Greater Anglia (train operating company) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-03

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00:01:51 1 History
00:02:01 1.1 Background
00:03:23 1.2 Abellio granted franchise
00:05:42 1.3 Franchise renewal
00:07:37 2 Franchise commitments
00:07:48 2.1 Greater Anglia Franchise (2012–2016)
00:09:02 2.2 East Anglia Franchise (2016–2025)
00:11:45 3 Services
00:12:04 3.1 Stansted Express
00:12:26 3.2 Dutchflyer
00:12:49 4 Performance
00:14:05 5 Rolling stock
00:16:04 5.1 Current fleet
00:16:13 5.2 Future fleet
00:17:16 5.3 Past fleet
00:17:31 6 Depots



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Greater Anglia (legal name Abellio East Anglia Limited) is a train operating company in Great Britain owned as a joint venture by Abellio, the international arm of the state-owned Dutch national rail operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and the Japanese company Mitsui. It operates the East Anglia franchise, providing the majority of commuter/regional services from its Central London terminus at London Liverpool Street to Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and parts of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire as well as many regional services throughout the East of England.
Abellio began operating the franchise, then known as the Greater Anglia franchise, in February 2012. Initially  it traded under the same name until it rebranded as Abellio Greater Anglia in December 2013. In May 2015, most of the company's suburban services were transferred to London Overground and the precursor to Crossrail, TfL Rail.
The franchise was re-tendered as the East Anglia franchise and awarded to Abellio in August 2016. The company resumed trading as Greater Anglia on 16 October 2016 when the new franchise commenced. In January 2017, Abellio announced that subject to gaining Department for Transport approval, it had agreed to sell a 40% stake in the business to Mitsui. The sale was completed in March 2017.