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Greater Anglia provides funding to upgrade Cambridgeshire line’s website

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April 22, 2025
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Greater Anglia’s Customer and Community Improvement Fund has made a grant to the Hereward Community Rail Partnership’s to improve its website.

First upgraded East Midlands Railway Class 170 enters service

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April 16, 2025
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The first train has entered service in East Midlands Railway’s £23 million programme to refurbish and upgrade its Class 170 fleet that operates regional services…

Greater Anglia are the most consistently punctual train operator of the last 2 years

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April 15, 2025
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94.1% of Greater Anglia train services arrived on time in 2024

Felixstowe sale: unravelling the implications for rail freight

Simon Walton
March 11, 2025
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Hutchison, the operators of Felixstowe, are in sale talks. They could divest themselves of a portfolio of properties around the globe, including the Port of…

UK ports bring intermodal growth

Simon Walton
February 10, 2025
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International intermodal traffic is already the biggest single commodity carried by British rail freight. Now it could also be the fastest growing sector. A list…

Steam locomotive 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley to visit Chester

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December 12, 2024
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LNER A4 No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley will visit Chester on Friday (13th December) as it hauls a Steam Dreams Excursion. The train will depart…

Cambridgeshire railway staff to raise funds for guide dog puppy

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September 29, 2024
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Staff at Ely station are holding fundraising events for a guide dog puppy in memory of a Greater Anglia veteran driver who recently passed away.

Political parties weigh anchor on rail freight from Suffolk ports

Simon Walton
June 11, 2024
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Rail freight from Felixstowe may not be the defining issue of the forthcoming UK General Election. However, the broader question of rail freight development is on the agenda of all the major political parties. With less than a month until the UK goes to the polls, the level of traffic in the east of England…

Community Rail Partnership help boost youngsters travel confidence

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June 2, 2024
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‘Try the Train’ trips build travel confidence.

East of England campaigners push shadow transport secretary for crucial upgrades

Simon Walton
May 20, 2024
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Rail campaigners from Suffolk, are set to meet with the shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh MP, on Tuesday, 21 May. With a general election soon in the UK, they are approaching the official opposition Labour Party. Campaigners advocate critical improvements to the rail network in the East of England. Any improvements would have substantial benefits…