First Great Eastern
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![]() Class 360 Desiro at Ipswich in 2004 | |
Overview | |
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Franchise(s) | Great Eastern 5 January 1997 – 31 March 2004 |
Main region(s) | East London East of England |
Fleet size | 144 |
Stations called at | 61 |
Parent company | FirstGroup |
Reporting mark | GE |
Successor | One |
First Great Eastern[1] was a train operating company in England owned by FirstGroup that operated the Great Eastern franchise from January 1997 until March 2004.
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Services
First Great Eastern operated all stops and limited stops services on the
Rolling stock
First Great Eastern inherited a fleet of Class 312, Class 315 and Class 321s from British Rail. A Class 153 was hired from Anglia Railways for the Marks Tey to Sudbury service due to it not being electrified, a Class 150 being used on weekdays and a Class 153 on weekends. Prior to this arrangement, a Class 121 Bubble Car was hired from Silverlink.[3]
A franchise commitment was the replacement of the Class 312s. In May 2001, First Great Eastern ordered 21 Class 360 Desiros with the first entering service in August 2003.[4][full citation needed]
Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Number | Routes operated | Built | |
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mph | km/h | ||||||
121 Bubble Car | ![]() |
diesel multiple unit | 70 | 112 | Hired from Silverlink |
Marks Tey–Sudbury | 1960 |
150 | 75 | 120 | Hired from Anglia Railways |
1984–1987 | |||
153 | 1987–1988 | ||||||
312 | electric multiple unit | 90 | 145 | 24 | London Liverpool Street–Clacton-on-Sea and Ipswich (peak times only)
|
1975–1978 | |
315 | ![]() |
75 | 120 | 43 | Upminster
|
1980–1981 | |
321 | ![]() |
100 | 160 | 77 | London Liverpool Street–Braintree, Southend Victoria, Ipswich, Walton-on-the-Naze, Colchester Town, Clacton-on-Sea (Sundays only)
Wickford–Southminster |
1988–1990 | |
360/1 Desiro | ![]() |
21 | London Liverpool Street–Ipswich (peak times only)
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2002–2003 |
Depot
First Great Eastern's fleet was maintained at
Demise
In 2002, as part of a franchise reorganisation by the
References
- ^ Companies House extract company no 3007936 Great Eastern Railway Limited
- ^ First Great Eastern route map August 2003
- Rail Magazine. No. 312. 27 August 1997. p. 10.
- Rail Magazine. No. 312. 30 August 2003. p. 9.)
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(help - ^ "National Express wins rail franchise". The Daily Telegraph. London. 22 December 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
External links
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