]], [[Barnsley]], [[Penistone]] and [[Huddersfield]].
*2 Hourly services in opposite hour to Skipton / Ilkley: London King's Cross, Micklefield Parkway, [[Leeds]], [[Shipley]] and [[Keighley]], [[Skipton]] or [[Guiseley]] and [[Ilkley]].
*Four daily: London King's Cross, [[Doncaster]], Thorne South (Parkway), [[Scunthorpe]], Habrough, [[Grimsby|Grimsby Town]] and [[Cleethorpes]].
*Two Hourly: [[Hull Paragon Interchange|Hull]], [[Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire|Brough]], [[Howden]], [[Selby]], Micklefield Parkway, Leeds, [[Bradford|Bradford Interchange]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[Hebden Bridge]], [[Rochdale]], [[Manchester Victoria railway station|Manchester Victoria]], Eccles (Parkway), [[Newton-le-Willows]] Parkway, [[St Helens Junction railway station|St Helens]] and [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]].<ref name="RailMag632"/>

[[File:Alliance Rail GNWR logo.svg|thumb|right|Great North Western Railway]]

===Great North Western Railway===
The Great North Western Railway (GNWR) service is planned to run between [[Euston railway station|London Euston]], [[Leeds]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[Bradford]], [[Blackpool North Railway Station|Blackpool North]] and [[Carlisle railway station|Carlisle]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.alliancerail.co.uk/gnwr/ |publisher= Alliance Rail |title=GNWR |accessdate=6 January 2010}}</ref>

The planned timetable is as follows:
* Two hourly service to Leeds in opposite hour to Bradford: London Euston, Kings Langley Parkway, [[Nuneaton]], [[Tamworth]], [[Crewe]], [[Alderley Edge]], [[Stockport]], [[Guide Bridge]] Parkway, [[Huddersfield]], [[Dewsbury]] and [[Leeds]]
* Two hourly service to Bradford in opposite hour to Leeds: London Euston, Kings Langley Parkway, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Crewe, [[Winsford]] Parkway, Newton-le-Willows Parkway, Eccles Parkway, [[Manchester Victoria station|Manchester Victoria]], Rochdale, [[Hebden Bridge]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] and [[Bradford Interchange railway station|Bradford Interchange]].
* Three daily services to Carlisle in opposite hour to Blackpool: London Euston, Kings Langley Parkway, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Crewe, Winsford Parkway, Newton-le-Willows Parkway, [[Preston railway station|Preston]], [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], [[Carnforth]], [[Ulverston]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Sellafield]], [[Whitehaven]], [[Workington]], [[Maryport]], [[Wigton]], [[Carlisle railway station|Carlisle]].
* Four daily services to Blackpool in opposite hour to Carlisle: London Euston, Kings Langley Parkway, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Crewe, Winsford Parkway, Newton-le-Willows Parkway, Preston, Kirkham & Wesham and [[Blackpool North Railway Station|Blackpool North]].<ref name="RailMag632"/>

==Rolling stock==
It is proposed that services be operated by new-build dual-mode (diesel + electric) [[Polaris (train)|Polaris]] rolling stock,<ref name="MR201012">{{cite news |title=Blackpool through service proposed in West Coast path frenzy |work=Modern Railways |location =London |author=Miles, Tony |month=December |year=2010 |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/42336/full-steam-ahead-for-rochdale-to-london-train-service |title=Full steam ahead for Rochdale to London train service |date=9 June 2010 |accessdate=25 October 2010 |first=Laura |last=Wild |work=Rochdale Online}}</ref> capable of up to {{convert|140|mph|km/h}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8461994.Bradford_at_heart_of_huge_rail_shake_up_bid/ |title=Rail operator plans new 140mph service to London |date=20 October 2010|accessdate=25 October 2010 |first=Will |last=Kilner |newspaper=[[Telegraph & Argus]] |location =Bradford}}</ref> 16 trainsets are expected to be ordered, which would have a capacity of up to 350 passengers each.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/8493085.Bid_to_connect_Cumbria_to_London_with_pioneering_new_trains/ |title=Bid to connect Cumbria to London with pioneering new trains |date=4 November 2010 |newspaper=The Westmorland Gazette |accessdate=4 November 2010 |first=Bethany |last=Abbit |location =Kendal}}</ref> On the WCML and ECML routes, Alliance would look to use trains that can operate at maximum line speed, with 6 passenger carriages. A mixture of first- and standard-class seating would be provided. On the Pennine route, four-car trains would be required.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.alliancerail.co.uk/faqs |publisher =Alliance Rail |title=Frequently asked questions}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.alliancerail.co.uk/ Official Website]

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{{About|the train operating company|the rail franchise|Greater Anglia Rail Franchise}}
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'''Greater Anglia''' is a British [[train operating company]] that provides local, suburban and express passenger rail services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations in northern and eastern areas of [[Greater London]] and parts of the [[East of England]].

It succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] from 5 February 2012.<ref name="awarded">{{cite press release |url= http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20111020/ |publisher= Department for Transport |title= Better services for East Anglian passengers under new franchise |date=20 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia website].</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]]'s subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Ltd as the winner of the franchise on 20 October 2011, defeating two other shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Ltd ([[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Ltd ([[Stagecoach Group]]).<ref name=rgi20111020>{{cite news |url= http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/abellio-awarded-greater-anglia-franchise.html |title=Abellio awarded Greater Anglia franchise |date=20 October 2011 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |location =London}}</ref> The franchise started on 5 February 2012 and lasts for 29 months until September 2014.<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will notably operate during the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

The annual report for 2011, published in March 2012, of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen<ref>{{nl}} [http://www.ns.nl/jaarverslag2011/campagnes/ns-in-2011/europa.html Annual report 2011]. Nederlands Spoorwegen.</ref> stated that Greater Anglia moves 400,000 passengers daily with 3,000 staff.

The subsequent franchise is expected to be awarded for 15 years.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Improvements==
A number of improvements are planned during the franchise period, including:<ref name="awarded"/>
* Improved station and ticket facilities and better information for passengers;
* A [[text messaging]] service to keep passengers informed of any disruptions;
* New information desks at major stations;
* Extending [[Oyster card]] pay-as-you-go capabilities between [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] and [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]];
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities;
* 600 additional carpark spaces at stations;
* Additional bicycle storage facilities;
* Deep-cleaning of stations and trains;
* A bus service between [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] and [[Saffron Walden]];
* New automatic ticket barriers at [[Billericay railway station|Billericay]], [[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]] and [[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] before the 2012 Summer Olympics.

==Services==
Greater Anglia operates services previously run by [[National Express East Anglia]]. Off-peak weekday services are as follows:

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|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Red; color:White" | '''Southend & Metro'''
|-
! width="250px" | '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''

|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}} || 6 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Maryland}}, {{stnlnk|Forest Gate}}, {{stnlnk|Manor Park}}, {{stnlnk|Ilford}}, {{stnlnk|Seven Kings}}, {{stnlnk|Goodmayes}}, {{stnlnk|Chadwell Heath}}, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Gidea Park}}, {{stnlnk|Harold Wood}}, {{stnlnk|Brentwood}}
|-
| Romford to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || Stratford, Romford (Hourly), Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| Wickford to {{Stnlnk|Southminster}} || 3 trains per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Battlesbridge}}, {{stnlnk|South Woodham Ferrers}}, {{stnlnk|North Fambridge}}, {{stnlnk|Althorne}}, {{stnlnk|Burnham-on-Crouch}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:LawnGreen; color:Black" | '''Mainline'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Norwich Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, Diss
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Ipswich || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester, Manningtree
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| Marks Tey to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| Colchester to {{Stnlnk|Walton-on-the-Naze}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester Town}}, {{stnlnk|Hythe (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Alresford (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Great Bentley}}, {{stnlnk|Weeley}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}, {{stnlnk|Kirby Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Frinton-on-Sea}}
|-
| Manningtree to {{Stnlnk|Harwich Town}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Mistley}}, {{stnlnk|Wrabness}}, {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}, {{stnlnk|Dovercourt}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:DeepSkyBlue; color:White" | '''Rural'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Felixstowe}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Derby Road}}, {{stnlnk|Trimley}}
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Saxmundham}}, {{stnlnk|Darsham}}, {{stnlnk|Halesworth}}, {{stnlnk|Brampton (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| Ipswich to Saxmundham || 1 train per 2 hours || Westerfield, Woodbridge, Melton, Wickham Market
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Needham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Elmswell}}, {{stnlnk|Thurston}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Kennett}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Newmarket (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to Lowestoft Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Reedham || 2 trains per day || Brundall Gardens, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Sheringham}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Salhouse}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Hoveton & Wroxham}}, {{stnlnk|Worstead}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|North Walsham}}, {{stnlnk|Gunton}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Roughton Road}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Cromer}}, {{stnlnk|West Runton}}
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| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Wymondham}}, {{stnlnk|Attleborough}}, {{stnlnk|Thetford}}, {{stnlnk|Brandon}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Indigo; color:White" | '''West Anglia'''
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| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Chingford}} || 4 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Hackney Downs}}, {{stnlnk|Clapton}}, {{stnlnk|St James Street}}, [[Walthamstow Central station|Walthamstow Central]], {{stnlnk|Wood Street}}, {{stnlnk|Highams Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, Hackney Downs, {{stnlnk|Rectory Road}}, {{stnlnk|Stoke Newington}}, {{stnlnk|Stamford Hill}}, [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]], {{stnlnk|Bruce Grove}}, {{stnlnk|White Hart Lane}}, {{stnlnk|Silver Street}}, {{stnlnk|Edmonton Green}}, {{stnlnk|Bush Hill Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, London Fields, Hackney Downs, Rectory Road}, Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane, Silver Street, Edmonton Green, {{stnlnk|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || Hackney Downs, [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Ponders End}}, {{stnlnk|Brimsdown}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Rye House}}, {{stnlnk|St Margarets (Hertfordshire)}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Cambridge Slow || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, Harlow Town, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], Audley End, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, Whittlesford Parkway, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|King's Lynn}} || 3 trains per day || Tottenham Hale, Bishops Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge, {{stnlnk|Waterbeach}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|Littleport}}, {{stnlnk|Downham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Watlington}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to Bishops Stortford || 2 trains per hour || Tottenham Hale, {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, Broxbourne, Roydon (hourly), Harlow Town, Harlow Mill (hourly), Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), Harlow Town (2 trains per hour), Bishops Stortford (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint one-third of its [[rolling stock]] a neutral colour for re-painting for the following longer franchise. [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321s]], [[British Rail Class 315|315s]], [[British Rail Class 153|153s]] and [[British Rail Class 156|156s]] will be among the those due for painting and heavy maintenance work. The re-paint will be similar to that applied to the Class 321s by [[National Express East Anglia]] towards the end of its franchise.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 |title=Questions and answers |publisher=Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> [[File:Greater Anglia Class 170.JPG|thumb|Greater Anglia [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] numbered 170273 heads northbound from [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] to [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]]]

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia operates the Stansted Express sub-branded [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] between London and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stanstedexpress.com |title=Stansted Express |publisher= Abellio Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 February 2012}}</ref>

== Rolling Stock ==
The company operates a fleet of [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]], [[British Rail Class 156|156]] and [[British Rail Class 170|170]] [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]s for the local lines; with [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]], [[British Rail Class 317|317]], [[British Rail Class 321|321]], [[British Rail Class 360|360]], and [[British Rail Class 379|379]] [[Electrical multiple unit|EMU]]s for the mainline commuter services; and [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotives with [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coaching stock for the inter-city services. Greater Anglia is not planning to introduce any new trains due to the short length of the franchise.

===Fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Cars per set
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Routes operated
! rowspan="2" |Built
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]]
|[[Image:Stobart Pullman hauled by DRS 47712 photo 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[diesel locomotive]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|Hired from<br>[[Direct Rail Services]]
|[[Assisting engine|Train Rescue]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1962–1968
|-
|[[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]]
|[[Image:90008 at Norwich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[electric locomotive]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]
|1987–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 153|Class 153 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:153306 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|5
|[[Felixstowe Branch Line|Ipswich - Felixstowe]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1988
|-
|[[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:156419 at Sudbury 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|9
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Saxmundham]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1989
|-
|[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostar'']]
|[[File:170205 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2 or 3
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Breckland Line|Norwich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]]
|1999–2002
|-
|[[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
|[[Image:Unit 315838 at Ilford.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|61
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Shenfield]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]]<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Enfield Town,<br>London - Cheshunt,<br>London - Chingford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1980–1981
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/5]]
|[[Image:NXEA 317506 Liverpool Street AB1.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/6]]
|[[Image:Unit_317658_at_Romford.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|24
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1985–1987
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/8]]
|[[Image:317505_2_LDN_LVS.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321432 at Southend Victoria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|94
|[[Braintree Branch Line|London - Braintree]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich,<br>London - Norwich (Peak Times Only)]],<br>[[Shenfield to Southend Line|London - Southend Victoria]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton,<br>Colchester - Walton-on-Naze]],<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]],<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|Wickford - Southminster]]
|1988–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 360|Class 360/1 ''Desiro'']]
|[[Image:Class 360 118 desiro in nxea at liverpoolstreet.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|21
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Colchester Town]]
|2002–2003
|-
|[[British Rail Class 379|Class 379 ''Electrostar'']]
|[[Image:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|30
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]]<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]]
|2010–2011
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Coach]]
|[[File:Greater Anglia Mk3 Rake at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[British Rail Mark 3|Passenger Coach]]
|{{convert|125|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|120
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
|-
|[[Image:DVT 82127 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1988
|}

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|A new [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] in the plain livery introduced by [[National Express East Anglia]] for the change-over to Greater Anglia.
File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.JPG|A [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]] also shown in this livery, at [[Harwich International railway station|Harwich International]].
File:Greater Anglia First Class Mk3 Coach J.jpg|[[First class travel|First Class]] in a Greater Anglia [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coach.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
* [[Rail transport in Great Britain]]
* [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Greater Anglia}}
*[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/ Greater Anglia's website]
*[http://www.abellio.com/uk/greater_anglia.html Abellio: Greater Anglia information]

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{{Infobox DMU
| name = <font color="#FFFFFF">British Rail Class 153 ''Super Sprinter''</font>
| image = East Midlands Trains Class 153 Lincoln.jpg
| imagesize = 300px
| caption = [[East Midlands Trains]] 153374 at [[Lincoln railway station|Lincoln central station]].
| interiorimage = BRC153Inside.JPG
| imagesize = 300px
| interiorcaption = The refurbished interior of a [[First Great Western]] Class 153.
| background = #012545
| manufacturer = [[British Leyland]] <br> Converted to Cl153 by [[Hunslet-Barclay]]
| family = [[Sprinter (train)|Sprinter]]
| operator = [[Arriva Trains Wales]]<br>[[East Midlands Trains]]<br>[[First Great Western]]<br>[[London Midland]]<br>[[Greater Anglia]]<br>[[Northern Rail]]
| formation = Single car
| numberbuilt = 70 (as 35 Class 155s prior to conversion)
| lines =
| service = 1991/2 – present
| refurbishment = Various
| carbody = Steel underframe. Aluminium alloy body and roof.
| carlength = {{convert|23.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|2.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| yearconstruction = 1987 – 1988 <br> Converted 1991 – 1992
| height =
| weight = {{convert|41.2|t|abbr=on}}
| capacity = 72 or 75
| maxspeed = {{convert|75|mph|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}
| gauge = [[Standard gauge|{{convert|1435|mm|ftin|abbr=on}}]]
| traction =
| engine = One Cummins NT855R5 <br> 285hp Diesel
| transmission = Voith Hydraulic T211r <br> 2 axles driven
| safety = [[Automatic Warning System#British Rail AWS|AWS]], [[Train Protection & Warning System|TPWS]]
| coupling = BSI<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rssb.co.uk/RGS/Pages/MECHANICALANDELECTRICALCOUPLINGINDEX.aspx |title=Mechanical And Electrical Coupling Index |accessdate=2010-12-20 |publisher=Rail Safety and Standards Board}}</ref>
}}

The [[British Rail]] '''Class 153''' [[Sprinter (train)|''Super Sprinter'']] is a single car [[Diesel Multiple Unit|diesel multiple unit]] converted from [[British Rail Class 155]]s.

==Description==
[[Image:153381.jpg|thumb|left|Driving cab of a Class 153]]
These units were originally built as two-car Class 155 units by [[Leyland Motors Ltd|British Leyland]] from 1987–88, but were converted by [[Hunslet-Barclay]] at [[Kilmarnock]] from 1991–92. The layout of the original non-cab ends was different from the original cab end, so the ends are noticeably distinct, and the vehicles are not symmetrical.

Their maximum speed is {{convert|75|mph|0|abbr=on}} and suited for working less popular local services such as the London Midland service from [[Coventry to Nuneaton Line|Coventry to Nuneaton]] and the [[Heart of Wales Line]]. They are fitted with standard BSI auto-couplers and are therefore able to work in tandem with other [[multiple unit]]s fitted with the same coupler, including [[Class 150]], [[Class 156]] and [[Class 158]] units as well as newer units like the [[Class 170]] DMU.

The new or small cab is significantly smaller than the original Leyland cab and encroaches on the door vestibule area, providing cramped conditions for Drivers and [[Train Conductor|Guards]]. Similar to other [[Sprinter (train)|Sprinter]] Units, such as the classes 150/2, 156 and 158, these units have gangway door connections at either end that allow passengers and staff to walk between units working in multiple. These units also have the benefit of having passenger door control panels at either end of the cars.

Units are numbered in the range 153301-335 and 153351-385. Individual cars are numbered 52301-335 and 57351-385 (originally 57301-335).

==Operations==
===British Rail===
{{Expand section|date=March 2010}}
British Rail needed replacements for its fleet of [[British Rail Class 121|Class 121]] and [[British Rail Class 122|122]] diesel railcars for use on branch lines and other lightly used services

===Post Privatisation===
Upon [[privatisation of British Rail]], the Class 153 fleet was divided amongst several different operators.

====Wales====
{{unsourced|section|date=May 2011}}
[[Arriva Trains Wales]] has a fleet of 8 Class 153s. They are normally used on rural branchlines, such as the [[Heart of Wales Line]] from {{stnlink|Shrewsbury}} to {{stnlink|Swansea}} and the line from {{stnlink|Wrexham Central}} to {{stnlink|Bidston}} – but are also used on some mainline services. In December 2005, Arriva employed a Class 153 to "shuttle" along the [[Butetown Branch Line]] between {{stnlnk|Cardiff Queen Street}} and [[Cardiff Bay railway station|Cardiff Bay stations]], however, this was later replaced by a [[British Rail Class 121|Class 121 ''Bubblecar'']].

Following the timetable change on 9 December 2007, Arriva Trains Wales lost three Class 153 units. Two were transferred to [[East Midlands Trains]] with the other going to [[First Great Western]].

====Midlands====
[[London Midland]] use ten Class 153 DMUs on commuter lines in the West Midlands including [[Coventry]] to [[Nuneaton]] and the [[Marston Vale Line]] between [[Bedford]] and [[Bletchley]].

All ten units were inherited from [[Central Trains]] in their livery. All of the units are being repainted into London Midland city lines livery upon refurbishment at Eastleigh works.
The Class 153s that were used on the [[Stourbridge Town Branch Line]] have recently been replaced by new built lightweight {{brc|139}} railcars. This was due to take place in December 2008, but the delivery of the new units was delayed, and after several months of [[bustitution]] London Midland reintroduced diesel services from 15 March pending the completion of Class 139 testing. The class 139 received passenger certification from Network Rail in March 2009<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.londonmidland.com/news/latest-news/stourbridge-railcar-receives-its-passenger-licence/ |title=Stourbridge railcar receives its passenger licence |date=2 April 2009 |accessdate=11 April 2009 |publisher=London Midland}}</ref> and the service finally began three months later.<ref name="ppm-latest">{{cite web|url=http://www.parrypeoplemovers.com/latest_news.htm|date=2009-06-19|accessdate=2009-06-24|publisher=Parry People Movers|title=Latest News}}</ref>

[[File:Post C6 Saloon.JPG|thumb|Refurbised East Midlands Trains Class 153 Interior]]

[[East Midlands Trains]] fleet of Class 153s are used on rural routes in the East Midlands. These are:

*[[Nottingham]] to [[Worksop]] (There is one diagram which uses two units)
*[[Nottingham]] to [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]] via [[Derby]]
*[[Nottingham]] to [[Skegness]] (Only coupled onto other units or if the {{brc|156}} or {{brc|158}} fails then the Class 153 replacement)
*[[Leicester]] to [[Lincoln Central]]
*[[Peterborough]] to [[Lincoln Central]] and [[Doncaster]]
*[[Newark Northgate]] to [[Cleethorpes]]
*[[Derby]] to [[Crewe]] via [[Stoke on Trent]]

East Midlands Trains inherited many different examples of Class 153 units, receiving six from [[Central Trains]], three from [[National Express East Anglia]] and four from storage at Eastleigh depot (formerly in service with [[First Great Western]]). On 9 December 2007, East Midlands Trains has also received two additional Class 153 units from [[Arriva Trains Wales]] and two additional trains from [[Northern Rail|Northern]].

All of the [[East Midlands Trains]] Class 153 units have been repainted into the local lines livery of the company with the exception of three. The three units numbered 153376, 153379 and 153384 still wear the Central trains colours, albeit with [[East Midlands Trains]] branding.

As of July 2010 the first unit from the local fleet for [[East Midlands Trains]] 153319 entered Neville Hill depot in Leeds for a C6 refresh programme. This work will include corrosion repair, internal refresh and a cab refurbishment programme.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.railwayherald.com/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue241HIGH.pdf|title=The News in Pictures|magazine=Railway Herald|page=2|issue=241|date=2010-10-04|accessdate=2010-12-21}}</ref>

====South West England====
[[Image:153369 C Bristol Temple Meads.JPG|thumb|right|Wessex Trains refurbished Class 153 No. 153369 at [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol Temple Meads]].]]
[[Image:153329 T Internal.JPG|thumb|right|The interior of First Great Western refurbished Class 153329 showing its Chapman seating]]
{{unsourced|section|date=May 2011}}
[[First Great Western]] took over the [[Wessex Trains]] fleet upon the merger of the two franchises. [[Wessex Trains]] had, in turn, inherited its fleet of 13 units from its predecessor, [[Wales and West]].

Units are used on local services in [[Cornwall]], [[Devon]], and around [[Bristol]]. They are also used on [[Bristol Temple Meads]] to [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]], [[Southampton]], and [[Worcester, England|Worcester]] services and [[Swindon]] via [[Melksham]] to [[Southampton]] service.

In mid-2004, Wessex Trains received a further two units from [[Central Trains]] (unit nos. 153329 and 153369) to allow it to lengthen some services.

Following the introduction of a new timetable on 12 December 2006, four units were taken off lease and stored at the former Alsthom works at Eastleigh. They were Nos. 153302, 153308, 153355 and 153374. This decision was criticised at the time by passengers, this was due to an increase in overcrowding on services in the [[West Country]]. After a period in storage these four units were pressed into service with [[East Midlands Trains]].

On 9 December 2007, First Great Western received an additional Class 153 (number 153361) from [[Arriva Trains Wales]] bringing its total to 12. This unit arrived in the blue with gold star livery of former operator First North Western (still carried by the FGW Class 142s).

From late 2007, a refurbishment programme commenced to refurbish the 153 fleet. The trains have been externally reliveried in the 'Local Lines' livery (an adaptation of the 'Dynamic Lines' livery consisting of names of local places and attractions forming the lines) and the interiors have received the following improvements:

* Installation of new carpet
* Repainted dado side panels and wall ends
* Refurbished toilet area with new flooring, wall coverings, toilet and sink basin
* Installation of Richmond 'Navigator' high backed seats in the navy blue 'First Great Western' moquette. The earlier Wessex refurbished Class 153s No. 153329, 153369, and the ex-Arriva Trains Wales 153361 feature Chapman seating as per the FGW Class 150s.
* Installation of brighter interior saloon lighting diffusers

This refurbishment programme was completed by early June 2008.

In 2011 fire damage on car No.52221 of Class 150/2 unit 150221 prompted No. 153369 to be temporarily joined up with surviving car 57221; the formation was renumbered 153399. This hybrid was disbanded when car No. 52221 had been repaired. The following year 153369 was volunteered for a hybrid set again and paired up with half of Central Trains-liveried 150202, creating a particularly odd-looking set which was again numbered 153399. The other half of 150202 was undergoing repairs for accident damage.

For Summer 2011, two LM Class 153s, 153325 & 153333,were been allocated to the South West for strengthening purposes, based at [[Exeter TMD|Exeter (EZ) depot]] for the duration. This allocation appears to have been made permanent and the units have remained in the area into 2012.

====Northern England====
[[File:153304 at Doncaster.JPG|thumb|right|[[Arriva Trains Northern]] repainted unit no. 153304 at [[Doncaster railway station|Doncaster]].]]
{{unsourced|section|date=May 2011}}
The [[Northern Rail]] franchise started operations in December 2004. They inherited the fleets previously operated by [[Arriva Trains Northern]] and [[First North Western]], whose routes the new franchise incorporated.

Northern inherited a fleet of eight units from First North Western (FNW), which are used on local services around [[Manchester]], [[Chester]] and on [[Lancaster, England|Lancaster]] to [[Barrow-in-Furness]] to [[Carlisle railway station|Carlisle]] and [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] to [[Ormskirk]] services. The fleet was repainted in the now obsolete North Western Trains blue and gold livery. Prior to becoming part of Northern, four former FNW units were transferred to the [[Arriva Trains Wales]] franchise, since the lines operated by FNW in Wales were transferred to this new company.

A larger fleet of 12 units were inherited from [[Arriva Trains Northern]] (ATN). They are used on various local services around [[Leeds]], [[Doncaster]], and [[Sheffield]].

In December 2007, two units were taken off lease from Northern and transferred to [[East Midlands Trains]]. Both units, 153319 and 153357 carried Arriva livery.

From late 2007, a re-livery programme has started on Northern's Class 153 trains. All of Northern's Class 153 trains have been repainted into Northern livery. A Class 153 usually works with a Class 158 to make 3-car formations on Leeds-Settle-Carlisle services.

====East Anglia====
[[Image:153322 Interior.JPG|thumb|right|The refurbished interior of an Anglia Railways Class 153.]]
{{unsourced|section|date=May 2011}}
[[Anglia Railways]] inherited a small fleet of seven units, for local services in Suffolk and Norfolk. Services operated by these units included Ipswich to Cambridge, Peterborough, Felixstowe and Lowestoft, and Norwich to Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth and Cromer. One set was also hired to First Great Eastern for use on the Sudbury branch.
Anglia Railways named its Class 153 fleet after famous local figures:
{|
||
*153306 – [[Edith Cavell]]
*153309 – [[Gerry Fiennes|Gerard Fiennes]]
*153311 – [[John Constable]]
*153314 – [[Delia Smith]]
||
|valign="top"|
*153322 – [[Benjamin Britten]]
*153326 – [[Ted Ellis (naturalist)|Ted Ellis]]
*153335 – [[Michael Palin]]
|}
In 2003, Anglia started to refurbish its fleet, and repaint them in ''Anglia Railways'' livery. However, only three (unit nos. 153309/322/335) were completed; In 2004, Anglia became part of the [[National Express East Anglia|'One']] franchise operated by the National Express Group (which was subsequently renamed [[National Express East Anglia]]). inheriting the fleet of seven units, for local services in [[Suffolk]] and [[Norfolk]]. Services operated by these units included [[Norwich]] to [[Sheringham]] and [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norwich]] to [[Lowestoft]], they were also sometimes seen on the [[Ipswich to Ely Line]]. This has since become part of [[Greater Anglia]]

==Liveries==
<gallery>
image:153385 at Nottingham.JPG|BR Regional Railways Livery (albeit with Central Trains logos) (2003)
File:153atBetws.JPEG|Arriva Trains Wales livery (2007)
File:153371 Bedford.JPG|London Midland livery (2008)
File:153321 Peterborough.JPG|East Midlands Trains livery (2007)
File:153335 'Michael Palin' at Cambridge.JPG|Anglia Railway livery (2003)
File:153372 AND 153373 Exeter St Davids.JPG|First Great Western livery (2007)
File:BRC153Truro.JPG|First Great Western livery--[[Maritime Line]] from Truro to Falmouth
File:Central Trains 153375 at Lincoln Central 01.jpg|Central Trains livery (2003)
File:153304 Leeds.JPG|Northern Rail livery (2007)
File:153306 at Ipswich.jpg|Greater Anglia livery (2012)
</gallery>

==Fleet==
{| class="wikitable"
!Class
!Operator
!|No. Built
!Year Built
!Cars per Set
!Unit nos.
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=7|'''Class 153'''
|Arriva Trains Wales
|rowspan=7|70
|rowspan=7|1991–1992
|rowspan=7 align=center|1
|153303, 153312, 153320, 153323, 153327, 153353, 153362, 153367
|
|-
|East Midlands Trains
|153302, 153308, 153310-153311, 153313, 153319, 153321, 153326, 153355, 153357, 153374, 153376, 153379, 153381, 153383-153385
|
|-
|London Midland
|153334, 153354, 153356, 153364, 153365, 153371, 153375
|
|-
|Greater Anglia
|153306, 153309, 153314, 153322, 153335
|
|-
|Northern Rail
|153301, 153304, 153307, 153315-153317, 153324, 153328, 153330-153332, 153351, 153352, 153358-153360, 153363, 153366, 153378
|
|-
|rowspan=2|First Great Western
|rowspan=2|153305, 153318, 153325, 153329, 153333, 153361, 153368, 153369, 153370, 153372, 153373, 153377, 153380, 153382
|rowspan=2|
|}

==Railway models==
When the units were first introduced, Hurst models produced a detailing kit to convert a Dapol model of a 155 into a 153.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.hurstmodels.com/4/4mm_units.htm| title=DKU103 Pair of Class 153 Conversion Kits| publisher=Hurst Models }}</ref>

The Class 153 has been produced in [[OO scale]] by [[Hornby Railways|Hornby]]. The following liveries are/were available; Central Trains, First Northern Star, Northern Rail, Regional Railways, East Midlands Trains, London Midland City and Great Scenic Railways of Wessex and Cornwall (Wessex Trains). These models have been praised for their detail.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.intertrains.com/page.php?pageid=92| title=Error 404}}</ref>

More recently, [[Dapol]] have announced a [[N gauge|N Scale]] version.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dapol.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=514&Itemid=65| title=Class 153 released| publisher=[[Dapol]] }}</ref>

Making Tracks have a digital model available for the PC Railway simulator [[Microsoft Train Simulator]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.makingtracks-online.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=100| title=BMUC 6 :: Leyland Class 153 / Class 155 Stock Pack| publisher=Making Tracks}}</ref>

[[Just Trains]] have recently released a digital model for the PC railway simulator [[Railworks]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|British Rail Class 153}}
*[http://www.thejunction.org.uk/flist_153.html Class 153 fleet listing from thejunction.org.uk]

{{British Rail Sprinter}}
{{British Rail DMU}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2011}}

[[Category:British Rail diesel multiple units|153]]
[[Category:Leyland vehicles]]

[[pl:British Rail Class 153]]
[[simple:British Rail Class 153]]

{{About|the train operating company|the rail franchise|Greater Anglia Rail Franchise}}
{{Infobox Rail companies
| name = Greater Anglia
| bgcolor =
| image_filename = 321432 at Southend Victoria.jpg
| widthpx = 300px
| franchise = [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia]]<br>5 February 2012 - September 2014<ref name="awarded"/>
| logo_filename =Greater anglia toc logo.svg
| nameforarea = region
| regions = [[East of England]]
| secregions = [[Greater London]]
| stations = 168
| parent_company = [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
| website = www.greateranglia.co.uk
| map = [[File:Route-map-white11.png|300px|Route map]]
}}
'''Greater Anglia''' is a British [[train operating company]] that provides local, suburban and express passenger rail services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations in northern and eastern areas of [[Greater London]] and parts of the [[East of England]].

It succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] from 5 February 2012.<ref name="awarded">{{cite press release |url= http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20111020/ |publisher= Department for Transport |title= Better services for East Anglian passengers under new franchise |date=20 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia website].</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]]'s subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Ltd as the winner of the franchise on 20 October 2011, defeating two other shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Ltd ([[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Ltd ([[Stagecoach Group]]).<ref name=rgi20111020>{{cite news |url= http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/abellio-awarded-greater-anglia-franchise.html |title=Abellio awarded Greater Anglia franchise |date=20 October 2011 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |location =London}}</ref> The franchise started on 5 February 2012 and lasts for 29 months until September 2014.<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will notably operate during the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

The annual report for 2011, published in March 2012, of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen<ref>{{nl}} [http://www.ns.nl/jaarverslag2011/campagnes/ns-in-2011/europa.html Annual report 2011]. Nederlands Spoorwegen.</ref> stated that Greater Anglia moves 400,000 passengers daily with 3,000 staff.

The subsequent franchise is expected to be awarded for 15 years.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Improvements==
A number of improvements are planned during the franchise period, including:<ref name="awarded"/>
* Improved station and ticket facilities and better information for passengers;
* A [[text messaging]] service to keep passengers informed of any disruptions;
* New information desks at major stations;
* Extending [[Oyster card]] pay-as-you-go capabilities between [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] and [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]];
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities;
* 600 additional carpark spaces at stations;
* Additional bicycle storage facilities;
* Deep-cleaning of stations and trains;
* A bus service between [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] and [[Saffron Walden]];
* New automatic ticket barriers at [[Billericay railway station|Billericay]], [[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]] and [[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] before the 2012 Summer Olympics.

==Services==
Greater Anglia operates services previously run by [[National Express East Anglia]]. Off-peak weekday services are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Red; color:White" | '''Southend & Metro'''
|-
! width="250px" | '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''

|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}} || 6 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Maryland}}, {{stnlnk|Forest Gate}}, {{stnlnk|Manor Park}}, {{stnlnk|Ilford}}, {{stnlnk|Seven Kings}}, {{stnlnk|Goodmayes}}, {{stnlnk|Chadwell Heath}}, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Gidea Park}}, {{stnlnk|Harold Wood}}, {{stnlnk|Brentwood}}
|-
| Romford to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || Stratford, Romford (Hourly), Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| Wickford to {{Stnlnk|Southminster}} || 3 trains per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Battlesbridge}}, {{stnlnk|South Woodham Ferrers}}, {{stnlnk|North Fambridge}}, {{stnlnk|Althorne}}, {{stnlnk|Burnham-on-Crouch}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:LawnGreen; color:Black" | '''Mainline'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Norwich Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, Diss
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Ipswich || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester, Manningtree
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| Marks Tey to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| Colchester to {{Stnlnk|Walton-on-the-Naze}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester Town}}, {{stnlnk|Hythe (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Alresford (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Great Bentley}}, {{stnlnk|Weeley}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}, {{stnlnk|Kirby Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Frinton-on-Sea}}
|-
| Manningtree to {{Stnlnk|Harwich Town}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Mistley}}, {{stnlnk|Wrabness}}, {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}, {{stnlnk|Dovercourt}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:DeepSkyBlue; color:White" | '''Rural'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Felixstowe}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Derby Road}}, {{stnlnk|Trimley}}
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Saxmundham}}, {{stnlnk|Darsham}}, {{stnlnk|Halesworth}}, {{stnlnk|Brampton (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| Ipswich to Saxmundham || 1 train per 2 hours || Westerfield, Woodbridge, Melton, Wickham Market
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Needham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Elmswell}}, {{stnlnk|Thurston}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Kennett}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Newmarket (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to Lowestoft Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Reedham || 2 trains per day || Brundall Gardens, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Sheringham}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Salhouse}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Hoveton & Wroxham}}, {{stnlnk|Worstead}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|North Walsham}}, {{stnlnk|Gunton}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Roughton Road}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Cromer}}, {{stnlnk|West Runton}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Wymondham}}, {{stnlnk|Attleborough}}, {{stnlnk|Thetford}}, {{stnlnk|Brandon}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Indigo; color:White" | '''West Anglia'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Chingford}} || 4 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Hackney Downs}}, {{stnlnk|Clapton}}, {{stnlnk|St James Street}}, [[Walthamstow Central station|Walthamstow Central]], {{stnlnk|Wood Street}}, {{stnlnk|Highams Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, Hackney Downs, {{stnlnk|Rectory Road}}, {{stnlnk|Stoke Newington}}, {{stnlnk|Stamford Hill}}, [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]], {{stnlnk|Bruce Grove}}, {{stnlnk|White Hart Lane}}, {{stnlnk|Silver Street}}, {{stnlnk|Edmonton Green}}, {{stnlnk|Bush Hill Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, London Fields, Hackney Downs, Rectory Road}, Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane, Silver Street, Edmonton Green, {{stnlnk|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || Hackney Downs, [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Ponders End}}, {{stnlnk|Brimsdown}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Rye House}}, {{stnlnk|St Margarets (Hertfordshire)}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Cambridge Slow || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, Harlow Town, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], Audley End, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, Whittlesford Parkway, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|King's Lynn}} || 3 trains per day || Tottenham Hale, Bishops Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge, {{stnlnk|Waterbeach}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|Littleport}}, {{stnlnk|Downham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Watlington}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to Bishops Stortford || 2 trains per hour || Tottenham Hale, {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, Broxbourne, Roydon (hourly), Harlow Town, Harlow Mill (hourly), Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), Harlow Town (2 trains per hour), Bishops Stortford (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint one-third of its [[rolling stock]] a neutral colour for re-painting for the following longer franchise. [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321s]], [[British Rail Class 315|315s]], [[British Rail Class 153|153s]] and [[British Rail Class 156|156s]] will be among the those due for painting and heavy maintenance work. The re-paint will be similar to that applied to the Class 321s by [[National Express East Anglia]] towards the end of its franchise.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 |title=Questions and answers |publisher=Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> [[File:Greater Anglia Class 170.JPG|thumb|Greater Anglia [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] numbered 170273 heads northbound from [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] to [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]]]

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia operates the Stansted Express sub-branded [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] between London and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stanstedexpress.com |title=Stansted Express |publisher= Abellio Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 February 2012}}</ref>

== Rolling Stock ==
The company operates a fleet of [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]], [[British Rail Class 156|156]] and [[British Rail Class 170|170]] [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]s for the local lines; with [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]], [[British Rail Class 317|317]], [[British Rail Class 321|321]], [[British Rail Class 360|360]], and [[British Rail Class 379|379]] [[Electrical multiple unit|EMU]]s for the mainline commuter services; and [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotives with [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coaching stock for the inter-city services. Greater Anglia is not planning to introduce any new trains due to the short length of the franchise.

===Fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Cars per set
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Routes operated
! rowspan="2" |Built
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]]
|[[Image:Stobart Pullman hauled by DRS 47712 photo 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[diesel locomotive]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|Hired from<br>[[Direct Rail Services]]
|[[Assisting engine|Train Rescue]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1962–1968
|-
|[[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]]
|[[Image:90008 at Norwich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[electric locomotive]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]
|1987–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 153|Class 153 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:153306 at Ipswich (1).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|5
|[[Felixstowe Branch Line|Ipswich - Felixstowe]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1988
|-
|[[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:156419 at Sudbury 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|9
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Saxmundham]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1989
|-
|[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostar'']]
|[[File:170205 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2 or 3
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Breckland Line|Norwich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]]
|1999–2002
|-
|[[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
|[[Image:Unit 315838 at Ilford.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|61
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Shenfield]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]]<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Enfield Town,<br>London - Cheshunt,<br>London - Chingford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1980–1981
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/5]]
|[[Image:NXEA 317506 Liverpool Street AB1.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/6]]
|[[Image:Unit_317658_at_Romford.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|24
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1985–1987
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/8]]
|[[Image:317505_2_LDN_LVS.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321432 at Southend Victoria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|94
|[[Braintree Branch Line|London - Braintree]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich,<br>London - Norwich (Peak Times Only)]],<br>[[Shenfield to Southend Line|London - Southend Victoria]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton,<br>Colchester - Walton-on-Naze]],<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]],<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|Wickford - Southminster]]
|1988–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 360|Class 360/1 ''Desiro'']]
|[[Image:Class 360 118 desiro in nxea at liverpoolstreet.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|21
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Colchester Town]]
|2002–2003
|-
|[[British Rail Class 379|Class 379 ''Electrostar'']]
|[[Image:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|30
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]]<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]]
|2010–2011
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Coach]]
|[[File:Greater Anglia Mk3 Rake at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[British Rail Mark 3|Passenger Coach]]
|{{convert|125|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|120
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
|-
|[[Image:DVT 82127 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1988
|}

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|A new [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] in the plain livery introduced by [[National Express East Anglia]] for the change-over to Greater Anglia.
File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.JPG|A [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]] also shown in this livery, at [[Harwich International railway station|Harwich International]].
File:Greater Anglia First Class Mk3 Coach J.jpg|[[First class travel|First Class]] in a Greater Anglia [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coach.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
* [[Rail transport in Great Britain]]
* [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Greater Anglia}}
*[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk./ Greater Anglia's website]
*[http://www.abellio.com/uk/greater_anglia.html Abellio: Greater Anglia information]

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{{About|the train operating company|the rail franchise|Greater Anglia Rail Franchise}}
{{Infobox Rail companies
| name = Greater Anglia
| bgcolor =
| image_filename = 321432 at Southend Victoria.jpg
| widthpx = 300px
| franchise = [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia]]<br>5 February 2012 - September 2014<ref name="awarded"/>
| logo_filename =Greater anglia toc logo.svg
| nameforarea = region
| regions = [[East of England]]
| secregions = [[Greater London]]
| stations = 168
| parent_company = [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
| website = www.greateranglia.co.uk
| map = [[File:Route-map-white11.png|300px|Route map]]
}}
'''Greater Anglia''' is a British [[train operating company]] that provides local, suburban and express passenger rail services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations in northern and eastern areas of [[Greater London]] and parts of the [[East of England]].

It succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] from 5 February 2012.<ref name="awarded">{{cite press release |url= http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20111020/ |publisher= Department for Transport |title= Better services for East Anglian passengers under new franchise |date=20 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia website].</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]]'s subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Ltd as the winner of the franchise on 20 October 2011, defeating two other shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Ltd ([[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Ltd ([[Stagecoach Group]]).<ref name=rgi20111020>{{cite news |url= http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/abellio-awarded-greater-anglia-franchise.html |title=Abellio awarded Greater Anglia franchise |date=20 October 2011 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |location =London}}</ref> The franchise started on 5 February 2012 and lasts for 29 months until September 2014.<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will notably operate during the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

The annual report for 2011, published in March 2012, of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen<ref>{{nl}} [http://www.ns.nl/jaarverslag2011/campagnes/ns-in-2011/europa.html Annual report 2011]. Nederlands Spoorwegen.</ref> stated that Greater Anglia moves 400,000 passengers daily with 3,000 staff.

The subsequent franchise is expected to be awarded for 15 years.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Improvements==
A number of improvements are planned during the franchise period, including:<ref name="awarded"/>
* Improved station and ticket facilities and better information for passengers;
* A [[text messaging]] service to keep passengers informed of any disruptions;
* New information desks at major stations;
* Extending [[Oyster card]] pay-as-you-go capabilities between [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] and [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]];
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities;
* 600 additional carpark spaces at stations;
* Additional bicycle storage facilities;
* Deep-cleaning of stations and trains;
* A bus service between [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] and [[Saffron Walden]];
* New automatic ticket barriers at [[Billericay railway station|Billericay]], [[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]] and [[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] before the 2012 Summer Olympics.

==Services==
Greater Anglia operates services previously run by [[National Express East Anglia]]. Off-peak weekday services are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Red; color:White" | '''Southend & Metro'''
|-
! width="250px" | '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''

|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}} || 6 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Maryland}}, {{stnlnk|Forest Gate}}, {{stnlnk|Manor Park}}, {{stnlnk|Ilford}}, {{stnlnk|Seven Kings}}, {{stnlnk|Goodmayes}}, {{stnlnk|Chadwell Heath}}, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Gidea Park}}, {{stnlnk|Harold Wood}}, {{stnlnk|Brentwood}}
|-
| Romford to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || Stratford, Romford (Hourly), Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| Wickford to {{Stnlnk|Southminster}} || 3 trains per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Battlesbridge}}, {{stnlnk|South Woodham Ferrers}}, {{stnlnk|North Fambridge}}, {{stnlnk|Althorne}}, {{stnlnk|Burnham-on-Crouch}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:LawnGreen; color:Black" | '''Mainline'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Norwich Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, Diss
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Ipswich || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester, Manningtree
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| Marks Tey to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| Colchester to {{Stnlnk|Walton-on-the-Naze}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester Town}}, {{stnlnk|Hythe (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Alresford (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Great Bentley}}, {{stnlnk|Weeley}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}, {{stnlnk|Kirby Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Frinton-on-Sea}}
|-
| Manningtree to {{Stnlnk|Harwich Town}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Mistley}}, {{stnlnk|Wrabness}}, {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}, {{stnlnk|Dovercourt}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:DeepSkyBlue; color:White" | '''Rural'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Felixstowe}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Derby Road}}, {{stnlnk|Trimley}}
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Saxmundham}}, {{stnlnk|Darsham}}, {{stnlnk|Halesworth}}, {{stnlnk|Brampton (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| Ipswich to Saxmundham || 1 train per 2 hours || Westerfield, Woodbridge, Melton, Wickham Market
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Needham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Elmswell}}, {{stnlnk|Thurston}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Kennett}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Newmarket (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to Lowestoft Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Reedham || 2 trains per day || Brundall Gardens, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Sheringham}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Salhouse}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Hoveton & Wroxham}}, {{stnlnk|Worstead}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|North Walsham}}, {{stnlnk|Gunton}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Roughton Road}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Cromer}}, {{stnlnk|West Runton}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Wymondham}}, {{stnlnk|Attleborough}}, {{stnlnk|Thetford}}, {{stnlnk|Brandon}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Indigo; color:White" | '''West Anglia'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Chingford}} || 4 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Hackney Downs}}, {{stnlnk|Clapton}}, {{stnlnk|St James Street}}, [[Walthamstow Central station|Walthamstow Central]], {{stnlnk|Wood Street}}, {{stnlnk|Highams Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, Hackney Downs, {{stnlnk|Rectory Road}}, {{stnlnk|Stoke Newington}}, {{stnlnk|Stamford Hill}}, [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]], {{stnlnk|Bruce Grove}}, {{stnlnk|White Hart Lane}}, {{stnlnk|Silver Street}}, {{stnlnk|Edmonton Green}}, {{stnlnk|Bush Hill Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, London Fields, Hackney Downs, Rectory Road}, Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane, Silver Street, Edmonton Green, {{stnlnk|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || Hackney Downs, [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Ponders End}}, {{stnlnk|Brimsdown}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Rye House}}, {{stnlnk|St Margarets (Hertfordshire)}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Cambridge Slow || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, Harlow Town, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], Audley End, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, Whittlesford Parkway, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|King's Lynn}} || 3 trains per day || Tottenham Hale, Bishops Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge, {{stnlnk|Waterbeach}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|Littleport}}, {{stnlnk|Downham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Watlington}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to Bishops Stortford || 2 trains per hour || Tottenham Hale, {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, Broxbourne, Roydon (hourly), Harlow Town, Harlow Mill (hourly), Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), Harlow Town (2 trains per hour), Bishops Stortford (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint one-third of its [[rolling stock]] a neutral colour for re-painting for the following longer franchise. [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321s]], [[British Rail Class 315|315s]], [[British Rail Class 153|153s]] and [[British Rail Class 156|156s]] will be among the those due for painting and heavy maintenance work. The re-paint will be similar to that applied to the Class 321s by [[National Express East Anglia]] towards the end of its franchise.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 |title=Questions and answers |publisher=Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> [[File:Greater Anglia Class 170.JPG|thumb|Greater Anglia [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] numbered 170273 heads northbound from [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] to [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]]]

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia operates the Stansted Express sub-branded [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] between London and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stanstedexpress.com |title=Stansted Express |publisher= Abellio Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 February 2012}}</ref>

== Rolling Stock ==
The company operates a fleet of [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]], [[British Rail Class 156|156]] and [[British Rail Class 170|170]] [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]s for the local lines; with [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]], [[British Rail Class 317|317]], [[British Rail Class 321|321]], [[British Rail Class 360|360]], and [[British Rail Class 379|379]] [[Electrical multiple unit|EMU]]s for the mainline commuter services; and [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotives with [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coaching stock for the inter-city services. Greater Anglia is not planning to introduce any new trains due to the short length of the franchise.

===Fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Cars per set
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Routes operated
! rowspan="2" |Built
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]]
|[[Image:Stobart Pullman hauled by DRS 47712 photo 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[diesel locomotive]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|Hired from<br>[[Direct Rail Services]]
|[[Assisting engine|Train Rescue]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1962–1968
|-
|[[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]]
|[[Image:90008 at Norwich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[electric locomotive]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]
|1987–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 153|Class 153 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:153306 at Ipswich (1).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|5
|[[Felixstowe Branch Line|Ipswich - Felixstowe]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1988
|-
|[[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:156419 at Sudbury 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|9
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Saxmundham]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1989
|-
|[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostar'']]
|[[File:170205 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2 or 3
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Breckland Line|Norwich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]]
|1999–2002
|-
|[[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
|[[Image:Unit 315838 at Ilford.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|61
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Shenfield]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]]<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Enfield Town,<br>London - Cheshunt,<br>London - Chingford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1980–1981
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/5]]
|[[Image:NXEA 317506 Liverpool Street AB1.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/6]]
|[[Image:Unit_317658_at_Romford.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|24
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1985–1987
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/8]]
|[[Image:317505_2_LDN_LVS.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321432 at Southend Victoria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|94
|[[Braintree Branch Line|London - Braintree]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich,<br>London - Norwich (Peak Times Only)]],<br>[[Shenfield to Southend Line|London - Southend Victoria]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton,<br>Colchester - Walton-on-Naze]],<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]],<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|Wickford - Southminster]]
|1988–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 360|Class 360/1 ''Desiro'']]
|[[Image:Class 360 118 desiro in nxea at liverpoolstreet.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|21
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Colchester Town]]
|2002–2003
|-
|[[British Rail Class 379|Class 379 ''Electrostar'']]
|[[Image:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|30
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]]<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]]
|2010–2011
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Coach]]
|[[File:Greater Anglia Mk3 Rake at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[British Rail Mark 3|Passenger Coach]]
|{{convert|125|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|120
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
|-
|[[Image:DVT 82127 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1988
|}

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|A new [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] in the plain livery introduced by [[National Express East Anglia]] for the change-over to Greater Anglia.
File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.JPG|A [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]] also shown in this livery, at [[Harwich International railway station|Harwich International]].
File:Greater Anglia First Class Mk3 Coach J.jpg|[[First Class travel|First Class]] in a Greater Anglia [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coach.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
* [[Rail transport in Great Britain]]
* [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Greater Anglia}}
*[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk./ Greater Anglia's website]
*[http://www.abellio.com/uk/greater_anglia.html Abellio: Greater Anglia information]

<br>
{{s-start}}
{{s-bef|before=[[National Express East Anglia]]<br><small>Greater Anglia franchise</small>}}
{{s-ttl|title=Operator of Greater Anglia franchise
|years=2012 - 2014}}
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{{About|the train operating company|the rail franchise|Greater Anglia Rail Franchise}}
{{Infobox Rail companies
| name = Greater Anglia
| bgcolor =
| image_filename = 321432 at Southend Victoria.jpg
| widthpx = 300px
| franchise = [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia]]<br>5 February 2012 - September 2014<ref name="awarded"/>
| logo_filename =Greater anglia toc logo.svg
| nameforarea = region
| regions = [[East of England]]
| secregions = [[Greater London]]
| stations = 168
| parent_company = [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
| website = www.greateranglia.co.uk
| map = [[File:Route-map-white11.png|300px|Route map]]
}}
'''Greater Anglia''' is a British [[train operating company]] that provides local, suburban and express passenger rail services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations in northern and eastern areas of [[Greater London]] and parts of the [[East of England]].

It succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] from 5 February 2012.<ref name="awarded">{{cite press release |url= http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20111020/ |publisher= Department for Transport |title= Better services for East Anglian passengers under new franchise |date=20 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia website].</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]]'s subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Ltd as the winner of the franchise on 20 October 2011, defeating two other shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Ltd ([[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Ltd ([[Stagecoach Group]]).<ref name=rgi20111020>{{cite news |url= http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/abellio-awarded-greater-anglia-franchise.html |title=Abellio awarded Greater Anglia franchise |date=20 October 2011 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |location =London}}</ref> The franchise started on 5 February 2012 and lasts for 29 months until September 2014.<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will notably operate during the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

The annual report for 2011, published in March 2012, of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen<ref>{{nl}} [http://www.ns.nl/jaarverslag2011/campagnes/ns-in-2011/europa.html Annual report 2011]. Nederlands Spoorwegen.</ref> stated that Greater Anglia moves 400,000 passengers daily with 3,000 staff.

The subsequent franchise is expected to be awarded for 15 years.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Improvements==
A number of improvements are planned during the franchise period, including:<ref name="awarded"/>
* Improved station and ticket facilities and better information for passengers;
* A [[text messaging]] service to keep passengers informed of any disruptions;
* New information desks at major stations;
* Extending [[Oyster card]] pay-as-you-go capabilities between [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] and [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]];
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities;
* 600 additional carpark spaces at stations;
* Additional bicycle storage facilities;
* Deep-cleaning of stations and trains;
* A bus service between [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] and [[Saffron Walden]];
* New automatic ticket barriers at [[Billericay railway station|Billericay]], [[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]] and [[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] before the 2012 Summer Olympics.

==Services==
Greater Anglia operates services previously run by [[National Express East Anglia]]. Off-peak weekday services are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Red; color:White" | '''Southend & Metro'''
|-
! width="250px" | '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''

|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}} || 6 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Maryland}}, {{stnlnk|Forest Gate}}, {{stnlnk|Manor Park}}, {{stnlnk|Ilford}}, {{stnlnk|Seven Kings}}, {{stnlnk|Goodmayes}}, {{stnlnk|Chadwell Heath}}, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Gidea Park}}, {{stnlnk|Harold Wood}}, {{stnlnk|Brentwood}}
|-
| Romford to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || Stratford, Romford (Hourly), Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| Wickford to {{Stnlnk|Southminster}} || 3 trains per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Battlesbridge}}, {{stnlnk|South Woodham Ferrers}}, {{stnlnk|North Fambridge}}, {{stnlnk|Althorne}}, {{stnlnk|Burnham-on-Crouch}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:LawnGreen; color:Black" | '''Mainline'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Norwich Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, Diss
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Ipswich || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester, Manningtree
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| Marks Tey to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| Colchester to {{Stnlnk|Walton-on-the-Naze}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester Town}}, {{stnlnk|Hythe (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Alresford (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Great Bentley}}, {{stnlnk|Weeley}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}, {{stnlnk|Kirby Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Frinton-on-Sea}}
|-
| Manningtree to {{Stnlnk|Harwich Town}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Mistley}}, {{stnlnk|Wrabness}}, {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}, {{stnlnk|Dovercourt}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:DeepSkyBlue; color:White" | '''Rural'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Felixstowe}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Derby Road}}, {{stnlnk|Trimley}}
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Saxmundham}}, {{stnlnk|Darsham}}, {{stnlnk|Halesworth}}, {{stnlnk|Brampton (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| Ipswich to Saxmundham || 1 train per 2 hours || Westerfield, Woodbridge, Melton, Wickham Market
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Needham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Elmswell}}, {{stnlnk|Thurston}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Kennett}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Newmarket (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to Lowestoft Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Reedham || 2 trains per day || Brundall Gardens, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Sheringham}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Salhouse}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Hoveton & Wroxham}}, {{stnlnk|Worstead}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|North Walsham}}, {{stnlnk|Gunton}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Roughton Road}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Cromer}}, {{stnlnk|West Runton}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Wymondham}}, {{stnlnk|Attleborough}}, {{stnlnk|Thetford}}, {{stnlnk|Brandon}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Indigo; color:White" | '''West Anglia'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Chingford}} || 4 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Hackney Downs}}, {{stnlnk|Clapton}}, {{stnlnk|St James Street}}, [[Walthamstow Central station|Walthamstow Central]], {{stnlnk|Wood Street}}, {{stnlnk|Highams Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, Hackney Downs, {{stnlnk|Rectory Road}}, {{stnlnk|Stoke Newington}}, {{stnlnk|Stamford Hill}}, [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]], {{stnlnk|Bruce Grove}}, {{stnlnk|White Hart Lane}}, {{stnlnk|Silver Street}}, {{stnlnk|Edmonton Green}}, {{stnlnk|Bush Hill Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, London Fields, Hackney Downs, Rectory Road}, Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane, Silver Street, Edmonton Green, {{stnlnk|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || Hackney Downs, [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Ponders End}}, {{stnlnk|Brimsdown}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Rye House}}, {{stnlnk|St Margarets (Hertfordshire)}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Cambridge Slow || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, Harlow Town, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], Audley End, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, Whittlesford Parkway, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|King's Lynn}} || 3 trains per day || Tottenham Hale, Bishops Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge, {{stnlnk|Waterbeach}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|Littleport}}, {{stnlnk|Downham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Watlington}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to Bishops Stortford || 2 trains per hour || Tottenham Hale, {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, Broxbourne, Roydon (hourly), Harlow Town, Harlow Mill (hourly), Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), Harlow Town (2 trains per hour), Bishops Stortford (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint one-third of its [[rolling stock]] a neutral colour for re-painting for the following longer franchise. [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321s]], [[British Rail Class 315|315s]], [[British Rail Class 153|153s]] and [[British Rail Class 156|156s]] will be among the those due for painting and heavy maintenance work. The re-paint will be similar to that applied to the Class 321s by [[National Express East Anglia]] towards the end of its franchise.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 |title=Questions and answers |publisher=Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> [[File:Greater Anglia Class 170.JPG|thumb|Greater Anglia [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] numbered 170273 heads northbound from [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] to [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]]]

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia operates the Stansted Express sub-branded [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] between London and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stanstedexpress.com |title=Stansted Express |publisher= Abellio Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 February 2012}}</ref>

== Rolling Stock ==
The company operates a fleet of [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]], [[British Rail Class 156|156]] and [[British Rail Class 170|170]] [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]s for the local lines; with [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]], [[British Rail Class 317|317]], [[British Rail Class 321|321]], [[British Rail Class 360|360]], and [[British Rail Class 379|379]] [[Electrical multiple unit|EMU]]s for the mainline commuter services; and [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotives with [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coaching stock for the inter-city services. Greater Anglia is not planning to introduce any new trains due to the short length of the franchise.

===Fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Cars per set
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Routes operated
! rowspan="2" |Built
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]]
|[[Image:Stobart Pullman hauled by DRS 47712 photo 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[diesel locomotive]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|Hired from<br>[[Direct Rail Services]]
|[[Assisting engine|Train Rescue]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1962–1968
|-
|[[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]]
|[[Image:90008 at Norwich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[electric locomotive]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]
|1987–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 153|Class 153 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:153306 at Ipswich (1).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|5
|[[Felixstowe Branch Line|Ipswich - Felixstowe]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1988
|-
|[[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:156419 at Sudbury 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|9
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Saxmundham]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1989
|-
|[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostar'']]
|[[File:170205 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2 or 3
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Breckland Line|Norwich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]]
|1999–2002
|-
|[[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
|[[Image:Unit 315838 at Ilford.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|61
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Shenfield]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]]<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Enfield Town,<br>London - Cheshunt,<br>London - Chingford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1980–1981
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/5]]
|[[Image:NXEA 317506 Liverpool Street AB1.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/6]]
|[[Image:Unit_317658_at_Romford.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|24
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1985–1987
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/8]]
|[[Image:317505_2_LDN_LVS.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321432 at Southend Victoria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|94
|[[Braintree Branch Line|London - Braintree]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich,<br>London - Norwich (Peak Times Only)]],<br>[[Shenfield to Southend Line|London - Southend Victoria]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton,<br>Colchester - Walton-on-Naze]],<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]],<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|Wickford - Southminster]]
|1988–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 360|Class 360/1 ''Desiro'']]
|[[Image:Class 360 118 desiro in nxea at liverpoolstreet.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|21
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Colchester Town]]
|2002–2003
|-
|[[British Rail Class 379|Class 379 ''Electrostar'']]
|[[Image:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|30
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]]<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]]
|2010–2011
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Coach]]
|[[File:Greater Anglia Mk3 Rake at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[British Rail Mark 3|Passenger Coach]]
|{{convert|125|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|120
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
|-
|[[Image:DVT 82127 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1988
|}

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|A new [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] in the plain livery introduced by [[National Express East Anglia]] for the change-over to Greater Anglia.
File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.JPG|A [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]] also shown in this livery, at [[Harwich International railway station|Harwich International]].
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
* [[Rail transport in Great Britain]]
* [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Greater Anglia}}
*[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk./ Greater Anglia's website]
*[http://www.abellio.com/uk/greater_anglia.html Abellio: Greater Anglia information]

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{{About|the train operating company|the rail franchise|Greater Anglia Rail Franchise}}
{{Infobox Rail companies
| name = Greater Anglia
| bgcolor =
| image_filename = 379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg
| widthpx = 300px
| franchise = [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia]]<br>5 February 2012 - September 2014<ref name="awarded"/>
| logo_filename =Greater anglia toc logo.svg
| nameforarea = region
| regions = [[East of England]]
| secregions = [[Greater London]]
| stations = 168
| parent_company = [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
| website = www.greateranglia.co.uk
| map = [[File:Route-map-white11.png|300px|Route map]]
}}
'''Greater Anglia''' is a British [[train operating company]] that provides local, suburban and express passenger rail services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations in northern and eastern areas of [[Greater London]] and parts of the [[East of England]].

It succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] from 5 February 2012.<ref name="awarded">{{cite press release |url= http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20111020/ |publisher= Department for Transport |title= Better services for East Anglian passengers under new franchise |date=20 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia website].</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]]'s subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Ltd as the winner of the franchise on 20 October 2011, defeating two other shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Ltd ([[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Ltd ([[Stagecoach Group]]).<ref name=rgi20111020>{{cite news |url= http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/abellio-awarded-greater-anglia-franchise.html |title=Abellio awarded Greater Anglia franchise |date=20 October 2011 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |location =London}}</ref> The franchise started on 5 February 2012 and lasts for 29 months until September 2014.<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will notably operate during the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

The annual report for 2011, published in March 2012, of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen<ref>{{nl}} [http://www.ns.nl/jaarverslag2011/campagnes/ns-in-2011/europa.html Annual report 2011]. Nederlands Spoorwegen.</ref> stated that Greater Anglia moves 400,000 passengers daily with 3,000 staff.

The subsequent franchise is expected to be awarded for 15 years.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Improvements==
A number of improvements are planned during the franchise period, including:<ref name="awarded"/>
* Improved station and ticket facilities and better information for passengers;
* A [[text messaging]] service to keep passengers informed of any disruptions;
* New information desks at major stations;
* Extending [[Oyster card]] pay-as-you-go capabilities between [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] and [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]];
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities;
* 600 additional carpark spaces at stations;
* Additional bicycle storage facilities;
* Deep-cleaning of stations and trains;
* A bus service between [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] and [[Saffron Walden]];
* New automatic ticket barriers at [[Billericay railway station|Billericay]], [[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]] and [[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] before the 2012 Summer Olympics.

==Services==
Greater Anglia operates services previously run by [[National Express East Anglia]]. Off-peak weekday services are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Red; color:White" | '''Southend & Metro'''
|-
! width="250px" | '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''

|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}} || 6 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Maryland}}, {{stnlnk|Forest Gate}}, {{stnlnk|Manor Park}}, {{stnlnk|Ilford}}, {{stnlnk|Seven Kings}}, {{stnlnk|Goodmayes}}, {{stnlnk|Chadwell Heath}}, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Gidea Park}}, {{stnlnk|Harold Wood}}, {{stnlnk|Brentwood}}
|-
| Romford to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || Stratford, Romford (Hourly), Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| Wickford to {{Stnlnk|Southminster}} || 3 trains per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Battlesbridge}}, {{stnlnk|South Woodham Ferrers}}, {{stnlnk|North Fambridge}}, {{stnlnk|Althorne}}, {{stnlnk|Burnham-on-Crouch}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:LawnGreen; color:Black" | '''Mainline'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Norwich Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, Diss
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Ipswich || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester, Manningtree
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| Marks Tey to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| Colchester to {{Stnlnk|Walton-on-the-Naze}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester Town}}, {{stnlnk|Hythe (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Alresford (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Great Bentley}}, {{stnlnk|Weeley}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}, {{stnlnk|Kirby Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Frinton-on-Sea}}
|-
| Manningtree to {{Stnlnk|Harwich Town}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Mistley}}, {{stnlnk|Wrabness}}, {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}, {{stnlnk|Dovercourt}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:DeepSkyBlue; color:White" | '''Rural'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Felixstowe}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Derby Road}}, {{stnlnk|Trimley}}
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Saxmundham}}, {{stnlnk|Darsham}}, {{stnlnk|Halesworth}}, {{stnlnk|Brampton (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| Ipswich to Saxmundham || 1 train per 2 hours || Westerfield, Woodbridge, Melton, Wickham Market
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Needham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Elmswell}}, {{stnlnk|Thurston}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Kennett}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Newmarket (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to Lowestoft Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Reedham || 2 trains per day || Brundall Gardens, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Sheringham}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Salhouse}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Hoveton & Wroxham}}, {{stnlnk|Worstead}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|North Walsham}}, {{stnlnk|Gunton}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Roughton Road}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Cromer}}, {{stnlnk|West Runton}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Wymondham}}, {{stnlnk|Attleborough}}, {{stnlnk|Thetford}}, {{stnlnk|Brandon}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Indigo; color:White" | '''West Anglia'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Chingford}} || 4 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Hackney Downs}}, {{stnlnk|Clapton}}, {{stnlnk|St James Street}}, [[Walthamstow Central station|Walthamstow Central]], {{stnlnk|Wood Street}}, {{stnlnk|Highams Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, Hackney Downs, {{stnlnk|Rectory Road}}, {{stnlnk|Stoke Newington}}, {{stnlnk|Stamford Hill}}, [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]], {{stnlnk|Bruce Grove}}, {{stnlnk|White Hart Lane}}, {{stnlnk|Silver Street}}, {{stnlnk|Edmonton Green}}, {{stnlnk|Bush Hill Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, London Fields, Hackney Downs, Rectory Road}, Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane, Silver Street, Edmonton Green, {{stnlnk|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || Hackney Downs, [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Ponders End}}, {{stnlnk|Brimsdown}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Rye House}}, {{stnlnk|St Margarets (Hertfordshire)}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Cambridge Slow || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, Harlow Town, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], Audley End, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, Whittlesford Parkway, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|King's Lynn}} || 3 trains per day || Tottenham Hale, Bishops Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge, {{stnlnk|Waterbeach}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|Littleport}}, {{stnlnk|Downham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Watlington}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to Bishops Stortford || 2 trains per hour || Tottenham Hale, {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, Broxbourne, Roydon (hourly), Harlow Town, Harlow Mill (hourly), Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), Harlow Town (2 trains per hour), Bishops Stortford (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint one-third of its [[rolling stock]] a neutral colour for re-painting for the following longer franchise. [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321s]], [[British Rail Class 315|315s]], [[British Rail Class 153|153s]] and [[British Rail Class 156|156s]] will be among the those due for painting and heavy maintenance work. The re-paint will be similar to that applied to the Class 321s by [[National Express East Anglia]] towards the end of its franchise.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 |title=Questions and answers |publisher=Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> [[File:Greater Anglia Class 170.JPG|thumb|Greater Anglia [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] numbered 170273 heads northbound from [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] to [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]]]

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia operates the Stansted Express sub-branded [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] between London and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stanstedexpress.com |title=Stansted Express |publisher= Abellio Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 February 2012}}</ref>

== Rolling Stock ==
The company operates a fleet of [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]], [[British Rail Class 156|156]] and [[British Rail Class 170|170]] [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]s for the local lines; with [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]], [[British Rail Class 317|317]], [[British Rail Class 321|321]], [[British Rail Class 360|360]], and [[British Rail Class 379|379]] [[Electrical multiple unit|EMU]]s for the mainline commuter services; and [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotives with [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coaching stock for the inter-city services. Greater Anglia is not planning to introduce any new trains due to the short length of the franchise.

===Fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Cars per set
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Routes operated
! rowspan="2" |Built
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]]
|[[Image:Stobart Pullman hauled by DRS 47712 photo 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[diesel locomotive]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|Hired from<br>[[Direct Rail Services]]
|[[Assisting engine|Train Rescue]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1962–1968
|-
|[[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]]
|[[Image:90008 at Norwich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[electric locomotive]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]
|1987–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 153|Class 153 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:153306 at Ipswich (1).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|5
|[[Felixstowe Branch Line|Ipswich - Felixstowe]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1988
|-
|[[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:156419 at Sudbury 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|9
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Saxmundham]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1989
|-
|[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostar'']]
|[[File:170205 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2 or 3
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Breckland Line|Norwich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]]
|1999–2002
|-
|[[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
|[[Image:Unit 315838 at Ilford.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|61
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Shenfield]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]]<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Enfield Town,<br>London - Cheshunt,<br>London - Chingford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1980–1981
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/5]]
|[[Image:NXEA 317506 Liverpool Street AB1.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/6]]
|[[Image:Unit_317658_at_Romford.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|24
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1985–1987
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/8]]
|[[Image:317505_2_LDN_LVS.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321432 at Southend Victoria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|94
|[[Braintree Branch Line|London - Braintree]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich,<br>London - Norwich (Peak Times Only)]],<br>[[Shenfield to Southend Line|London - Southend Victoria]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton,<br>Colchester - Walton-on-Naze]],<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]],<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|Wickford - Southminster]]
|1988–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 360|Class 360/1 ''Desiro'']]
|[[Image:Class 360 118 desiro in nxea at liverpoolstreet.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|21
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Colchester Town]]
|2002–2003
|-
|[[British Rail Class 379|Class 379 ''Electrostar'']]
|[[Image:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|30
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]]<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]]
|2010–2011
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Coach]]
|[[File:Greater Anglia Mk3 Rake at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[British Rail Mark 3|Passenger Coach]]
|{{convert|125|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|120
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
|-
|[[Image:DVT 82127 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1988
|}

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|A new [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] in the plain livery introduced by [[National Express East Anglia]] for the change-over to Greater Anglia.
File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.JPG|A [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]] also shown in this livery, at [[Harwich International railway station|Harwich International]].
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
* [[Rail transport in Great Britain]]
* [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Greater Anglia}}
*[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk./ Greater Anglia's website]
*[http://www.abellio.com/uk/greater_anglia.html Abellio: Greater Anglia information]

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{{About|the train operating company|the rail franchise|Greater Anglia Rail Franchise}}
{{Infobox Rail companies
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'''Greater Anglia''' is a British [[train operating company]] that provides local, suburban and express passenger rail services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations in northern and eastern areas of [[Greater London]] and parts of the [[East of England]].

It succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] from 5 February 2012.<ref name="awarded">{{cite press release |url= http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20111020/ |publisher= Department for Transport |title= Better services for East Anglian passengers under new franchise |date=20 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia website].</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]]'s subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Ltd as the winner of the franchise on 20 October 2011, defeating two other shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Ltd ([[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Ltd ([[Stagecoach Group]]).<ref name=rgi20111020>{{cite news |url= http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/abellio-awarded-greater-anglia-franchise.html |title=Abellio awarded Greater Anglia franchise |date=20 October 2011 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |location =London}}</ref> The franchise started on 5 February 2012 and lasts for 29 months until September 2014.<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will notably operate during the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

The annual report for 2011, published in March 2012, of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen<ref>{{nl}} [http://www.ns.nl/jaarverslag2011/campagnes/ns-in-2011/europa.html Annual report 2011]. Nederlands Spoorwegen.</ref> stated that Greater Anglia moves 400,000 passengers daily with 3,000 staff.

The subsequent franchise is expected to be awarded for 15 years.<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Improvements==
A number of improvements are planned during the franchise period, including:<ref name="awarded"/>
* Improved station and ticket facilities and better information for passengers;
* A [[text messaging]] service to keep passengers informed of any disruptions;
* New information desks at major stations;
* Extending [[Oyster card]] pay-as-you-go capabilities between [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] and [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]];
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities;
* 600 additional carpark spaces at stations;
* Additional bicycle storage facilities;
* Deep-cleaning of stations and trains;
* A bus service between [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] and [[Saffron Walden]];
* New automatic ticket barriers at [[Billericay railway station|Billericay]], [[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]] and [[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] before the 2012 Summer Olympics.

==Services==
Greater Anglia operates services previously run by [[National Express East Anglia]]. Off-peak weekday services are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Red; color:White" | '''Southend & Metro'''
|-
! width="250px" | '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''

|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}} || 6 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Maryland}}, {{stnlnk|Forest Gate}}, {{stnlnk|Manor Park}}, {{stnlnk|Ilford}}, {{stnlnk|Seven Kings}}, {{stnlnk|Goodmayes}}, {{stnlnk|Chadwell Heath}}, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Gidea Park}}, {{stnlnk|Harold Wood}}, {{stnlnk|Brentwood}}
|-
| Romford to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || Stratford, Romford (Hourly), Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| Wickford to {{Stnlnk|Southminster}} || 3 trains per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Battlesbridge}}, {{stnlnk|South Woodham Ferrers}}, {{stnlnk|North Fambridge}}, {{stnlnk|Althorne}}, {{stnlnk|Burnham-on-Crouch}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:LawnGreen; color:Black" | '''Mainline'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Norwich Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, Diss
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Ipswich || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester, Manningtree
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, {{stnlnk|Romford}}, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, Colchester
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || Stratford, Shenfield, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, Chelmsford, Witham, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| Marks Tey to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| Colchester to {{Stnlnk|Walton-on-the-Naze}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester Town}}, {{stnlnk|Hythe (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Alresford (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Great Bentley}}, {{stnlnk|Weeley}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}, {{stnlnk|Kirby Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Frinton-on-Sea}}
|-
| Manningtree to {{Stnlnk|Harwich Town}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Mistley}}, {{stnlnk|Wrabness}}, {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}, {{stnlnk|Dovercourt}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:DeepSkyBlue; color:White" | '''Rural'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Felixstowe}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Derby Road}}, {{stnlnk|Trimley}}
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Saxmundham}}, {{stnlnk|Darsham}}, {{stnlnk|Halesworth}}, {{stnlnk|Brampton (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| Ipswich to Saxmundham || 1 train per 2 hours || Westerfield, Woodbridge, Melton, Wickham Market
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Needham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Elmswell}}, {{stnlnk|Thurston}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Kennett}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Newmarket (Suffolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| Ipswich to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to Lowestoft Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Reedham || 2 trains per day || Brundall Gardens, Brundall, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Sheringham}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Salhouse}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Hoveton & Wroxham}}, {{stnlnk|Worstead}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|North Walsham}}, {{stnlnk|Gunton}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Roughton Road}} (two hourly), {{stnlnk|Cromer}}, {{stnlnk|West Runton}}
|-
| Norwich to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Wymondham}}, {{stnlnk|Attleborough}}, {{stnlnk|Thetford}}, {{stnlnk|Brandon}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:Indigo; color:White" | '''West Anglia'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Chingford}} || 4 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Hackney Downs}}, {{stnlnk|Clapton}}, {{stnlnk|St James Street}}, [[Walthamstow Central station|Walthamstow Central]], {{stnlnk|Wood Street}}, {{stnlnk|Highams Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, Hackney Downs, {{stnlnk|Rectory Road}}, {{stnlnk|Stoke Newington}}, {{stnlnk|Stamford Hill}}, [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]], {{stnlnk|Bruce Grove}}, {{stnlnk|White Hart Lane}}, {{stnlnk|Silver Street}}, {{stnlnk|Edmonton Green}}, {{stnlnk|Bush Hill Park}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, London Fields, Hackney Downs, Rectory Road}, Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane, Silver Street, Edmonton Green, {{stnlnk|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || Hackney Downs, [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Ponders End}}, {{stnlnk|Brimsdown}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Rye House}}, {{stnlnk|St Margarets (Hertfordshire)}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to Cambridge Slow || 1 train per hour || Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, Harlow Town, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], Audley End, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, Whittlesford Parkway, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|King's Lynn}} || 3 trains per day || Tottenham Hale, Bishops Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway, Cambridge, {{stnlnk|Waterbeach}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|Littleport}}, {{stnlnk|Downham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Watlington}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to Bishops Stortford || 2 trains per hour || Tottenham Hale, {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, Broxbourne, Roydon (hourly), Harlow Town, Harlow Mill (hourly), Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| London Liverpool Street to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), Harlow Town (2 trains per hour), Bishops Stortford (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint one-third of its [[rolling stock]] a neutral colour for re-painting for the following longer franchise. [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321s]], [[British Rail Class 315|315s]], [[British Rail Class 153|153s]] and [[British Rail Class 156|156s]] will be among the those due for painting and heavy maintenance work. The re-paint will be similar to that applied to the Class 321s by [[National Express East Anglia]] towards the end of its franchise.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 |title=Questions and answers |publisher=Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> [[File:Greater Anglia Class 170.JPG|thumb|Greater Anglia [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] numbered 170273 heads northbound from [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] to [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]]]

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia operates the Stansted Express sub-branded [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] between London and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stanstedexpress.com |title=Stansted Express |publisher= Abellio Greater Anglia |accessdate=7 February 2012}}</ref>

== Rolling Stock ==
The company operates a fleet of [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]], [[British Rail Class 156|156]] and [[British Rail Class 170|170]] [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]s for the local lines; with [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]], [[British Rail Class 317|317]], [[British Rail Class 321|321]], [[British Rail Class 360|360]], and [[British Rail Class 379|379]] [[Electrical multiple unit|EMU]]s for the mainline commuter services; and [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotives with [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coaching stock for the inter-city services. Greater Anglia is not planning to introduce any new trains due to the short length of the franchise.

===Fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Cars per set
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Routes operated
! rowspan="2" |Built
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]]
|[[Image:Stobart Pullman hauled by DRS 47712 photo 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[diesel locomotive]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|Hired from<br>[[Direct Rail Services]]
|[[Assisting engine|Train Rescue]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1962–1968
|-
|[[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]]
|[[Image:90008 at Norwich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[electric locomotive]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]
|1987–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 153|Class 153 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:153306 at Ipswich (1).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|5
|[[Felixstowe Branch Line|Ipswich - Felixstowe]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1988
|-
|[[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'']]
|[[Image:156419 at Sudbury 1.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|9
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Saxmundham]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth,<br>Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]],<br>[[Gainsborough Line|Sudbury - Marks Tey]]
|1987–1989
|-
|[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostar'']]
|[[File:170205 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2 or 3
|[[diesel multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Breckland Line|Norwich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Bittern Line|Norwich - Sheringham]]
|1999–2002
|-
|[[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
|[[Image:Unit 315838 at Ilford.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|75|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|61
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Shenfield]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]]<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Enfield Town,<br>London - Cheshunt,<br>London - Chingford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1980–1981
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/5]]
|[[Image:NXEA 317506 Liverpool Street AB1.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/6]]
|[[Image:Unit_317658_at_Romford.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|24
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]],<br>[[Romford to Upminster Line|Romford - Upminster]]
|1985–1987
|-
|[[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/8]]
|[[Image:317505_2_LDN_LVS.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|12
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<br>[[Lea Valley Lines|London - Chingford]],<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321432 at Southend Victoria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|94
|[[Braintree Branch Line|London - Braintree]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich,<br>London - Norwich (Peak Times Only)]],<br>[[Shenfield to Southend Line|London - Southend Victoria]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton,<br>Colchester - Walton-on-Naze]],<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]],<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|Wickford - Southminster]]
|1988–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 360|Class 360/1 ''Desiro'']]
|[[Image:Class 360 118 desiro in nxea at liverpoolstreet.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|21
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Ipswich]],<br>[[Sunshine Coast Line|London - Clacton]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Colchester Town]]
|2002–2003
|-
|[[British Rail Class 379|Class 379 ''Electrostar'']]
|[[Image:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4
|[[electric multiple unit]]
|{{convert|100|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|30
|[[Stansted Express|London - Stansted Airport]]<br>[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]]
|2010–2011
|-
|rowspan=2|[[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Coach]]
|[[File:National express East Anglia Mark 3A RFM 10247.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[British Rail Mark 3|Passenger Coach]]
|{{convert|125|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|120
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
|-
|[[Image:Greater Anglia Mk3 Rake at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1988
|}

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:379001 at Norwich 8 January 2011.jpg|A new [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] in the plain livery introduced by [[National Express East Anglia]] for the change-over to Greater Anglia.
File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.JPG|A [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]] also shown in this livery, at [[Harwich International railway station|Harwich International]].
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]
* [[Rail transport in Great Britain]]
* [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Greater Anglia}}
*[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk./ Greater Anglia's website]
*[http://www.abellio.com/uk/greater_anglia.html Abellio: Greater Anglia information]

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{{About|the train operator in Bristol, UK|the automobile sharing company in Pittsburgh, US|Go-Op (car sharing company)}}
{{Out of date|article|date=January 2012}}

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'''Go-Op''' (full name '''Go! Cooperative Ltd'''), is an [[Open access (infrastructure)|open access]] UK [[Train Operating Company]] which is currently proposing to operate a service between [[Yeovil]] and [[Birmingham, West Midlands|Birmingham]], via [[Oxford]]. They are aiming to become the first [[cooperative]]ly owned train operating company in the [[UK]],<ref>{{Cite web| title=Go! Co-operative on track to create rail travel of the future| work=Social Enterprise| url=http://www.socialenterpriselive.com/your-news/go-co-operative-track-create-rail-travel-the-future| accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref> to improve access to the public transport infrastructure through open access rail services linking main lines to smaller market towns, and co-ordinating services with [[light rail]] and bus links and car pools. GOCO intends to begin operating rail services in December 2013.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Go-Op: Plans| url=http://goco.coop/plans/| accessdate=13 August 2011}}</ref>

As a co-operative, Go-Op is to be owned and run by its employees and customers. Shares are available to the general public, with holdings restricted to between £500 and £20,000 per shareholder.<ref>[http://www.go-now.coop/workspace/uploads/files/offer_document_2010_web.pdf Go! Offer document ''(retrieved 3 September 2010)'']</ref> Passengers hold 50 per cent of the vote in general meetings, with employees holding a further 25 per cent, and other investors holding the remainder.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Co-operative train operator planning route from Birmingham to south and west| work=Birmingham Post| url=http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2010/05/02/co-operative-train-operator-planning-route-from-birmingham-to-south-and-west-65233-26363209/| accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref>

==Proposed timetable==
The company has created a draft timetable, which offers four return trips between [[Yeovil Junction railway station|Yeovil Junction]] and the Midlands, via [[Yeovil Pen Mill railway station|Yeovil Pen Mill]], [[Frome railway station|Frome]], [[Westbury railway station|Westbury]], [[Trowbridge railway station|Trowbridge]], [[Melksham railway station|Melksham]], [[Chippenham railway station|Chippenham]], [[Swindon railway station|Swindon]] and [[Oxford railway station|Oxford]],<ref>[http://www.go-now.coop/workspace/uploads/files/offer_document_2010_web.pdf Go! Offer document ''(retrieved 17 August 2010)'']</ref> with three of those services being extended to [[Birmingham Moor Street railway station|Birmingham Moor Street]].<ref name=Railpro>{{Citation | last = Plisner | first = Peter | title = Co-operative Open Access | pages = 22–24 | newspaper = Rail Professional | location = Cambridge | date = June 2010 | url =http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=244 | accessdate = <!-----07 June 2010----->}}</ref>
The timetable proposes an early morning service from Yeovil to Birmingham, catering for business travellers, followed by a commuter service from Westbury and Trowbridge to Swindon and Oxford. Later services to Birmingham should cater for the leisure market.<ref name=Railpro/> There are plans to extend the route further south to Weymouth, however it is acknowledged that for this to happen extra trains would be required.<ref name=Railpro/>
Go-Op estimates that around 750,000 people live within 2&nbsp;km of stations on the proposed route, excluding Birmingham.<ref name=IRJ>{{Cite web
| title = Can social operators plug the gaps in the British network? | work = International Railway Journal | url = http://www.railjournal.com/news-extra/can-social-operators-plug-the-gaps-in-the-british-network.html | accessdate = 8 June 2010}}</ref>

==Light rail==
One of the company's original aims was to look at developing links into existing mainline rail routes, by developing [[light rail]] services on existing branch lines. Routes in and around Yeovil, Oxford and [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] were considered, but rejected due to the technical difficulty of turning the routes into viable public transport links.<ref name=Railpro/>

The co-operative had planned to operate a 'trial' service at some time during early 2011, from [[Medstead and Four Marks railway station|Medstead & Four Marks]] to Alton, over part of the [[Mid-Hants Railway]]. The shuttle services, branded as Go-Op Mid-Hants Link, and utilising rolling stock from [[Parry People Movers]], would connect with [[South West Trains]] main line services to Farnham, Woking and Alton. Five trains were scheduled in each direction, with morning departures at around 06.22, 06.53, 07.24, 07.55 and 08.27.
Evening departures from Alton back to Medstead & Four Marks would operate at approximately 17.46, 18.35, 19.08, 19.39 and 20.10. The trial was to be run in conjunction with Hampshire County Council and East Hants District Council.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Medstead Parish Council meetings and minutes | url = http://www.medstead.hampshire.org.uk/mpcm.htm | accessdate = 7 January 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.railwayherald.com/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue252.pdf The Railway Herald ''(retrieved 18 January 2011)'']</ref> Technical issues with the Parry People Mover caused the trial to be postponed and it has yet to take place.<ref>[http://www.goco.coop/train/ Go-Op train] ''goco.coop''</ref>

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A line which is still being considered is the [[Ludgershall, Wiltshire|Ludgershall]] branch, near [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]] on the border between [[Wiltshire]] and [[Hampshire]].<ref name=Railpro/> The line south of the former station in the town remains open for freight traffic, namely the delivery of [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|MOD]] equipment to [[Salisbury Plain]].
Over time, the company hopes to establish shuttle bus services, car clubs and bike hire to improve links with the rail network.<ref>{{Cite web
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==Rolling stock==
Go-Op has expressed a preference for push-pull locomotives and rolling stock,<ref name=IRJ/> and expects to use vehicles similar to those used by the defunct open access operator [[Wrexham & Shropshire]].<ref name=Railpro/> The company has suggested that once up and running it will look at purchasing new [[Diesel Multiple Unit|diesel trains]].<ref name=Railpro/> Light rail lines are likely to use refurbished diesel railcars,<ref name=IRJ/> or lightweight vehicles similar to the [[British Rail Class 139|vehicles]] used on the [[Stourbridge Town Branch Line]].<ref name=Railpro/>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.go-op.coop Go-Op Official Website]

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{{Infobox UK school
| name = St George's VA School
| image = StGharp.png
| latitude = 51.82233
| longitude = -0.35367
| motto = ''Levavi Oculos'' (Aim Higher)
| established = 1907
| type = [[Voluntary aided school|Voluntary Aided]] [[comprehensive school|Comprehensive]]
| religion = [[Christian]]
| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Norman Hoare OBE
| r_head_label = Reverend
| r_head = Adrian Manning
| founder = [[Cecil Grant]]
| specialist = [[Technology College|Technology]]
| street = Sun Lane
| city = [[Harpenden]]
| county = [[Hertfordshire]]
| country = [[England]]
| postcode = AL5 4TD
| LEA = [[Hertfordshire]]
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 117556
| staff =
| enrollment = 1,237
| gender = [[Coeducational|Mixed]]
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Goddard {{color box|red}}<br/>Grant {{color box|green}}<br/>Watts {{color box|yellow}}<br/>Monk {{color box|blue}}
| colours = [[Red]] and [[Green]] and [[Grey]] {{color box|Red}} {{color box|green}}{{colour box|grey}}
| website = http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/
| website_name = www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk
}}
'''St George's VA School, Harpenden''' (commonly '''St George's School''' or '''St George's''') is a traditional [[Day school|day]] and [[boarding school]] in [[Harpenden, Hertfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]], educating students of both genders between the ages of eleven and eighteen, with an emphasis on its [[Christianity|Christian]] ethos.

As with the other two local secondary schools in [[Harpenden]] ([[Sir John Lawes School]] and [[Roundwood Park School]]), the students of St George's receive some of the best GCSE and A-Level results, much higher than the national average.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sbsa.org.uk/find_school.php#south_east | title = State Boarding Schools Directory — St George's School Profile| accessdate=2010-05-11 }}</ref>

== History ==
The school was founded in 1907 by Reverend [[Cecil Grant]], having relocated his school southwards from [[Keswick, Cumbria]] in the [[Lake District]].<ref>http://www.harpenden-history.org.uk/page_id__279_path__0p4p36p.aspx</ref> It was originally a [[private school]], although the school is today a [[voluntary aided]] [[comprehensive]] funded by the [[Hertfordshire County Council]]'s Education Department and the Cecil Grant Founder's Trust, a charity set up after Grant's death in 1946. St George's was one of the first public schools in Britain to provide mixed-sex boarding education.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/1573915/urn/SC061220.pdf | title = Ofted Report 2011 — St George's School | accessdate=2010-05-11 | publisher = Ofsted}}</ref> This progressive tradition was renewed in September 2010 when a mixed-sex boarding house was opened.

Keswick School's motto ''Levavi Oculos — Schola Georgiana'' appears on the uniform badges. It derives from the their School Hymn,<ref>[http://www.kynson.org.uk/Dave/keswick_school_hymn.htm Reeves is offside again<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Assurgit'', which is sung in Latin. ''Levavi Oculos'' means "I have lifted up mine eyes" and alludes to [[Psalms|Psalm]] 121, beginning "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help; my help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made Heaven and Earth." In the sense of "I have raised my sights" this is equivalent to the English motto ''Aim Higher,'' which appears over one archway at the front entrance of Keswick House. In 1917 a [[Montessori method|Montessori unit]] was opened.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

== Christian ethos ==
Admission to the school for day students is based mainly on location of students' homes, with students coming from many of the surrounding towns and villages. Regular attendance at a local church is required; however, the school itself is non-denominational and does not receive funding from any religious group or church.

The school maintains what it sees as a [[Christian]] basis in most aspects of school life, but the school community contains Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish students as well. The chapel is used daily for worship and assemblies. In addition to weekly chapels, students in the years 7–11 are required to attend three chapels per term on either a Sunday morning or evening. The school offers special carol services at Christmas for both the lower school (years 7-8) and upper school years 9-13) students. As the school has many ex-pupils who fought, died and were wounded in the first and second world wars, there is also a special [[Remembrance Sunday]] service.
Chapels are generally taken by the current preacher, Rev. Manning but are often taken by guest speakers (or Norman Hoare).

== House system ==
The school is split into four [[House system|houses]]: Watts (yellow), Grant (green), Monk (blue) and Goddard (red), named after the Rev. Arthur Watts, a former headmaster, the Rev. Cecil Grant, the founder of the school and Bertram Monk and Lister Goddard, two pupils who were killed in action during the [[World War I|Great War]]. Each academic year the House cup, called the 'Chapman Cup', is contested between the houses in a variety of events including sports, drama and music.

Each house is made up of approximately 400 pupils from all years, a team of 14 tutors, a head of house and a deputy head of house, two house captains, chosen from the sixth form and a team of sixth form prefects. Every year, a boy and a girl are chosen from the lower sixth to represent their school as School Captains. They continue their posts into year 13.

==Academics==
St George's operates on a 8:40am to 3:40pm schedule, which includes five periods, with a 25 minute break at 10:50am and a one hour break for lunch at 13:15pm{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}. Students may leave the campus for lunch if they are in the sixth form and have signed out. There are two tutor base sessions per day: 8:40am to 8:50am and 2:10pm to 2:40pm. There is no fifth period on Friday afternoons; students are allowed to leave after 2:55pm. <!-- Continue, check! -->

St George's is reputed to have some of the highest examination results in the country for state schools and rivals some of the private schools. The school performs particularly highly in Mathematics and Art, and is also good in Sports, Technology and Sciences. As well as classroom teaching, the school has a number of extracurricular clubs, teams and educational visits both residential and abroad. It is currently applying for status as a modern languages college.

The school music department offers peripatetic instrumental tuition for many [[Woodwind instrument|woodwind]], [[string instrument|string]], and [[Brass instrument|brass]] instruments as well as classical and jazz [[piano]], [[guitar]], [[drum]]s and voice. Many of the students take private music lessons on site. Regular concerts take place in the chapel and the old library.

==Extra-curricular activities==
St George's has a longstanding history of sport.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} The two main sports played are [[lacrosse]] for girls and [[rugby union]] for boys. The school also has netball, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, Football, rounders, basketball and athletics teams who compete in Hertfordshire and sometimes further afield.

In 1939 St George's School won the first [[National Schools Sevens]] tournament and has continued this Rugby success producing Rugby Sevens and Rugby Union internationals.

==Facilities==
The school has a brand new Sports Hall with an extensive fitness area and two new PE teaching classrooms. There are also four hard tennis courts, three netball courts and extensive pitches for rugby and lacrosse in Winter, and cricket, athletics and rounders in Summer.<ref>[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/curriculum/departments/pe.htm Physical Education: Curriculum], St George's School, Harpenden, UK.</ref>

== Boarding ==
Keswick and Crosthwaite House are currently home to boy and girl boarders. Often, children from abroad come to St George's to board and often spend seven years of their education in Hertfordshire before going on to university or careers. Every year a head boy and head girl are elected exclusively for the boarding house. These two students from the upper sixth help to run the boarding house effectively and aid relationships between matrons and students. The school recently gained International School Status<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/https___schoolprofile.teachernet.gov%20280910.pdf | title = St George's School Profile| accessdate=2010-05-11 | publisher = Teacher Net}}</ref> contributing to competitive admission to the boarding houses.

== Old Georgians ==
<!-- Add in alphabetical order by surname -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! | Name
! | Year first attended
! | Year last attended
! class="unsortable" | Description
|-
| [[Sacha Bennett]]
| 1982
| 1987
| Actor, writer, producer and director for film and television.
|-
| [[Lennox Berkeley]]
| 1919
| 1921
| British composer of French influence, moving towards serialism in later life.
|-
| [[Laura Haddock]]
| 1996
| 2003
| Actress - played Alison in [[The Inbetweeners Movie]].
|-
| [[George Hogg (adventurer)|George Hogg]]
| 1927<ref>http://www.harpenden-history.org.uk/page_id__295_path__0p25p27p.aspx</ref>
| 1934
| British journalist who rescued 50 orphaned children in China during the Japanese occupation.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article1362720.ece The long march of a forgotten English hero], ''[[The Times]]''.</ref> He was played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in [[The Children of Huang Shi]], a film released in May 2008.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0889588|title=The Children of Huang Shi (2008)}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Oakeshott]]
| 1912
| 1920
| An English philosopher with particular interests in political thought.
|}

* [[Donald Coxeter]], one of the great geometers of the 20th century.
* [[Hilary Evans]], British pictorial archivist, author, and researcher into UFOs and other paranormal phenomena
* [[Owen Farrell]], Rugby Union player. Promoted to the England 32-man elite squad in January 2012.
* [[Joe Ford]], Rugby Union player.
* [[Barry White]], Singer Songwriter, responsible for "Let's get it on".
* Air Marshall Sir [[Victor Goddard]], a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
* [[Patrick Heron]], English abstract artist with work currently hanging in the [[Tate Gallery, St Ives]].
* [[Francis Hollis]], Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1938—1948.
* [[Kenneth Horne]], comedian.
* [[Andrew Hunter (British politician)|Andrew Hunter]], former MP.
* [[Frances Lincoln]], publisher and founder of [[Frances Lincoln Publishers]].
* [[Kate Mullins]], one of the [[The Puppini Sisters]].<ref>Harpenden Magazine, July 2006.</ref>
* [[Peter Alan Rayner]], a British coin-book author having written ''English Silver Coinage 1649 to date''.

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|last=Storrie |first=Paddy |year=2004 |title=Here I Am: Send Me|publisher=St. George's School|location=Harpenden, Hertfordshire}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Hertfordshire|Schools}}
*[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/ St George's VA School website]

{{Schools in Hertfordshire|comprehensive}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint George's School, Harpenden}}
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1907]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Comprehensive schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Technology Colleges in England]]
[[Category:Harpenden]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in England]]

{{Infobox UK school
| name = St George's VA School
| image = StGharp.png
| latitude = 51.82233
| longitude = -0.35367
| motto = ''Levavi Oculos'' (Aim Higher)
| established = 1907
| type = [[Voluntary aided school|Voluntary Aided]] [[comprehensive school|Comprehensive]]
| religion = [[Christian]]
| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Norman Hoare OBE
| r_head_label = Reverend
| r_head = Adrian Manning
| founder = [[Cecil Grant]]
| specialist = [[Technology College|Technology]]
| street = Sun Lane
| city = [[Harpenden]]
| county = [[Hertfordshire]]
| country = [[England]]
| postcode = AL5 4TD
| LEA = [[Hertfordshire]]
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 117556
| staff =
| enrollment = 1,237
| gender = [[Coeducational|Mixed]]
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Goddard {{color box|red}}<br/>Grant {{color box|green}}<br/>Watts {{color box|yellow}}<br/>Monk {{color box|blue}}
| colours = [[Red]] and [[Green]] and [[Grey]] {{color box|Red}} {{color box|green}}{{colour box|grey}}
| website = http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/
| website_name = www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk
}}
'''St George's VA School, Harpenden''' (commonly '''St George's School''' or '''St George's''') is a traditional [[Day school|day]] and [[boarding school]] in [[Harpenden, Hertfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]], educating students of both genders between the ages of eleven and eighteen, with an emphasis on its [[Christianity|Christian]] ethos.

Founded in 1907 by [[Cecil Grant]], St George's was one of the first public schools in Britain to provide mixed-sex boarding education.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/1573915/urn/SC061220.pdf | title = Ofted Report 2011 — St George's School | accessdate=2010-05-11 | publisher = Staff}}</ref> This progressive tradition was renewed in September 2010 when a mixed-sex boarding house was opened.

St George's School is in the top ten per cent of British School's for Academic results<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sbsa.org.uk/find_school.php#south_east | title = State Boarding Schools Directory — St George's School Profile| accessdate=2010-05-11 }}</ref>

== History ==
{{Expand section|date=April 2010}}

;Keswick School and foundation (1907)
The School motto ''Levavi Oculos — Schola Georgiana'' appears on the uniform badges. It derives from the Keswick School Hymn,<ref>[http://www.kynson.org.uk/Dave/keswick_school_hymn.htm Reeves is offside again<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Assurgit'', which is sung in Latin. ''Levavi Oculos'' means "I have lifted up mine eyes" and alludes to [[Psalms|Psalm]] 121, beginning "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help; my help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made Heaven and Earth." In the sense of "I have raised my sights" this is equivalent to the English motto ''Aim Higher,'' which appears over one archway at the front entrance of Keswick House. In 1917 a [[Montessori method|Montessori unit]] was opened.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

== Christian ethos ==
The school maintains what it sees as a [[Christian]] basis in most aspects of school life. However, the school community contains Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish students as well. The chapel is used daily for worship and assemblies. In addition to weekly chapels, students in the years 7–11 are required to attend three chapels per term on either a Sunday morning or evening. The school offers special carol services at Christmas for both the lower school (years 7-8) and upper school years 9-13) students. As the school has many ex-pupils who fought, died and were wounded in the first and second world wars, there is also a special [[Remembrance Sunday]] service.
Chapels are generally taken by the current preacher, Rev. Manning but are often taken by guest speakers (or Norman Hoare).

== House system ==
The school is split into four [[House system|houses]]: Watts (yellow), Grant (green), Monk (blue) and Goddard (red), named after the Rev. Arthur Watts, a former headmaster, the Rev. Cecil Grant, the founder of the school and Bertram Monk and Lister Goddard, two pupils who were killed in action during the [[World War I|Great War]]. Each academic year the House cup, called the 'Chapman Cup', is contested between the houses in a variety of events including sports, drama and music.

Each house is made up of approximately 400 pupils from all years, a team of 14 tutors, a head of house and a deputy head of house, two house captains, chosen from the sixth form and a team of sixth form prefects. Every year, a boy and a girl are chosen from the lower sixth to represent their school as School Captains. They continue their posts into year 13.

==Academics==
St George's operates on a 8:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. schedule, which includes five periods, with a 20 minute break at 10:50 a.m. and a one hour break for lunch at 13:15 p.m.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} Students may leave the campus for lunch if they are in the sixth form or have registered their absence with the school office. There are two tutor base sessions per day: 8:40 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. and 2:10 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. There is no fifth period on Friday afternoons; students are allowed to leave after 2:55 p.m. <!-- Continue, check! -->

St George's is reputed to have some of the highest examination results in the country for state schools and rivals some of the private schools. The school performs particularly highly in Mathematics and Art, and is also good in Sports, Technology and Sciences. As well as classroom teaching, the school has a number of extracurricular clubs, teams and educational visits both residential and abroad. It is currently applying for status as a modern languages college.

The school music department offers peripatetic instrumental tuition for many [[Woodwind instrument|woodwind]], [[string instrument|string]], and [[Brass instrument|brass]] instruments as well as classical and jazz [[piano]], [[guitar]], [[drum]]s and voice. [[David Harvey]] (former bassist for acts such as [[Percy Sledge]], [[Alisha's Attic]] and [[The Tornados]]) teaches guitar and bass guitar through the school. Many of the students take private music lessons on site. Regular concerts take place in the chapel and the old library.

==Extra-curricular activities==
St George's has a longstanding history of sport.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} The two main sports played are [[lacrosse]] for girls and [[rugby union]] for boys. The school also has netball, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, Football, rounders, basketball and athletics teams who compete in Hertfordshire and sometimes further afield.

In 1939 St George's School won the first [[National Schools Sevens]] tournament and has continued this Rugby success producing Rugby Sevens and Rugby Union internationals.

==Facilities==
The school has a brand new State of the Art Sports Hall with an extensive fitness area and two new PE teaching classrooms.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} There are also four hard tennis courts, three netball courts and extensive pitches for rugby and lacrosse in Winter, and cricket, athletics and rounders in Summer.<ref>[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/curriculum/departments/pe.htm Physical Education: Curriculum], St George's School, Harpenden, UK.</ref>

== Boarding ==
Keswick and Crosthwaite House are currently home to boy and girl boarders. Often, children from abroad come to St George's to board and often spend seven years of their education in Hertfordshire before going on to university or careers. Every year a head boy and head girl are elected exclusively for the boarding house. These two students from the upper sixth help to run the boarding house effectively and aid relationships between matrons and students.

== Funding ==
{{Empty section|date=April 2010}}

== Old Georgians ==
<!-- Add in alphabetical order by surname -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! | Name
! | Year first attended
! | Year last attended
! class="unsortable" | Description
|-
| [[Sacha Bennett]]
| 1982
| 1987
| Actor, writer, producer and director for film and television.
|-
| [[Lennox Berkeley]]
| 1919
| 1921
| British composer of French influence, moving towards serialism in later life.
|-
| [[Laura Haddock]]
| 1996
| 2003
| Actress - played Alison in [[The Inbetweeners Movie]].
|-
| [[George Hogg (adventurer)|George Hogg]]
| 1927<ref>http://www.harpenden-history.org.uk/page_id__295_path__0p25p27p.aspx</ref>
| 1934
| British journalist who rescued 50 orphaned children in China during the Japanese occupation.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article1362720.ece The long march of a forgotten English hero], ''[[The Times]]''.</ref> He was played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in [[The Children of Huang Shi]], a film released in May 2008.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0889588|title=The Children of Huang Shi (2008)}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Oakeshott]]
| 1912
| 1920
| An English philosopher with particular interests in political thought.
|}

* [[Donald Coxeter]], one of the great geometers of the 20th century.
* [[Hilary Evans]], British pictorial archivist, author, and researcher into UFOs and other paranormal phenomena
* [[Owen Farrell]], Rugby Union player. Promoted to the England 32-man elite squad in January 2012.
* [[Joe Ford]], Rugby Union player.
* [[Barry White]], Singer Songwriter, responsible for "Let's get it on".
* Air Marshall Sir [[Victor Goddard]], a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
* [[Patrick Heron]], English abstract artist with work currently hanging in the [[Tate Gallery, St Ives]].
* [[Francis Hollis]], Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1938—1948.
* [[Kenneth Horne]], comedian.
* [[Andrew Hunter (British politician)|Andrew Hunter]], former MP.
* [[Frances Lincoln]], publisher and founder of [[Frances Lincoln Publishers]].
* [[Kate Mullins]], one of the [[The Puppini Sisters]].<ref>Harpenden Magazine, July 2006.</ref>
* [[Peter Alan Rayner]], a British coin-book author having written ''English Silver Coinage 1649 to date''.

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|last=Storrie |first=Paddy |year=2004 |title=Here I Am: Send Me|publisher=St. George's School|location=Harpenden, Hertfordshire}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Hertfordshire|Schools}}
*[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/ St George's VA School website]

{{Schools in Hertfordshire|comprehensive}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint George's School, Harpenden}}
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1907]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Comprehensive schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Technology Colleges in England]]
[[Category:Harpenden]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in England]]

{{Infobox UK school
| name = St George's VA School
| image = StGharp.png
| latitude = 51.82233
| longitude = -0.35367
| motto = ''Levavi Oculos'' (Aim Higher)
| established = 1907
| type = [[Voluntary aided school|Voluntary Aided]] [[comprehensive school|Comprehensive]]
| religion = [[Christian]]
| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Norman Hoare OBE
| r_head_label = Reverend
| r_head = Adrian Manning
| founder = [[Cecil Grant]]
| specialist = [[Technology College|Technology]]
| street = Sun Lane
| city = [[Harpenden]]
| county = [[Hertfordshire]]
| country = [[England]]
| postcode = AL5 4TD
| LEA = [[Hertfordshire]]
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 117556
| staff =
| enrollment = 1,237
| gender = [[Coeducational|Mixed]]
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Goddard {{color box|red}}<br/>Grant {{color box|green}}<br/>Watts {{color box|yellow}}<br/>Monk {{color box|blue}}
| colours = [[Red]] and [[Green]] and [[Grey]] {{color box|Red}} {{color box|green}}{{colour box|grey}}
| website = http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/
| website_name = www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk
}}
'''St George's VA School, Harpenden''' (commonly '''St George's School''' or '''St George's''') is a traditional [[Day school|day]] and [[boarding school]] in [[Harpenden, Hertfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]], educating students of both genders between the ages of eleven and eighteen, with an emphasis on its [[Christianity|Christian]] ethos.

Founded in 1907 by [[Cecil Grant]], St George's was one of the first public schools in Britain to provide mixed-sex boarding education.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/1573915/urn/SC061220.pdf | title = Ofted Report 2011 — St George's School | accessdate=2010-05-11 | publisher = Staff}}</ref> This progressive tradition was renewed in September 2010 when a mixed-sex boarding house was opened.

St George's School is in the top ten per cent of British School's for Academic results<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sbsa.org.uk/find_school.php#south_east | title = State Boarding Schools Directory — St George's School Profile| accessdate=2010-05-11 }}</ref>

== History ==
{{Expand section|date=April 2010}}

;Keswick School and foundation (1907)
The School motto ''Levavi Oculos — Schola Georgiana'' appears on the uniform badges. It derives from the Keswick School Hymn,<ref>[http://www.kynson.org.uk/Dave/keswick_school_hymn.htm Reeves is offside again<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Assurgit'', which is sung in Latin. ''Levavi Oculos'' means "I have lifted up mine eyes" and alludes to [[Psalms|Psalm]] 121, beginning "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help; my help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made Heaven and Earth." In the sense of "I have raised my sights" this is equivalent to the English motto ''Aim Higher,'' which appears over one archway at the front entrance of Keswick House. In 1917 a [[Montessori method|Montessori unit]] was opened.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

== Christian ethos ==
The school maintains what it sees as a [[Christian]] basis in most aspects of school life. However, the school community contains Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish students as well. The chapel is used daily for worship and assemblies. In addition to weekly chapels, students in the years 7–11 are required to attend three chapels per term on either a Sunday morning or evening. The school offers special carol services at Christmas for both the lower school (years 7-8) and upper school years 9-13) students. As the school has many ex-pupils who fought, died and were wounded in the first and second world wars, there is also a special [[Remembrance Sunday]] service.
Chapels are generally taken by the current preacher, Rev. Manning but are often taken by guest speakers (or Norman Hoare).

== House system ==
The school is split into four [[House system|houses]]: Watts (yellow), Grant (green), Monk (blue) and Goddard (red), named after the Rev. Arthur Watts, a former headmaster, the Rev. Cecil Grant, the founder of the school and Bertram Monk and Lister Goddard, two pupils who were killed in action during the [[World War I|Great War]]. Each academic year the House cup, called the 'Chapman Cup', is contested between the houses in a variety of events including sports, drama and music.

Each house is made up of approximately 400 pupils from all years, a team of 14 tutors, a head of house and a deputy head of house, two house captains, chosen from the sixth form and a team of sixth form prefects. Every year, a boy and a girl are chosen from the lower sixth to represent their school as School Captains. They continue their posts into year 13.

==Academics==
St George's operates on a 8:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. schedule, which includes five periods, with a 20 minute break at 10:50 a.m. and a one hour break for lunch at 13:15 p.m.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} Students may leave the campus for lunch if they are in the sixth form or have registered their absence with the school office. There are two tutor base sessions per day: 8:40 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. and 2:10 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. There is no fifth period on Friday afternoons; students are allowed to leave after 2:55 p.m. <!-- Continue, check! -->

St George's is reputed to have some of the highest examination results in the country for state schools and rivals some of the private schools. The school performs particularly highly in Mathematics and Art, and is also good in Sports, Technology and Sciences. As well as classroom teaching, the school has a number of extracurricular clubs, teams and educational visits both residential and abroad. It is currently applying for status as a modern languages college.

The school music department offers peripatetic instrumental tuition for many [[Woodwind instrument|woodwind]], [[string instrument|string]], and [[Brass instrument|brass]] instruments as well as classical and jazz [[piano]], [[guitar]], [[drum]]s and voice. [[David Harvey]] (former bassist for acts such as [[Percy Sledge]], [[Alisha's Attic]] and [[The Tornados]]) teaches guitar and bass guitar through the school. Many of the students take private music lessons on site. Regular concerts take place in the chapel and the old library.

==Extra-curricular activities==
St George's has a longstanding history of sport.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} The two main sports played are [[lacrosse]] for girls and [[rugby union]] for boys. The school also has netball, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, Football, rounders, basketball and athletics teams who compete in Hertfordshire and sometimes further afield.

In 1939 St George's School won the first [[National Schools Sevens]] tournament and has continued this Rugby success producing Rugby Sevens and Rugby Union internationals.

==Facilities==
The school has a brand new State of the Art Sports Hall with an extensive fitness area and two new PE teaching classrooms.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} There are also four hard tennis courts, three netball courts and extensive pitches for rugby and lacrosse in Winter, and cricket, athletics and rounders in Summer.<ref>[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/curriculum/departments/pe.htm Physical Education: Curriculum], St George's School, Harpenden, UK.</ref>

== Boarding ==
Keswick and Crosthwaite House are currently home to boy and girl boarders. Often, children from abroad come to St George's to board and often spend seven years of their education in Hertfordshire before going on to university or careers. Every year a head boy and head girl are elected exclusively for the boarding house. These two students from the upper sixth help to run the boarding house effectively and aid relationships between matrons and students.

== Funding ==
{{Empty section|date=April 2010}}

== Old Georgians ==
<!-- Add in alphabetical order by surname -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! | Name
! | Year first attended
! | Year last attended
! class="unsortable" | Description
|-
| [[Sacha Bennett]]
| 1982
| 1987
| Actor, writer, producer and director for film and television.
|-
| [[Lennox Berkeley]]
| 1919
| 1921
| British composer of French influence, moving towards serialism in later life.
|-
| [[Laura Haddock]]
| 1996
| 2003
| Actress - played Alison in [[The Inbetweeners Movie]].
|-
| [[George Hogg (adventurer)|George Hogg]]
| 1996<ref>http://www.harpenden-history.org.uk/page_id__295_path__0p25p27p.aspx</ref>
| 2003
| British journalist who rescued 50 orphaned children in China during the Japanese occupation.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article1362720.ece The long march of a forgotten English hero], ''[[The Times]]''.</ref> He was played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in [[The Children of Huang Shi]], a film released in May 2008.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0889588|title=The Children of Huang Shi (2008)}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Oakeshott]]
| 1912
| 1920
| An English philosopher with particular interests in political thought.
|}

* [[Donald Coxeter]], one of the great geometers of the 20th century.
* [[Hilary Evans]], British pictorial archivist, author, and researcher into UFOs and other paranormal phenomena
* [[Owen Farrell]], Rugby Union player. Promoted to the England 32-man elite squad in January 2012.
* [[Joe Ford]], Rugby Union player.
* [[Barry White]], Singer Songwriter, responsible for "Let's get it on".
* Air Marshall Sir [[Victor Goddard]], a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
* [[Patrick Heron]], English abstract artist with work currently hanging in the [[Tate Gallery, St Ives]].
* [[Francis Hollis]], Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1938—1948.
* [[Kenneth Horne]], comedian.
* [[Andrew Hunter (British politician)|Andrew Hunter]], former MP.
* [[Frances Lincoln]], publisher and founder of [[Frances Lincoln Publishers]].
* [[Kate Mullins]], one of the [[The Puppini Sisters]].<ref>Harpenden Magazine, July 2006.</ref>
* [[Peter Alan Rayner]], a British coin-book author having written ''English Silver Coinage 1649 to date''.

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|last=Storrie |first=Paddy |year=2004 |title=Here I Am: Send Me|publisher=St. George's School|location=Harpenden, Hertfordshire}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Hertfordshire|Schools}}
*[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/ St George's VA School website]

{{Schools in Hertfordshire|comprehensive}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint George's School, Harpenden}}
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1907]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Comprehensive schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Technology Colleges in England]]
[[Category:Harpenden]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in England]]

{{Infobox UK school
| name = St George's VA School
| image = StGharp.png
| latitude = 51.82233
| longitude = -0.35367
| motto = ''Levavi Oculos'' (Aim Higher)
| established = 1907
| type = [[Voluntary aided school|Voluntary Aided]] [[comprehensive school|Comprehensive]]
| religion = [[Christian]]
| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Norman Hoare OBE
| r_head_label = Reverend
| r_head = Adrian Manning
| founder = [[Cecil Grant]]
| specialist = [[Technology College|Technology]]
| street = Sun Lane
| city = [[Harpenden]]
| county = [[Hertfordshire]]
| country = [[England]]
| postcode = AL5 4TD
| LEA = [[Hertfordshire]]
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 117556
| staff =
| enrollment = 1,237
| gender = [[Coeducational|Mixed]]
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Goddard {{color box|red}}<br/>Grant {{color box|green}}<br/>Watts {{color box|yellow}}<br/>Monk {{color box|blue}}
| colours = [[Red]] and [[Green]] and [[Grey]] {{color box|Red}} {{color box|green}}{{colour box|grey}}
| website = http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/
| website_name = www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk
}}
'''St George's VA School, Harpenden''' (commonly '''St George's School''' or '''St George's''') is a traditional [[Day school|day]] and [[boarding school]] in [[Harpenden, Hertfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]], educating students of both genders between the ages of eleven and eighteen, with an emphasis on its [[Christianity|Christian]] ethos.

Founded in 1907 by [[Cecil Grant]], St George's was one of the first public schools in Britain to provide mixed-sex boarding education.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/1573915/urn/SC061220.pdf | title = Ofted Report 2011 — St George's School | accessdate=2010-05-11 | publisher = Staff}}</ref> This progressive tradition was renewed in September 2010 when a mixed-sex boarding house was opened.

St George's School is in the top ten per cent of British School's for Academic results<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sbsa.org.uk/find_school.php#south_east | title = State Boarding Schools Directory — St George's School Profile| accessdate=2010-05-11 }}</ref>

== History ==
{{Expand section|date=April 2010}}

;Keswick School and foundation (1907)
The School motto ''Levavi Oculos — Schola Georgiana'' appears on the uniform badges. It derives from the Keswick School Hymn,<ref>[http://www.kynson.org.uk/Dave/keswick_school_hymn.htm Reeves is offside again<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Assurgit'', which is sung in Latin. ''Levavi Oculos'' means "I have lifted up mine eyes" and alludes to [[Psalms|Psalm]] 121, beginning "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help; my help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made Heaven and Earth." In the sense of "I have raised my sights" this is equivalent to the English motto ''Aim Higher,'' which appears over one archway at the front entrance of Keswick House. In 1917 a [[Montessori method|Montessori unit]] was opened.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

== Christian ethos ==
The school maintains what it sees as a [[Christian]] basis in most aspects of school life. However, the school community contains Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish students as well. The chapel is used daily for worship and assemblies. In addition to weekly chapels, students in the years 7–11 are required to attend three chapels per term on either a Sunday morning or evening. The school offers special carol services at Christmas for both the lower school (years 7-8) and upper school years 9-13) students. As the school has many ex-pupils who fought, died and were wounded in the first and second world wars, there is also a special [[Remembrance Sunday]] service.
Chapels are generally taken by the current preacher, Rev. Manning but are often taken by guest speakers (or Norman Hoare).

== House system ==
The school is split into four [[House system|houses]]: Watts (yellow), Grant (green), Monk (blue) and Goddard (red), named after the Rev. Arthur Watts, a former headmaster, the Rev. Cecil Grant, the founder of the school and Bertram Monk and Lister Goddard, two pupils who were killed in action during the [[World War I|Great War]]. Each academic year the House cup, called the 'Chapman Cup', is contested between the houses in a variety of events including sports, drama and music.

Each house is made up of approximately 400 pupils from all years, a team of 14 tutors, a head of house and a deputy head of house, two house captains, chosen from the sixth form and a team of sixth form prefects. Every year, a boy and a girl are chosen from the lower sixth to represent their school as School Captains. They continue their posts into year 13.

==Academics==
St George's operates on a 8:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. schedule, which includes five periods, with a 20 minute break at 10:50 a.m. and a one hour break for lunch at 13:15 p.m.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} Students may leave the campus for lunch if they are in the sixth form or have registered their absence with the school office. There are two tutor base sessions per day: 8:40 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. and 2:10 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. There is no fifth period on Friday afternoons; students are allowed to leave after 2:55 p.m. <!-- Continue, check! -->

St George's is reputed to have some of the highest examination results in the country for state schools and rivals some of the private schools. The school performs particularly highly in Mathematics and Art, and is also good in Sports, Technology and Sciences. As well as classroom teaching, the school has a number of extracurricular clubs, teams and educational visits both residential and abroad. It is currently applying for status as a modern languages college.

The school music department offers peripatetic instrumental tuition for many [[Woodwind instrument|woodwind]], [[string instrument|string]], and [[Brass instrument|brass]] instruments as well as classical and jazz [[piano]], [[guitar]], [[drum]]s and voice. [[David Harvey]] (former bassist for acts such as [[Percy Sledge]], [[Alisha's Attic]] and [[The Tornados]]) teaches guitar and bass guitar through the school. Many of the students take private music lessons on site. Regular concerts take place in the chapel and the old library.

==Extra-curricular activities==
St George's has a longstanding history of sport.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} The two main sports played are [[lacrosse]] for girls and [[rugby union]] for boys. The school also has netball, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, Football, rounders, basketball and athletics teams who compete in Hertfordshire and sometimes further afield.

In 1939 St George's School won the first [[National Schools Sevens]] tournament and has continued this Rugby success producing Rugby Sevens and Rugby Union internationals.

==Facilities==
The school has a brand new State of the Art Sports Hall with an extensive fitness area and two new PE teaching classrooms.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} There are also four hard tennis courts, three netball courts and extensive pitches for rugby and lacrosse in Winter, and cricket, athletics and rounders in Summer.<ref>[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/curriculum/departments/pe.htm Physical Education: Curriculum], St George's School, Harpenden, UK.</ref>

== Boarding ==
Keswick and Crosthwaite House are currently home to boy and girl boarders. Often, children from abroad come to St George's to board and often spend seven years of their education in Hertfordshire before going on to university or careers. Every year a head boy and head girl are elected exclusively for the boarding house. These two students from the upper sixth help to run the boarding house effectively and aid relationships between matrons and students.

== Funding ==
{{Empty section|date=April 2010}}

== Old Georgians ==
<!-- Add in alphabetical order by surname -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! | Name
! | Year first attended
! | Year last attended
! class="unsortable" | Description
|-
| [[Sacha Bennett]]
| 1982
| 1987
| Actor, writer, producer and director for film and television.
|-
| [[Lennox Berkeley]]
| 1919
| 1921
| British composer of French influence, moving towards serialism in later life.
|-
| [[Laura Haddock]]
| 1996
| 2003
| Actress - played Alison in [[The Inbetweeners Movie]].
| [[George Hogg (adventurer)|George Hogg]]
| 1996<ref>http://www.harpenden-history.org.uk/page_id__295_path__0p25p27p.aspx</ref>
| 2003
| British journalist who rescued 50 orphaned children in China during the Japanese occupation.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article1362720.ece The long march of a forgotten English hero], ''[[The Times]]''.</ref> He was played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in [[The Children of Huang Shi]], a film released in May 2008.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0889588|title=The Children of Huang Shi (2008)}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Oakeshott]]
| 1912
| 1920
| An English philosopher with particular interests in political thought.
|}

* [[Donald Coxeter]], one of the great geometers of the 20th century.
* [[Hilary Evans]], British pictorial archivist, author, and researcher into UFOs and other paranormal phenomena
* [[Owen Farrell]], Rugby Union player. Promoted to the England 32-man elite squad in January 2012.
* [[Joe Ford]], Rugby Union player.
* [[Barry White]], Singer Songwriter, responsible for "Let's get it on".
* Air Marshall Sir [[Victor Goddard]], a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
* [[Patrick Heron]], English abstract artist with work currently hanging in the [[Tate Gallery, St Ives]].
* [[Francis Hollis]], Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1938—1948.
* [[Kenneth Horne]], comedian.
* [[Andrew Hunter (British politician)|Andrew Hunter]], former MP.
* [[Frances Lincoln]], publisher and founder of [[Frances Lincoln Publishers]].
* [[Kate Mullins]], one of the [[The Puppini Sisters]].<ref>Harpenden Magazine, July 2006.</ref>
* [[Peter Alan Rayner]], a British coin-book author having written ''English Silver Coinage 1649 to date''.

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|last=Storrie |first=Paddy |year=2004 |title=Here I Am: Send Me|publisher=St. George's School|location=Harpenden, Hertfordshire}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Hertfordshire|Schools}}
*[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/ St George's VA School website]

{{Schools in Hertfordshire|comprehensive}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint George's School, Harpenden}}
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1907]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Comprehensive schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Technology Colleges in England]]
[[Category:Harpenden]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in England]]

{{Infobox UK school
| name = St George's VA School
| image = StGharp.png
| latitude = 51.82233
| longitude = -0.35367
| motto = ''Levavi Oculos'' (Aim Higher)
| established = 1907
| type = [[Voluntary aided school|Voluntary Aided]] [[comprehensive school|Comprehensive]]
| religion = [[Christian]]
| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Norman Hoare OBE
| r_head_label = Reverend
| r_head = Adrian Manning
| founder = [[Cecil Grant]]
| specialist = [[Technology College|Technology]]
| street = Sun Lane
| city = [[Harpenden]]
| county = [[Hertfordshire]]
| country = [[England]]
| postcode = AL5 4TD
| LEA = [[Hertfordshire]]
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 117556
| staff =
| enrollment = 1,237
| gender = [[Coeducational|Mixed]]
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Goddard {{color box|red}}<br/>Grant {{color box|green}}<br/>Watts {{color box|yellow}}<br/>Monk {{color box|blue}}
| colours = [[Red]] and [[Green]] and [[Grey]] {{color box|Red}} {{color box|green}}{{colour box|grey}}
| website = http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/
| website_name = www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk
}}
'''St George's VA School, Harpenden''' (commonly '''St George's School''' or '''St George's''') is a traditional [[Day school|day]] and [[boarding school]] in [[Harpenden, Hertfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]], educating students of both genders between the ages of eleven and eighteen, with an emphasis on its [[Christianity|Christian]] ethos.

Founded in 1907 by [[Cecil Grant]], St George's was one of the first public schools in Britain to provide mixed-sex boarding education.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/1573915/urn/SC061220.pdf | title = Ofted Report 2011 — St George's School | accessdate=2010-05-11 | publisher = Staff}}</ref> This progressive tradition was renewed in September 2010 when a mixed-sex boarding house was opened.

St George's School is in the top ten per cent of British School's for Academic results<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sbsa.org.uk/find_school.php#south_east | title = State Boarding Schools Directory — St George's School Profile| accessdate=2010-05-11 }}</ref>

== History ==
{{Expand section|date=April 2010}}

;Keswick School and foundation (1907)
The School motto ''Levavi Oculos — Schola Georgiana'' appears on the uniform badges. It derives from the Keswick School Hymn,<ref>[http://www.kynson.org.uk/Dave/keswick_school_hymn.htm Reeves is offside again<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Assurgit'', which is sung in Latin. ''Levavi Oculos'' means "I have lifted up mine eyes" and alludes to [[Psalms|Psalm]] 121, beginning "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help; my help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made Heaven and Earth." In the sense of "I have raised my sights" this is equivalent to the English motto ''Aim Higher,'' which appears over one archway at the front entrance of Keswick House. In 1917 a [[Montessori method|Montessori unit]] was opened.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

== Christian ethos ==
The school maintains what it sees as a [[Christian]] basis in most aspects of school life. However, the school community contains Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish students as well. The chapel is used daily for worship and assemblies. In addition to weekly chapels, students in the years 7–11 are required to attend three chapels per term on either a Sunday morning or evening. The school offers special carol services at Christmas for both the lower school (years 7-8) and upper school years 9-13) students. As the school has many ex-pupils who fought, died and were wounded in the first and second world wars, there is also a special [[Remembrance Sunday]] service.
Chapels are generally taken by the current preacher, Rev. Manning but are often taken by guest speakers (or Norman Hoare).

== House system ==
The school is split into four [[House system|houses]]: Watts (yellow), Grant (green), Monk (blue) and Goddard (red), named after the Rev. Arthur Watts, a former headmaster, the Rev. Cecil Grant, the founder of the school and Bertram Monk and Lister Goddard, two pupils who were killed in action during the [[World War I|Great War]]. Each academic year the House cup, called the 'Chapman Cup', is contested between the houses in a variety of events including sports, drama and music.

Each house is made up of approximately 400 pupils from all years, a team of 14 tutors, a head of house and a deputy head of house, two house captains, chosen from the sixth form and a team of sixth form prefects. Every year, a boy and a girl are chosen from the lower sixth to represent their school as School Captains. They continue their posts into year 13.

==Academics==
St George's operates on a 8:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. schedule, which includes five periods, with a 20 minute break at 10:50 a.m. and a one hour break for lunch at 13:15 p.m.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} Students may leave the campus for lunch if they are in the sixth form or have registered their absence with the school office. There are two tutor base sessions per day: 8:40 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. and 2:10 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. There is no fifth period on Friday afternoons; students are allowed to leave after 2:55 p.m. <!-- Continue, check! -->

St George's is reputed to have some of the highest examination results in the country for state schools and rivals some of the private schools. The school performs particularly highly in Mathematics and Art, and is also good in Sports, Technology and Sciences. As well as classroom teaching, the school has a number of extracurricular clubs, teams and educational visits both residential and abroad. It is currently applying for status as a modern languages college.

The school music department offers peripatetic instrumental tuition for many [[Woodwind instrument|woodwind]], [[string instrument|string]], and [[Brass instrument|brass]] instruments as well as classical and jazz [[piano]], [[guitar]], [[drum]]s and voice. [[David Harvey]] (former bassist for acts such as [[Percy Sledge]], [[Alisha's Attic]] and [[The Tornados]]) teaches guitar and bass guitar through the school. Many of the students take private music lessons on site. Regular concerts take place in the chapel and the old library.

==Extra-curricular activities==
St George's has a longstanding history of sport.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} The two main sports played are [[lacrosse]] for girls and [[rugby union]] for boys. The school also has netball, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, Football, rounders, basketball and athletics teams who compete in Hertfordshire and sometimes further afield.

In 1939 St George's School won the first [[National Schools Sevens]] tournament and has continued this Rugby success producing Rugby Sevens and Rugby Union internationals.

==Facilities==
The school has a brand new State of the Art Sports Hall with an extensive fitness area and two new PE teaching classrooms.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} There are also four hard tennis courts, three netball courts and extensive pitches for rugby and lacrosse in Winter, and cricket, athletics and rounders in Summer.<ref>[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/curriculum/departments/pe.htm Physical Education: Curriculum], St George's School, Harpenden, UK.</ref>

== Boarding ==
Keswick and Crosthwaite House are currently home to boy and girl boarders. Often, children from abroad come to St George's to board and often spend seven years of their education in Hertfordshire before going on to university or careers. Every year a head boy and head girl are elected exclusively for the boarding house. These two students from the upper sixth help to run the boarding house effectively and aid relationships between matrons and students.

== Funding ==
{{Empty section|date=April 2010}}

== Old Georgians ==
<!-- Add in alphabetical order by surname -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! | Name
! | Year first attended
! | Year last attended
! class="unsortable" | Description
|-
| [[Sacha Bennett]]
| 1982
| 1987
| Actor, writer, producer and director for film and television.
|-
| [[Lennox Berkeley]]
| 1919
| 1921
| British composer of French influence, moving towards serialism in later life.
|-
| [[Laura Haddock]]
| 1996
| 2003
| Actress - played Alison in [[The Inbetweeners Movie]].
|-
| [[Michael Oakeshott]]
| 1912
| 1920
| An English philosopher with particular interests in political thought.
|}

* [[Donald Coxeter]], one of the great geometers of the 20th century.
* [[Hilary Evans]], British pictorial archivist, author, and researcher into UFOs and other paranormal phenomena
* [[Owen Farrell]], Rugby Union player. Promoted to the England 32-man elite squad in January 2012.
* [[Joe Ford]], Rugby Union player.
* [[Barry White]], Singer Songwriter, responsible for "Let's get it on".
* Air Marshall Sir [[Victor Goddard]], a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
* [[Patrick Heron]], English abstract artist with work currently hanging in the [[Tate Gallery, St Ives]].
* [[George Hogg (adventurer)|George Hogg]], British journalist who rescued 50 orphaned children in China during the Japanese occupation.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article1362720.ece The long march of a forgotten English hero], ''[[The Times]]''.</ref> He was played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in [[The Children of Huang Shi]], a film released in May 2008.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0889588|title=The Children of Huang Shi (2008)}}.</ref>
* [[Francis Hollis]], Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1938—1948.
* [[Kenneth Horne]], comedian.
* [[Andrew Hunter (British politician)|Andrew Hunter]], former MP.
* [[Frances Lincoln]], publisher and founder of [[Frances Lincoln Publishers]].
* [[Kate Mullins]], one of the [[The Puppini Sisters]].<ref>Harpenden Magazine, July 2006.</ref>
* [[Peter Alan Rayner]], a British coin-book author having written ''English Silver Coinage 1649 to date''.

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|last=Storrie |first=Paddy |year=2004 |title=Here I Am: Send Me|publisher=St. George's School|location=Harpenden, Hertfordshire}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Hertfordshire|Schools}}
*[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/ St George's VA School website]

{{Schools in Hertfordshire|comprehensive}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint George's School, Harpenden}}
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1907]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Comprehensive schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Technology Colleges in England]]
[[Category:Harpenden]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in England]]

{{Infobox UK school
| name = St George's VA School
| image = StGharp.png
| latitude = 51.82233
| longitude = -0.35367
| motto = ''Levavi Oculos'' (Aim Higher)
| established = 1907
| type = [[Voluntary aided school|Voluntary Aided]] [[comprehensive school|Comprehensive]]
| religion = [[Christian]]
| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Norman Hoare OBE
| r_head_label = Reverend
| r_head = Adrian Manning
| founder = [[Cecil Grant]]
| specialist = [[Technology College|Technology]]
| street = Sun Lane
| city = [[Harpenden]]
| county = [[Hertfordshire]]
| country = [[England]]
| postcode = AL5 4TD
| LEA = [[Hertfordshire]]
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 117556
| staff =
| enrollment = 1,237
| gender = [[Coeducational|Mixed]]
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Goddard {{color box|red}}<br/>Grant {{color box|green}}<br/>Watts {{color box|yellow}}<br/>Monk {{color box|blue}}
| colours = [[Red]] and [[Green]] and [[Grey]] {{color box|Red}} {{color box|green}}{{colour box|grey}}
| website = http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/
| website_name = www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk
}}
'''St George's VA School, Harpenden''' (commonly '''St George's School''' or '''St George's''') is a traditional [[Day school|day]] and [[boarding school]] in [[Harpenden, Hertfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]], educating students of both genders between the ages of eleven and eighteen, with an emphasis on its [[Christianity|Christian]] ethos.

Founded in 1907 by [[Cecil Grant]], St George's was one of the first public schools in Britain to provide mixed-sex boarding education.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/1573915/urn/SC061220.pdf | title = Ofted Report 2011 — St George's School | accessdate=2010-05-11 | publisher = Staff}}</ref> This progressive tradition was renewed in September 2010 when a mixed-sex boarding house was opened.

St George's School is in the top ten per cent of British School's for Academic results<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sbsa.org.uk/find_school.php#south_east | title = State Boarding Schools Directory — St George's School Profile| accessdate=2010-05-11 }}</ref>

== History ==
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;Keswick School and foundation (1907)
The School motto ''Levavi Oculos — Schola Georgiana'' appears on the uniform badges. It derives from the Keswick School Hymn,<ref>[http://www.kynson.org.uk/Dave/keswick_school_hymn.htm Reeves is offside again<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Assurgit'', which is sung in Latin. ''Levavi Oculos'' means "I have lifted up mine eyes" and alludes to [[Psalms|Psalm]] 121, beginning "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help; my help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made Heaven and Earth." In the sense of "I have raised my sights" this is equivalent to the English motto ''Aim Higher,'' which appears over one archway at the front entrance of Keswick House. In 1917 a [[Montessori method|Montessori unit]] was opened.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

== Christian ethos ==
The school maintains what it sees as a [[Christian]] basis in most aspects of school life. However, the school community contains Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish students as well. The chapel is used daily for worship and assemblies. In addition to weekly chapels, students in the years 7–11 are required to attend three chapels per term on either a Sunday morning or evening. The school offers special carol services at Christmas for both the lower school (years 7-8) and upper school years 9-13) students. As the school has many ex-pupils who fought, died and were wounded in the first and second world wars, there is also a special [[Remembrance Sunday]] service.
Chapels are generally taken by the current preacher, Rev. Manning but are often taken by guest speakers (or Norman Hoare).

== House system ==
The school is split into four [[House system|houses]]: Watts (yellow), Grant (green), Monk (blue) and Goddard (red), named after the Rev. Arthur Watts, a former headmaster, the Rev. Cecil Grant, the founder of the school and Bertram Monk and Lister Goddard, two pupils who were killed in action during the [[World War I|Great War]]. Each academic year the House cup, called the 'Chapman Cup', is contested between the houses in a variety of events including sports, drama and music.

Each house is made up of approximately 400 pupils from all years, a team of 14 tutors, a head of house and a deputy head of house, two house captains, chosen from the sixth form and a team of sixth form prefects. Every year, a boy and a girl are chosen from the lower sixth to represent their school as School Captains. They continue their posts into year 13.

==Academics==
St George's operates on a 8:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. schedule, which includes five periods, with a 20 minute break at 10:50 a.m. and a one hour break for lunch at 13:15 p.m.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} Students may leave the campus for lunch if they are in the sixth form or have registered their absence with the school office. There are two tutor base sessions per day: 8:40 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. and 2:10 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. There is no fifth period on Friday afternoons; students are allowed to leave after 2:55 p.m. <!-- Continue, check! -->

St George's is reputed to have some of the highest examination results in the country for state schools and rivals some of the private schools. The school performs particularly highly in Mathematics and Art, and is also good in Sports, Technology and Sciences. As well as classroom teaching, the school has a number of extracurricular clubs, teams and educational visits both residential and abroad. It is currently applying for status as a modern languages college.

The school music department offers peripatetic instrumental tuition for many [[Woodwind instrument|woodwind]], [[string instrument|string]], and [[Brass instrument|brass]] instruments as well as classical and jazz [[piano]], [[guitar]], [[drum]]s and voice. [[David Harvey]] (former bassist for acts such as [[Percy Sledge]], [[Alisha's Attic]] and [[The Tornados]]) teaches guitar and bass guitar through the school. Many of the students take private music lessons on site. Regular concerts take place in the chapel and the old library.

==Extra-curricular activities==
St George's has a longstanding history of sport.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} The two main sports played are [[lacrosse]] for girls and [[rugby union]] for boys. The school also has netball, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, Football, rounders, basketball and athletics teams who compete in Hertfordshire and sometimes further afield.

In 1939 St George's School won the first [[National Schools Sevens]] tournament and has continued this Rugby success producing Rugby Sevens and Rugby Union internationals.

==Facilities==
The school has a brand new State of the Art Sports Hall with an extensive fitness area and two new PE teaching classrooms.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} There are also four hard tennis courts, three netball courts and extensive pitches for rugby and lacrosse in Winter, and cricket, athletics and rounders in Summer.<ref>[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/curriculum/departments/pe.htm Physical Education: Curriculum], St George's School, Harpenden, UK.</ref>

== Boarding ==
Keswick and Crosthwaite House are currently home to boy and girl boarders. Often, children from abroad come to St George's to board and often spend seven years of their education in Hertfordshire before going on to university or careers. Every year a head boy and head girl are elected exclusively for the boarding house. These two students from the upper sixth help to run the boarding house effectively and aid relationships between matrons and students.

== Funding ==
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== Old Georgians ==
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| [[Laura Haddock]]
| 1996
| 2003
| Actress - played Alison in [[The Inbetweeners Movie]].
|-
| [[Sacha Bennett]]
| 1982
| 1987
| Actor, writer, producer and director for film and television.
|-
| [[Lennox Berkeley]]
| 1919
| 1921
| British composer of French influence, moving towards serialism in later life.
|}

* [[Donald Coxeter]], one of the great geometers of the 20th century.
* [[Hilary Evans]], British pictorial archivist, author, and researcher into UFOs and other paranormal phenomena
* [[Owen Farrell]], Rugby Union player. Promoted to the England 32-man elite squad in January 2012.
* [[Joe Ford]], Rugby Union player.
* [[Barry White]], Singer Songwriter, responsible for "Let's get it on".
* Air Marshall Sir [[Victor Goddard]], a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
* [[Patrick Heron]], English abstract artist with work currently hanging in the [[Tate Gallery, St Ives]].
* [[George Hogg (adventurer)|George Hogg]], British journalist who rescued 50 orphaned children in China during the Japanese occupation.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article1362720.ece The long march of a forgotten English hero], ''[[The Times]]''.</ref> He was played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in [[The Children of Huang Shi]], a film released in May 2008.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0889588|title=The Children of Huang Shi (2008)}}.</ref>
* [[Francis Hollis]], Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1938—1948.
* [[Kenneth Horne]], comedian.
* [[Andrew Hunter (British politician)|Andrew Hunter]], former MP.
* [[Frances Lincoln]], publisher and founder of [[Frances Lincoln Publishers]].
* [[Kate Mullins]], one of the [[The Puppini Sisters]].<ref>Harpenden Magazine, July 2006.</ref>
* [[Michael Oakeshott]], an English philosopher with particular interests in political thought. Attended 1912–1920.
* [[Peter Alan Rayner]], a British coin-book author having written ''English Silver Coinage 1649 to date''.

== References ==
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==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|last=Storrie |first=Paddy |year=2004 |title=Here I Am: Send Me|publisher=St. George's School|location=Harpenden, Hertfordshire}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/ St George's VA School website]

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