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:

{{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 ==
{{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 ==
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== Old Georgians ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! | Name
! | Year first attended
! | Year last attended
! class="unsortable" | Description
|-
| [[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 ==
{{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}}

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[[Category:Boarding schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Comprehensive schools in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Technology Colleges in England]]
[[Category:Harpenden]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in England]]

{{Infobox organization
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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]], [[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==
{{Reflist|2}}

==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 [[train operating company]] that provides local, suburban and express services from [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations in the northern and eastern regions 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 Limited as the winning bid for the Greater Anglia rail franchise on 20 October 2011, defeating two other shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Limited ([[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Limited ([[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 will last 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 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 car park 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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Romford}} to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}} (Hourly), {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Ipswich}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}} to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Saxmundham}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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)
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}

|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Semi - Fast || 1 train per 4 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}},{{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}

|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Reedham || 2 trains per day || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Slow || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to {{Stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} || 2 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|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>

== 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 [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] 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>

== Planned rolling stock ==
The company will operate 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]], [[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 does not plan 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: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
|[[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:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.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]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]
|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:Mk3DVT-82208 at Liverpool Street.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 logo.png
| 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 [[train operating company]] that provides local, suburban and express services from [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations in the northern and eastern regions of [[Greater London]] and parts of the [[East of England]].

It is the company that succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] from 5 February 2012.<ref name="awarded">[http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/story/dft-news-20111020/ Greater Anglia rail franchise] Department for Transport</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 Limited as the winning bid for the Greater Anglia rail franchise on 20 October 2011, defeating two other shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Limited ([[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Limited ([[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 will last 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 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 car park 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 will continue operating [[National Express East Anglia]]'s existing services. 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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Romford}} to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}} (Hourly), {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley (Essex)}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Ipswich}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}} to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Saxmundham}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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)
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}

|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Semi - Fast || 1 train per 4 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}},{{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}

|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Reedham || 2 trains per day || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham (Norfolk)}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Slow || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to {{Stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} || 2 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint one-third of their [[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 their franchise.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 | title=Questions and answers | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>.

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia will continue operating a Stansted Express sub-brand [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] between [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/21 | title=15th December Newsletter | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>

== Planned rolling stock ==
The company will operate 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]], [[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 does not plan 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: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
|[[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:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.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]],<br>[[Great Eastern Main Line|London - Norwich]]
|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:Mk3DVT-82208 at Liverpool Street.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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{{Infobox rail line
|name = Great Eastern Main Line
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|color =
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|system = [[National Rail]]
|status = Operational
|locale = [[Greater London]]<br>[[East of England]]
|start = [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]]<br>{{coord|51.5188|-0.0815|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Great Eastern Main Line, London terminus}}
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|owner = [[Network Rail]]
|operator = [[Greater Anglia]]<br>[[c2c]]
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The '''Great Eastern Main Line''' ('''GEML''', sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a 212 Kilometre (133&nbsp;mi) major railway line of the [[National Rail|British railway system]], which connects [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] in the [[City of London]] with destinations in east London and the [[East of England]], including [[Chelmsford]], [[Colchester]], [[Ipswich]], [[Norwich]] and several coastal resorts such as [[Clacton-on-Sea]] and [[Walton-on-the-Naze]].<ref name=national>National Rail, ''Rail Services Around London & the South East'', (2006)</ref> The main markets are commuter travel to London, particularly to the City of London and Docklands, and business and leisure travellers. The route also provides the main artery for substantial freight traffic between the [[Felixstowe|Port of Felixstowe]], [[Harwich|Harwich International Port]] and the rest of Great Britain, via London. <ref name=network_rail>[http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/3106_Route%207%20Great%20Eastern.pdf Network Rail] - Route 7 - Great Eastern (PDF)</ref>

== History ==
{{See also|History of rail transport in Great Britain}}
The earliest section of the line operated between [[Devonshire Street railway station]] ([[Mile End]]) and [[Romford]] from 1839 and was built by the [[Eastern Counties Railway]] (ECR). The London terminus was then moved to [[Bishopsgate railway station]] (initially known as Shoreditch) on 1 July 1840 and the line was extended out to [[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]] in the same year. A further 51 miles of route was added to link London with Colchester by 1843.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curc.org.uk/eagle61railwayguide|title=Eagle 61 :: Railway Guide books of the Eastern Counties Railway|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref> The original gauge for the line was 5 feet, but this was converted to [[standard gauge]] (4′8½″) in 1844.

The section of line between Colchester and Ipswich was built by the [[Eastern Union Railway]] to standard gauge and opened for passenger traffic on 15 June 1846 and the route to Norwich ([[Norwich Victoria railway station]]) opened in 1849.

Eastern Counties Railway and Eastern Union Railways and others were amalgamated to form the [[Great Eastern Railway]] in 1862.

The London terminus was again moved, this time to Liverpool Street on 2 February 1874.

The line was 'grouped' into the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] in 1923 and from 1948 formed part of the [[Eastern Region of British Railways]].

In the 1930s a flyover was constructed just west of [[Ilford railway station|Ilford]] to switch the main and electric lines over, to enable main line trains to utilise Liverpool St's longer west side platforms without having to cross east side suburban traffic in the station throat. The new arrangement also facilitated [[cross-platform interchange]] with the [[Central line]] at [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]], services commencing in 1946. Either side of Ilford Flyover, there are single-track connections between the slow and fast pairs of lines, with the westbound track extending to [[Manor Park railway station]] and just beyond. A short fifth platform face serves the track at Manor Park, but it sees no normal use. The eastbound track extends as far as Ilford, connecting with that station's fifth (bay) platform, which does see limited passenger operations. It was also envisaged that a flyover would be built at the country end of Gidea Park Carriage Sidings to switch Southend Victoria trains from the mains to the electrics, instead of at Shenfield London end junction as they do now.

Plans were drawn up in the 1930s to electrify the suburban lines from Liverpool Street to Shenfield at 1500 V DC and work was started on implementing this. However, the outbreak of the Second World War brought the project to a temporary halt and it was not until 1949 that the scheme was completed with electrification being extended to Chelmsford in 1956.<ref>{{Cite journal |last = Wilmoth |first = VJ |title = British Railways Electrification |journal = Civil Engineering and Public Works |volume = 51 |issue = 600 |pages = 660–661 |year = 1956 }}</ref>

The British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan called for overhead line systems in Great Britain to be standardised at 25&nbsp;kV AC. However, due to low clearances under bridges the route was electrified at 6.25&nbsp;kV AC. The section between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria was completed in November 1960. Extensive testing showed that smaller electrical clearances could be tolerated for the 25&nbsp;kV system than originally thought necessary. As a result it was now possible to increase the voltage without having to either raise bridges or lower the tracks along the route to obtain larger clearances. The route between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria was converted to 25&nbsp;kV AC between 1976 and 1980<ref>Glover, John (2003). "Eastern Electric", Ian Allan, London. ISBN 0-7110-2934-2.</ref> Electrification was extended to Norwich by 1986.

In 1986 it became part of [[Network SouthEast]]. Between 5 January 1997 and 31 March 2004, suburban and medium distance services were operated by [[First Great Eastern]], while fast mainline services were operated by [[Anglia Railways]]. All services are now operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

Liverpool Street IECC replaced signal boxes at Bethnal Green (closed 1997), Bow (closed 1996), Stratford (GE panel closed 1997), Ilford (closed 1996), Romford (closed 1998), Gidea Park (closed 1998), Shenfield (closed 1992) and Chelmsford (closed 1994). The system uses BR Mark 3 solid state interlockings, predominantly four-aspect signals and a combination of GEC-Alsthom HW2000 and Smiths clamp-lock point machines.

The first signalbox to be closed and transferred to Liverpool Street IECC was Shenfield, which had only opened in 1982. The last boxes to be transferred were at Romford and Gidea Park, and were the oldest of those being transferred, having been opened under the GER/LNER 1924 resignalling scheme.

===Accidents===
*1905 - [[Witham rail crash]]; 11 killed, 71 injured
*1915 - [[Ilford rail crash (1915)|Ilford rail crash]]; 10 killed, 500 injured

== Infrastructure ==
The line is owned and maintained by [[Network Rail]].<ref name=network_rail/> It is part of the [[Network Rail Route 7 (Great Eastern)|Network Rail Strategic Route 7]], is composed of SRS's 07.01, 07.02 and 07.03, and is classified as a primary line. The line has a [[Loading gauge#Great Britain|loading gauge]] of W10 between [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] and Haughley junction and from there is W9 to [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]. It has a line speed of between 80-100&nbsp;mph.<ref name=NRR7>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%207%20-%20Great%20Eastern.pdf
|title=Route 7 - Great Eastern
|publisher=[[Network Rail]]
|accessdate=2009-05-22}}</ref>

The main line is [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]] at 25 kV AC using overhead wires and comes under the control of Romford Electrical Control Room. The branches to Upminster, Southend Victoria, Southminster, Braintree, Clacton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze and Harwich Town are also electrified.

In between Romford and Chadwell Heath there is a small Network Rail OLE depot adjacent to the Jutsums Lane overbridge. In addition at the London end of the depot is Network Rail's Electrical Control Room that controls the supply and switching of the OHL system for the whole of the former Anglia Region.

Signalling is controlled by two main signalling centres, Liverpool Street IECC (opened in 1992) and Colchester PSB (opened in December 1983). Liverpool Street IECC controls signalling up to Marks Tey, where it fringes with Colchester PSB, which has control to Norwich. There are also several small signal boxes that control local infrastructure, such as [[Ingatestone]] box, which has jurisdiction over several local level crossings.

=== Track layout ===
On leaving Liverpool Street, the route comprises two pairs of tracks, known as the Mains and the Electrics, with a further pair of tracks, the 'Suburbans', which carry the West Anglia Main Line alongside the GE to Bethnal Green Junction. It is possible for GE trains to use the 'Suburbans', but this is extremely rare because of the platform allocations at Liverpool Street.

From Bethnal Green the GE has four lines to Bow Junction, where there is a complex set of switches and crossings. A line from the LTS route joins the up electric and there are a further two lines, the up and down Temple Mills, giving access to the North London line and Temple Mills . The GE is six tracks up to the London end of Stratford and the junction to Temple Mills, and there are five lines through the station dropping to four at the country end.

A flyover just west of [[Ilford railway station|Ilford]] enables main line trains to utilise Liverpool St's longer west side platforms without having to cross east side suburban traffic in the station throat. This arrangement also facilitated cross-platform interchange with the [[Central line]] at [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]]. Either side of Ilford Flyover, there are single-track connections between the slow and fast pairs of lines, with the westbound track extending to [[Manor Park railway station]] and just beyond. A short fifth platform face serves the track at Manor Park, but it sees no normal use. The eastbound track extends as far as Ilford, connecting with that station's fifth (bay) platform, which does see limited passenger operations.

At Shenfield the line to Southend Victoria diverges and the main line route drops from four lines to two; this arrangement continues for the vast majority of the way to Norwich. There are several locations where the route has more than two lines, predominantly through stations such as Colchester and Ipswich, along with goods loops, such as at the London end of Ingatestone.

===Stoke tunnel===
The only railway tunnel on the Great Eastern Main Line is just to the south of the current [[Ipswich railway station]]. The 361 yd (330 m) long tunnel was built by [[Peter Bruff]] as part of the [[Ipswich to Ely Line]]. It was completed in 1846 and it is thought to be the earliest driven on a sharp continuous curve.<ref>{{cite book|author=Moffat, Hugh|title=East Anglia's First Railways|publisher=Terence Dalton|location=Lavenham|year=1987|isbn=0-86138-038-X}}</ref> During the excavation of the tunnel many important [[fossils]] were uncovered, including [[rhinoceros]], [[lion]], and, [[mammoth]]; the site was known as the 'Stoke Bone Beds'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sevenwondersofipswich.co.uk/wonders/show.php?num=5|title=Mammoth on High Street|work=Seven Wondered of Ipswich|accessdate=2010-03-30}}</ref> The finds are considered important in understanding [[climate change]] during the [[Ice Age]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipswich.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=694&pageNumber=7|title=Collections:Geology|publisher=Ipswich Borough Council|accessdate=2010-03-30}}</ref> This tunnel had the trackbed lowered so the line could accommodate higher container trains.

=== Rolling stock ===
Electric locomotive-hauled inter-city trains on Norwich to London service. From [[2004]] onward, these were updated with refurbished ex-[[West Coast Main Line]] locomotives and coaches following the introduction of the [[British Rail Class 390|Class 390]] Pendolino stock on that route.

[[Electric multiple unit]]s for inner and outer suburban passenger trains and [[diesel multiple units]] for non-electrified lines. Electric and diesel hauled freight services.<ref name=network_rail/>

*[[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]] - 320 seats across four cars. Maximum speed 75&nbsp;mph (121&nbsp;km/h)
*[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]] - 307 seats across four cars per trainset, 100&nbsp;mph (161&nbsp;km/h)
*[[British Rail Class 360|Class 360]] (Desiro) - four cars per trainset, 100&nbsp;mph (161&nbsp;km/h)
*[[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] with [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coaches - Inter-city express passenger trains, Maximum speed 110&nbsp;mph, Running speed 100-105&nbsp;mph
*[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] - three cars per trainset, 100&nbsp;mph (161&nbsp;km/h) for Ipswich to Peterborough Services

==Current developments==
===2011 DLR extension===
In summer 2011, the DLR extension from {{LUL stations|station=Canning Town}} to [[Stratford station|Stratford Regional]] and [[Stratford International station|Stratford International]] is expected to be complete. It is using the former [[North London Line]] alignment that runs beside the [[Jubilee Line]] and will directly link Stratford Regional to its international counterpart, local stations to the south and existing DLR branches in the [[Royal Docks]].

===International services from Stratford===
[[Eurostar]] trains may serve [[Stratford International station]] when the [[Docklands Light Railway]] (DLR) extension to the station is completed in spring 2011 (see below).<ref>{{cite news|work=Hansard|date=19 Feb 2008|url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/80219-0004.htm|title=House of Lords, Hansard Report Column 147}}</ref> It may also be served by other cross channel operators currently looking at using the line (see [[High Speed 1#Future operations]] for details). This would provide, via a short walk, an interchange between the Great Eastern Main Line services and High Speed services to [[continental Europe]].

===Crossrail===
In 2018, [[Crossrail]] will be completed which will take over the Shenfield metro service and take it via a tunnel through central London and link up with the [[Great Western Main Line]] as far as {{Stnlnk|Maidenhead}} and [[Heathrow Airport]]. The Crossrail service will interchange with remaining Great Eastern Main Line services at {{LUL stations|station=Liverpool Street}} (via new underground platforms), {{LUL stations|station=Stratford}}, {{Stnlnk|Romford}} and {{Stnlnk|Shenfield}}.

==Proposed developments==
The [[Network Rail Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy|Greater Anglia RUS]], published in December 2007 outlines a number of developments intended for the Great Eastern route. Other proposals have been announced separately.

* 68 additional carriages to provide longer trains will be introduced between December 2009 and December 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/about_us/news/11_000_extra_seats_with_188_additional_carriages|title=11,000 Extra Seats To Be Provided For National Express East Anglia Customers With 188 Additional Carriages (Including 120 New Build Carriages)|publisher=National Express East Anglia}}</ref>
* Extension of platform 10A at [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] to increase peak flow and capacity during the period 2009-2014.<ref name=GARUS>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/greater%20anglia/great%20anglia%20rus.pdf
|title=Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy
|publisher=[[Network Rail]]
|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref>
* Additional path on the [[Colchester]], [[Chelmsford]] and [[Southend]] routes during the period 2009-2014.<ref name=GARUS/>
* A turn-back facility at [[Chadwell Heath]] during the period 2009-2014.<ref name=GARUS/>
* A new station at [[Great Blakenham]] as part of the [[SnOasis|SnOasis development]] near Ipswich,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilmacdonald.info/snoasis.htm|title=Listening to residents and their concerns|publisher=Neil MacDonald|accessdate=2008-11-06}}</ref> which received its final go-ahead on 6 November 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7713164.stm|title= Final Government Approval|work=BBC news|date=6 Nov 2008}}</ref>
* In 2014 the 'Shenfield Metro' service will be absorbed managed by [[Crossrail]] and it will form part of its cross-London service from 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://londonreconnections.blogspot.com/2008/10/tfl-board-meeting-summary-dlr.html |title=London Reconnections: TfL Board Meeting Summary: DLR, Overground and Other Ways of Travelling |publisher=Londonreconnections.blogspot.com |date=2008-10-02 |accessdate=2011-05-31}}</ref>

== Services ==
Nearly all trains are operated by the [[Greater Anglia]], however as of May 2007 two [[c2c]] services operate during the late evening to [[Barking]].<ref name=network_rail/> This is a throwback to BR days when [[Fenchurch Street railway station|London Fenchurch Street]] closed early in the evening as a cost-saving exercise and all services operated from Liverpool Street.

Liverpool Street is the principal passenger destination, although Stratford, with connections to [[Canary Wharf]], has grown in significance.<ref name=network_rail/>

===Main line===

Outer suburban and inter-city services utilise the main lines between Liverpool Street and Shenfield. Branch lines diverge at Romford, Shenfield, Witham, Marks Tey, Colchester, Ipswich, Stowmarket and Norwich,<ref name=national/> with through services operating to some destinations. All services share the same tracks from Shenfield to Colchester.<ref name=network_rail/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Station || District || Branches
|-
|[[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] || [[City of London]] ||
|-
|[[Stratford station|Stratford]] || [[London Borough of Newham|Newham]] ||
|-
|[[Romford railway station|Romford]] || [[London Borough of Havering|Havering]] || [[Romford to Upminster Line]]: Upminster
|-
|[[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] || [[Brentwood (borough)|Brentwood]] || [[Shenfield to Southend Line]]: Southend Victoria / Southminster
|-
|[[Ingatestone railway station|Ingatestone]] || Brentwood ||
|-
|[[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] || [[Chelmsford (borough)|Chelmsford]] ||
|-
|[[Hatfield Peverel railway station|Hatfield Peverel]] || [[Braintree (district)|Braintree]] ||
|-
|[[Witham railway station|Witham]] || Braintree || [[Braintree Branch Line]]: Braintree
|-
|[[Kelvedon railway station|Kelvedon]] || Braintree ||
|-
|[[Marks Tey railway station|Marks Tey]] || [[Colchester (borough)|Colchester]] || [[Gainsborough Line]]: Sudbury
|-
|[[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] || Colchester || [[Sunshine Coast Line]]: Colchester Town / Clacton-on-Sea / Walton-on-the-Naze
|-
|[[Manningtree railway station|Manningtree]] || [[Tendring]] || [[Mayflower Line]]: Harwich Town
|-
|[[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]] || [[Ipswich]] || [[Felixstowe Branch Line]]: Felixstowe<br>[[East Suffolk Line]]: Lowestoft
|-
|[[Needham Market railway station|Needham Market]] || [[Mid Suffolk]] ||
|-
|[[Stowmarket railway station|Stowmarket]] || Mid Suffolk || [[Ipswich to Ely Line]]: Ely / Cambridge
|-
|[[Diss railway station|Diss]] || [[South Norfolk]] ||
|-
|[[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]''' || [[Norwich]] || [[Wherry Lines]]: Great Yarmouth / Lowestoft<br>[[Bittern Line]]: Sheringham <br>[[Breckland Line]]: Cambridge
|}
The section between Stratford and Gidea Park follows the same route s the [[A118 road]].

=== Shenfield metro ===
A high-frequency service operates on the slow lines between Liverpool Street and Shenfield serving suburban stations. The off-peak service consists of six trains an hour.<ref name=network_rail/> Some peak trains are scheduled to terminate at Ilford or Gidea Park.<ref name=network_rail/> The line is mostly within Greater London, with two stations in the Brentwood borough of Essex.

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! Station || [[Travelcard#The zones|Zone]] || District
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|[[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] ||1|| [[City of London]]
|-
|[[Stratford station|Stratford]] || 3 || [[London Borough of Newham|Newham]]
|-
|[[Maryland railway station|Maryland]]|| 3 || Newham
|-
|[[Forest Gate railway station|Forest Gate]]|| 3 || Newham
|-
|[[Manor Park railway station|Manor Park]] || 3/4 || Newham
|-
|[[Ilford railway station|Ilford]] || 4 || [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]]
|-
|[[Seven Kings railway station|Seven Kings]] || 4 || Redbridge
|-
|[[Goodmayes railway station|Goodmayes]] || 4 || Redbridge
|-
|[[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] || 5 || Redbridge
|-
|[[Romford railway station|Romford]] || 6 || [[London Borough of Havering|Havering]]
|-
|[[Gidea Park railway station|Gidea Park]] || 6 || Havering
|-
|[[Harold Wood railway station|Harold Wood]] || 6 || Havering
|-
|[[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]] || n/a || [[Brentwood (borough)|Brentwood]]
|-
|[[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] || n/a || Brentwood
|}

== References ==
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{{Infobox London station
| name = Chingford |symbol=rail
| image_name=Chingford station building.JPG
| railcode = CHI
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| fare_zone = 5
| locale = [[Chingford]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Waltham Forest|Waltham Forest]]
| events1 = Opened | years1= 1873
| events2 = Relocated | years2= 1878
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'''Chingford Station''' stands on the edge of [[Epping Forest]], and serves the suburb of [[Chingford]] in North-east London.

== History ==

The [[Eastern Counties Railway]] had begun its venture into a main line railway that would head north to compete with the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern]]. Limited funds and incessant squabbling had slowed its progress.
After the merger with several other lines, the ECR became part of the [[Great Eastern Railway]]. The GER planned a network of lines to serve countryside around London by its Metropolitan Station and Railways Act of 1864. It also planned a line to [[High Beach]] to serve Epping Forest, which in the event, reached a terminus in Bull Lane, Chingford, in 1873. In 1878 the little station that had served the village well and had been placed near to the village green, was replaced by a much more grandiose station on the very edge of town, overlooking the forest. The extension of the railway by only 600 yards to a place far less useful to the local population was purely an attempt to trap tourist traffic to the forest, and also to stimulate suburban growth in the fields surrounding it. The rail line had been doubled and the new station built as a through station, with its platforms and tracks leading out onto an embankment ready to leap across the newly named Station Road and enter the forest.

The railway itself by means of its positioning had fostered new interest in the forest as a trip destination and the popularity of this Crown land and its impending loss to development was not unnoticed. In 1882 none other than [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] herself came by train to Chingford and declared the forest open to the public forever. The railway that had encouraged so much interest and carried the Royal party to the very edge of town was now stumped as any new development on the forest lands would be strictly controlled. However, the Chingford Rise Estate company developed land to the south with large villas, some of which now sell for over £1 million each.

Chingford station became a commuter terminal and was eventually truncated to make way for a bus station. The line no longer towers over the forest, but hides quietly behind the bustle of Station Road, its electric trains now transporting workers into the city, rather than helping the masses to escape it.

The station building is relatively unchanged since its 1878 construction, and still carries the grandeur that accompanied the railway schemes of the late 19th century.

There is a plastic owl situated in the underside of the canopy over platform two, just outside the [[newsagent]]'s. This was an attempt to stop pigeons landing there.

==Transport Link==
London Buses routes 97, 179, 212, 313, 379, 385,397,444, LSP routes 505, 845 and Night routes N26.

== Services ==

The maximum carriages for any service departing from Chingford Station is 8 carriages.

The typical off-peak service is:
*4tph to [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Chingford station northbound.JPG|Platforms 2 and 3 looking north, "to buffers"
Image:Chingford station southbound.JPG|Platforms 2 and 3 looking south. Class 315 unit 315822 awaits departure.
Image:Chingford station platforms 2 and 3 buffers.JPG|Northern end of platforms, showing the provision once made for through running
Image:Chingford station platform 1 and 2 southbound.JPG|Platforms 1 and 2 looking south. Platform 1 was designed as a bay from the outset.
Image:Chingford station signage.JPG|Platform signage, with National Express logo on right.
Image:Chingford station rear entrance.JPG|Rear entrance, also showing that the platforms were designed for through running.
Image:Chingford station north end platforms.JPG|View looking south from bus stand, showing the provision for through running. The extension to High Beach was cancelled in the late 19th century.
</gallery>

== References ==
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The '''Lea Valley Lines''' are three [[Commuter rail in the United Kingdom|commuter lines]] and two branches in North East [[London]], so named because they run along the valley of the [[River Lea]]. They were operated for much of their history by the [[Great Eastern Railway]].<ref>{{cite book|author=White, H.P.|editors=Thomas, David St John|title=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain — Volume 3: Greater London|edition=3rd|year=1987|publisher=[[David & Charles]]|location=Dawlish}}</ref>

==History==
The first section opened, by the [[Eastern Counties Railway]] (ECR) on 20 June 1839 from the London end at [[Devonshire Street railway station|Devonshire Street]] to Romford, extended on 1 July 1840 to [[Bishopsgate railway station|Bishopsgate]] (London end) and Brentwood. The [[Northern and Eastern Railway]] (N&ER) opened its first section from the above line at [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] to Broxbourne on 15 September 1840, and to Harlow in 1841; though it remained a separate entity the N&ER's line was leased to the EC from 1 January 1844. A branch from Broxbourne to [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford]] was opened in 1843.

[[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield]] was reached on 1 March 1849 by a single-line branch from the N&ER at [[Angel Road railway station|Angel Road]] via [[Edmonton Green railway station|Lower Edmonton]]. The ECR was incorporated into the [[Great Eastern Railway]] (GER) in 1862. A shorter route to Edmonton was eventually provided by the GER in 1872, from [[Bethnal Green railway station|Bethnal Green]] via [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] and [[Stoke Newington railway station|Stoke Newington]], which section opened on 27 May; the section via [[Seven Sisters railway station|Seven Sisters]] and Lower Edmonton, at a new high-level station provided adjacent to the old, low-level station, opened on 22 July. The line from there to Enfield was doubled at the same time. The section of the old line between Angel Road and Lower Edmonton was closed to regular passenger trains in 1939, except for occasional diversionary traffic including the period in the 1950s when the rest of the local network was being electrified; the line closed completely in 1964 and the rails removed soon after.

Another branch divided off eastwards north of Hackney Downs to Walthamstow in 1870, extended to Chingford in 1873.

The final section built linked Lower Edmonton on the Enfield branch via Churchbury (later [[Southbury railway station|Southbury]]) with the Broxbourne line, meeting the latter at Cheshunt, opening on 1 October 1891; it was generally known as the [[Southbury railway station#History|Churchbury loop]] until the renaming of that station in 1960.

==Route and services==
All lines start at [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] or Stratford and are operated by [[Greater Anglia]]. The routes are:
* Via [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]]. This line also forms the lower part of the [[West Anglia Main Line]] to Cambridge.
* Via [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]]. This line has a branch via [[Temple Mills]] at the southern end to [[Stratford station|Stratford]], diverging just south of Seven Sisters. The line splits north of [[Edmonton Green railway station|Edmonton Green]] with one short branch to [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield Town]] and the ''Southbury Loop'' to [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]], where it rejoins the Tottenham Hale line.
* To [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]].

The line is part of the [[Network Rail Route 5 (West Anglia)|Network Rail Strategic Route 5]], SRS 05.02, 05.04 and part of 05.01. It is classified as a London and South East Commuter line.<ref name=NRR5>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%205%20-%20West%20Anglia.pdf
|title=Route 5 - West Anglia
|publisher=[[Network Rail]]
|date=2009
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>

A minor service occurs running on from the Seven Sisters branch to Stratford via the [[Gospel Oak to Barking Line]] and the [[West Anglia Main Line]]. This is one of only two places on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line where it is electrified.

==Infrastructure==
The line is [[double track]] for most of its length, with some multitrack between Hackney Downs and Liverpool Street. It is [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]] at [[25 kV AC]] using [[overhead line equipment]] and a line speed of between 40-75&nbsp;mph except between Cheshunt and Coppermill junction where the linespeed is 60-85&nbsp;mph. Different sections of the line have different [[Loading_gauge#Great Britain|loading gauges]]. Most of the line is W8, with the branches to Enfield Town and Chingford being W6 and the branch to Stratford being W9.<ref name=NRR5/>

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{cite book | last=Brown | first=Joe | title=London Railway Atlas | date=2006 | isbn=978-0-7110-3137-1}}

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The '''West Anglia Main Line''' is one of the two main lines which run from [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]], the other being the [[Great Eastern Main Line]]. It runs generally north from [[London]], through the towns of [[Cheshunt]], [[Broxbourne]], [[Harlow]], [[Bishop's Stortford]] and [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] (near [[Saffron Walden]]) station before reaching [[Cambridge]], with two branches serving [[Hertford]] and [[Stansted Airport]]. The line runs along the border between [[Hertfordshire]] and [[Essex]] for much of its length.

==Service==
Services from Liverpool Street to Cambridge, Hertford East and Stansted Airport are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

Express services from Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport are operated by [[Stansted Express]], a sub-brand of Greater Anglia.

Services from Stansted Airport to Cambridge (and onward to [[Birmingham New Street station|Birmingham]] via [[Peterborough railway station|Peterborough]]) are operated by [[CrossCountry]].

The line is part of the [[Network Rail Route 5 (West Anglia)|Network Rail Strategic Route 5]], which comprises SRS 05.01 and part of 05.05. It is classified as a London and South East commuter line.<ref name=NRR5>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%205%20-%20West%20Anglia.pdf
|title=Route 5 - West Anglia
|publisher=[[Network Rail]]
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In London, the line also forms the Tottenham Hale branch of the [[Lea Valley Lines]].

==Infrastructure==
The line is double track for most of its length, with small sections of single track on the Stansted branch and some four track between Hackney Downs and Liverpool Street. The line is [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]] at [[25 kV AC]] and has a [[Loading gauge#Great Britain|loading gauge]] of W8 for most of it length except for the Stansted branch which is W6.<ref name=NRR5/>

Passenger services on the line mostly use [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]s or [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]]s and brand new [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier]] [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]]s. [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] [[diesel multiple unit|DMU]]s are used for services north from [[Stansted Airport]] ([[CrossCountry|Cross Country]] services only).

==Future developments==

The [[Network Rail Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy|Greater Anglia RUS]], published in December 2007, outlined a number of developments intended for the West Anglia route. Proposals for the period 2009-14 include the extension of remaining non-compliant platforms on the Liverpool Street-Cambridge route and at [[Stansted Airport]] to handle 12 cars; the reinstatement of 9-car trains during peak times on the Hertford East, Enfield Town, Cheshunt via Southbury and Chingford branch services, requiring a small amount of infrastructure; stabling and maintenance facilities for the larger, enhanced fleet; removal of the three level crossings between Tottenham Hale and Waltham Cross and power supply to be enhanced for some of these options and likely future requirements.<ref name=GARUS>{{cite web
|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/greater%20anglia/great%20anglia%20rus.pdf
|title=Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy
|publisher=[[Network Rail]]
|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref>

[[File:Harlow EMU 2001.JPG|thumb|left|200px|A WAGN EMU travels through [[Harlow]] station in 2001.]]

If Stansted Airport's expansion is given the go-ahead then it is planned that the Main Line will see many further changes. Long term proposals include the [[Quadruple track|four-tracking]] of the route between Coppermill Junction and Broxbourne junction; an additional tunnel and platform edge on the Stansted Airport branch; one additional train per hour serving Stansted and up to six further trains per hour at peak times, including four into Stratford as a terminus.<ref name=GARUS/> More stations, such as [[Broxbourne railway station|Broxbourne]], will also see platform extensions to accommodate 12 car trains.

In early 2011, [[turnstile|ticket barriers]] were placed at [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]], [[Bishop's Stortford railway station|Bishop's Stortford]], [[Harlow Town railway station|Harlow Town]], Broxbourne, Cheshunt and Hackney Central, some of the busiest stations on the line. This was done to eliminate the need for ticket inspectors on the [[Stansted Express]] service and reduce fare-dodging.

==References==
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{{Infobox London station
| name = London Fields
| image_name =London Fields stn entrance.JPG
| railcode = LOF
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| fare_zone = 2
| locale = [[London Fields]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]
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'''London Fields railway station''' is in the [[London Borough of Hackney]] in east [[London]]. It is 4&nbsp;km (2½ miles) north east of [[London Liverpool Street]] on the West Anglia route. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by [[Greater Anglia]] and it is in [[Travelcard Zone 2]].

==Transport Link==
London bus route 26, 48, 55, 106, 236, 254, 277, 388, 394, D6 and Night route N26, N55 and N253.

==Service==

The typical off-peak service from the station is 4 tph (trains per hour) to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] southbound. Northbound 2tph to [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield Town]], and 2tph to [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]] via Seven Sisters.

Liverpool Street - [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]] trains used to serve the station but now pass by on the eastern pair of tracks stopping at [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] instead.

==Gallery==
{{Commons category|London Fields railway station}}
<gallery>
Image:London Fields stn look north.JPG|Looking north
Image:London Fields stn look south.JPG|Looking south
Image:London Fields stn fast tracks look north.JPG|Fast tracks looking north
Image:London Fields stn signage.JPG|Platform signage with NXEA logo
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Infobox London station
| name = Cambridge Heath |symbol=rail
| image_name = Cambridge Heath stn entrance.JPG
| caption = Cambridge Heath railway station
| railcode = CBH
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| fare_zone = 2
| locale = [[Cambridge Heath]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]]
| start=
| platforms= 2
| raillowexits0405 = {{increase}} 46,476
| raillowexits0506 = {{decrease}} 43,024
| raillowexits0607 = {{increase}} 114,369
| railexits0708 = {{decrease}} 0.137
|latitude=51.5321
|longitude=-0.0572
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'''Cambridge Heath railway station''' is in the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]] in east [[London]]. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by [[Greater Anglia]], on the West Anglia route, and it is in [[Travelcard Zone 2]].

[[Oyster card (pay as you go) on National Rail|Oyster card (pay as you go)]] has been accepted at the station from 2 January 2008.

The typical off-peak service from the station is 4 trains per hour to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and 4 trains per hour to [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield Town]]. In the direction of peak travel there are additional trains giving 6 trains per hour. [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]] trains used to serve the station but now pass fast on the eastern pair of tracks as far as [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]]. Despite its name the station is not served by Greater Anglia [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] services, these pass the station on the fast tracks.

==Transport links==
London bus route 26, 48, 55, 106, 254, 388, D6 and Night route N26, N55 and N253.

==Gallery==
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Image:Cambridge Heath stn look north.JPG|Looking north
Image:Cambridge Heath stn look south.JPG|Looking south
Image:Cambridge Heath stn fast tracks look north.JPG|Fast tracks looking north
Image:Cambridge Heath stn signage.JPG|Platform signage
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==References==
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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 logo.png
| nameforarea = region
| regions = [[East of England]]
| secregions = [[Greater London|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''' provides local, suburban and express services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations stretching from north and east [[Greater London]] to [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Suffolk]] and [[Norfolk]] in the [[East of England]] ([[East Anglia]]). It is [[Train operating company|railway company]] that succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia Franchise]] on 5 Feb 2012.<ref name="awarded">[http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/story/dft-news-20111020/ Greater Anglia rail franchise] Department for Transport</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia Website]</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]] subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Limited as the winning bidder on 20 October 2011, beating off competition from the other two shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Limited (from the [[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Limited (from the [[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 at 02:00 and will last for 29 months (until September 2014).<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will operate during the [[2012 Olympics]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

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.<ref name="awarded"/>
* Better station & ticket facilities and improved passenger information
* Text messaging service to keep passengers informed if disruptions occur
* New information desks at major stations
* Extending [[Oyster card|Oyster]] Pay As You Go between [[Liverpool Street railway station|Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] / [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]]
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities.
* 600 car park spaces
* More cycle storage facilities
* Deep cleaning of stations and trains.
* Bus service between Audley End and Saffron Walden
* New ticket gates at: Billericay, Brentwood and Chadwell Heath before the Olympics.

==Services==
Greater Anglia will continue operating [[National Express East Anglia]]'s old services. Off-peak weekday services are shown below:

{| 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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Romford}} to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}} (Hourly), {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Ipswich}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}} to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Saxmundham}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Reedham || 2 trains per day || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Slow || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to {{Stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} || 2 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint 1/3 of their 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 1/3 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|NXEA]] towards the end of their franchise. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 | title=Questions and answers | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>.

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia will continue operating a Stansted Express sub-brand [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] service between [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/21 | title=15th December Newsletter | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>

== Planned rolling stock ==
The company will operate 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. Greater Anglia is not have any plans to introduce new trains due to the short nature 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 08|Class 08]]
|[[Image:08694_Great_Central_Railway.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Shunter]]
|{{convert|15|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|2
|Shunting at [[Norwich Crown Point]]
|1953-1962
|-
|[[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]]
|Train Rescue<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]] Special events.
|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 Liverpool Street - 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
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[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 - Lowestoft]],<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
|[[Breckland Line|Cambridge - Norwich]],<br>[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth ,<br> 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 - Chingford,<br> London - Cheshunt]]<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|London - Southminster]]
|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>[[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
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<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>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.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]]<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]]
|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 Liverpool Street - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
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|[[Image:Mk3DVT-82208 at Liverpool Street.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London Liverpool Street - Norwich]]
|1988
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==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|NXEA]] for the changeover 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]]
</gallery>

==See Also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]

==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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{{For|the Tyne and Wear Metro station|Northumberland Park Metro station}}
{{Infobox London station
| name = Northumberland Park
| image_name = Tottenham northumberland park station 1.jpg
| caption = Northumberland Park station looking south, with level crossing in foreground (February 2006)
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| fare_zone = 3
| locale = [[Northumberland Park, London|Northumberland Park]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]]
| platforms = 2|symbol=rail
| raillowexits0405 = 73,310
| raillowexits0506 = 66,370
| railexits0607 = 0.125
| railcode = NUM
| years1 = 15 September 1840
| events1 = Opened (Marsh Lane)
| years2 = June 1852
| events2 = Renamed (Park)
| years3 = 1 July 1923
| events3 = Renamed (Northumberland Park)
| access = yes
| access_note = <ref>{{citation step free south east rail}}</ref>
| latitude = 51.6017
| longitude = -0.0541
}}
'''Northumberland Park railway station''' is located in [[Northumberland Park, London|Northumberland Park]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. The stations and all trains servicing it are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

==Overview==
Northumberland Park was opened on 15 September 1840 as a Halt on the [[Northern & Eastern Railway]]. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 3]]. The station was originally named Marsh Lane after the country lane to [[Tottenham Marshes]] on which it is situated. In June 1852, it was re-named Park station, eventually being re-named to its current title, Northumberland Park on 1 July 1923, this is also the name of the surrounding district, in [[Tottenham]], [[North London]]. The station is immediately south of one of north London's few remaining [[level crossing]]s. [[Northumberland Park Depot]] of [[London Underground]]'s [[Victoria Line]] was constructed alongside the station during the late 1960s. A branch line leads to a junction north of [[Seven Sisters tube station]].

==Future==

[[Haringey Council]] supports proposals for platforms for the [[Victoria Line]] to be built at Northumberland Park. These would be to the east of the main line platforms between the main line and the [[Northumberland Park Depot]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.haringey.gov.uk/lip_chapter_3_-_boro_policy_statement_.pdf|format=PDF|author=Harringey Council|title=Final Local Implementation Plan Chapter 3 Haringey Transport Strategy|accessdate=2007-11-25}}</ref> This was supported by the former [[Mayor of London]], [[Ken Livingstone]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2862557.stm Mayor's support for Tube extension]</ref> It is claimed that this would aid regeneration of the area and better transport links would have to be part of plans to increase capacity at White Hart Lane.<ref>[http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/88 alwaystouchout.com - Victoria Line to Northumberland Park<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> However Network Rail have their own plans for the West Anglia Main Line which involves 4 tracking the line and therefore there would be no room for the London Underground Station.

==Transport links==
London bus route 192, 318, 341, 476, W3 and Night route N76.

==Services==

{{rail start}}
{{rail line|next=[[Angel Road railway station|Angel Road]]<br><small>[[Ponders End railway station|Ponders End]] on Saturdays|route=[[Greater Anglia]]<br><small>[[Lea Valley Lines]]<br>[[West Anglia Main Line]]<br><small>Mondays-Saturdays only|previous=[[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]]|col={{NXEA colour}}}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Infobox London station
| name = Ponders End
| image_name= Ponders End Railway Station.jpg
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| fare_zone = 5
| locale = [[Ponders End]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]]
| owner =
|symbol=rail
| events1 = Opened
| years1 = 1840
| platforms = 2
| railexits0405=0.126
| railexits0506=0.122
| railexits0607 = 0.239
|railcode = PON
| access = yes
| access_note=<ref name="nxea access">{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/destinations/stations_route_map | title=Train Station Information and Network Map | publisher=[[National Express East Anglia]] | date= | accessdate=2 January 2010}}</ref>
|latitude=51.6421
|longitude=-0.03518
|coord_region=GB-ENF
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'''Ponders End railway station''' is in the [[London Borough of Enfield]] in north east [[London]] at [[Ponders End]], and is in [[Travelcard Zone 5]], on the [[Tottenham Hale]] branch of the [[Lea Valley Lines]], {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[London Liverpool Street]]. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by [[Greater Anglia]]. Ponders End serves the nearby [[Lee Valley Leisure Complex]].

It is located at {{gbmapping|TQ360955}}.

==History==
The railway line from [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] to [[Broxbourne railway station|Broxbourne]], and Ponders End station, was opened by the [[Northern & Eastern Railway]] on 15 September 1840.<ref>Brown, Joe, ''London Railway Atlas'', page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006</ref>

The lines through Ponders End were electrified on May 5, 1969.<ref>White, H.P., ''A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London'', David & Charles, 1987</ref>

==Service==
From Ponders End there is a half-hourly service to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] southbound and to [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]] northbound. Sundays the service is hourly each direction, (northbound towards [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]]).

The typical journey to Liverpool Street is 20 minutes.

==Transport links==
Bus

[[London Buses route 191|191]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{stn art lnk|PON|N182EA}}

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{{For|other stations named St James|Saint James station (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox London station
| name = St. James Street
| image_name = St James Street stn entrance.JPG
| railcode = SJS
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| fare_zone = 3|symbol=rail
| locale = [[Walthamstow]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Waltham Forest|Waltham Forest]]
| start =
| platforms = 2
| railexits0405 = {{increase}} 0.380
| railexits0506 = {{decrease}} 0.333
| railexits0607 = {{increase}} 0.610
|latitude=51.581
|longitude=-0.0323
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'''St James Street railway station''' is in the [[London Borough of Waltham Forest]] in north east [[London]], and is in [[Travelcard Zone 3]], on the Chingford branch of the [[Lea Valley Lines]]. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

==History==
Located in [[Walthamstow]], St James Street station opens onto the street of the same name. This section of the A1006 is the local high street. Shoppers have an easy route from the southern most end of the market to the railway station, which provides a fast and regular route to the top of the market ([[Walthamstow Central]]) or into [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]].

After the transfer of the "West Anglian" portion of the former [[West Anglia Great Northern|WAGN]] franchise to [[National Express East Anglia]], the station was redeveloped. A dual staircase was constructed, allowing passengers to access the train platform without passing through the main body of the station itself, and permitting the ticket office to be locked up overnight.

==Transport links==
London bus route 158, 212, 230, 275 and School bus route 675.

==Services==

The typical off-peak service is:
*4tph to [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]]
*4tph to [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]]

==Layout==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;" colspan=2|<center><small>[[Side Platform]] '''Platform 1'''
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<font size="+2">⇒</font> '''Greater Anglia''' towards [[Liverpool Street railway station|Liverpool Street]] <font size="+2">'''⇒'''</font>
|-
|<font size="+2">'''⇐'''</font> '''Greater Anglia''' towards [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]] <font size="+2">'''⇐'''</font>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2|<center><small>[[Side Platform]] '''Platform 2'''
|-
|}

==Gallery==
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<gallery>
Image:St James Street stn look north.JPG|Platforms looking northbound (actually east here)
Image:St James Street stn look south.JPG|Platforms looking southbound (actually west here)
Image:St James Street stn signage.JPG|Platform signage with National Express logo on right
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{stn art lnk|SJS|E177PB}}

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{{Infobox London station
| name = Clapton
| symbol = rail
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| locale = [[Upper Clapton|Clapton]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]
| platforms = 2
| fare_zone = 2
| fare_zone_1 = 3
| railcode = CPT
| image_name = Clapton Station - geograph.org.uk - 138336.jpg
| latitude = 51.5617
| longitude = -0.0571
| railexits0405 = {{increase}} 0.355
| railexits0506 = {{decrease}} 0.329
| railexits0607 = {{increase}} 0.460
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| railexits0809 =
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'''Clapton railway station''' is on a suburban line operated by [[Greater Anglia]] located on Upper Clapton Road.

It links [[Upper Clapton]] to [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] in central [[London]] and [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]].

Clapton is on a branch of the [[Lea Valley Lines]] that separates into [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] or [[St James Street railway station|St James Street]]. The line joins up with the [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]] branch at [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]].

There is only a limited timetabled service calling at both Clapton and Tottenham Hale.

'''Clapton''' is in both [[Travelcard Zone 2]] and [[Travelcard Zone 3]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Clapton Station Details|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/cpt/details.html|accessdate=24 July 2011}}</ref>

==Regular trains to==
[[Liverpool Street railway station|Liverpool Street]],
[[Bethnal Green railway station|Bethnal Green]],
[[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]],
[[St James Street railway station|St James Street]],
[[Walthamstow Central railway station|Walthamstow Central]],
[[Wood Street railway station|Wood Street]],
[[Highams Park railway station|Highams Park]] and
[[Chingford railway station|Chingford]]

Clapton is also served by occasional semi-fast Hertford East bound trains, mainly during peak times.

==Transport links==
London bus route 106 (Whitechapel - Finsbury Park), 253 (Hackney - Euston), 254 (Aldgate - Holloway)
393 (Clapton - Chalk Farm) and Night route N253 (Aldgate - Tottenham Court Road station)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Clapton railway station}}
{{stn art lnk|CPT|E59JP}}

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{{Infobox London station
| name = Hackney Downs
| symbol = rail
| image_name= Hackney Downs stn entrance.JPG
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| zone = 2
| locale = [[Hackney Central|Hackney]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]
| start =
| platforms = 4
| railexits0203 = {{increase}} 1.229
| railexits0405 = {{decrease}} 0.944
| railexits0506 = {{decrease}} 0.868
| railexits0607 = {{increase}} 1.077
| railexits0809 = {{increase}} 1.277
| railexits0910 = {{increase}} 1.286
| railcode = HAC
|latitude=51.5483
|longitude=-0.0601
| interchange = [[Hackney Central railway station|Hackney Central]]
| interchange_note = <ref>{{Citation London station interchange May 2011}}</ref>
}}

'''Hackney Downs railway station''' is in the [[London Borough of Hackney]] in east [[London]]. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by [[Greater Anglia]], on the West Anglia route, and it is in [[Travelcard Zone 2]].

The station is a short walk from [[Hackney Central railway station|Hackney Central]], on the [[North London Line]]. Until Hackney Central's closure in 1944, a passenger connection linked the two stations. However, when Hackney Central reopened in 1985, the footway did not reopen, and passengers transferring between the two stations are obliged to leave the station and transfer at street level. The station was originally opened as Downs Junction Station.

The ticket hall was rebuilt in the early 1980s along with changes to the roofs on the platforms. The island platforms wooden roof was replaced with steel sheeting on the existing frames whilst the side platforms were left unaltered other than the removal of their 'dog-tooth' fascia boards. The signal box, installed in 1960 when the line was electrified, closed in the early 2000s when signalling on the line was centralised. [[Turnstile|Ticket barriers]] were installed in 2011.

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

*10tph (trains per hour) to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]]
**4 stopping at all stations
**4 fast to Bethnal Green
**2 non stopping
*4tph to [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]]
*2tph to [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]] via Seven Sisters
*2tph to [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield Town]] via Seven Sisters
*2tph to [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]] fast to Tottenham Hale then all stations

==Transport links==
London bus route 30, 56 and 276.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{stn art lnk|HAC|E81LP}}

==Gallery==
{{Commons category|Hackney Downs railway station}}
<gallery>
Image:Hackney Downs stn slow southbound.JPG|Slow (Seven Sisters line) platforms looking south
Image:Hackney Downs stn slow northbound.JPG|Slow (Seven Sisters line) platforms looking north
Image:Hackney Downs stn fast southbound.JPG|Fast (Tottenham Hale/Chingford line) platforms looking south
Image:Hackney Downs stn fast northbound.JPG|Fast (Tottenham Hale/Chingford line) platforms looking north
Image:Hackney Downs stn signage.JPG|Signage on northbound fast platform
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{{Infobox London station
| name = Tottenham Hale|symbol=underground|symbol2=rail
| image_name =Tottenham Hale station 070414.JPG
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| fare_zone = 3
| locale = [[Tottenham Hale]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Haringey]]
| railexits0607 = 3.316
| railexits0708 = {{increase}} 3.754
| railexits0809 = {{increase}} 3.961
| years1= 1840
| years2=1968
| events1= Opened (N&ER)
| events2= Opened (Victoria Line)
| platforms=4 (2 London Underground ,2 National Rail)
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| tubeexits07 = {{increase}} 7.700
| tubeexits08 = {{increase}} 8.350
| tubeexits09 = {{decrease}} 7.753
| railcode = TOM
| access = yes
| access_note = <ref>{{citation step free tube map}}</ref>
| latitude = 51.588333
| longitude = -0.059722
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'''Tottenham Hale''', is a [[National Rail]] and [[London Underground]] [[Victoria line|Victoria Line]] station in [[Tottenham]], [[North London|north]] [[London]]. It is on Hale Road near the Tottenham Hale one-way gyratory system. The station is in [[Travelcard Zone 3]].

The station opened on 15 September 1840 as Tottenham, on the [[Northern and Eastern Railway|Northern & Eastern Railway]] (N&ER) line from {{LUL stations|station=Stratford}} in east London to {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}} in [[Hertfordshire]].

It was renamed Tottenham Hale on 1 September 1968 when it became an interchange station with London Underground on the opening of the first stage of the Victoria line.

The next station to the south on the line to {{LUL stations|station=Liverpool Street}} is {{stnlnk|Clapton}} but very few trains, except on Sundays, serve both Clapton and Tottenham Hale. Most trains either run non-stop between Liverpool Street and Tottenham Hale or make one intermediate stop at {{stnlnk|Hackney Downs}}. Clapton is almost exclusively served by trains going via the {{stnlnk|Chingford}} branch instead.

From 11 December 2005, a new service between {{LUL stations|station=Stratford}} and {{stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} reintroduced a direct passenger connection between Tottenham Hale and Stratford via the mainly freight line across [[Walthamstow Marshes]]. {{stnlnk|Lea Bridge}}, a former station between Tottenham Hale and Stratford, may be re-opened in the future.

In the late 1990s, at the same time as the [[Stansted Express]] service to Stansted Airport was started, the British Rail station at Tottenham Hale was totally rebuilt along with a revamp of the Underground station. None of the original Victorian station now exists.

Two of London's last remaining Trolleybus poles still stand on Ferry Lane as it crosses over the railway tracks by the station.

==Transport links==
[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 41|41]] towards {{LUL stations|station=Archway}} station, [[London Buses route 192|192]] towards [[Enfield Town]], [[London Buses route 230|230]] towards Upper [[Walthamstow]] or [[Wood Green]], and [[London Buses route 123|123]] towards [[Ilford]] or Wood Green. [[Ikea]] also provides a shuttle service between Tottenham Hale Station and their [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] branch (also served by 192 bus).

==Gallery==
{{Commons category|Tottenham Hale station}}
<gallery>
File:Tottenham Hale stn Victoria line southbound.JPG|Southbound Victoria line platform looking north
File:Tottenham Hale Victoria line Northbound platform.jpg|Northbound Victoria line platform with train departing
File:Tottenham Hale Motif Ferry across the River Lea.jpg|Victoria line platform motif by [[Edward Bawden]]
File:Tottenham Hale stn Victoria line roundel.JPG|Roundel on Victoria Line platform
File:Tottenham Hale stn mainline southbound.JPG|Mainline platforms looking south
File:Tottenham Hale stn mainline northbound.JPG|Mainline platforms looking north
File:Tottenham Hale stn mainline signage.JPG|Signage on mainline platforms with National Express logo on right
File:Tottenham Hale stn Stansted Express signage.JPG|Stansted Express signage outside the northbound mainline platform
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**{{ltmcollection|nd/i0000jnd.jpg|Tottenham Hale station, 2005}}
**{{ltmcollection|n9/i0000jn9.jpg|View of escalator shaft, 2005}}
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[[File:Network SouthEast Class 317 at Harlow.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Network SouthEast]] [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]] at Harlow Town in the mid 1990s]]
'''Harlow Town railway station''' serves the town of [[Harlow]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

==History==
The station was opened in 1842 as '''Burnt Mill''' railway station, to serve the small village of the same name.

In 1959-60 the station was totally rebuilt to serve the post-war [[new town]] of [[Harlow]], to designs by Paul Hamilton with John Bicknell and Ian Fraser of the British Railways (Eastern Region) architects department (chief architect: HH Powell). Described by Pevsner as "low, crisp and entirely ungimmicky", its architectural quality was recognised in 1996 when it was made a Grade II listed building. The listing entry states "the Eastern Region Architect's Department was the most creative branch of British Railways, designing a number of powerful modern stations in conjunction with the Region's electrification. The new station for Harlow New Town was the flagship of this achievement. It is a building with powerful spatial qualities, of especial interest particularly for its architectural design".<ref>http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/</ref>

On July 13, 1960 the station was renamed Harlow Town. Its status as a listed building has meant that alterations to conform with the [[Disability Discrimination Act 1995|DDA]] have had to be done sensitively to protect the original architectural conception.

==Services==
All services at the station are operated by the rail company [[Greater Anglia]], although some are branded as [[Stansted Express]]. All services use [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]] and [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] [[electric multiple unit]]s.

Typical hourly off-peak service pattern:
* 4tph to [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] (2 fast, 2 semi-fast)
* 1tph to [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (stopping)
* 3tph to [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]] (2 fast, 1 stopping)
* 2tph to [[Cambridge station|Cambridge]] (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)

''(tph = trains per hour)''

On Sundays there is one fewer train per hour to Liverpool Street and one fewer train per hour to Stansted Airport.

Stansted Express services take 33 minutes to Liverpool Street calling at [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] only, and take 21 minutes to Stansted Airport.

==The station today==
The station has 4 platforms. Platform 2 is for services towards London Liverpool Street and Stratford. Platform 3 is for services towards Stansted Airport and Cambridge. Platforms 1 and 4 are used less frequently for slow trains and as a [[Passing loop|Waiting loop]] for freight trains from the aggregate terminal a mile up the line. Currently all platforms accommodate 12 car trains although the longest currently used on the line is 8 car.

==Future developments==
It is planned by December 2009 that [[turnstile|ticket barriers]] will be in place at the station. This should reduce penalty [[fare evasion]] from the station. If Stansted Airport's expansion is given the go-ahead it is planned that the platforms will be extended to accommodate 12 car trains.<ref name=GARUS>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/greater%20anglia/great%20anglia%20rus.pdf
|title=Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy
|publisher=[[Network Rail]]
|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref>

==References==
[[File:Harlow EMU 2001.JPG|thumb|right|200px|A WAGN EMU travels trough [[Harlow]] station in 2001.]]

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==External links==
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{{Infobox UK station
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'''Stansted Mountfitchet railway station''' serves the village of [[Stansted Mountfitchet]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

The station, which was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1845, was originally known simply as '''Stansted'''. It was renamed to its current name in 1990 to avoid potential confusion with the [[Stansted Airport railway station|forthcoming station]] at nearby [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]], although a local resident, Joseph J. Green, requested such a name change as early as 1890.<ref>Stansted Station: A history by Ralph Phillips. Network Southeast 1990</ref>

The station has services to [[London Liverpool Street]], [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], [[Cambridge]] and [[Stansted Airport]] and all services are operated by [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317 EMUs]] and [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315 EMU]] units, however the latter are rarely to be found unless working a [[Stansted Airport]] to Stratford (London) service in place of a [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317 EMU]]

The station building is the original from the opening of the station in 1845. There was a left luggage office on the [[London]] bound platform, but this is now boarded up.

The station features a ticket office, passenger information screens and retains a operational 'flapper-clock' from the [[Network_SouthEast|Network Southeast]] period on the [[London]] bound platform which is still in working order.

Both platforms were extended to accommodate 12-coach trains in December 2011, though initially no 12-coach trains are scheduled to call.

==In Popular Culture==
The station appeared in the episode ''Judgement of Solomon'' of the 1990's TV drama [[Lovejoy]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:stanstedmountfitchet2.jpg|The station building on platform 2 (Northbound)
Image:Stansted Mountfitchet railway station car park in 2008.jpg|Car park
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|symbol = rail
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'''Stansted Mountfitchet railway station''' serves the village of [[Stansted Mountfitchet]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

The station, which was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1845, was originally known simply as '''Stansted'''. It was renamed to its current name in 1990 to avoid potential confusion with the [[Stansted Airport railway station|forthcoming station]] at nearby [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]], although a local resident, Joseph J. Green, requested such a name change as early as 1890.<ref>Stansted Station: A history by Ralph Phillips. Network Southeast 1990</ref>

The station has services to [[London Liverpool Street]], [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], [[Cambridge]] and [[Stansted Airport]] and all services are operated by [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317 EMUs]] and [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315 EMU]] units, however the latter are rarely to be found unless working a [[Stansted Airport]] to Stratford (London) service in place of a [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317 EMU]]

The station building is the original from the opening of the station in 1845. There was a left luggage office on the [[London]] bound platform, but this is now boarded up.

The station features a ticket office, passenger information screens and retains a operational 'flapper-clock' from the [[Network_SouthEast|Network Southeast]] period on the [[London]] bound platform which is still in working order.

Both platforms were extended to accommodate 12-coach trains in December 2011, though initially no 12-coach trains are scheduled to call.

==In Popular Culture==
The station appeared in the episode ''Judgement of Solomon'' of the 1990's TV drama [[Lovejoy]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:stanstedmountfitchet2.jpg|The station building on platform 2 (Northbound)
Image:Stansted Mountfitchet railway station car park in 2008.jpg|Car park
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{{Infobox GB station
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'''Elsenham railway station''' serves the village of [[Elsenham]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by [[Greater Anglia]]. The ticket office (on the southbound platform) is staffed part-time, there are self service ticket machines on each of the platforms (which are 'staggered', the northbound being north of the level crossing and the southbound being south of the level crossing) and a Permit to Travel machine is also available on the southbound platform. Electronic real-time 'Next Train' indicators are available on both platforms.

The station is {{convert|57|km|mi}} north of [[Liverpool Street railway station|London Liverpool Street]] on the [[West Anglia Main Line]] to {{stnlnk|Cambridge}}. It was opened in 1845 and retains its original layout with staggered platforms on either side of a road [[level crossing]]. From 1913 to 1952 it was the junction for the [[Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway]].

==Elsenham accidents==

On 3 December 2005, a train struck and killed two teenage girls on
the station pedestrian crossing, next to the manually operated road [[level crossing]], between the staggered platforms. Although flashing red lights and a klaxon sound indicated that a train was approaching, it is likely that they thought these applied to the train they wanted to catch to [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]], which was just pulling in to the opposite platform. The curvature of the line gives only 3 seconds visibility of an approaching non-stop train. [[Network Rail]] has responded to requests from the girls' families to erect a [[footbridge]] and other safety works. The accident led to a complete review by the [[Rail Accident Investigation Branch]] of all pedestrian level crossings at stations.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/RAIB_Elsenham2005.pdf| format=PDF| title=Rail Accident Report: Investigation into station pedestrian crossings...; with reference to the fatal accident at Elsenham station on 3 December 2005| author=Department for Transport Rail Accident Investigation Branch| date=December 2006}}</ref> A previous fatality of the same type had occurred in 1979.

In response to the serious concerns about the safety of the crossing, a bridge was installed at the station in August 2007, and the foot-crossing now has locking gates.

==Service==

There is an hourly service every day in each direction from Elsenham going towards Cambridge, northbound and London Liverpool Street southbound.

At peak times, the service becomes half-hourly in both directions. This is before 9am and from 5pm to 9pm.

== References ==
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==External links==
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{{Other uses|Newport station (disambiguation)}}
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'''Newport railway station''' serves the village of [[Newport, Essex|Newport]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. To the North of the Victorian station is the little known Audley End Viaduct. At 60&nbsp;ft high at its centre this is actually the highest viaduct in Essex

The station is {{convert|64|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Liverpool Street railway station|London Liverpool Street]] on the [[West Anglia Main Line]] towards [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]].

==History==

The main station building was built in 1845 with the canopies added in 1884/1885. The station was built following the passing of a bill in Parliament in 1836 for a railway from London to Cambridge on a revised route passing through Newport. The [[Northern and Eastern Railway]] Company was incorporated in 1836 to build from London to Cambridge, but by 1843 they had only reached Bishop's Stortford and they were taken over by the [[Eastern Counties Railway]] Company.
A contemporary newspaper, the Chelmsford Chronicle, recorded the applause and welcome the villagers gave to the first train passing through on 29 July 1845;
"''The music of the military band mingled at Stansted and Newport with the cheers of the mustered throngs, while the line of flags upon the carriages which danced as they rapidly cut the air, gave to the progress of the train not merely the character of gaiety, but an air of grandeur."''<ref>{{cite book|title=The history of Newport, Essex by Bernard Nurse, Joy Pugh and Imogen Mollet, edited by Angela Archer. Published in 1995 by Newport News, ISBN no 0 9514601 1 0}}</ref>

The station design is similar to others on the same line- particularly Great Chesterford and March with only slight variants in construction and detailing. The waiting rooms still retain two distinctive painted Victorian Arts & Crafts cast iron fire surrounds designed by [[Thomas Jeckyll]] (1827–1881) and produced by [[Barnard, Bishop and Barnard]] in [[Norwich]] for the [[Great Eastern Railway]]. Thomas Jeckyll was a trained architect and started working at the foundry in 1859 and is best known for his metal work design in particular fireplace and fireplace grates.

In March 1970 the old shed over a siding at Newport station was demolished. The demolition went underway without consultation with the local community. A week later it had completely disappeared.
[[Image:1970-siding demolition Newport Essex Station.jpg|thumb|left|Siding demolition March 1970]]

==Adoption==
In November 2010 the Station was "adopted" on behalf of the community by the [http://www.newportbusinessassociation.co.uk Newport Business Association] (NBA). At the heart of Newport the railway station serves over 200,000 passengers every year. With commuters bound for London and Cambridge and children attending the [[Newport Free Grammar School]] it is people’s first sight of Newport - their introduction to the village. The station is 165 years old and was last decorated 10 years ago. It has been left gradually to fall into disrepair and neglect with graffiti and litter and a dilapidated cross-over bridge lacking non-slip surfacing to the stairs.

In conjunction with [[National Express]] East Anglia, [[Network Rail]], [[British Transport Police]] and local businesses NBA is renovating the Station, making the gateway into Newport welcoming, attractive and secure for businesses, residents and visitors alike.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.newportbusinessassociation.co.uk/Newport_Business_Association/See_4_yourself/Pages/NBA_-_Press_coverage.html| title=Newport Station adopted by local Businesses| author=Newport Business Association| date=November 2010}}</ref> The station is having the front entrance renovated, bridge refurbished, station buildings repainted and decorated and replanted and landscaped wild flower areas. One in three mouthfuls of the food we eat is dependent on pollination and [[honey bees]] are dying out across the world. The overgrown woods and gardens will therefore be planted up with flowers and shrubs that encourage birds, bees and butterflies. Working closely with regional ramblers and walkers 10 new walks are being created starting from the station and going out into the beautiful countryside.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk:80/home/business_association_adopt_newport_railway_station_from_national_express_east_anglia_1_737219| title=Newport Station adopted by local Businesses| author=Saffron Walden Reporter| date=November 2010}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:2 1970 Newport Station.jpg|Newport station platform in 1970 showing gas lamp, photographed by John Gordon
File:Victorian fire surround Newport Railway station (Essex).JPG|Victorian fire surround, photographed by Silas Currie
</gallery>

==Renovation and clearance process - 2010==
<gallery>
File:NBA_Newport_Station_1_27112010.JPG|Essex Probation Service and Newport Business Association clear the overgrown embankment, Chalk Farm Lane side.
File:NBA_Newport_Station_2_27112010.JPG|Cutting down overhanging trees and removing overgrown brambles from the embankment.
File:NBA_Week3_cleaance03.jpg|Train Gang - some of the Essex Probation volunteers who cleared the embankment and planted bulbs on the car park embankment.
File:04_NBA_Station_04.jpg|Some of the litter removed from station surroundings- all 6 black bin bags contained environmentally damaging material.
File:NBA signs up Newport Station.JPG|Newport Business Association signs up Newport Station.
File:NBA Groundwork and TKE Landscaping.JPG|Newport Station renovation being helped by voluntary work from Groundworks and TKE Landscaping.
File:NBA Newport Station notice board made by Ridgeons.JPG|NBA Newport Station notice board made by Ridgeons.
File:Tarquin Ellington from TKE and daughter.JPG|Tarquin Ellington from TKE and daughter.

</gallery>

==Service==

There is an hourly service each day and in each direction from Newport to London Liverpool Street southbound and Cambridge northbound, with a half hourly service in the weekday rush hours.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Infobox GB station
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'''Great Chesterford railway station''' serves the village of [[Great Chesterford]] in [[Essex]].

The station was once the point where the [[Newmarket Railway]] left the London-Cambridge main line. This route was authorised in 1846, opened on 3 January 1848 for goods, and to passengers three days later. The Newmarket branch was an early victim of poor finance leading to closure: it was temporarily closed on 30 June 1850 and reopened on 9 September 1850, but the section between Great Chesterford and {{stnlnk|Six Mile Bottom}} was closed permanently on 9 October 1851 with the opening of the direct line between Six Mile Bottom and Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book |last=Allen |first=Cecil J. |authorlink=Cecil J. Allen |title=The Great Eastern Railway |edition=2nd |year=1956 |origyear=1955 |publisher=[[Ian Allan]] |location=Hampton Court |pages=37–38, 43–45 |ref=harv }}</ref> The next station to the north of Great Chesterford was {{stnlnk|Bourne Bridge}}.<ref name="Dewick">{{cite book| author=Dewick, Tony| year=2002| title=Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names| publisher=Ian Allan|isbn=0-7110-2798-6}}</ref>

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==References==
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'''Whittlesford Parkway railway station''' serves the nearby village of [[Whittlesford]] in [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]]. It is also near to the villages of [[Sawston]] and [[Duxford]] and the [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]]. The 13th century [[Duxford Chapel]] is on the station road just east of the station.

In May 2007, the station was renamed from '''Whittlesford''' to '''Whittlesford Parkway'''.

==References==
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[[File:Cambridge Station panoramic view northward in early Diesel days geograph-2397822-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|right|Panoramic view northward in 1960]]
'''Cambridge [[railway station]]''' serves the city of [[Cambridge]] in eastern England. It stands at the end of [[Station Road, Cambridge|Station Road]], off [[Hills Road, Cambridge|Hills Road]], 1 mile south-east of the city centre. It is the busiest railway station in the East of England, with almost 8 million passengers using it in 2009/10.

Several routes start at the station including the [[West Anglia Main Line]] to [[London Liverpool Street]], the [[Fen Line]] to {{stnlnk|King's Lynn}}, the [[Breckland Line]] to {{stnlink|Norwich}}, services to {{stnlink|Ipswich}} on the [[Ipswich to Ely Line]], and the [[Cambridge Line]], heading southwards and following an alternate route, to [[London King's Cross]], via {{stnlink|Hitchin}}. These routes are [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]] at 25 kV AC overhead, except for the [[Ipswich to Ely Line]], which is diesel-operated. The station has the third-longest platform in England. Ticket barriers are in operation.

== History ==
The [[Eastern Counties Railway]] opened to Cambridge in 1845. The station building, with its long classical [[Facade|façade]] and [[Porte-cochere|porte-cochère]] (infilled during the 20th century) has been attributed to both Sancton Wood and Francis Thompson<ref>{{cite book|author=Biddle, Gordon and Nock, O. S.|title=The Railway Heritage of Britain|publisher=Michael Joseph|year=1983|isbn=0718123557}}</ref> and is [[Listed building|listed]] Grade II. The single long platform is typical of its period but now unusual in that (apart from a brief period in the mid-19th century) it was never supplemented by another through platform. There were major platform lengthenings and remodellings of the main building in 1863 and 1908. The station layout was altered in 1896 by deviating the Newmarket line approaches.

The [[University of Cambridge]] helped to block later 19th century attempts to create a central station.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Gray, Adrian|title=Cambridge’s quest for a central station|journal=Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society|volume=22|pages=22–4|year=1976}}</ref> It also took powers to prevent undergraduates travelling by train.

Historically, services from the station included:

* [[Great Eastern Railway]]
** Main line from London Liverpool Street to Norwich and King’s Lynn
** Cross-country services to {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}} via [[Newmarket railway station, Suffolk|Newmarket]] and to {{stnlnk|Colchester}}
** Cross-country services via Ely, {{stnlnk|March}} and the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Line to northern England
** Branch line to [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]] and beyond
** Branch line to [[Mildenhall, Suffolk|Mildenhall]]

*[[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]]
** Services to London King's Cross via Hitchin, including the ''Cambridge Buffet Car Expresses''

*[[London and North Western Railway]]
** Cross-country "[[Varsity Line]]" to [[Oxford Rewley Road railway station|Oxford]]

* [[Midland Railway]]
** Services via St Ives to {{stnlnk|Kettering}}

Each of the four companies also had its own goods facilities in the station area, and, except for the M.R., its own [[motive power depot]]. The G.E.R. maintained a special locomotive for the [[Royal Train]] here. Under the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] in the 1920s [[signal box]]es in the station area were converted to electric operation.

The line from Bishop's Stortford to Cambridge was electrified by [[British Rail]] in 1987, enabling electric trains to operate between Liverpool Street and Cambridge.

When the link to {{stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} from {{stnlnk|London Liverpool Street}} opened in 1991 the [[Hitchin-Cambridge Line]] became more important; all non-stop trains now take this route to {{stnlnk|London Kings Cross}}, reducing congestion on the very busy stretch of the [[West Anglia Main Line]] between {{stnlnk|London Liverpool Street}} and {{stnlnk|Bishop's Stortford}}.

[[File:Spiller's Mill after the fire, from Hills Road railway bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1777835.jpg|thumb|The south end of the station, with the bay platforms originally used by GNR trains to Kings Cross and LNWR trains to Bedford and Oxford, viewed from Hills Road railway bridge after the 2010 fire at [[Foster Mill]], a former flour mill to be a cultural centre as part of the CB1 development.]]

The "CB1" area in front of the station buildings had been due for redevelopment by Ashwell Property Group. In December 2009 the developers went bust and reformed under the name Brookgate. Part of the redevelopment scheme had included a £1 million contribution towards the [[Cambridgeshire Guided Busway]] scheme passing through the area.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_cambridge/displayarticle.asp?id=470540|title=Developer goes bust - but station plan still on track|first=Chris|last=Havergal|date=11 December 2009|accessdate=12 December 2009|work=Cambridge News}}</ref>

== Platforms ==
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Plan of current platforms<ref>[http://www.cambridgefirst.co.uk/home/biggest_revamp_to_cambridge_station_in_160_years_begins_1_909844 Biggest revamp to Cambridge station in 160 years begins]</ref>
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At {{convert|514|yd|0|0}}, Cambridge has the third-longest [[railway platform]] in the UK, after {{stnlnk|Colchester}} and {{stnlnk|Gloucester}}. This platform is divided into Platforms 1 and 4 with a [[Railroad_switch#Crossover|scissors crossover]] in the middle to divide it in two, which allows trains from either direction to pass those already stopped there. [[Bay platform]]s exist at both ends of the station: Platforms 2 and 3 at the southern end of the station and Platforms 5 and 6 at the northern end).

On the eastern side of the station is a newly constructed island platform with two faces (Platforms 7 and 8). These came into use in December 2011, enabling 12-car trains to use the station for the first time.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.railpro.co.uk/news/?idArticles=1211 |work=Rail Profssional |title= New platform opens |date= 19 December 2011 |location =Cambridge}}</ref>

Platform 1 is generally used for southbound through services to London King's Cross (with some additional peak services to London Liverpool Street). It is also occasionally used for through northbound services or for frequently terminating trains.

Platforms 2 and 3 are south-facing bay platforms used primarily for services to London King's Cross or London Liverpool Street.

Platform 4 is generally used for both Birmingham New Street and Stansted CrossCountry services and also occasionally for through southbound services to London or terminating trains as well as services to Kings Lynn.

Platform 5 is a north-facing bay platform used almost exclusively for services to Norwich (and occasionally Birmingham New Street).

Platform 6 is a north-facing bay platform used for services to Ipswich (with occasional services to Harwich International).

Platforms 7 and 8 are bi-directional 12-car through platforms.<ref name=NR1>{{cite web
|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/Delivery%20Plan/2009/Enhancements.pdf
|title=Enhancements programme: statement of scope, outputs and milestones
|publisher=[[Network Rail]]
|date=31 March 2009
|accessdate=20 August 2009}}</ref>

== Services ==
{{Railways around Cambridge}}
Cambridge is served by several operators.

*[[CrossCountry]] serves the station with its [[Birmingham New Street]] to [[Stansted Airport]] service, via {{stnlnk|Leicester}} and {{stnlnk|Peterborough}}. This is operated using [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] [[diesel multiple unit]]s. There is an hourly service in each direction.<ref>[http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/SiteImages/Assets/3/Birmingham_to_Leicester_Cambridge_and_Stansted_Airport2_.pdf Birmingham-Leicester-Cambridge-Stansted CrossCounty Timetable <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

*[[First Capital Connect]] serves the station as part of its service from [[London King's Cross]]. This uses [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]] or [[British Rail Class 365|Class 365]] [[electric multiple unit]]s. Class 365 units usually work the Cambridge Cruiser and semi-fast services.
**The '''"Cambridge Cruiser"''' (termed 'Cambridge Express' from London) runs non-stop between London King's Cross and Cambridge. There is an hourly service in each direction.
**There are also hourly semi-fast trains between Cambridge and London, calling at {{stnlnk|Royston}}, {{stnlnk|Baldock}}, {{stnlnk|Letchworth Garden City}}, {{stnlnk|Hitchin}}, {{stnlnk|Stevenage}} and {{stnlnk|Finsbury Park}}.
**There is an hourly stopping train to London King's Cross, calling at all stations between {{stnlnk|Foxton}} and {{stnlnk|Hitchin}}, then Stevenage, Knebworth, {{stnlnk|Welwyn North}}, {{stnlnk|Welwyn Garden City}}, {{stnlnk|Hatfield}}, {{stnlnk|Potters Bar}} and Finsbury Park.
***At London King's Cross, stopping trains are often displayed as operating to {{stnlnk|Foxton}}, the last station before Cambridge, though the train does actually continue in service to Cambridge. This is done when users will arrive earlier by waiting for the next non-stop service. Likewise, stopping trains from Cambridge to King's Cross are often displayed as running to Finsbury Park.
**Travelling northbound, there are hourly FCC services to [[Fen Line]] stations, calling at {{stnlnk|Waterbeach}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|Littleport}}, {{stnlnk|Downham Market}}, {{stnlnk|Watlington}} and {{stnlnk|King's Lynn}}. Off-peak these trains run non-stop between Cambridge and King's Cross; during peak hours additional stops are usually made. Some of these additional stops were phased out in FCC's May 2009 'Seats for You' timetable, since in some cases extra trains now run to call at the stops removed, such as Royston and Letchworth Garden City.
**In total there are approximately 3 FCC trains per hour each way between Cambridge and London Kings Cross.<ref>[http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/plan-your-journey/timetables/show-all/ First Capital Connect Timetables<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

*[[Greater Anglia]] serves the station with three routes:
**To [[London Liverpool Street]] via the [[West Anglia Main Line]]. These services use [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]] or occasionally [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]] [[electric multiple unit]]s. During the morning peak some services start back from King's Lynn or Ely, and during the evening peak some are extended beyond Cambridge to {{stnlnk|Ely}} and King's Lynn. There are typically two services each hour, one stopping and one semi-fast. On Sundays some services do not go to London Liverpool Street, instead calling at all stations to {{stnlnk|Stratford}} via {{stnlnk|Tottenham Hale}}.
**An hourly service between Cambridge and {{stnlnk|Norwich}} via the [[Breckland Line]]. This uses [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 Turbostar]] units and usually departs from Platform 5. This service was started in 2002 by Anglia, which ordered four of these trains for use on the new service. On rare occasions these services use older Sprinter units.
**An hourly service between Cambridge and {{stnlink|Ipswich}}. This uses [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]], [[British Rail Class 156|Class 156]] or rarely, [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] [[diesel multiple unit]]s. One train a day continues to {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}. These services usually depart from Platform 6.

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== Transport links ==
Several bus services stop outside the main station building, linking the railway with the city centre and other parts of Cambridge, including [[Addenbrooke's Hospital]]. Buses also travel from the station out of the city to [[Sawston]], [[Saffron Walden]] and [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]] to the south and [[Histon and Impington]] and [[Cottenham]] to the north. A [[taxi rank]] and a large area for bicycle parking are also located outside the station, although only a small number of free spaces are available for cycles. [[Bike rental|Bicycle rental]] is available from a shop adjacent to the station.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Cambridge station building3.JPG|Railway station with the roundabout at the end of [[Station Road, Cambridge|Station Road]] in front
Image:Cambridge station building2.JPG|General view of the entrance to the railway station
Image:Cambridge station entrance.JPG|Entrance to the railway station
Image:Cambridge station building.JPG|View of the railway station building
Image:Cambridge station signage.JPG|Cambridge station sign
Image:Cambridge station platform 1 look north.JPG|View of Platform 1, looking north
Image:Cambridge station platform 3 look south.JPG|View of Platform 3, looking south
Image:Cambridge station platform 4 look south.JPG|View of Platform 4, looking south
Image:Cambridge rail station platforms 7-8 facing north Dec 2011.JPG|View of platform 8, looking north
Image:Cambridge rail station platforms 7-8 facing south Dec 2011.JPG|View of platform 7, looking south
</gallery>

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== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book|author=Fellows, Reginald B.|title=London to Cambridge by Train 1845-1938|publisher=Oleander Press|year=1976}} ISBN 0-902675-65-6
* {{cite book|author=Fellows, Reginald B.|title=Railways to Cambridge, actual and proposed|publisher=Oleander Press|year=1976|isbn=0902675621}} ISBN 0-902675-62-1
* {{cite book|author=Gordon, D. I.|title=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. V, The Eastern Counties|publisher=David & Charles|year=1977}} ISBN 0-7153-7431-1
* {{cite book|author=Spendlove, Richard|title=Cambridge and its Branch Lines|year=1978}}
* {{cite book|author=Warren, Alan and Phillips, Ralph|title=Cambridge Station: a tribute|publisher=British Rail|year=1987}}
* {{cite book|author=Bonavia, Michael R.|title=The Cambridge Line|publisher=Ian Allan|year=1996|isbn=0711023336}} ISBN 0-7110-2333-6
* {{cite journal|author=Skelsey, Geoffrey|title="Of great public advantage": aspects of Cambridge and its railways 1845–2005|journal=Backtrack|volume=19|pages=400–6,501–6,573–4|year=2005}}

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'''Dutchflyer''' is the name given in the UK to an integrated passenger service between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Formerly known as '''Amsterdam Express''', Dutchflyer is a rail/sea/rail service operated jointly by [[Stena Line]], and [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]] (Dutch Railways).<ref>[http://www.stenaline.co.uk/ferry/rail-and-sail/holland/ Dutchflyer website].</ref> It is a cheaper, but much slower, way of travelling between Britain and the Netherlands compared with taking the [[Eurostar]] high-speed international train and changing trains at Brussels.

For passengers starting in the Netherlands the service used to be called '''GoLondon'''. Nowadays it does not have a brand name and this service operates under the Dutch Stena line website. <ref>[http://www.stenaline.nl/ferry/londen/ Dutch Stena Line website].</ref>

The Dutchflyer service lets passengers travel from any railway station serviced in the UK by [[Greater Anglia]] to {{stnlnk|Harwich International}} (formerly Parkeston Quay), cross the [[North Sea]] by Stena Line ferry, and continue, after arrival at {{stnlnk|Hoek van Holland Haven}} to any station in the Netherlands serviced by the ''Nederlandse Spoorwegen''.

The reverse service allows for the same, but when booked and travelling from the Netherlands: on the Dutch side from any Dutch station to Hoek van Holland Haven and on the UK side passengers may travel directly from Harwich International railway station to {{stnlnk|London Liverpool Street}} or other stations serviced by Greater Anglia. Trains to and from London and {{stnlink|Cambridge}} are timed to meet the ferry.

This service is an outgrowth of such former named trains as the [[Hook Continental]].

==Train services==
After arriving in Hoek van Holland, passengers disembark right into the railway station from where there is frequent rail service to [[Rotterdam]] Central Station. From there passengers may choose to change trains to go anywhere in the Netherlands. An example is shown in this table for a connection by rail from Hoek van Holland to Rotterdam and then to [[The Hague]] or [[Amsterdam]], or stations in between.

{| class="wikitable vatop"
! Series
! Train Type
! Route
! Material
! Frequency
! Notes
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| Boat Train
| {{stnlnk|London Liverpool Street}} – {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}
| [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
| Twice Daily
|
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| Boat Train
| {{stnlnk|Cambridge}} – {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}
|
| Daily
|
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| Boat Train
| {{stnlnk|Lowestoft}} – {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}
|
| Daily
|
|-
| [[Stena Line]]
| Boat
| [[Harwich]] International harbour – [[Hoek van Holland]] harbour
| ''[[Stena Britannica]]'', ''[[Stena Hollandica]]''
| Twice a day
|
|-
| 4100
| Sprinter
| {{stnlnk|Hoek van Holland Haven}} – {{stnlnk|Maassluis West}} – {{stnlnk|Maassluis}} – {{stnlnk|Vlaardingen West}} – {{stnlnk|Vlaardingen Centrum}} – {{stnlnk|Vlaardingen Oost}} – {{stnlnk|Schiedam Nieuwland}} – {{stnlnk|Schiedam Centrum}} – {{stnlnk|Rotterdam Centraal}}
| [[NS_SLT|SLT]]
| Twice an hour
| To {{stnlnk|Hoek van Holland Strand}} March – November
|-
| 2100
| Intercity
| {{stnlnk|Rotterdam Centraal}} – [[Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station|Den Haag HS]] – {{stnlnk|Leiden Centraal}} – {{stnlnk|Schiphol}} – {{stnlnk|Amsterdam Centraal}}
| [[NS VIRM|VIRM]]
| Twice an hour
|
|}

==Notes==
<references/>

==External links==

*[http://www.stenaline.nl/ferry/londen Stena Line website in The Netherlands]

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{{Stansted Express}}
'''Stansted Express''' is a sub-brand of [[Greater Anglia]]. It is the [[airport rail link|direct train service]] linking central [[London]] ([[Liverpool Street station]]) to [[Stansted Airport]], one of London's major air hubs. Prior to February 2012, Stansted Express was operated by [[National Express East Anglia]]. Until 2004 Stansted Express was part of the [[WAGN (train operating company)|WAGN]] [[Rail franchising in Great Britain|franchise]].

The service runs every 15 minutes with a journey time of between 46 minutes to over 1 hour during peak times.

Unlike the [[Heathrow Express]] and the [[Gatwick Express]], the service also calls at stations between the airport and the [[central London]] Terminus. These are [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (which provides interchange with the [[London Underground]] and easier access to the West End and North London), [[Bishops Stortford railway station|Bishop's Stortford]], [[Harlow Town railway station|Harlow Town]] and [[Stansted_Mountfitchet_railway_station|Stansted Mountfitchet]] (peak times and some weekend services only).

==History==
[[Image:322485 Standard Class Interior.JPG|thumb|left|The original interior of the Stansted Express Class 322]]

In the late 1980s, British Rail (BR) was extending the electrification north from [[London Liverpool Street]] towards [[Cambridge]]. Included in this plan was the construction of new branch line, diverging from the mainline at [[Stansted Mountfitchet]], to serve the newly built {{stnlnk|Stansted Airport}}, which opened in 1991. Therefore, BR decided to build a dedicated fleet of units to work the new [[Stansted Express]] service.

==Rolling stock==
Stansted Express originally used a fleet of five [[British Rail Class 322|Class 322]] [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]] until it was decided to change to a dedicated fleet of nine [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/7]] [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]] and 12 [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317/8s]]. The displaced Class 322s were redeployed on several other routes/franchises around the country before settling in their current role in [[Scotland]] working services between [[Glasgow]]/[[Edinburgh]] and [[North Berwick]].

As part of the 1300 new carriages to expand the UK's passenger rail fleet, Stansted Express were designated to receive 120 new vehicles. In February 2009, it was announced that [[Bombardier Transportation]] would produce the new trains.<ref>[http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/business/2009/02/12-bombardier-hitatchi.html Hitachi to power new ‘British’ intercity trains and Bombardier to build 120 coaches] - railnews.co.uk, 12/02/09</ref> Bombardier announced on 2 April that a contract had been signed for the delivery of the 120 coaches between December 2010 and March 2011.<ref>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bombardier-Wins-a-188-Million-iw-14825741.html</ref> The trains have now been identified as [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] units.<ref>[[Today's Railways]] issue 91</ref> The first of the new [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] units entered passenger service on the eve of Thursday 3 March 2011 when it ran the 20:10 from [[London Liverpool Street]] to [[Stansted Airport]] and the 21:15 return service. All of the Class 379s have now been built and are in service on Stansted Express services. This has allowed the Class 317/7 and 317/8 units to be moved onto other services to increase capacity.

==Criticism==

In May 2009 National Express abolished off-peak fares on services from Stansted Airport. Therefore all fares are considered peak (regardless of day or time travelled) and hence this is reflected in the price. Those living locally have to produce ID in order to obtain a discounted ticket, though the discount is less than the previous off-peak fare.<ref>http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/braintree_news/4562346.Stansted__Discount_train_fares_for_locals/</ref> It should however be noted that combinations of tickets may be used, as long as the train stops at the station where one ticket's validity ends and the other's starts - for example, by buying single tickets from Liverpool Street to Harlow Town at a cost of £10, and from Harlow Town to Stansted Airport at £6.80, and then catching a train which calls at Harlow Town, [[2011|as of 2011]] a saving of £4.20 can be made on the £21 single fare to the airport.

In September 2010, advertisements for Stansted Express at Stansted Airport were banned because they were deemed misleading, advertising a 35-minute journey time to Tottenham Hale and claiming this as "London". The Advertising Standards Authority believed the advertisements might confuse travellers into thinking that the train would reach central London in 35 minutes. National Express defended the adverts, stating that Tottenham Hale allows access to the Victoria Line and also stating that the adverts made no reference to the trains going into central London in 35 minutes. <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11223723 | work=BBC News | title=Stansted Express posters banned for being misleading | date=7 September 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|London Transport}}
* [[Heathrow Express]]
* [[Gatwick Express]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.stanstedexpress.com/ Stansted Express]

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'''Ely [[railway station]]''' serves the city of [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]] in [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]]. The station lies on the [[Fen Line]] from [[Cambridge]] to [[King's Lynn]], which is [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]] at 25 kV AC overhead. It is a busy station served by trains running to a variety of destinations including London King's Cross, London Liverpool Street, Liverpool Lime Street, King's Lynn, Stansted Airport, Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street. Ely station was built in 1845 by the [[Eastern Counties Railway]] at a cost of £81,500, the land on which it was built being a marshy swamp.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=D.I. |title=Volume V: The Eastern Counties |series=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain |year=1968 |publisher=[[David and Charles]] |ref=harv }}</ref> The station was modified substantially in the early 1990s, at the time that electrification was taking place.

Three other non-electrified lines meet at Ely:
*The [[Breckland Line]] to [[Thetford]] and [[Norwich]] diverges from the Fen Line to the north of Ely.
*The [[Ely to Peterborough Line|line]] to [[March, Cambridgeshire|March]] and [[Peterborough]] also diverges to the north.
*The [[Ipswich to Ely Line|line]] from [[Ipswich]] joins to the south of Ely station.

Ely station won first prize in the station of the year competition 1987 (medium sized category).

== Services ==
The station is served by four operators:

*[[CrossCountry]] trains provides an hourly service from [[Birmingham New Street]] to [[Stansted Airport]]. This service is routed via [[Leicester]], [[Peterborough]] and [[Cambridge]] and uses [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 Turbostar]] [[diesel multiple unit]]s.

*[[East Midlands Trains]] provides an (approximately) hourly service from [[Norwich]] to [[Liverpool]] via [[Peterborough]], [[Nottingham]], [[Sheffield]], and [[Manchester]]. Services are operated using [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]] [[diesel multiple unit]]s (or, occasionally, [[British Rail Class 156|Class 156]] [[diesel multiple unit]]s) which change direction at Ely.

*[[First Capital Connect]] serve the station as part of their service from [[London King's Cross]] to [[King's Lynn]]. Outside peak hours the services run non-stop between London and [[Cambridge]] as part of the half-hourly "Cambridge Cruiser" service. One train per hour then continues beyond Cambridge, stopping at all stations on the [[Fen Line]] to King's Lynn. The journey from King's Cross to Ely is timetabled to take just over an hour on the fastest services. Services are more frequent (up to every half an hour) during peak hours when demand is highest. During peak hours most trains divide (northbound) or couple (southbound) at Cambridge which adds some minutes to the journey time. In addition, during peak hours most services make additional stops between London Kings Cross and Cambridge which contributes further to an extended journey time. Some off-peak services can take as little as 1 hour and 3 minutes between London and Ely while during peak hours they can take up to 1 hour and 21 minutes. Most services are operated by [[British Rail Class 365|Class 365]] [[electrical multiple unit]].

*[[Greater Anglia]] serves the station with three routes:
**An hourly service between [[Cambridge]] and [[Norwich]] via the [[Breckland Line]]. These services use three coach [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 Turbostar]] units. Four units are diagrammed to work the hourly service.
**The Ipswich-Ely-Peterborough service which operates at two-hourly intervals using [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 Turbostar]] [[diesel multiple unit]]s. Two units are diagrammed to work the two hourly service.
**On weekdays there are four services that operate between Ely and [[London Liverpool Street]] in the morning peak, two of which originate at Kings Lynn while the other two commence at Ely. There are four return journeys in the evening; one terminates at Ely while the other three continue to Kings Lynn. There is no service on Saturday or Sunday. These services normally use [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] or [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]] [[electrical multiple unit]]s.

[[File:Ely railway station geograph-2168603.jpg|thumb|right|The Hunstanton portion of the 10.39 service from Liverpool Street at Ely in 1958]]
[[File:ElyRailwayStationUK-CrowdedPlatform.jpg|thumb|A busy scene at Ely railway station]]

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== Retail==

There are two branches of Locoespresso<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locoespresso.com/|title=Locoespresso}}</ref> on the station, one on platform 1 and the other on platform 2/3. These serve hot and cold drinks as well as snacks, magazines and newspapers. Platform 1 also includes an L.A. Golden Bean kiosk which sells hot and cold drinks and snacks.

== Derailment==

On Friday 22 June 2007 a goods train derailed at [[Hawk Bridge]] which carries the Ipswich line over the [[River Great Ouse]] a mile south of Ely. Photographs showed derailed wagons on their side, only prevented from plunging off the embankment by subsidiary structures and their attachment to the rest of the train. As a consequence of the derailment the bridge had to be rebuilt and there were no train services between Ely and [[Bury St. Edmunds]] until the works were completed on 21 December 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onerailway.com/latest_information/news/ipswich_peterborough_train_services_resume_21st_december|title=Ipswich – Peterborough Train Services Resume 21st December|date=19 December 2007|publisher=One Railway}}</ref>

== Low bridge ==
Immediately north-east of Ely station, the railway lines pass on a bridge<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/374568|title=Photo of Ely Low Bridge|date=23 March 2007|publisher=www.geograph.org.uk}}</ref> over the A142. The height available for road traffic passing beneath the bridge is only {{convert|9.0|ft|1|0}} which is unusually low for a bridge over an A-road. Despite the various warnings, the limited headroom is a frequent cause of accidents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D2D9FF4D-5226-472D-AFF4-3262ACDD9DA0/0/LTP04C7.pdf|title=Cambridgeshire Local Transport Plan 2004-2011|date=July 2003|publisher=www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk}}</ref> High vehicles must use a [[level crossing]] next to the bridge.<!-- (Note the bridge over the A142 is not the same as Hawk Bridge mentioned above which spans the River Great Ouse.) IS IT NECESSARY TO SAY THIS? -->

==See also==
* [[Railways in Ely]]

== Notes ==
<references/>

== External links ==
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* [http://jfbell20.fotopages.com/?entry=1204526 Photographs of Derailment on Newmarket Bridge]
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{{Infobox London station
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'''Walthamstow Central''' is a [[London Underground]] and commuter rail station. It is the terminus of the [[Victoria line]], and is on the {{stnlnk|Chingford}} branch of the London commuter rail network operated by [[Greater Anglia]] (commuter trains in northeast London originating at {{LUL stations|station=Liverpool Street}}). It is a short walk from [[London Overground]] railway station {{stnlnk|Walthamstow Queen's Road}}.

==History==
The station was opened by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] (as '''Hoe Street''') in [[1870]] and [[London Underground]] services started on 1 September 1968. The up-side station building is a remarkably well preserved example of a mid-Victorian country station. The station's present name was only given when the Victoria line arrived.

The underground station, like many stations on the Victoria line, was never completely finished.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} White ceiling panels were never fixed to the ceilings above the platforms; instead the steel tunnel segments were painted black and used to support the fixtures and fittings. This has had a detrimental effect on the lighting levels. There is a concrete stairway between the two escalators instead of a third escalator; this caused a hugely disruptive station closure for several weeks in 2004 when both escalators went out of service.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

The main entrance to the above-ground station is on the [[down (railway terminology)|down]] side and is opposite the local bus station, which was revamped in summer [[2004]]. There are three staffed ticket windows and a number of ticket machines to serve the majority of the traffic that enters the station. The entrance to the tube was revamped in early [[2006]]. There is a smaller entrance and ticket office on the up line, providing convenient access to the car park; however, the ticket office here is normally unstaffed outside peak hours.

A subway was built in 2005 under the busy Selborne Road linking a new bus station with a new Victoria line ticket office. The original plan was to fit out and open the new subway and ticket office in spring 2005 but problems with insufficient power capacity to supply two new lifts, together with planning and contractual errors, delayed the opening.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} The subway and ticket office were finally opened on 19 November 2007, albeit without the completion of the new lifts (completed in late 2008) and with unfinished building work.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

[[Turnstile|Ticket barriers]] control access to the Victoria line platforms but the Lea Valley Line platforms are open.

According to [[Transport for London]], the construction of a footpath to nearby {{stnlnk|Walthamstow Queen's Road}} is in planning. The link will significantly shorten the walking time between the two stations.<ref>[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/projectsandschemes/roadsandpublicspaces/walkImprovements/default.asp TFL]</ref>

==Transport Link==
London Bus routes 20, 34, 48, 58, 69, 97, 212, 215, 230, 257, 275, 357, W11, W12, W15, W19, School bus routes 675 and Night routes N26, N38 and N73.

==Services==
The typical off-peak service provided by [[Greater Anglia]] is:
*4tph to {{stnlnk|Chingford}}
*4tph to {{LUL stations|station=Liverpool Street}} (doesn't stop at {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}})

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==Gallery==
===Victoria line (London Underground)===
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File:Walthamstow Central stn Victoria line look south.JPG|North Victoria line platform looking West
File:Walthamstow Central stn Victoria line look north.JPG|South Victoria line platform looking East
File:Walthamstow Central stn Victoria roundel.JPG|Victoria line platform roundel
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===Lea Valley Lines (Greater Anglia)===
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File:Walthamstow Central Hoe Street.JPG|Walthamstow Central railway station viewed west from the A112 overbridge
File:Walthamstow Central stn mainline look north.JPG|Platforms looking westwards
File:Walthamstow Central stn mainline look south.JPG|Platforms looking eastwards
File:Walthamstow Central stn old building.JPG|Original station building on the London-bound side
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==References==
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==External links==
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{{About|the train operating company|the rail franchise|Greater Anglia Rail Franchise}}
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'''Greater Anglia''' provides local, suburban and express services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations stretching from north and east [[Greater London]] to [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Suffolk]] and [[Norfolk]] in the [[East of England]] ([[East Anglia]]). It is [[Train operating company|railway company]] that succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia Franchise]] on 5 Feb 2012.<ref name="awarded">[http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/story/dft-news-20111020/ Greater Anglia rail franchise] Department for Transport</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia Website]</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]] subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Limited as the winning bidder on 20 October 2011, beating off competition from the other two shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Limited (from the [[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Limited (from the [[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 at 02:00 and will last for 29 months (until September 2014).<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will operate during the [[2012 Olympics]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

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

==Planned improvements==
A number of improvements are planned during the franchise period.<ref name="awarded"/>
* Better station & ticket facilities and improved passenger information
* Text messaging service to keep passengers informed if disruptions occur
* New information desks at major stations
* Extending [[Oyster card|Oyster]] Pay As You Go between [[Liverpool Street railway station|Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] / [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]]
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities.
* 600 car park spaces
* More cycle storage facilities
* Deep cleaning of stations and trains.
* Bus service between Audley End and Saffron Walden
* New ticket gates at: Billericay, Brentwood and Chadwell Heath before the Olympics.









==Services==
Greater Anglia will continue operating [[National Express East Anglia]]'s old services. Off-peak weekday services are shown below:

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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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Romford}} to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}} (Hourly), {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Ipswich}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}} to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Manningtree}} to {{Stnlnk|Harwich Town}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Mistley}}, {{stnlnk|Wrabness}}, {{stnlnk|Harwich International}}, {{stnlnk|Dovercourt}}
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| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
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| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Felixstowe}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Derby Road}}, {{stnlnk|Trimley}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Saxmundham}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Reedham || 2 trains per day || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Slow || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to {{Stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} || 2 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint 1/3 of their 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 1/3 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|NXEA]] towards the end of their franchise. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 | title=Questions and answers | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>.

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia will continue operating a Stansted Express sub-brand [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] service between [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/21 | title=15th December Newsletter | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>

== Planned rolling stock ==
The company will operate 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. Greater Anglia is not have any plans to introduce new trains due to the short nature 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 08|Class 08]]
|[[Image:08694_Great_Central_Railway.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Shunter]]
|{{convert|15|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|2
|Shunting at [[Norwich Crown Point]]
|1953-1962
|-
|[[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]]
|Train Rescue<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]] Special events.
|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 Liverpool Street - 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
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[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 - Lowestoft]],<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
|[[Breckland Line|Cambridge - Norwich]],<br>[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth ,<br> 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 - Chingford,<br> London - Cheshunt]]<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|London - Southminster]]
|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>[[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
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<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>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.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]]<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]]
|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 Liverpool Street - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
|-
|[[Image:Mk3DVT-82208 at Liverpool Street.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London Liverpool Street - Norwich]]
|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|NXEA]] for the changeover 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]]
</gallery>

==See Also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]

==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 logo.png
| nameforarea = region
| regions = [[East of England]]
| secregions = [[Greater London|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''' provides local, suburban and express services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations stretching from north and east [[Greater London]] to [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Suffolk]] and [[Norfolk]] in the [[East of England]] ([[East Anglia]]). It is [[Train operating company|railway company]] that succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia Franchise]] on 5 Feb 2012.<ref name="awarded">[http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/story/dft-news-20111020/ Greater Anglia rail franchise] Department for Transport</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia Website]</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]] subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 /> It

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Limited as the winning bidder on 20 October 2011, beating off competition from the other two shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Limited (from the [[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Limited (from the [[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 at 02:00 and will last for 29 months (until September 2014).<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will operate during the [[2012 Olympics]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

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

==Planned improvements==
A number of improvements are planned during the franchise period.<ref name="awarded"/>
* Better station & ticket facilities and improved passenger information
* Text messaging service to keep passengers informed if disruptions occur
* New information desks at major stations
* Extending [[Oyster card|Oyster]] Pay As You Go between [[Liverpool Street railway station|Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] / [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]]
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities.
* 600 car park spaces
* More cycle storage facilities
* Deep cleaning of stations and trains.
* Bus service between Audley End and Saffron Walden
* New ticket gates at: Billericay, Brentwood and Chadwell Heath before the Olympics.









==Services==
Greater Anglia will continue operating [[National Express East Anglia]]'s old services. Off-peak weekday services are shown below:

{| 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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Romford}} to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}} (Hourly), {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Ipswich}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}} to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Saxmundham}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Reedham || 2 trains per day || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Slow || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to {{Stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} || 2 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint 1/3 of their 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 1/3 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|NXEA]] towards the end of their franchise. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 | title=Questions and answers | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>.

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia will continue operating a Stansted Express sub-brand [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] service between [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/21 | title=15th December Newsletter | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>

== Planned rolling stock ==
The company will operate 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. Greater Anglia is not have any plans to introduce new trains due to the short nature 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 08|Class 08]]
|[[Image:08694_Great_Central_Railway.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Shunter]]
|{{convert|15|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|2
|Shunting at [[Norwich Crown Point]]
|1953-1962
|-
|[[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]]
|Train Rescue<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]] Special events.
|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 Liverpool Street - 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
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[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 - Lowestoft]],<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
|[[Breckland Line|Cambridge - Norwich]],<br>[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth ,<br> 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 - Chingford,<br> London - Cheshunt]]<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|London - Southminster]]
|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>[[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
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<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>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.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]]<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]]
|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 Liverpool Street - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
|-
|[[Image:Mk3DVT-82208 at Liverpool Street.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London Liverpool Street - Norwich]]
|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|NXEA]] for the changeover 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]]
</gallery>

==See Also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]

==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 logo.png
| nameforarea = region
| regions = [[East of England]]
| secregions = [[Greater London|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 the railway company that succeeded [[National Express East Anglia]] as the operator of the [[Greater Anglia Rail Franchise|Greater Anglia Franchise]] on 5 Feb 2012.<ref name="awarded">[http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/story/dft-news-20111020/ Greater Anglia rail franchise] Department for Transport</ref><ref name="Website">[http://www.greateranglia.co.uk Greater Anglia Website]</ref> Its parent company is [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]] subsidiary [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]].<ref name=rgi20111020 /> It provides local, suburban and express services from [[Liverpool Street station]] in the [[City of London]] to destinations stretching from north and east [[Greater London]] to [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Suffolk]] and [[Norfolk]] in the [[East of England]] ([[East Anglia]]).

==Franchise==
The government announced Abellio Greater Anglia Limited as the winning bidder on 20 October 2011, beating off competition from the other two shortlisted companies, Eastern Railway Limited (from the [[Go-Ahead Group]]) and Stagecoach Anglia Trains Limited (from the [[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 at 02:00 and will last for 29 months (until September 2014).<ref name="awarded" /> While short, the franchise will operate during the [[2012 Olympics]].<ref name=rgi20111020 />

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

==Planned improvements==
A number of improvements are planned during the franchise period.<ref name="awarded"/>
* Better station & ticket facilities and improved passenger information
* Text messaging service to keep passengers informed if disruptions occur
* New information desks at major stations
* Extending [[Oyster card|Oyster]] Pay As You Go between [[Liverpool Street railway station|Liverpool Street]] and [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] / [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]]
* Mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities.
* 600 car park spaces
* More cycle storage facilities
* Deep cleaning of stations and trains.
* Bus service between Audley End and Saffron Walden
* New ticket gates at: Billericay, Brentwood and Chadwell Heath before the Olympics.









==Services==
Greater Anglia will continue operating [[National Express East Anglia]]'s old services. Off-peak weekday services are shown below:

{| 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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Romford}} to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Emerson Park}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Southend Victoria}} || 3 trains per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}} (Hourly), {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Billericay}}, {{stnlnk|Wickford}}, {{stnlnk|Rayleigh}}, {{stnlnk|Hockley}}, {{stnlnk|Rochford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}, {{stnlnk|Prittlewell}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Fast || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Norwich}} Semi-fast|| 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Diss}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Ipswich}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Hatfield Peverel}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Manningtree}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Wivenhoe}}, {{stnlnk|Thorpe-le-Soken}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Colchester Town}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Romford}}, {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|Kelvedon}}, {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Braintree}} || 1 train per hour || [[Stratford station|Stratford]], {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}, {{stnlnk|Ingatestone}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Witham}}, {{stnlnk|White Notley}}, {{stnlnk|Cressing}}, {{stnlnk|Braintree Freeport}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Marks Tey}} to {{Stnlnk|Sudbury}} || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Chappel & Wakes Colne}}, {{stnlnk|Bures}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Beccles}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad South}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Saxmundham}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Westerfield}}, {{stnlnk|Woodbridge}}, {{stnlnk|Melton}}, {{stnlnk|Wickham Market}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Dullingham}} (two hourly)
|-
| {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} to {{Stnlnk|Peterborough}} || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Stowmarket}}, {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}}, {{stnlnk|Ely}}, {{stnlnk|March}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesea}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Fast || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Lowestoft}} Slow || 1 train per 2 hours || {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham}}, {{stnlnk|Haddiscoe}}, {{stnlnk|Somerleyton}}, {{stnlnk|Oulton Broad North}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Acle || 1 train per hour || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Lingwood}}, {{stnlnk|Acle}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|Norwich}} to {{Stnlnk|Great Yarmouth}} via Reedham || 2 trains per day || {{stnlnk|Brundall Gardens}}, {{stnlnk|Brundall}}, {{stnlnk|Cantley}}, {{stnlnk|Reedham}}, {{stnlnk|Berney Arms}} (on request)
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Enfield Town}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cheshunt}} via Seven Sisters || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|Bethnal Green}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge Heath}}, {{stnlnk|London Fields}}, {{stnlnk|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|Southbury}}, {{stnlnk|Turkey Street}}, {{stnlnk|Theobalds Grove}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Hertford East}} || 2 trains per hour || {{stnlnk|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}}, {{stnlnk|Ware}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Semi-fast || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} Slow || 1 train per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}}, {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}, {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}}, {{stnlnk|Elsenham}}, [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]], {{stnlnk|Audley End}}, {{stnlnk|Great Chesterford}}, {{stnlnk|Whittlesford Parkway}}, {{stnlnk|Shelford}}
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] to {{Stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} || 2 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], {{stnlnk|Northumberland Park}}, {{stnlnk|Enfield Lock}}, {{stnlnk|Waltham Cross}}, {{stnlnk|Cheshunt}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}}, {{stnlnk|Roydon}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Mill}} (hourly), {{stnlnk|Sawbridgeworth}}, {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:White; color:Black" | '''Stansted Express'''
|-
| '''Route''' || '''Frequency''' || '''Calling at'''
|-
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} || 4 trains per hour || [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]] (pick up only), {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} (2 trains per hour), {{stnlnk|Stansted Mountfitchet}} (hourly)
|}

==Livery==
Greater Anglia will paint 1/3 of their 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 1/3 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|NXEA]] towards the end of their franchise. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/25 | title=Questions and answers | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>.

== Stansted Express==
[[Image:Abellio Stansted Express logo.png|thumb|right|300px|Abellio's Stansted Express logo]]{{Main|Stansted Express}}
Greater Anglia will continue operating a Stansted Express sub-brand [[Airport rail link|airport rail link]] service between [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]] and [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/files/download/21 | title=15th December Newsletter | accessdate=January 07, 2012}}</ref>

== Planned rolling stock ==
The company will operate 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. Greater Anglia is not have any plans to introduce new trains due to the short nature 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 08|Class 08]]
|[[Image:08694_Great_Central_Railway.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Shunter]]
|{{convert|15|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|2
|Shunting at [[Norwich Crown Point]]
|1953-1962
|-
|[[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]]
|Train Rescue<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]] Special events.
|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 Liverpool Street - 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
|[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[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 - Lowestoft]],<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
|[[Breckland Line|Cambridge - Norwich]],<br>[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich - Cambridge]],<br>[[Ely to Peterborough Line|Ipswich - Peterborough]],<br>[[East Suffolk Line|Ipswich - Lowestoft]],<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth ,<br> 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 - Chingford,<br> London - Cheshunt]]<br>[[Crouch Valley Line|London - Southminster]]
|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>[[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
|[[West Anglia Main Line|London - Cambridge]],<br>[[Hertford East Branch Line|London - Hertford East]],<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>[[West Anglia Main Line|Stratford - Bishop Stortford]]
|1981–1982
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
|[[File:321327 at Harwich Intl.JPG.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]]<br>[[Mayflower Line|Manningtree - Harwich]]
|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 Liverpool Street - Norwich]]<br>[[Wherry Lines|Norwich - Great Yarmouth<br>(Summer Only),<br>Norwich - Lowestoft<br>(Summer Only)]]
|1975–1988
|-
|[[Image:Mk3DVT-82208 at Liverpool Street.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|N/A
|[[Driving Van Trailer]]
|{{convert|110|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=center|15
|[[Great Eastern Main Line|London Liverpool Street - Norwich]]
|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|NXEA]] for the changeover 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]]
</gallery>

==See Also==
* [[National Express East Anglia]]
* [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]

==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 London station
| name = Liverpool Street |symbol=underground|symbol2=rail
| alt_name = London Liverpool Street
| manager = [[Network Rail]]
| owner =
| locale = [[Bishopsgate]] / Liverpool Street
| borough = [[City of London]]
| platforms = 18
| access = yes
| access_note = <ref>{{Citation step free south east rail}}</ref>
| fare_zone = 1
| railcode = LST
| tubecode =
| image_name = Liverpool Street station, London, England-26Feb2011.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption = Main station concourse
| latitude = 51.5186
| longitude = -0.0813
| map_type = Central London
| years1 = {{start-date|1874}}
| events1 = Opened
| railexits0405 = {{increase}} 50.469
| railexits0506 = {{decrease}} 47.271
| railexits0607 = {{increase}} 55.266
| railexits0708 = {{increase}} 57.790
| railexits0809 = {{decrease}} 56.198
| railexits0910 = {{decrease}} 51.596
| interchange = [[Bank-Monument station|Bank LU]], [[Fenchurch Street railway station|Fenchurch Street]]
| interchange_note = <ref>{{Citation London station interchange May 2011}}</ref>
}}
'''Liverpool Street railway station''', also known as '''London Liverpool Street''' or simply '''Liverpool Street''',<ref name=network_rail>{{cite web | url =http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/765.aspx | title=Stations Run by Network Rail | year= | author= | publisher =[[Network Rail]] | accessdate=23 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=national_rail>{{cite web | url =http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/codes/ | title=Station Codes | year= | author= | publisher =[[National Rail]] | accessdate=23 August 2009}}</ref> is a [[London station group|central London railway terminus]] and a connected [[London Underground]] station in the north-eastern corner of the [[City of London]]. Opened in 1874, it is the terminus of two main lines: the busier [[Great Eastern Main Line]] (GEML) to [[Norwich]], and the [[West Anglia Main Line]] to [[Cambridge]]. There are also many local commuter services to parts of east London and [[Essex]]. In addition, it is the terminus of the [[Stansted Express]], a fast link to [[London Stansted Airport]].

It is one of the busiest stations in the United Kingdom, the third busiest in London after [[London Waterloo station|Waterloo]] and [[London Victoria station|Victoria]], with 123 million visitors each year. Liverpool Street is one of eighteen stations directly managed by [[Network Rail]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec11/Commercial_Information.pdf |title=Commercial information |month=December |year=2011 |work=Complete National Rail Timetable |publisher=Network Rail |location=London |page=41 |accessdate=9 January 2012 }}</ref> The station has exits to [[Bishopsgate]], Liverpool Street and the [[Broadgate]] development. The station connects the [[Central line]], [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle line]], [[Metropolitan line]], and [[Hammersmith & City line]] on the London Underground network. It is in [[List of stations in London fare zone 1|Travelcard zone 1]].

== History ==
[[File:Liverpool Street Station 1896.jpg|thumb|left|Liverpool Street station in 1896]]
Liverpool Street station was opened on 2 February 1874 by [[Great Eastern Railway]] on the site of the original [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] (the world's oldest psychiatric hospital which was also widely known as 'Bedlam'). The station was fully operational from 1 November 1875; from this date the original terminal at [[Bishopsgate railway station|Bishopsgate]] closed to passengers. Bishopsgate reopened as a goods station in 1881 but was burnt down on 5 December 1964. The [[London Fire Brigade]] mobilised 40 fire engines, 12 turntable ladders and over 200 firefighters to the incident but were unable to save the depot from destruction; two customs officials were killed in the spectacular blaze. The site remained derelict for over 30 years but has now been redeveloped as [[Shoreditch High Street railway station]], part of the extension of London Underground's [[East London Line]] to form part of the [[London Overground]] network.

The new station was designed by Eastern's chief engineer, [[Edward Wilson (engineer)|Edward Wilson]], and was built by [[Mowlem|John Mowlem & Co.]] on a site which had been occupied by Bethlem Royal Hospital from the 13th century to the 17th century. A [[City of London Corporation]] plaque commemorating the station's construction hangs on the wall of the adjoining former Great Eastern Hotel, which was designed by [[Charles Barry, Jr.]] (son of [[Charles Barry|Sir Charles Barry]]) and his brother [[Edward Middleton Barry]], and also built by Mowlem. The station was named after the street on which it stands, which in turn was named in honour of [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|Lord Liverpool]], prime minister from 1812 to 1827, having been built as part of an extension of the City towards the end of his term in office.

The construction of the station was driven by the desire of the company to have a terminal closer to the City than the one opened by the predecessor [[Eastern Counties Railway]] at [[Shoreditch]], on 1 July 1840. This station was renamed "Bishopsgate" in 1846. The construction proved extremely expensive due to the cost of acquiring property and many people were displaced due to the large scale demolitions. The desire to link the Eastern lines to those of the sub-surface [[Metropolitan Railway]], a link seldom used and soon abandoned, also meant that the GER's lines had to drop down to below ground level from the existing viaducts east of Bishopsgate. This means that there are considerable gradients leading out of the station. [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Salisbury]], who was chairman of Great Eastern in 1870, described the Liverpool Street extension as "one of the greatest mistakes ever committed in connection with a railway."

Liverpool Street is one of the four railway stations on the [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]] board, first introduced in the early 20th century.

[[File:Liverpool Street 2 Station2025984.jpg|thumb|left|Entrance to Liverpool Street in 1955.]]
The station was the first place in London to be hit by German [[Gotha G.V]] bomber aircraft during [[World War I]]. The May 1917 bombing, when the station took a direct hit from 1,000 pounds of bombs, killed 162 people. In 1922, those employees of GER who died during the War were honoured on a large marble memorial on Liverpool Street's concourse, unveiled by [[Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet|Sir Henry Wilson]]. On his return home from the ceremony, Wilson was assassinated by two [[Irish Republican Army]] [[Volunteer (Irish republican)|volunteer]]s.

[[File:LiverpoolStreetStation(ChristineMatthews)May2003.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Split-flap display|'flapper' display]] board, which was modernised in 2007.]]
[[File:Liverpool Street Station 2054557 851ab4a1.jpg|thumb|left|Liverpool Street station, 1958.]]
Many Jewish refugee children arrived at Liverpool Street in the late 1930s, as part of the [[Kindertransport]]. In September 2003 the sculpture Für Das Kind Kindertransport Memorial by artist Flor Kent, who conceived the project, was installed in the station. It consisted of a specialised glass case with original objects and a bronze sculpture of a girl, a direct descendant of a child rescued by Sir [[Nicholas Winton]], who unveiled the work.<ref>Ruth Rothenberg, [http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=18059&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=kindertransport%20memorial&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=1&srchsandp=1&scsrch=0], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', London, 19 September 2003, accessed 18 September 2003</ref> The objects included in the sculpture began to suffer deterioration due to weather, and in 2006 a replacement bronze memorial by Frank Meisler, depicting a group of children and a railway track, was installed.<ref>Frank Meisler, [http://www.frank-meisler.com/CitySculpture.html], personal website, accessed 23rd May 2011</ref>

By the 1970s the station had become dark, dilapidated and dank, whilst evocative of another age. The station was extensively modified between 1985 and 1992, including bringing all the platforms in the main shed up to the same end point and constructing a new underground booking office, but its façade, Victorian cast-iron pillars, and the memorial for [[Great Eastern Railway]] employees who died in [[World War I]] were retained. The redevelopment coincided with the closure and demolition of neighbouring [[Broad Street railway station (London)|Broad Street station]] and the construction of the [[Broadgate]] development in its place. Liverpool Street was officially re-opened by [[Elizabeth II|H.M. Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1991. At this time the giant timetable board, which is suspended above the station concourse, was installed at great expense. However due to technical difficulties there was a long delay after the official opening before it became operational. It was one of the last remaining mechanical [[split-flap display|'flapper' display]] boards at a British railway station and certainly the largest, but was removed from service in September 2007 and replaced by electronic boards. The 'new' station roof has been built largely in the style of the Western part of the station which survived the war. The original roofing was painted brown at this time, with smoked plexiglass, while the new roofing was painted blue with clear glass so that people could differentiate between new and old. All the platforms now end in a uniform line, and can accommodate 12-carriage trains (except for platforms 16 to 18, which can only accommodate eight carriages).

The station was twinned with [[Amsterdam Centraal railway station]] in 1993, with a plaque marking this close to the main entrance to the Underground station.

==National Rail destinations==
Liverpool Street serves destinations in the [[East of England]] including [[London Stansted Airport|Stansted airport]], [[Cambridge]], [[Lowestoft]], [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norwich]], [[Ipswich]], [[Clacton-on-Sea]], [[Chelmsford]], [[Colchester]], [[Braintree, Essex|Braintree]], [[London Southend Airport|Southend airport]], [[Southend-on-Sea]] and the port of [[Harwich]], as well as many suburban stations in north-eastern London, [[Essex]] and [[Hertfordshire]]. It is one of the busiest commuter stations in London. A daily express train to Harwich connects with the ferry from Harwich to [[Hoek van Holland]], forming the [[Dutchflyer]] service.

Almost all passenger services from Liverpool Street are currently operated by [[Greater Anglia]]. It operates local and suburban services on the Great Eastern and West Anglia lines and express services to Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea, Ipswich and Norwich.

There are two weekday evening shuttle services to [[Barking]], calling only at [[Stratford station|Stratford]], which are operated by [[c2c]].<ref>c2c – ''[http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/templates/Page.aspx?id=825 Changes to late evening and Liverpool Street services]''</ref> All other c2c services depart from [[Fenchurch Street railway station|Fenchurch Street]], although Liverpool Street is also used by c2c during engineering work.

== Underground station ==
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| borough = [[City of London]]
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| years2 = 12 July 1875
| years3 = 1 November 1909
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| years5 = 4 December 1946
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| events1 = Open (using mainline)
| events2 = Opened (Bishopsgate)
| events3 = Renamed (Liverpool Street)
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'''Liverpool Street''' is the fifth busiest station on the [[London Underground]] network with four lines passing through: three sub-surface and one deep-level. The station is served by the [[Central line|Central]], [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]], [[Hammersmith & City Line|Hammersmith & City]] and [[Metropolitan line]]s.

The station has sub-surface [[railway platform|platform]]s (opened by the Metropolitan Railway as "Bishopsgate" on 12 July 1875) on the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines. The Metropolitan had served mainline platforms of the GER station from 1 February 1875, but this through-link had only a short life. The station was renamed Liverpool Street from 1 November 1909. A disused west-facing bay platform once used by terminating Metropolitan and occasional [[District line]] trains running via {{LUL stations|station=Edgware Road}} is still visible.

The deep-level Central line platforms opened on 28 July 1912, as the new eastern terminus of the [[Central London Railway]]. The line was extended eastwards, as part of the Second World War-delayed London Passenger Transport Board's "[[New Works Programme]] 1935–1940", on 4 December 1946.

Only the eastbound/clockwise (Aldgate/Barking) platform of the Circle line is wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair users wishing to travel in the Hammersmith/Uxbridge direction must take a train that terminates at Aldgate or Whitechapel and stay on it as it starts its westbound journey; when coming from Aldgate/Barking, they must continue to King's Cross St. Pancras to change direction. Some stations on the eastern section of the Central line are wheelchair accessible from here by changing at Mile End.

==Proposed developments==
===Crossrail===
From 2018, Liverpool Street will be served by new underground [[Crossrail]] platforms for services running westwards to {{Stnlnk|Paddington}}, {{Stnlnk|Heathrow}} and {{Stnlnk|Maidenhead}} via the City and the [[West End of London|West End]]. {{Stnlnk|Abbey Wood}} will be served by trains running to the east.

A new ticket hall with [[Accessibility|step-free access]] will be built next to the [[Broadgate]] development with a pedestrian link via the new low-level platforms to the ticket hall of {{Stnlnk|Moorgate}} providing direct access to the [[Northern line]], the [[Northern City Line]] and other the sub-surface lines from Liverpool Street.

The current six trains per hour that run a stopping service between Liverpool Street and {{Stnlnk|Shenfield}} will be doubled and diverted into a tunnel between Liverpool Street and Stratford via {{Tubelnk|Whitechapel}}. .

A temporary shaft will be built in [[Finsbury Circus]] to allow for construction of the platforms which will be removed once the station is complete.

==Mainline services==
The following off-peak weekday services currently call at London Liverpool Street:
{| class="wikitable vatop"
|-
! Operator
! Route
! Material
! Frequency
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] - [[Manningtree railway station|Manningtree]] - [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]] - [[Diss railway station|Diss]] - [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]
| [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] + [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Coaching Stock]]
| 1x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] - [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] - [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] - [[Manningtree railway station|Manningtree]] - [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]] - [[Stowmarket railway station|Stowmarket]] - [[Diss railway station|Diss]] - [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]
| [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] + [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3 Coaching Stock]]
| 1x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] - [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] - [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] - [[Hatfield Peverel railway station|Hatfield Peverel]] - [[Witham railway station|Witham]] - [[Kelvedon railway station|Kelvedon]] - [[Marks Tey railway station|Marks Tey]] - [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] - [[Manningtree railway station|Manningtree]] - [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]]
| [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]], [[British Rail Class 360|Class 360]]
| 1x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] - [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] - [[Ingatestone railway station|Ingatestone]] - [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] - [[Witham railway station|Witham]] - [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] - [[Wivenhoe railway station|Wivenhoe]] - [[Thorpe-le-Soken railway station|Thorpe-le-Soken]] - [[Clacton-on-Sea railway station|Clacton-on-Sea]]
| [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]], [[British Rail Class 360|Class 360]]
| 1x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] - [[Romford railway station|Romford]] - [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] - [[Ingatestone railway station|Ingatestone]] - [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] - [[Witham railway station|Witham]] - [[Kelvedon railway station|Kelvedon]] - [[Marks Tey railway station|Marks Tey]] - [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] - [[Colchester Town railway station|Colchester Town]]
| [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]], [[British Rail Class 360|Class 360]]
| 1x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] - [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] - [[Ingatestone railway station|Ingatestone]] - [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] - [[Witham railway station|Witham]] - [[White Notley railway station|White Notley]] - [[Cressing railway station|Cressing]] - [[Braintree Freeport railway station|Braintree Freeport]] - [[Braintree railway station|Braintree]]
| [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
| 1x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] - [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] - [[Billericay railway station|Billericay]] - [[Wickford railway station|Wickford]] - [[Rayleigh railway station|Rayleigh]] - [[Hockley railway station, Essex|Hockley]] - [[Rochford railway station|Rochford]] - [[Southend Airport railway station|Southend Airport]] - [[Prittlewell railway station|Prittlewell]] - [[Southend Victoria railway station|Southend Victoria]]
| [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
| 2x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] - [[Romford railway station|Romford]] - [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] - [[Billericay railway station|Billericay]] - [[Wickford railway station|Wickford]] - [[Rayleigh railway station|Rayleigh]] - [[Hockley railway station, Essex|Hockley]] - [[Rochford railway station|Rochford]] - [[Southend Airport railway station|Southend Airport]] - [[Prittlewell railway station|Prittlewell]] - [[Southend Victoria railway station|Southend Victoria]]
| [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321]]
| 1x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] - [[Maryland railway station|Maryland]] - [[Forest Gate railway station|Forest Gate]] - [[Manor Park railway station|Manor Park]] - [[Ilford railway station|Ilford]] - [[Seven Kings railway station|Seven Kings]] - [[Goodmayes railway station|Goodmayes]] - [[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] - [[Romford railway station|Romford]] - [[Gidea Park railway station|Gidea Park]] - [[Harold Wood railway station|Harold Wood]] - [[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]] - [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]]
| [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
| 6x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]] ''[[Stansted Express]]''
| London Liverpool Street - [[Tottenham Hale railway station|Tottenham Hale]] - [[Bishops Stortford railway station|Bishops Stortford]] - [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]]
| [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]], [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]]
| 2x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]] ''[[Stansted Express]]''
| London Liverpool Street - [[Tottenham Hale railway station|Tottenham Hale]] - [[Harlow Town railway station|Harlow Town]] - [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]]
| [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]], [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]]
| 2x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Tottenham Hale railway station|Tottenham Hale]] - [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]] - [[Broxbourne railway station|Broxbourne]] - [[Harlow Town railway station|Harlow Town]] - [[Sawbridgeworth railway station|Sawbridgeworth]] - [[Bishops Stortford railway station|Bishops Stortford]] - [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] - [[Whittlesford Parkway railway station|Whittlesford Parkway]] - [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]]
| [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]], [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]]
| 1x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Tottenham Hale railway station|Tottenham Hale]] - [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]] - [[Broxbourne railway station|Broxbourne]] - [[Roydon railway station|Roydon]] - [[Harlow Town railway station|Harlow Town]] - [[Harlow Mill railway station|Harlow Mill]] - [[Sawbridgeworth railway station|Sawbridgeworth]] - [[Bishops Stortford railway station|Bishops Stortford]] - [[Stansted Mountfitchet railway station|Stansted Mountfitchet]] - [[Elsenham railway station|Elsenham]] - [[Newport (Essex) railway station|Newport]] - [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] - [[Great Chesterford railway station|Great Chesterford]] - [[Whittlesford Parkway railway station|Whittlesford Parkway]] - [[Shelford railway station|Shelford]] - [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]]
| [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]], [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]]
| 1x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] - [[Tottenham Hale railway station|Tottenham Hale]] - [[Ponders End railway station|Ponders End]] - [[Brimsdown railway station|Brimsdown]] - [[Enfield Lock railway station|Enfield Lock]] - [[Waltham Cross railway station|Waltham Cross]] - [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]] - [[Broxbourne railway station|Broxbourne]] - [[Rye House railway station|Rye House]] - [[St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station|St Margarets]] - [[Ware railway station|Ware]] - [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]]
| [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]], [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]]
| 2x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Bethnal Green railway station|Bethnal Green]] - [[Cambridge Heath railway station|Cambridge Heath]] - [[London Fields railway station|London Fields]] - [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] - [[Rectory Road railway station|Rectory Road]] - [[Stoke Newington railway station|Stoke Newington]] - [[Stamford Hill railway station|Stamford Hill]] - [[Seven Sisters railway station|Seven Sisters]] - [[Bruce Grove railway station|Bruce Grove]] - [[White Hart Lane railway station|White Hart Lane]] - [[Silver Street railway station|Silver Street]] - [[Edmonton Green railway station|Edmonton Green]] - [[Southbury railway station|Southbury]] - [[Turkey Street railway station|Turkey Street]] - [[Theobalds Grove railway station|Theobald Grove]] - [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]]
| [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
| 2x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Bethnal Green railway station|Bethnal Green]] - [[Cambridge Heath railway station|Cambridge Heath]] - [[London Fields railway station|London Fields]] - [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] - [[Rectory Road railway station|Rectory Road]] - [[Stoke Newington railway station|Stoke Newington]] - [[Stamford Hill railway station|Stamford Hill]] - [[Seven Sisters railway station|Seven Sisters]] - [[Bruce Grove railway station|Bruce Grove]] - [[White Hart Lane railway station|White Hart Lane]] - [[Silver Street railway station|Silver Street]] - [[Edmonton Green railway station|Edmonton Green]] - [[Bush Hill Park railway station|Bush Hill Park]] - [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield Town]]
| [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
| 2x per hour
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| London Liverpool Street - [[Bethnal Green railway station|Bethnal Green]] - [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] - [[Clapton railway station|Clapton]] - [[St James Street railway station|St James Street]] - [[Walthamstow Central railway station|Walthamstow Central]] - [[Wood Street railway station|Wood Street]] - [[Highams Park railway station|Highams Park]] - [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]]
| [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]], [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]]
| 4x per hour
|}

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===Present service levels===
The present Monday to Friday off-peak service sees 30 trains per hour departing and arriving.

=====Great Eastern Main Line Route=====
*1 train per hour to '''Braintree''', calling at Stratford, Shenfield, Ingatestone, Chelmsford, Witham and all stations to Braintree.

*2 trains per hour to '''Norwich''', of which:
**1 calls at Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, Diss and Norwich.
**1 calls at Stratford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, Stowmarket, Diss and Norwich.

*6 trains per hour to '''Shenfield''', calling at all stations.

*3 trains to '''Southend Victoria''', of which:
**2 call at Stratford, Shenfield and all stations to Southend Victoria.
**1 calls at Stratford, Romford, Shenfield and all stations to Southend Victoria.

*1 train per hour to '''Colchester Town''', calling at Stratford, Romford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester and Colchester Town.

*1 train per hour to '''Clacton-on-Sea''', calling at Stratford, Shenfield, Ingatestone, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, Wivenhoe, Thorpe-le-Soken and Clacton-on-Sea.

=====West Anglia Main Line Route=====

*4 trains per hour to '''Chingford''', calling at all stations except Cambridge Heath and London Fields.

*2 train per hour to '''Enfield Town''' calling at all stations via Seven Sisters and Edmonton

*4 trains per hour to '''Stansted Airport''', of which:
**2 call at Tottenham Hale, Bishops Stortford and Stansted Airport.
**2 call at Tottenham Hale, Harlow Town and Stansted Airport.

*2 trains per hour to '''Hertford East''', calling at Hackney Downs, Tottenham Hale then all stations to Hertford East.

*2 trains per hour to '''Cheshunt''', calling at all stations via Seven Sisters and Turkey Street

*2 trains per hour to '''Cambridge''', of which:
**1 calls at Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow Town, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford, Audley End, Whittlesford Parkway and Cambridge.
**1 calls at Tottenham Hale, Cheshunt and then all stations to Cambridge.

==Local buses==
The station is served by bus routes 8, 11, 23, 26, 35, 42, 47, 48, 78, 100, 133, 135, 149, 153, 205, 214, 242, 271, 344, and 388, and night routes N8, N11, N26, N35 and N133.

==Notable events==
*In April 1993, a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] [[1993 Bishopsgate bombing|truck bomb in Bishopsgate]], 200 m away, caused some damage to the station.
* On 17 April 1997, director Roman Coppola filmed a music video for the British band [[Mansun]]'s single ''Tax Loss'' using hidden cameras to capture members of the video production crew (the band did not appear in the video) throwing £25,000 in £5 notes (each with a white sticker with the word "Taxlo$$" in red) from the upper concourse onto commuters below. All this information is imparted in the finished music video which includes all the preparation for the stunt from the withdrawal of the cash through to the news reports after the event. The ensuing chaos as the crowd scrambled for the cash was intended to highlight human greed.
* In 2000, London Underground staff reported a passenger standing on the Central line eastbound platform at 2 am on CCTV despite the station being closed. After thoroughly examining the area the passenger was nowhere to been seen.<ref>http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/column.php?id=135129</ref><ref>http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/greater-london/hauntings/liverpool-street-underground-railway-station.html</ref>
* During the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]], a bomb was exploded on a [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle line]] train killing seven people as the train left Liverpool Street towards {{LUL stations|station=Aldgate}}.

==In fiction==
{{refimprove section|date=December 2011}}
;Novels
* [[Andy McNab]]'s novel ''[[Dark Winter (novel)|Dark Winter]]'' makes the station the target of a similar attack.
* In the 1988 children's book ''[[Groosham Grange]]'' the main character is sent there from London Liverpool Street.
* In [[Anthony Horowitz]]'s ''[[Alex Rider]]'' series, the headquarters of [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] is near Liverpool Street station.
* In [[W.G. Sebald]]'s novel ''[[Austerlitz (novel)|Austerlitz]]'' Liverpool Street is mentioned in connection with The Great Eastern Hotel.

;Film
* In 2009, the cast of ''[[St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold]]'' and hundreds of extras were filmed during a ''[[flash mob]]'' type scene where the girls danced in the middle of the railway station.
* In the film ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] [[safe house]] features above the Old Broad Street entrance to Liverpool Street tube station is features. The lead character played by [[Tom Cruise]] leaves the safe house and enters the main line concourse to use a [[payphone]] situated under the double staircase (since removed, with [[cash machine]]s now at the spot).
* In the film ''[[Stormbreaker (film)|Stormbreaker]]'', the lead character runs through the station to find a photo booth whereupon he is then transported to [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]].

;Television
*In 2011, an episode of [[BBC]] drama [[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]] included a scene in which a man was attempting to evade both the police and a criminal via the London Underground, eventually losing them by getting off at Liverpool Street.
*''London Under Attack'', first shown by the [[BBC One]] ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' programme in May 2004 included a fictional [[docudrama|docu-drama]] portrayals of how a terrorist organisation might seek to attack London used Liverpool Street station as the specific target.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3686201.stm | work=BBC News Online | title=London under attack | date=6 May 2004 | accessdate=27 March 2010 | location = London}}</ref> In the programme had a lorry containing [[chlorine]] gas explode at the junction of [[A10 road (Great Britain)|Shoreditch High Street]] and [[Commercial Street (London)|Commercial Street]], just north of Liverpool Street station. The gas cloud hung over the station, and killed 3,000 people. The British government denounced the programme as "irresponsible and alarmist".<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Terror programme 'irresponsible'
| work = BBC News Online | location = London
| date = 15 May 2004
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3716785.stm
| accessdate = 16 June 2007
| quote = 'We are disappointed to learn that the BBC appears to have adopted an irresponsible and alarmist approach over what is understandably an emotive and frightening subject for the public,' a Home Office spokesman told BBC News Online. He said the programme depicted a situation that was 'simply not realistic'.}}</ref> The BBC said that Liverpool Street was used because of its position on the border between the [[City of London]] and the [[East End of London]].
*The drama ''[[Dirty War (film)|Dirty War]]'', also produced by the BBC and first shown in October 2004 features a suicide terrorists detonate a "[[dirty bomb]]" just outside the Underground station, killing 200 people and rendering the area uninhabitable for 30 years. Since the programme aired, the spot at which the fictional bomb-carrying vehicle parked has become pedestrianised.
* On 15 January 2009, at 11am, around 350 people took part in a staged three minute guerrilla-style dance for the new [[T-Mobile]] advert.

==Gallery==
<gallery perrow="5">
File:Liverpool Street station entrance Bishopsgate.JPG|Bishopsgate entrance to the station.
File:East Anglian War Memorial at Liverpool Street.jpg|Memorial at Liverpool Street to the men of [[East Anglia]] who died in [[World War I]].
File:Liverpool Street station GNER class 90 loco.jpg|The station roof, with a [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotive in the foreground.
File:Liverpoolstreetview.jpg|A view over the station from [[Exchange Square (London)|Exchange Square]].
File:Liverpool Street station exterior night.jpg|Entrance from Liverpool Street.
File:Arrival at Liverpool Street station platform 9 - geograph.org.uk - 1006362.jpg|A train arrives into Liverpool Street in January 1979.
File:London Liverpool Street Diesel Class 47-581 "Great Eastern" (3).jpg|Trains at Liverpool Street in the 1970s.
File:Liverpool Street station in 1984.jpg|Liverpool Street station in 1984.
File:Liverpool Street station Platform Extensions.jpg|Platforms at Liverpool Street station.
File:Liverpool Street Central line eastbound look west.JPG|Eastbound Central line platform.
File:Liverpool_Street_Circle_line_clock.JPG|Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City line platforms.
File:Liverpool Street Central line roundel.JPG|Roundel on a Central line platform.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite book | author = David Stevenson | year = 2004 | title = 1914-1918 The History of the First World War | publisher = Allen Lane | isbn = 0-7139-9208-5 }}
* {{cite book | author = Alan A Jackson | year = 1969 | title = London's Termini | publisher = David & Charles | isbn = 0-330-02747-6}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Liverpool Street station}}
*[http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/897.aspx Station information] on Liverpool Street station from [[Network Rail]]
*[http://webspace.webring.com/people/gl/londoneer/liverpoolstreet.html Old Liverpool Street] Tribute to the old decor.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/legin/sets/1536249/show/with/71445123/ Liverpool Street 1977] photos from 1977
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/3686201.stm BBC Panorama programme featuring Liverpool Street station]
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/03/ndirty03.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/03/ixhome.html Daily Telegraph article about the furor following the "Dirty War" documentary featuring Liverpool St.]
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1473208/Blunkett-clashes-with-BBC-chief-over-%27Dirty-War%27.html David Blunkett condemns docudrama]
*[http://lltv.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=300194 London Landscape TV episode (7 mins) about Liverpool Street station]
*[http://tubephotos.dannycox.me.uk/liverpoolstreet.html Alternative view of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line platforms]
*[http://www.crossrail.co.uk/80256B090053AF4C/Files/liverpoolstreet3d/$FILE/liverpool+street+3d_lg.jpg Cut away diagram] showing the London Underground station layout in 3d post [[Crossrail|CrossRail]].

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{{Infobox London station
| name = Upminster
| alt_name =
| manager = [[c2c]]
| owner = [[Network Rail]]
| locale = [[Upminster]]|symbol=underground|symbol2=rail
| borough = [[London Borough of Havering]]
| platforms = 7
| fare_zone = 6
| railcode = UPM
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| caption = A [[c2c]] {{brc|357}} stops with an eastbound service.
| latitude = 51.559
| longitude = 0.2511
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| years1 = 1885
| years2 = 1902
| years3 = 1905
| years4 = 1932
| years5 =
| events1 = Opened by [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway|LT&SR]]
| events2 = [[District Line]] started
| events3 = District Line withdrawn
| events4 = District Line restarted
| events5 =
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| railexits0304 =
| railexits0405 = 3.438
| railexits0506 = 3.331
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| railexits0708 = {{increase}} 2.617
| railexits0809 = {{decrease}} 2.555
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'''Upminster station''' is a [[London Underground]] and [[National Rail]] station located in [[Upminster]] in the [[London Borough of Havering]] and in [[List of stations in London fare zone 6|London fare zone 6]]. Located {{convert|16|mi|km}} east-northeast of [[Charing Cross]], it is the easternmost station on the London Underground network and the eastern terminus of the [[District line]] service. The station is owned by [[Network Rail]] and is managed by the [[c2c]] train operating company; who provide train services on the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway|London–Tilbury–Southend]] route from Fenchurch Street, {{convert|15|mi|km}} up the line. It is also the eastern terminus of a shuttle service to Romford operated by [[Greater Anglia]]. The station opened to the public on Friday 1 May 1885. The station has seven platforms and two entrances; one constructed in the Victorian era and another built by the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] in 1932, that has been extensively modernised.

==History==
The [[London Tilbury and Southend Railway]] connected London with Tilbury in 1854 and with [[Southend-on-Sea|Southend]] in 1856. The route to Southend was not direct, taking a considerable diversion in order to serve the port at [[Tilbury]]. Between 1885 and 1888 a new direct route from [[Barking station|Barking]] to [[Pitsea]] was constructed, with the station at Upminster opening in 1885. The [[Whitechapel and Bow Railway]] opened in 1902 and allowed through services of the [[Metropolitan District Railway]] to operate over the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway tracks to Upminster, which became the eastern terminus.<ref name="rose">{{cite book | author=Douglas Rose | title=The London Underground: A diagrammatic history | year=1999 | publisher= Douglas Rose | edition=7 | isbn=1854142194}}</ref> The Metropolitan District converted to electric trains in 1905 and services were cut back to East Ham. Delayed by [[World War I]],<ref name="Barking LTSR">{{citation | publisher=Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council | url=http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/4-heritage/local-history/information-sheets/pdf/info-sheet-10.pdf | work=Local Studies Information Sheets | title= London, Tilbury and Southend Railway | year=2008 | accessdate= 12 January 2010}}</ref> [[Suburban electrification of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway#London District|electrified tracks]] were extended by the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] to Upminster and through services resumed in 1932.<ref name="rose"/><ref name="Wolmar">{{cite book |author = Christian Wolmar |title = The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever |publisher = Atlantic Books | year=2005 |isbn = 1-84354-023-1 |page = 268 }}</ref>

==Design==
The station was greatly expanded in 1932 by the LMS and the main station buildings, the two footbridges and the buildings on the remaining platforms were constructed in typical 1930s style. A further platform for services to Romford was a later addition. The main station building, which gives access to Station Road and the [[Hackney carriage|taxi rank]], has been extensively redeveloped in contemporary style and includes three units currently used as a [[WH Smith]], a cobbler/dry cleaner and a bar called 'Platform 7'. The original Victorian station structures remaining on platform 1 have been refurbished and now serve as a second ticket office, toilets and waiting room with an exit to Station Approach and the station car park. The original platforms were linked by a subway which has since been abandoned.

The station is the location of a London Underground signal box at the eastern end of the platforms and, several hundred yards east of the station, the modern signal control centre for all c2c operations on the line.<ref>[http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/templates/NewsArticle.aspx?id=382 c2c] - ''Train name unites c2c and Network Rail''</ref>

==Services==
Platforms 1a, 1 & 2 are served by [[c2c]] services. Platforms 3, 4 & 5 are served by the [[District Line]], and platform 6 is served by [[Greater Anglia]] services. The next station westbound on the [[District Line]] is [[Upminster Bridge tube station|Upminster Bridge]].

The typical off-peak service frequency is:
*6tph (trains per hour) to [[Fenchurch Street railway station|Fenchurch Street]] (c2c)
*6tph to [[Richmond station (London)|Richmond]] via Tower Hill (London Underground District Line)
*6tph to [[Wimbledon station|Wimbledon]] via Tower Hill (London Underground District Line)
*2tph to [[Romford railway station|Romford]] via the [[Romford to Upminster Line|Upminster-Romford branch line]] (Greater Anglia)

*4tph to [[Shoeburyness railway station|Shoeburyness]] via Basildon (c2c)
*2tph to [[Southend Central railway station|Southend Central]] via Ockendon (c2c)

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==Ticket office and ticketing==
The Station has two Ticket Offices that are both operated by c2c. The main Office is located on the main road, and the second Office is located on the side road that leads to the station car park. The station mostly uses the [[TRIBUTE]] issuing system, but in order to be able to retail the Transport for London Oyster Cards, there were still two [[APTIS]] machines in use until 23 March 2007, which were the last remaining APTIS machines to be in service anywhere on the [[National Rail]] network. c2c is in the process of testing a new system called [[Cubic FasTIS|FasTIS]] which, like TRIBUTE, is fully computer-based but which is able to sell Oyster. The system has already been approved for use at other National Rail stations in the Travelcard zonal area where Oyster card provision is required (mostly joint National Rail/TfL locations such as [[Gunnersbury station|Gunnersbury]] and [[Willesden Junction station|Willesden Junction]]). If the trial is successful, the system will be expanded across the c2c network.

==Location==
[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 248|248]], 346, 347 and 370 serve the station.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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The '''Romford to Upminster Line''' or '''Upminster Branch Line''' is a {{convert|3.4|mi|km|2|abbr=on}} [[branch line]] between [[Romford]] and [[Upminster]] in the [[London Borough of Havering]]. The line is part of the [[Network Rail Route 7 (Great Eastern)|Network Rail Strategic Route 7]], SRS 07.09, and is classified as a rural line.<ref name=NRR7>{{cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%207%20-%20Great%20Eastern.pdf |title=Route 7 - Great Eastern |publisher=[[Network Rail]] |accessdate=2009-05-22}}</ref> The line is single track throughout, [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]] at [[25 kV AC]], has a [[Loading gauge#Great Britain|loading gauge]] of W6, and a line speed of 30&nbsp;mph.<ref name=NRR7/>

==History==
The line was originally built as a branch of the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]] (LT&SR) and opened on 7 June 1893 providing the LT&SR with an inroad into [[Great Eastern Railway]] territory at [[Romford railway station|Romford]] and a small goods yard where the branch joins the [[Great Eastern Main Line]]. At Romford the branch had a separate station entrance in a three storey building opposite the Great Eastern station entrance and a cast iron footbridge was also constructed over South Street opened when a LT&SR train was due. When in April 1934 the LT&SR building ceased use as a station and the ground floor rented as a shop the then [[LNER]] took control of the whole station.

[[Emerson Park railway station|Emerson Park Halt]] opened 1 October 1909. A run round loop was constructed 500 yards to the west to enable extra trains to run between Emerson Park and Upminster. When push-pull working began in 1934 the loop was not needed and taken out c1936.<ref>{{cite book |page=83 |title=The London Tilbury and Southend Railway Vol 2 |first=Peter |last=Kay |ISBN=1 899890 19 X |year=1997 |ref=harv }}</ref>

From 17 September 1956 [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU's]] from Stratford replaced the steam service and from 20 April 1957 a new bay (dead end) platform six opened at Upminster effectively making it part of the [[Great Eastern Railway]].

After attempts to close the line in the 1960s failed, the line continued until it was electrified and [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] services began on the 17 April 1986.<ref>{{harvnb|Kay|1997|p=80}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
The branch is known colloquially as the ''Romford Push and Pull'' as it is single-track throughout. It is [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|electrified]] at [[25 kV AC]]. Electrification of the line saw an end to years of speculation about its future. There is only one intermediate station, at [[Emerson Park railway station|Emerson Park]]. At Upminster the connection west of the station to the LT&amp;S line was severed in 1968.<ref>{{harvnb|Kay|1997|p=81}}</ref>

The branch is not signalled. There were plans to link the line from platform six at [[Upminster station|Upminster]] to the reception tracks of the underground depot. This would have allowed the transfer of [[London Underground D78 Stock]] units onto the main line to be hauled away by diesel locomotive for refurbishment by Bombardier at Ilford Depot. These plans were scrapped when the refurbishment work was transferred to Wakefield in Yorkshire and the transfer was done by road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave/html/d78_stock_programme.html |title=D78 Stock Programme |accessdate=28 June 2011 }}</ref> The point-work which was half installed is still visible from the eastern end of platform 5 of Upminster.

==Services==
The line is entirely within [[Travelcard Zone 6]]. Passenger services are currently operated by [[Greater Anglia]], who replaced the previous operator, on 5 February 2012. Trains are normally formed by a [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]].
The current service pattern on the route (as of 2006) is one train every 30 minutes on Mondays to Saturdays between approximately 06:00 and 20:00 with no service on Sundays. There is a slightly increased service during peak hours where the line runs at full capacity. The journey time from one end of the line to the other is eight minutes.

==References==
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*{{citation | title=The New Railway from Grays Thurrock to Romford: Sections between Upminster and Romford | url=http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/1-4/365 | last=Holmes | first=T. V. | year=1892 | journal=Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society | volume=48 | issue=1-4 | publisher=The Geological Society
| doi = 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1892.048.01-04.21 }}
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'''Emerson Park railway station''' is a [[National Rail]] station on Butts Green Road in the [[Emerson Park]] neighbourhood of the [[London Borough of Havering]] in northeast [[London]], England. The station is on the [[Romford to Upminster Line]] and is the only intermediate station of that line. The station was opened in 1909 by the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]] on a branch line which connected [[Romford railway station|Romford]] with [[Upminster station|Upminster]] and [[Grays railway station|Grays]]. The station is managed by [[Greater Anglia]] who also provide all train services. It has no station buildings other than a platform canopy over the single platform. {{Station exits|2008|58602|2009|71116}}

==History==
Property developement in the immediate area and in 1908 at Gidea Park with a new [[Gidea Park railway station|railway station]] on the [[Great Eastern Railway|GER]] forced the LT&SR to construct a station on their branch. The station was opened on 1 October 1909 as '''Emerson Park Halt''' by the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]]<ref name=Butt>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1 85260 508 1 |id=R508 |page=91 |ref=harv }}</ref> on the branch line from [[Romford railway station|Romford]] to [[Grays railway station|Grays]] via [[Upminster station|Upminster]], where it connected with the main route from [[Fenchurch Street railway station|Fenchurch Street]] in the [[City of London]]. A run round loop was constructed 500 yards to the west to enable extra trains to run between Emerson Park and Upminster. When push-pull working began in 1934 the loop was not needed and taken out {{circa|1936}}.<ref>{{cite book |page=83 |title=The London Tilbury and Southend Railway Vol 2 |first=Peter |last=Kay |ISBN=1 899890 19 X }}</ref> Originally named ''Emerson Park Halt'', and shown in some timetables as ''Emerson Park and Great Nelmes Halt'', the station name was later simplified to ''Emerson Park'', but the date is not recorded.<ref name=Butt /> Even though the station is called ''Emerson Park'' a sign installed by National Express in the late 2000s reads ''Welcome to Emerson Park Halt''.

==Design==
The station consists of a [[side platform]] located to the north of the single track. Access to the street is provided by a ramp. The station is of basic design and has no station buildings other than a platform canopy. There are two [[Oyster card]] validators, but no ticket vending machines. A television monitor underneath the station canopy provides train departure information.

==Location==
The station is named after the [[Emerson Park]] suburban neighbourhood in which it is located. It is situated on Butts Green Road in the [[London Borough of Havering]]. London bus routes [[London Buses route 165|165]], [[London Buses route 256|256]] and [[London Buses route 370|370]] serve the site of the station, providing connections to [[Ardleigh Green]], [[Harold Wood]], [[Hornchurch]], Lakeside, Rainham, [[Romford]] and [[Upminster]].<ref>http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/emersonpark-12495.pdf</ref>

==Services==
The station is in [[List of stations in London fare zone 6|London fare zone 6]]. The typical off-peak service from the station is two [[Greater Anglia]] trains per hour to Upminster and two to Romford. In the morning peak there is a slightly increased service frequency. Services operate from approximately 06:00 to 20:00 on Monday to Saturdays.<ref>http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/content/download/35256/400738/file/6+Shenfield+-+Liverpool+St.pdf</ref> The journey time to Upminster is four minutes and to Romford is four minutes.

==References==
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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 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>, however 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 Officially Opens|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]], to include a new terminal building adjoining the station (under construction, due to open early 2012), and a 300m runway extension.<ref>[http://www.flysouthend2012.com/ Fly Southend]</ref>

The station eliminates the former need to change at [[Rochford railway station|Rochford]] to access the airport by train, and will give a faster 'train to plane' time than any other London Airport once the new terminal is opened.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} The airport will be attractive for air passengers seeking to visit the [[2012 Olympics]] as all trains stop at Stratford, adjoining the Olympic site.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} The designer for the station is Atkins who were managed by Birse Rail who have constructed the station.<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 station is manned by staff employed by Stobart Air.<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 also serves [[Sutton, Essex]] and northern parts of [[Southend on Sea]].

== Services ==
{{As of|May 2011}} the typical off-peak service is:
*3 tph (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 tph 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>

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== References ==
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'''Southend Victoria''' is one of two major railway stations in the town of [[Southend-on-Sea]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. The station is the terminus of the [[Shenfield to Southend Line]], which is a branch of the [[Great Eastern Main Line]]. Most services operate to and from [[London Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

The nearby [[Southend Central railway station|Southend Central station]] provides service to [[London Fenchurch Street railway station|London Fenchurch Street]], operated by [[c2c]].

== Services ==
The typical Monday to Friday off-peak and Saturday service frequency is three trains per hour to [[London Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] calling at all stations to [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] and then at [[Stratford station|Stratford]]. One train per hour calls additionally at [[Romford railway station|Romford]].

On Sundays there are two trains per hour to London Liverpool Street, calling at [[Rochford railway station|Rochford]] and all stations to Romford, then at Stratford.

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Contactless smart cards are being progressively introduced to replace paper ticketing on the [[National Rail]] system of Britain. The first large scale adoption for transit in Britain has been the [[Transport for London]] [[Oystercard]]. This uses a proprietary encoding developed by [[Cubic Transportation Systems]].<ref name="Cubic" /> Initially it was only available on the London Underground, but it has been [[Oyster card (pay as you go) on National Rail|progressively rolled out to National Rail services in and around Greater London.]]

The [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]] standard has been developed as a national standard to cover all types of public transport. It has been included as a requirement by the [[Department for Transport]] for all new rail franchises in the last few years. It is also the format that [[ENCTS]] concessionary passes are required to be issued in.

[[Regions of England]] that have had bodies created to implement smart ticketing include [[North East England]] ([[NESTI]]), [[South West England]] ([[SWSAL]]) and [[Yorkshire and the Humber]] ([[Yorcard]]).

The Oystercard system is not compatible with ITSO at present.<ref name="ItsoOyster" /> However, there is a project underway to make the Oystercard system compatible with ITSO.<ref name="ItsoOnPrestige" />

As of 20 January 2012, the acceptance position is:

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! Operator !! Season tickets !! Pay-as-you-Go !! Single & Return tickets !! Concessionary passes
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| [[Arriva Trains Wales]] || None || None || None ||Wolverhampton to Birmingham International (Network West Midlands [[ENCTS]])<ref name="NetworkWestMidlands" /><br><br> Bidston to Heswall (Merseyside [[ENCTS]])<ref name="Merseytravel" /><br><br>Stockport to Manchester Oxford Road (TfGM [[ENCTS]])
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| [[c2c]] || London Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street to Upminster and Rainham ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /> || London Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street to Upminster and Grays ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /> || None || London Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street to Upminster and Rainham ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" />
|-
| [[Chiltern Railways]] || London Marylebone to West Ruislip and Amersham ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /><br><br> Projected: Dorridge to Kidderminster (The Key [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="LondonMidland" />
|| London Marylebone to West Ruislip and Amersham ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" />|| None || London Marylebone to West Ruislip and Amersham ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" /><br><br>Dorridge to Kidderminster (Network West Midlands [[ENCTS]])<ref name="NetworkWestMidlands" />
|-
| [[CrossCountry]] || Basingstone to Bournemouth ; Nottingham to Sheffield (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])|| None || Basingstone to Bournemouth (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<br><br>Nottingham to Sheffield (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]]))|| Coventry to Wolverhampton (Network West Midlands [[ENCTS]])<ref name="NetworkWestMidlands" /><br><br>Sheffield to Doncaster (Travel South Yorkshire [[ENCTS]])
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| [[East Coast (train operating company)|East Coast]] || London Kings Cross to Boundary Zone 6 ([[Oyster card|Oyster]]) ¶|| None || None || None<ref name="FreedomPassNotValid" />
|-
| [[East Midlands Trains]] || London St Pancras to Boundary Zone 6 ([[Oyster card|Oyster]]) ¶ <br><br> London St Pancras to Sheffield (not at Luton Airport Parkway, Luton, Bedford, Attenborough, Spondon, Langley Mill or Dronfield); Nottingham to Mansfield Woodhouse (not at Newstead) (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="EastMidlandsTrains" /> || None || London St Pancras to Sheffield (not at Luton Airport Parkway, Luton, Bedford, Attenborough, Spondon, Langley Mill or Dronfield); Nottingham to Mansfield Woodhouse (not at Newstead) (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="EastMidlandsTrains" />||<ref name="FreedomPassNotValid" /><br>Hazel Grove to Irlam (TfGM [[ENCTS]])<br><br>Dore to Doncaster (Travel South Yorkshire [[ENCTS]])
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| [[First Capital Connect]] || Coulsdon South to Elstree & Borehamwood, Hadley Wood and Crews Hill ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /> || East Croydon to Elstree & Borehamwood, Hadley Wood and Crews Hill ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /><br><br> Rejected: Elstree & Borehamwood to St. Albans City, Hertford North and Welwyn Garden City ([[Oyster card|Oyster]]) <ref name="TfLBoardPapers" /><ref name="NoOysterStA" />|| None || Coulsdon South to Elstree & Borehamwood, Hadley Wood and Crews Hill ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" />
|-
| [[First Great Western]] || Paddington to West Drayton and Greenford ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /><br><br>Upwey to Weymouth (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<br><br>Worcester Foregate Street to Worcester Shrub Hill (The Key [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]]) || Paddington to West Drayton and Greenford ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /><br><br> Projected: West Drayton to Slough ([[Oyster card|Oyster]]))<ref name="TfLBoardPapers" />|| Upwey to Weymouth (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])|| Paddington to West Drayton and Greenford ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" /><ref name="FreedomPassNotValid" />
|-
| [[First ScotRail]] || London Euston to Watford Junction([[Oyster card|Oyster]]) ¶ <br><br>Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High (Scotrail Smartcard [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="Scotrail" /> || None || None || None
|-
| [[First TransPennine Express]] || None || None || None || Bolton to Stalybridge and Stockport (TfGM [[ENCTS]])<br><br>Sheffield to Doncaster (Travel South Yorkshire [[ENCTS]])
|-
| [[Gatwick Express]] || London Victoria to Boundary Zone 6 ([[Oyster card|Oyster]]) ¶|| Rejected: London Victoria to Gatwick Airport ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="TfLFOI" /> || Rejected: London Victoria to Gatwick Airport ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="TfLFOI" /> || None<ref name="FreedomPassNotValid" />
|-
| [[Grand Central Railway]] || London Kings Cross to Boundary Zone 6 ([[Oyster card|Oyster]]) ¶ || None || None || None<ref name="FreedomPassNotValid" />
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]] || London Liverpool Street to Turkey Street, Enfield Lock and Harold Wood ([[Oyster card|Oyster]]) <ref name="OysterRailServices" />|| | London Liverpool Street to Turkey Street, Enfield Lock and Harold Wood ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /> <br><br> Projected: Harold Wood to Shenfield; Turkey Street and Enfield Lock to Cheshunt & Hertford East ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="TfLBoardPapers" />|| None || London Liverpool Street to Turkey Street, Enfield Lock and Harold Wood ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" />
|-
| [[Heathrow Connect]] || London Paddington to Hayes & Harlington ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" />||London Paddington to Hayes & Harlington ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /> ||None || London Paddington to Hayes & Harlington ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" />
|-
| [[Heathrow Express]] || None ||Rejected: London Paddington to Heathrow Airport ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="TfLFOI" /> || Rejected: London Paddington to Heathrow Airport ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="TfLFOI" /> || None<ref name="FreedomPassNotValid" />
|-
| [[Hull Trains]] || London Kings Cross to Boundary Zone 6 ([[Oyster card|Oyster]]) ¶ || None || None || None<ref name="FreedomPassNotValid" />
|-
| [[London Midland]] || London Euston to Watford Junction ([[Oyster card|Oyster]]) <ref name="OysterRailServices" /><br><br>Worcester to Kidderminster (The Key [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]]) <br><br>Projected: Kidderminster to Dorridge and Stratford-upon-Avon (The Key [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="LondonMidland" />|| London Euston to Watford Junction ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" />|| None || London Euston to Harrow & Wealdstone ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" /><br><br>Coventry to Wolverhampton; Blake Street to Longbridge; Dorridge and Earlswood to Stourbridge Junction; Birmingham New Street to Bloxwich North (Network West Midlands [[ENCTS]])<ref name="NetworkWestMidlands" />
|-
| [[London Overground]] || All stations ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" />|| All stations ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" />|| None || All stations ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" />
|-
| [[London Underground]] || All stations ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" />|| All stations ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" />|| None || All stations ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" />
|-
| [[Merseyrail]] || Projected: All stations (Walrus [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]]) <ref name="Walruscard" />
|| Projected: All stations (Walrus [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]]) <ref name="Walruscard" /> || None || All stations (Merseyside [[ENCTS]])<ref name="Merseytravel" />
|-
| [[Northern Rail]] || Projected: Newcastle to Sunderland (Popcard [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="Popcard" /> <br><br> Projected: Liverpool Lime Street to Garswood, Hough Green and Newton-le-Willows; Kirkby to Rainford; Southport to Meols Cop (Walrus [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="Walruscard" /> || Projected: Liverpool Lime Street to Garswood, Hough Green and Newton-le-Willows; Kirkby to Rainford; Southport to Meols Cop (Walrus [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="Walruscard" />|| None ||Liverpool Lime Street to Garswood, Hough Green and Newton-le-Willows; Kirkby to Rainford; Southport to Meols Cop (Merseyside [[ENCTS]])<ref name="Merseytravel" /><br><br>Dore and Kiveton Park to Penistone, Darton, Thurnscoe, Adwick, Thorne North and Thorne South (Travel South Yorkshire [[ENCTS]])
|-
| [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] || London Bridge and London Victoria to Ewell East, Coulsdon South and Upper Warlingham; Clapham Junction to Watford Junction ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /> <br><br>Brighton to Seaford (The Key [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="Southern" /><br><br>Eastleigh to Southampton Central (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])|| London Bridge and London Victoria to Ewell East, Coulsdon South and Upper Warlingham; Clapham Junction to Watford Junction ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /> ||Eastleigh to Southampton Central (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])|| London Bridge and London Victoria to Ewell East, Coulsdon South and Upper Warlingham; Clapham Junction to Harrow & Wealdstone ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" />
|-
| [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] || City Thameslink, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Slade Green, Barnehurst, Crayford, St. Mary Cray and Knockholt ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" />|| City Thameslink, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Slade Green, Barnehurst, Crayford, St. Mary Cray and Knockholt ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /><br><br> Projected: Slade Green, Barnehurst and Crayford to Dartford ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="TfLBoardPapers" />|| None || City Thameslink, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Dartford, Swanley and Knockholt([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" /><ref name="FreedomPassNotValid" />
|-
| [[South West Trains]] ||London Waterloo to Feltham, Hampton, Surbiton, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Ewell West ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /> <br><br> Staines to Windsor & Eton Riverside and Wokingham ; Woking to Alton, Havant, Honiton, Lymington Pier and Weymouth; Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]]) <ref name="ITSOSWT" />|| London Waterloo to Feltham, Hampton, Surbiton, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Ewell West ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="OysterRailServices" /><br><br> Projected: Hampton to Shepperton ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])<ref name="TfLBoardPapers" /> || Staines to Windsor & Eton Riverside and Wokingham ; Woking to Alton, Havant, Honiton, Lymington Pier and Weymouth; Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin (Stagecoach Smart [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="ITSOSWT" />||London Waterloo to Feltham, Hampton, Surbiton, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Ewell West ([[Freedom Pass]])<ref name="FreedomPass" />
|-
| [[Tyne & Wear Metro]] || Proposed: All stations (Popcard [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="Popcard" />|| Proposed: All stations (Popcard [[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="Popcard" /> || None ||None
|-
| [[Virgin Trains]] || Euston to Watford Junction ([[Oyster card|Oyster]])¶ <br><br>By February 2015: London Euston to Edinburgh, Glasgow Central, Holyhead, Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly ([[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="ICWCITT" />|| None || By February 2015: London Euston to Edinburgh, Glasgow Central, Holyhead, Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly ([[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]])<ref name="ICWCITT" />||<ref name="FreedomPassNotValid" /><br>Coventry to Wolverhampton (Network West Midlands [[ENCTS]])<ref name="NetworkWestMidlands" />
|}
¶ Only valid in combination with a paper single or return ticket (as provided for at point 19c in the [[National Rail Conditions of Carriage]].)

==See also==
*[[Oyster card]]
*[[Oyster card (pay as you go) on National Rail]]
*[[Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation|ITSO]]

==External links==
* [http://www.itso.org.uk/ ITSO Home]
* [http://www.nesti.org.uk/ NESTI]
* [http://www.yorcard.com/ About Yorcard]
* [http://www.swsal.co.uk/ SWSAL Home Page]

==References==
{{reflist|
refs=
<ref name="TfLBoardPapers">{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/Item08-Oyster-NR.pdf|title=Item 8 - Oyster on National Rail - Progress Update |date=8 February 2011|publisher=Transport for London|accessdate=27 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Walruscard">{{cite web|url=http://www.walruscard.com/timeline.asp|title=Walrus smartcard timeline 2011-2013|publisher=Merseytravel|accessdate=27 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Popcard">{{cite web|url=http://www.nexus.org.uk/pop|title=Join the revolution | Nexus |publisher=Nexus|accessdate=27 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="FreedomPass">{{cite web|url=http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/London%20Councils/FreedomPassMapAugust11web.pdf |title=When and where you can use your pass|date=August 2011|publisher=London Councils|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="OysterRailServices">{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/oyster-rail-services-map.pdf|title=London's Rail & Tube services |date=August 2011|publisher=Transport for London|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Southern">{{cite web|url=http://www.southernrailway.com/southern/news/brighton-seaford-line-gets-smartcard-technology|title=Brighton - Seaford line gets smartcard technology|date=22 August 2011|publisher=Southern|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="EastMidlandsTrains">{{cite web|url=http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/Tickets/pages/smartcards.aspx|title=Smartcards - East Midlands Trains|year=2011|publisher=East Midlands Trains|accessdate=13 January 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Scotrail">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotrail.co.uk/smartcard-info|title=SmartCard information - ScotRail|year=2011|publisher=Scotrail|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="LondonMidland">{{cite web|url=http://www.londonmidland.com/tickets-and-fares/the-key|title=The Key|year=2011|publisher=London Midland|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="NetworkWestMidlands">{{cite web|url=http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/seniors/concessionary_home.aspx|title=Network West Midlands - Concessionary Home|year=2011|publisher=Network West Midlands|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Merseytravel">{{cite web|url=http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/publicationarticle.asp?articleid=1752&catid=12|title=Smart Ticketing - Frequently Asked Questions|date=21 September 2011|publisher=Merseytravel|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Cubic">{{cite web|url=http://cts.cubic.com/Customers/UnitedKingdom/CaseStudyLondon/tabid/430/language/en-GB/Default.aspx|title=Case Study - London|publisher=Cubic Transportation Systems|accessdate=14 November 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="ItsoOyster">{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/scienceresearch/otherresearch/itsooysterinteroperability/|title=ITSO Oyster Interoperability – Closing down the technical work packages|date=14 July 2006|publisher=Department for Transport|accessdate=14 November 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="ItsoOnPrestige">{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/Item04-4-Nov-2010-Board-TfLs_spending-review.pdf|date=4 November 2010|title=SPENDING REVIEW 2010|publisher=TRANSPORT FOR LONDON|accessdate=14 November 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="FreedomPassNotValid">{{cite web|url=http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/freedompass/whenwhere/rail.htm|title=National Rail|publisher=London Councils|accessdate=17 November 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="ITSOSWT">{{cite web|url=http://www.itso.org.uk/page366/Stagecoach|date=April 2011|title=ITSO Stagecoach|publisher=ITSO|accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="NoOysterStA">{{cite web|url=http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/9460688.First_Capital_Connect__disappointed__over_Oyster_card_decision/|title=Another smart card ticketing system to be introduced in 2014|date=8 January 2012|publisher=St Albans Review|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="TfLFOI">{{cite web|url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/oyster_pay_as_you_go_on_heathrow|date=11 January 2012|title=Oyster Pay As You Go on Heathrow Connect - a Freedom of Information request to Transport for London - WhatDoTheyKnow:|publisher=Whatdotheyknow.com|accessdate=11 January 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="ICWCITT">{{cite web|url=http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/intercity-west-coast-franchise-itt/invitation-to-tender-main-document.pdf|date=20 January 2012|title=Invitation to Tender|publisher=Department for Transport|accessdate=20 January 2012}}</ref>

</ref>

</ref>

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{{Infobox London station
| name = Gidea Park
| symbol = rail
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| locale = [[Gidea Park]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Havering]]
| platforms = 4
| fare_zone = 6
| railcode = GDP
| image_name = Gidea Park stn building.JPG
| latitude = 51.582
| longitude = 0.2063
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'''Gidea Park railway station''' is a [[railway]] station at [[Gidea Park]] in the [[London Borough of Havering]] in east London. It was opened as '''Squirrels Heath & Gidea Park''' on 1 December 1910 by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] on their main line.

The station is approximately 13 miles from London Liverpool Street.

Train services are provided by [[Greater Anglia]] and the station is in [[Travelcard Zone 6]]. It is planned that [[Crossrail]] will stop here when it opens in 2018.<ref name="Crossrail 2018">{{ cite news | url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gKH5fiQT63-FLo6vMfXKorAteqrA?docId=B308521287593766A00 | title=Capital's key services protected, says Johnson | publisher=The Press Association | date=20 October 2010 | accessdate=21 October 2010 }}</ref>

==Train Services==
The following services currently call at Gidea Park:
{| class="wikitable vatop"
! Operator
! Route
! Material
! Frequency
! Notes
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] - [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] - [[Maryland railway station|Maryland]] - [[Forest Gate railway station|Forest Gate]] - [[Manor Park railway station|Manor Park]] - [[Ilford railway station|Ilford]] - [[Seven Kings railway station|Seven Kings]] - [[Goodmayes railway station|Goodmayes]] - [[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] - [[Romford railway station|Romford]] - Gidea Park - [[Harold Wood railway station|Harold Wood]] - [[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]] - [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]]
| [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]]
| 6x per hour
|
|}

{{rail start}}
{{s-rail-national|toc=Greater Anglia|route=[[Great Eastern Main Line|Shenfield Metro]]|next=Romford|previous=Harold Wood}}
{{s-note|text=Future Development}}
{{s-line|system=LCR|line=LCR|previous=Romford|next=Harold Wood|type=WestTwo|type2=Shenfield}}
{{s-end}}

==Transport Links==

London bus routes 294, 347, 496 and Night route N86.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/station_usage_2005-06.xls Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06]
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/pdfdocs/lon_con.pdf London Connections rail & tube map]
* [http://cl57004.fotopic.net Pictures from this location]

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{{Infobox London station
| name = Bush Hill Park |symbol=rail
| image_name = Bush Hill Park stn look south2.JPG
| railcode = BHK
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| fare_zone = 5
| locale = [[Enfield Town]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]]
| start=
| platforms= 2
| latitude = 51.6418
| longitude =-0.0691
| railexits0405 = {{increase}} 0.524
| railexits0506 = {{decrease}} 0.479
| railexits0607 = {{increase}} 0.723
}}
'''Bush Hill Park railway station''' is located at [[Bush Hill Park]] in the [[London Borough of Enfield]], north [[London]]. The station is within [[Travelcard Zone 5]], on the Enfield Town branch of the [[Lea Valley Lines]]. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

==Service==
The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield Town]], and two trains per hour to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]].

==History==
The station was opened by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] in 1880 <ref>{{cite web| last = Dalling| first = Graham| title = Bush Hill Park a History| work = History & Heritage| publisher = London Borough of Enfield| date = 2005-12-30| url = http://www.enfield.gov.uk/448/Bush%20Hill%20Park%20A%20History.htm | accessdate =2008-06-06 }} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> because of planned housing developments by the North London Estates Company.<ref>{{cite book| last = Kilburn| first = Michael | title = North London Photographic Memories| publisher = Francis Frith | url = http://images.francisfrith.com/books/450/1-85937-403-4.jpg| isbn =1859374034 }}</ref> Development in the area expanded after the station was opened.<ref>{{cite web| title = 'Enfield: Growth after 1850', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 218-224| work = British History Online| publisher = University of London & History of Parliament Trust| url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26950| accessdate =2008-06-06 }}</ref>
[[File:Bush Hill Park Station 1955711 06c33bb5.jpg|thumb|left|View southwards, towards Seven Sisters in 1961]]
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==Transport links==
London bus routes 192 and 377.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Bush Hill Park railway station}}

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{{Infobox GB station|symbol=rail
|name = Bury St Edmunds
|image_name = Burystedmundsdfront.jpg
|caption = The station entrance
|manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
|locale = [[Bury St Edmunds]]
|borough = [[St Edmundsbury (borough)|St Edmundsbury]]
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'''Bury St Edmunds railway station''' serves the town of [[Bury St Edmunds]] in [[Suffolk]], [[England]]. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].
[[File:Bury St Edmunds railway station 1954705 45910128.jpg|thumb|right|265px|The station in 1966]]

==Historical Services==

According to the [[Official Handbook of Stations]] the following [[Official Handbook of Stations|classes of traffic]] were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C and there was a 9 ton crane. Private sidings were operated by British Sugar, Burlingham & Son, J Gough & Son, Ridley Coal & Iron and H A& D Taylor.<ref>[[Official Handbook of Stations]],'' British Transport Commission'', 1956.</ref>

==Train Services==
The following services currently call at Bury St Edmunds:
{| class="wikitable vatop"
! Operator
! Route
! Material
! Frequency
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| [[Peterborough railway station|Peterborough]] - [[Whittlesea railway station|Whittlesea]] - [[March railway station|March]] - [[Ely railway station|Ely]] - Bury St Edmunds - [[Stowmarket railway station|Stowmarket]] - [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]]
| [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]]
| Every 2 hours
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] - [[Dullingham railway station|Dullingham]] - [[Newmarket (Suffolk) railway station|Newmarket]] - [[Kennett railway station|Kennett]] - Bury St Edmunds - [[Thurston railway station|Thurston]] - [[Elmswell railway station|Elmswell]] - [[Stowmarket railway station|Stowmarket]] - [[Needham Market railway station|Needham Market]] - [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]]
| [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]]
| 1x per hour
|}

{{rail start}}
{{s-rail-national|toc=Greater Anglia|route=Peterborough &ndash; Ipswich|previous=Ely|next=Stowmarket}}
{{s-rail-national|toc=Greater Anglia|route=[[Ipswich to Ely Line]]|previous=Kennett|next=Thurston|rows1=2|rows2=2}}
{{s-rail-national|toc=Dutchflyer|route=Cambridge-Amsterdam|next=Thurston|previous=Kennett|hide1=yes|hide2=yes}}
{{s-rail-next|title=Historical}}
{{s-rail-national|previous=Saxham and Risby|next=Thurston|toc=GER|route=[[Ipswich to Ely Line|Ipswich-Cambridge/Peterborough]]|status=Historical|note2=Line and station open|note=Line open, station closed}}
{{s-rail-next|title=Disused}}
{{s-rail-national|previous=Ingham|next=|toc=GER|route=[[Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line|Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line]]|status=Disused|note=Line and station closed|rows2=2}}
{{s-rail-national|previous=Bury St Edmunds Eastgate|next=|toc=GER|route=[[Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds Branch]]|status=Disused|note=Line and station closed|hide2=yes}}
{{s-end}}

==Architecture and layout==
Designed by [[Sancton Wood]] (the architect also of [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]] and [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] railway stations as well as many stations in [[Ireland]], the principal of which is [[Heuston Station]], [[Dublin]]), the station was formally inaugurated in November 1847, eleven months after the opening of the [[Eastern Union Railway]]'s line from [[Ipswich]].

The most noteworthy feature of the station, which is constructed of red brick with stone dressings, is a pair of towers (originally linked by an overall roof, removed in 1893) on either side of the tracks at the eastern end of the layout. As first built &ndash; as a terminus &ndash; the station had four tracks, although in practice only one platform was used before the line was extended to [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]] in 1854. Today a wide space separates the two surviving through tracks, which serve Platform 2 (for trains from Ipswich) and Platform 1 (called at by those heading east).<ref>{{cite book|author=Biddle, Gordon|title=Britain's Historic Railway Buildings|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-866247-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk|journal=Great Eastern Journal|issue=106|pages=23–9|date=2001 April}}</ref>

The semi-elliptical brick arch bridge over Northgate Road to the east of the station, which like the station building is a Grade II [[listed building]], has been credited to [[Frederick Barnes]] and Charles Russell.

==Derailment==
Due to the freight train derailment on a bridge near Ely in June 2007, trains to Peterborough from London (via Ipswich) were terminating at Bury St Edmunds while the bridge was rebuilt. Train services resumed on 21 December 2007.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#585,264,1 Bury St Edmunds station on navigable 1946 O.S. map]

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{{Infobox UK station|symbol=rail
|name = Burnham-on-Crouch
|image = [[File:Burnham-on-Crouch railway station 1.jpg|265px]]
|code = BUU
|manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
|locale = [[Burnham-on-Crouch]]
|borough = [[Maldon (district)|Maldon]]
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'''Burnham-on-Crouch railway station''' serves the town of [[Burnham-on-Crouch]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. A part of the [[Crouch Valley Line]], the station, and all trains serving it, are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

It is located near the [[Mangapps Railway Museum]].

{{As of|May 2011}} the typical off-peak service is one train every 40 minutes to Southminster and to Wickford.<ref>[http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/travel_information/train_timetables/may_2011_timetable May 2011 timetable] ''National Express''</ref>


[[File:Burnham on crouch rail station 1940145 a0c3fec5.jpg|thumb|left|275px|The station in 1961]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/crouchvalleyline.htm History of the Crouch Valley Line]
*[http://www.burnham.org.uk/crouchvalleyline.htm Local information about Crouch Valley Line]

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{{Infobox GB station|symbol=rail
|name = Bures
|code = BUE
|image_name= Bures Station shelter.jpg
|caption = Bures Station shelter
|manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
|locale = [[Bures (United Kingdom)|Bures]]
|borough = [[Braintree (district)|Braintree]]
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|longitude = 0.769
}}
'''Bures railway station''' is a [[railway station]] serving the village of [[Bures (United Kingdom)|Bures]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. It is an unstaffed single-platform station on the [[Gainsborough Line]].

==Train Services==
The station is served by the following service(s):
{| class="wikitable vatop"
! Operator
! Route
! Material
! Frequency
|-
| [[Greater Anglia]]
| [[Sudbury railway station|Sudbury]] - Bures - [[Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station|Chappel and Wakes Colne]] - [[Marks Tey railway station|Marks Tey]]
| [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]], [[British Rail Class 156|Class 156]]
| 1x per hour
|}

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{{rail line|previous=[[Sudbury railway station|Sudbury]]|next=[[Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station|Chappel and Wakes Colne]]|route=[[Greater Anglia]]<br><small>[[Gainsborough Line]]</small>|col={{NXEA colour}}}}
{{s-end}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bures-online.co.uk/rail/rail.htm History of the railway line from Marks Tey to Sudbury, particularly around Bures]
*[http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/bures/index.shtml History page at Subterranea Britannica]

[[File:Bures railway station 1939578 b1802f34.jpg|thumb|left|The station in 1966]]
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{{refimprove|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox London station
| name = Bruce Grove |symbol=rail
| image_name=Bruce Grove railway station 1.jpg
| railcode = BCV
| manager = [[Greater Anglia]]
| fare_zone = 3
| locale = [[Tottenham]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]]
| events1 =Opened | years1= July 1872
| platforms= 2
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| railexits0506=0.153
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|latitude=51.594
|longitude=-0.0704
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[[File:Bruce Grove Station 1925824 ee28f68e.jpg|thumb|right|The station approach in 1961]]
'''Bruce Grove railway station''' in the centre of [[Tottenham]] was originally a station on the [[Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway]] which opened on 22 July 1872. It is part of the Seven Sisters branch of the [[Lea Valley Lines]]. The station is not far from [[Bruce Castle]], and takes its name from Bruce Grove, a road comprising part of the [[A10 road (England)|A10]]. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

In the early 1980s several changes were made to the appearance of the station. The wooden covered staircases to both platforms were replaced by open-air concrete staircases. The London-bound platform roof was shortened and the waiting rooms boarded up. The North-bound roof opposite (which was identical) was completely removed and a small brick shelter was installed in its place. This shelter lasted for nearly twenty years before it was itself demolished and a new roof, built in the style of the original though much shorter, was constructed giving the illusion of original authenticity to the station. Haringey Council funded this work and the station is considered a site of historic interest in the locality.

Despite being in the heart of Tottenham and being at one time a busy station, Bruce Grove ticket office is rarely open.

==Services==
Services from the station are usually operated by [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]] trains and normally stop at all intermediate stations. Additional trains run when [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]] are playing at home at [[White Hart Lane]].

The typical Monday to Saturday off-peak service frequency is:

*4 tph (trains per hour) to {{stnlink|London Liverpool Street}}
*2 tph to {{stnlink|Cheshunt}}
*2 tph to {{stnlink|Enfield Town}}

On Sundays (when there is no engineering work) this drops to:

*2 tph to London Liverpool Street
*2 tph to Enfield Town

==Transport links==
London bus route 123, 149, 243, 259, 279, 318, 341, 349, 476, W4 and Night route N76 and N279.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Bruce Grove railway station}}
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