The fall and rise of Abellio Greater Anglia - Once the UK's worst train company?

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Ай бұрын

Hello & welcome to the fith and final episode of my Anglian Franchises mini-series; today I'm looking at the current Greater Anglia/East Anglia franchise operator - Greater Anglia, and how they have fallen and risen to become a great train operator (Do ensure you catch up on the previous four Anglia franchises here: • Anglia franchises )
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@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

Hi - thanks for watching this video! If you're a regular to the channel I will be taking a 2 week break for some exams but then I'll be back with another mini series - any guesses?

@Royal_Mykovskoy Ай бұрын

good luck with exams

@lonun67 Ай бұрын

Good luck with your exams. Maybe Intercity East Coast mini series?

@metrebot Ай бұрын

Good luck with the exams :)

@Serailchannel Ай бұрын

Good luck for your exams

@AndrewG1989 Ай бұрын

Good luck with the exams.

@jameswright7284 Ай бұрын

Weird to think that the Class 379s are retuning to East Anglia but with Great Northern will deffo be happy to see them used to enjoy them on my commutes to and from Cambridge

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

More weird that they were taken out of service in the first place! The fact 321s lingered until 2023 whilst the much newer 379s stayed in storage should be crime - this is perhaps the largest argument to remove ROSCOs like Porterbrook; think about how much easier it would be to get stock back on the rails and reuse older stock like the RENTUS 321s! Personally though I'm not sure which side of the fence I'm on regarding ROSCOs but is an interesting debate for sure - I'll need to head back to Anglia to go on the 379s when they come into service, last Electrostar class I need to tick off :D

@AndrewG1989 Ай бұрын

Yeah that’s what I have heard. Nice to see the Class 379s back instead of sitting there in storage doing nothing and rotting away.

@joshuw1004 Ай бұрын

i use greater anglia weekly for the past 10 years and i have definitely seen massive improvements and i would say its the best toc if not top 3

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

Agreed - very reliable and have a pretty good fleet!

@AndrewG1989 Ай бұрын

Greater Anglia is still the longest serving train operator in the East of England. And with new trains that have entered service couple years ago to replace the older trains. I have seen lots of changes and experiences with Greater Anglia and they still do provide good train services. And they have been going up and down since they were managed by Abellio.

@TheCaptainLion Ай бұрын

loved this whole series, especially as someone who lives in Australia and loves railways. I do have a soft spot for Greater Anglia when I used to live out that way when I spent 12 months living in the UK back in 2015 (loved the Class 170's), and I only ever had one problem with Greater Anglia in that time.

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching this I do hope you stick around! GAs class 170s were very wellr refurbished - I have fond memories of them with TFW however they've now gone over to EMR where they're being refurbished again!

@martinbalmforth2665 Ай бұрын

The 755s allow 100 mph running when under the wires, and are superb for me, being in a wheelchair now, and the extension of the previous 1001 Ips-Pbro starts at Felixstowe makes the service damn near perfect for me. Unlike many TOC’ they looked at their issues, listened to passengers, and overhaulled everything. Hiring the tractors from DRS to do the Yarmouth run brought extra passengers from not just the UK, to ride the service. I just wish that other ops thought about level boarding, the IET 800 series are little better than a mk3, needing the huge ramp and station staff to help, with the Flirt, I can wheel myself on and off. Well done Greater Anglia

@KennySC Ай бұрын

Great conclusion to your Anglia mini-series!

@dawezer Ай бұрын

Have absolutely loved every episode of this ❤ as an irish citizen the great detail about what is going on over there is much appreciated

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I appreciate your support too and hope you're looking forward to the next mini series I have planned 😄 - you'll find out soon 😀

@annabelholland Ай бұрын

I remember when those old Greater Anglia itntercity trains had slam doors until c. mid 2019. I am a little sad that we removed them from the UK network, but I see that they do not comply with PRM TSI (in other words, the railway accessibility regulations) and the fact that Scotrail and GWR had to remove them and add sliding doors to their old Mark 3 HSTs making them PRM complaint. I also remembered when they added Abellio in front of it, only to be removed again a few years later. Now that GA has modernised its fleet, it's much better than the line from Norwich to Sheringham is now above pre pandemic levels and now has bi mode trains which runs diesel from Norwich to Ely and electric from Ely to Cambridge/Stansted and sometimes from Norwich to London.

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

I had a summer holiday near Gunton on the line to Sheringham and went across Anglia on GA on a rover ticket. Honestly thought the services were very good and had great stock! As an enthusiast it's sad to see trains like the slam door sets go but you have to appreciate the benefits these new trains bring!

@iBusLondon Ай бұрын

Greater Anglia is one of my favourite operators! The Mobile app is fantastic and easy to use I use to book most of my tickets when travelling inside and outside of their network. Personally feel GA should be the template for most operators across the country. The works they have done to refurbish stations is great! The 755 and 745 are excellent. My only negative would be Stansted Airport ticket checks, they really need to install ticket barriers. Instead they seem to be hellbent on catching out tourist who use contactless/Oyster to travel to the airport

@HesterClapp Ай бұрын

I live on the WAML I find it hard to believe GA were one of the worst in the country! Sure, the 317s were getting a bit old, but the 379s and the extra platforms at Cambridge were a nice treat, they took good care of what they owned, generally ran pretty punctually and were barely ever overcrowded. And now with the gorgeous modern fleet and plentiful capacity, I have almost zero complaints for them!

@daliverpoolfan69 Ай бұрын

Also, there is the new beaulieu park station being built between Chelmsford and Hatfield peveral that should be ready next year

@stationshunter Ай бұрын

Now we charging to the next mini series.

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

*In two weeks !

@StevenWalker-jj8bf Ай бұрын

Hey, amazing video to watch :))))) Would you be able to do something on WMR/LNWR?

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm planning on doing something on LM soon, then I can look at doing WMR 😆 In the meantime you could check out my other similar videos - I've done one on Chiltern which is in that ballpark!

@taipizzalord4463 Ай бұрын

do more of these please!

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

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@ZLDSmogless Ай бұрын

I'd love to see a failed franchise on Abellio Scotrail and SPT rail. I believe they could run a better service than the current nationalised Scotrail, with the Suburban lines of Glasgow and Edinburgh-Glasgow express having every 15 minute frequency, instead of their current every half hour frequency, and sometimes having 15 minute frequency in peak times

@Anonymoususer_2023 Ай бұрын

I do like Greater Anglia and I have been on the Class 745, Class 755 FLIRTS and Class 720 Aventras that came into service couple years ago. Greater Anglia should stop using Class 745/1s on the London-Norwich route as they are mainly used on Stansted Express services. And the Class 379s are now going to Great Northern to replace the Class 387s. With the Class 360s now with East Midlands Railway and Class 170 also with EMR.

@Anonymoususer_2023 Ай бұрын

And with the Class 379 Electrostars now gone for storage and to be transferred to Great Northern later this year. My suggestion would be for Greater Anglia to keep the Class 379s and the Class 360/1s cascaded to EMR.

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

The 360s are already with EMR and the rest of them have been scrapped or are now with another private operator for testing in Wales! GA really don't need the 379s plus it means Southern can get more stock (as they are getting some 387s from GN once the 379s come into service)

@Anonymoususer_2023 12 күн бұрын

⁠Yep. 👍

@kevanhubbard9673 Ай бұрын

I have a feeling that Central Trains and it successor,East Midlands Railway,or was it Trains?,ran some services into the Anglia area too with Liverpool to Norwich/Birmingham to Stansted servicesbut I understand that they no longer run, passengers having to change in Peterborough.

@memediatek Ай бұрын

Trains came first, railway second

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

Nope! EMR Still run direct Norwich - Liverpool services - for Birmingham though you do have to change at Peterborough/Cambridge!

@EarlyAccessOFFICIAL Күн бұрын

Cross country do a service from stansted to birmingham

@JeSuisRene Ай бұрын

Aah, my local rail operator.

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

hope you liked the video!

@callumwilliamson31 Ай бұрын

you got somethingwrong that 755 never plowed into the car it missed it by seconds

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

Ah yes that is true - apologies!

@callumwilliamson31 Ай бұрын

@@Vanmanyo no worries man great vid tho i enjoyed it

@EarlyAccessOFFICIAL Күн бұрын

im intreguiged to see next years bid, will greater anglia reign continue???

@Vanmanyo 19 сағат бұрын

Nope! Because I imagine labour will win tonight and then it'll all be nationalised!

@user-xh3lz9xt4l Ай бұрын

I take it that abellio are a Dutch company based on the logo

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

Yep they are owned by NS! I probably should have said

@dylanismail6455 Ай бұрын

Will you do something like south central next ?

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

South central as in Connex/Southern? I've already done videos on both of those operators!

@AndrewG1989 Ай бұрын

@@Vanmanyoc2c perhaps with a little history of LTS.

@Anonymoususer_2023 Ай бұрын

Totally agree. Perhaps in your spare time do c2c and LTS.

@Eric_Hunt194 Ай бұрын

"McNutley report" lol 😂

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

May have pronounced it wrong but yes this is a real thing!!! www.gov.uk/government/publications/realising-the-potential-of-gb-rail

@ludwigtails Ай бұрын

As much as how great the new trains are. I might be bias here but I prefer the Class 90 and Mk3 a whole lot more. And it’s a god damn shame i never get to ride behind a class 90 because it’s one of my favourite (electric) locomotives among the UK. Now no one operates them at all. And making the 745 and 755 looking utter overated even thought they have tiny buffets. From what I gather, they don’t even serve hot food there anymore so that’s a boo boo. With plus the HORRIBLE decision for adding 3+2 seatings on 720s. And also not ordering them as all 10 carriages is utter stupid. The entire GEML is full of new plastic trains and is utterly boring. Good for normal passenger services I suppose. Class 90+mk3 forever.

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

I miss 'proper' trains ☹️

@ludwigtails Ай бұрын

@@Vanmanyo same. Also the stadler flirts looks like trams and I hate it.

@randomidiot24563 Ай бұрын

what happened there at 11:20

@Vanmanyo Ай бұрын

Me not cutting audio correctly 😎

@Sainsburys_Local Ай бұрын

they check ticket 100% Liverpool street to Norwich train Not full every hour, but it has 12 coach So I feel their business no good Anyway god bless Norwich