Anglia Railways

Anglia Railways

Infobox Rail companies
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widthpx=300px
franchise=Anglia Railways
5 January 1997 - 31 March 2004
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nameforarea=route
regions=Great Eastern Main Line
secregions=Norwich-Sheringham
Norwich-Great Yarmouth / Lowestoft
Norwich-Ely / Cambridge
Ipswich-Ely / Cambridge
Ely-Peterborough
Ipswich-Lowestoft
Ipswich-Felixstowe
Manningtree-Harwich (Boat Trains)
London Crosslink
fleet=Unknown
stations=64
parent_company=GB Railways

Anglia Railways was a British train operating company, owned by GB Railways, which between 5 January 1997 and 31 March 2004 operated mainline trains out of London Liverpool Street station and a number of local rail services in East Anglia. It also introduced a pioneering service outside of the territory inherited with the franchise. The service was called "London Crosslink" and ran from the Great Eastern Main Line via the North London Line to Basingstoke. This service ran from 30 May 2000 to 28 September 2002. On April 1, 2004 its franchise was transferred to Train Operating Company London Eastern Railway Ltd, which is a subsidiary of the National Express Group. Its services were initially branded 'one' and have since been rebranded as National Express East Anglia.

The decision to transfer the franchise to National Express was controversial, since Anglia was twice awarded "Train Operator of the Year" [cite web| url=http://www.railpro.co.uk/issues/apr2004.html| title=HSBC Rail Awards 2003 Review| accessdate=2006-11-06| author=Rail Professional, Ltd.| ] and also "European Train Operator of Year 2000" [cite web| url=http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_NEWSART/view.asp?Q=BF_NEWSART_8538| title=Top award for rail operator| accessdate=2006-12-03| author=Cambridge Network| ] . Anglia Railways was very popular with passengers, and its parent company GB Railways, had recently been purchased by First Group, operator of First Great Eastern, who had won the "Train Operator of the Year" award once as well. National Express on the other hand had a reputation for poor service (Central Trains).

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