| Greater Anglia | |
| Image Filename: | Ipswich - Greater Anglia 745004 and 755327.JPG |
| Caption: | Greater Anglia Class 745 and Class 755 units at |
| Franchise: | East Anglia 12 October 2025 |
| Regions: | East of England Greater London |
| Parent Company: | DfT Operator |
| Fleet: | |
| Stations: | 150 |
| Stationsop: | 134 |
| Headquarters: | London |
| Abbr: | LE |
| Predecessor: | Greater Anglia |
GA Trains Limited,[1] trading as Greater Anglia, is a British state-owned train operating company that provides commuter and inter-city services from its Central London terminus at Liverpool Street station to Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and parts of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, as well as many regional services throughout the East of England.
It took over the services of the operator of the same name from Transport UK Group and Mitsui & Co on 12 October 2025.
In the lead-up to the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Labour Party of Keir Starmer committed itself to bring the passenger operations of the British rail network back under state ownership.[2] [3] Following its election win, the government introduced the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 that received the royal assent in November 2024.[4] [5]
In December 2024, it was announced that Greater Anglia's contract would be terminated after the Department for Transport activated a break clause, with DfT Operator taking over services on 12 October 2025.[6] [7] [8]
In January 2026, Greater Anglia announced installation of new anti-trespass measures.[9] Figures from 2025/26 revealed that trespass incidents caused more than 18 days' worth of delays, as a result the installation of additional fences, gates and witches' hats (rubber spikes on the ground) at stations in Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.[10]
, the following services, inherited from Greater Anglia's predecessor, operate during the off-peak period, Monday to Friday:[11]
| Great Eastern Main Line | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Calling at | ||
| London Liverpool Street – | 1 | ||
| Shenfield–Southend and Crouch Valley lines | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| London Liverpool Street – | 4 | ||
| Wickford – | |||
| Braintree branch line | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| London Liverpool Street – | 1 | ||
| Gainsborough line | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| Marks Tey – | 1 | ||
| Sunshine Coast Line | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| London Liverpool Street – | 1 | ||
| London Liverpool Street – | 1 | ||
| Colchester – Colchester Town | 1 | Shuttle service | |
| Colchester – | 1 | ||
| Mayflower line | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| Manningtree – | 1 |
| |
| West Anglia Main Line | ||
|---|---|---|
| Route | Calling at | |
| – | 2 |
|
| – | 2 | |
| Stratford – Bishop's Stortford | 2 |
|
| Hertford East branch line | ||
| Route | Calling at | |
| London Liverpool Street – | 2 | |
| Felixstowe branch line | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Calling at | ||
| – | 1 | ||
| East Suffolk line | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| Ipswich – | 1 | ||
| Ipswich–Ely line | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| Ipswich – Cambridge | 1 |
| |
| Ipswich – | |||
| Bittern Line | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| – | 1 |
| |
| Wherry Lines | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| Norwich – | 1 |
| |
| Norwich – Lowestoft | 1 |
| |
| Breckland line | |||
| Route | Calling at | ||
| Norwich – | 1 | ||
Greater Anglia operates the Stansted Express sub-branded airport rail link between and .[12], Stansted Express' off-peak services Monday to Friday are:[11]
In October 2025, Greater Anglia inherited the following rolling stock from its predecessor.
| Family | Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Number | Carriages | Routes operated | Built | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mph | km/h | ||||||||
| Shunting locomotive | |||||||||
| [13] | N/A | Shunter | 15 | 24 | 3 | N/A | Stock movements | 19521962 | |
| Electric multiple units | |||||||||
| Bombardier Aventra | EMU | 100 | 161 | 44 | 5 | 20182021 | |||
| 89 | |||||||||
| Stadler FLIRT | 10 | 12 | 2018-2020 | ||||||
| 10 | 12 | 2018-2020 | |||||||
| Bi-mode multiple units | |||||||||
| Stadler FLIRT | BMU | 100 | 161 | 14 | 3[14] | 20182020 | |||
| 24 | 4 | ||||||||
