be confused with national express east coast . national express east anglia class 90 at liverpool street station in september 2008 overview franchise s greater anglia 1 april 2004 4 february 2012 main region s east of england other region s london hertfordshire and cambridgeshire stations called at 168 national rail abbreviation le parent company national express website www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com route map national express east anglia 1 nxea was a train operating company in england owned by national express that operated the greater anglia franchise from april 2004 until february 2012 . originally trading as one it was rebranded national express east anglia in february 2008 . it provided local suburban and express services from london liverpool street to destinations in essex hertfordshire cambridgeshire suffolk and norfolk in the east of england . contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 former anglia franchise 2.2 former great eastern franchise 2.3 former west anglia great northern franchise 3 rolling stock 3.1 fleet at start of franchise 3.2 fleet at end of franchise 3.3 diagrams 4 performance 5 demise 6 references 7 external links history edit one liveried class 90 at liverpool street station in march 2007 class 156 at marks tey in march 2008 one liveried class 315 at hackney downs station in august 2007 class 321 at liverpool street station class 379 in norwich in january 2011 when the british rail services operating out of london london liverpool street were privatised in january 1997 they were divided up between three train operating companies anglia railways first great eastern and west anglia great northern . in december 2001 the strategic rail authority announced it planned to combine all of the services operating out of london liverpool street into one greater anglia franchise . 2 3 in april 2003 the strategic rail authority announced arriva gb railways and national express had been shortlisted to bid for the new franchise . 4 in december 2003 the franchise was awarded to national express with all the services operated by anglia railways and first great eastern along with those out of london liverpool street by west anglia great northern transferring to one on 1 april 2004 . 5 6 the franchise was to run until march 2011 with provision for a three year extension if performance targets were met . the area names from the former franchises were initially retained as sub brands by the new franchise one anglia one great eastern and one west anglia however other than stansted express all services were soon branded as just one reflecting the union of the three smaller franchises into one single franchise and standing for operated by national express . citation needed this led to passenger confusion as they were unable to establish if announcements were for the 07 20 one service or the 07 21 service resulting in the company s name being omitted from announcements . 7 all dining car services were eliminated to pay for the livery costs incurred in repainting every piece of rolling stock in the franchise after the one rebranding exercise though the new name had a life of less than 4 years . in february 2008 as part of yet another group wide rebranding exercise the franchise was redesignated again . this time it became national express east anglia . 8 9 in november 2009 the department for transport announced national express would not be granted the three year extension that it had met the criteria for because of it defaulting on the national express east coast franchise . 10 11 following a change of government at the 2010 general election the department for transport announced all refranchising would be put on hold while a review was conducted into the franchising process . 12 13 as a result national express were granted an initial extension until october 2011 followed by another until february 2012 . 14 after february 2012 the trains were run by abellio greater anglia a subsidiary of nederlandse spoorwegen . services edit in addition to its domestic services the company was also a partner with stena line and nederlandse spoorwegen in the dutchflyer service . most of the london services use liverpool street as their terminus . former anglia franchise edit intercity great eastern main line services to chelmsford colchester ipswich and norwich as well as local services in suffolk and norfolk bittern line norwich cromer sheringham breckland line norwich ely continuing to cambridge east suffolk line ipswich lowestoft ely to peterborough line ely peterborough felixstowe branch line ipswich felixstowe ipswich to ely line ipswich bury st edmunds continuing to ely newmarket cambridge wherry lines norwich great yarmouth lowestoft former great eastern franchise edit great eastern main line to chelmsford colchester clacton on sea and ipswich shenfield metro service liverpool street shenfield upminster branch line romford upminster shenfield to southend line shenfield southend victoria crouch valley line shenfield wickford southminster braintree branch line witham braintree gainsborough line marks tey sudbury sunshine coast line colchester colchester town clacton on sea and walton on the naze mayflower line manningtree harwich town former west anglia great northern franchise edit lea valley lines liverpool street to chingford enfield cheshunt also services on the hertford east branch line local services from liverpool street stansted airport stratford stansted airport west anglia main line liverpool street harlow cambridge and limited service to king s lynn for eight weeks in summer 2004 ipswich tunnel was closed with one running two norwich to liverpool street services via cambridge with cotswold rail class 47s . 15 in december 2004 new services were introduced from liverpool street to lowestoft via east suffolk line or norwich peterborough bury st edmunds and cambridge via ipswich . 16 however in december 2010 these services become withdrawn . 17 the liverpool street to harwich international boat trains used to be operated by class 86s and mark 2s however emus took over the service . 18 rolling stock edit one inherited a fleet of class 86 mark 2 carriages driving brake standard opens class 150 class 153 and class 170 turbostar class 312 class 315 class 317 class 321 and class 360s from anglia railways first great eastern and west anglia great northern . a franchise commitment was the replacement of the class 86s and mark 2 carriages with class 90s and mark 3 carriages that were being replaced by virgin west coast . initially the mark 3s entered service in the same run down condition as they had left virgin before all were overhauled at bombardier transportation derby . the last class 86s and mark 2 carriages were withdrawn in late 2006 . in 2005 the class 150s were exchanged with nine class 156s from central trains . in 2009 national express east anglia received 17 class 321s transferred from london midland . another franchise commitment was the procurement of new stock for the stansted express service . this resulted in 30 four carriage class 379 electrostars being ordered with the first entering service in march 2011 . 19 a class 47 was hired from cotswold rail for use on rescue duties and to haul the initial weekday and later summer saturday only services from norwich to great yarmouth . after cotswold ceased trading in 2009 direct rail services class 47s were hired . db schenker often provided a class 90s to cover for unavailability of one s fleet . fleet at start of franchise edit class image type top speed number built withdrawn inherited from mph km h 47 diesel locomotive 100 161 hired from cotswold rail 1962 1968 2009 a n a 86 electric locomotive 100 161 15 1965 1966 2005 anglia railways 150 2 diesel multiple unit 75 121 10 1984 1987 2004 b anglia railways 153 diesel multiple unit 75 121 7 1987 1988 2 in 2004 b anglia railways 170 2 turbostar diesel multiple unit 100 161 12 1999 2002 n a anglia railways 315 electric multiple unit 75 121 61 1980 1981 n a first great eastern & wagn 317 1 electric multiple unit 100 161 27 1981 1982 2006 c wagn 317 6 electric multiple unit 100 161 24 1985 1987 n a wagn 317 7 electric multiple unit 100 161 9 1981 1982 2012 d wagn 321 electric multiple unit 100 161 77 1988 1990 n a first great eastern 360 1 desiro electric multiple unit 100 161 21 2002 2003 n a first great eastern mark 2 carriage carriage 100 161 115 1964 1975 2005 anglia railways driving brake standard open 100 161 13 1979 1986 2006 anglia railways hired from direct rail services after cessation of cotswold rail . a b exchanged for central trains 156s in 2005 converted to 317 5 & 317 8 . withdrawn at end of franchise fleet at end of franchise edit class image cars per set type top speed number routes operated built mph km h 47 n a diesel locomotive 100 161 hired from direct rail services train rescue norwich great yarmouth summer only norwich lowestoft summer only 1962 1968 90 n a electric locomotive 110 177 15 london norwich 1987 1990 153 1 diesel multiple unit 75 121 5 ipswich felixstowe norwich great yarmouth norwich lowestoft sudbury marks tey 1987 1988 156 2 diesel multiple unit 75 121 9 ipswich saxmundham norwich great yarmouth norwich lowestoft norwich sheringham sudbury marks tey 1987 1989 170 2 turbostar 2 or 3 diesel multiple unit 100 161 12 ipswich cambridge ipswich peterborough ipswich lowestoft norwich cambridge 1999 2002 315 4 electric multiple unit 75 121 61 london shenfield london hertford east peak hours and weekends only london enfield town london cheshunt london chingford 1980 1981 317 5 4 electric multiple unit 100 161 15 london stansted airport london cambridge london hertford east london chingford london enfield townstratford bishop stortford 1981 1982 317 6 4 electric multiple unit 100 161 24 london stansted airport london cambridge london hertford east london chingford london enfield townstratford bishop stortford romford upminster 1985 1987 317 7 4 electric multiple unit 100 161 9 withdrawn when franchise ended london stansted airport london cambridge london chingford london hertford east london enfield townlondon norwich london harwich international 1981 1982 317 8 4 electric multiple unit 100 161 12 london stansted airport london cambridge london hertford east london chingford london enfield town stratford bishop stortford 1981 1982 321 4 electric multiple unit 100 161 94 london braintree london ipswich london southend victoria london clacton colchester walton on naze manningtree harwich wickford southminster 1988 1990 360 1 desiro 4 electric multiple unit 100 161 21 london ipswich london clacton london colchester town 2002 2003 379 electrostar 4 electric multiple unit 100 161 30 london stansted airport london cambridge 2010 2011 mark 3 carriage n a carriage 125 201 120 london norwich norwich great yarmouth summer only norwich lowestoft summer only 1975 1988 n a driving van trailer 110 177 15 london norwich norwich great yarmouth summer only norwich lowestoft summer only 1988 diagrams edit class 360 class 321 class 379 performance edit infrastructure problems have affected performance . according to network rail the main problems have been track circuit failures broken rails track faults points failures and overhead line equipment ole failures . 20 network rail which is responsible for the infrastructure intended to improve performance by work carried out during a planned closure of london liverpool street station over christmas and new year 2007 8 . this allowed much of the outer london overhead line equipment to be replaced by modern self tensioning lines . 20 the work was carried out but overran at short notice by some 24 hours causing ridicule in the national press . 21 detailed figures from the january edition of modern railways of the miles covered per 5 minute delay for the year ending october 2009 showed that the most reliable trains in the fleet were again the class 360 desiros mainly clacton on sea to london liverpool street which achieved over 38 000 miles per five minute delay . the workhorse class