National Express East Anglia
National Express East Anglia (since February 26, 2008, previously one) was the name of a British train operating company, whose network of roads in the north-east of London along a main axis London - Colchester - Ipswich - Norwich, and another from London to Cambridge to Peterborough extends. The Stansted Express was also operated by National Express East Anglia, however, managed as a separate brand.
The company was established on 1 April 2004 as part of the merger of several concessions for railway operations in North East London. The purpose of this merger is that the London terminus stations will only be operated by each one railway company to minimize communication difficulties among the different operators, which led to delays frequently, as well as the organizational effort.
5 February 2012, the state transport order ( franchised ) Greater Anglia Abellio Greater Anglia was transferred to. With the exception of the officers, all employees have been transferred (transfers of undertakings ). Already purchased tickets and timetables remain valid.
Route network
The concession called Greater Anglia franchise includes the route networks of Anglia Railways, First Great Eastern, as well as running in the West Anglia part of the WAGN. The also contained Stansted Express, which was marketed separately from time immemorial, was in the business of WAGN. The remaining WAGN - lines are now assigned in the newly tailored concession Greater Western franchise.
From London's Liverpool Street Station from the following main routes were served:
- Liverpool Street - Colchester - Ipswich - Norwich
- Liverpool Street - Cambridge - Ely - Peterborough
- Liverpool Street - Stansted Airport
Furthermore, were also provided by Liverpool Street from even local transport services for the following stations:
Around Ipswich and Norwich were also local transport services, including the coastal towns of Clacton -on-Sea, Felixstowe, Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth and Cromer, provided. In addition, cross connections from Norwich and Ipswich to Ely and Cambridge existed.
Ownership
Shareholder of National Express East Anglia was the bus company National Express, which belongs next to the First Group and Stagecoach Group 's three major bus operators in Britain. In the allocation of seven -year concession the entire rolling stock of the previous concessionaire and approximately 3000 employees were taken. The merger, it was only in the middle management to staff reductions.