East Anglia franchise

East Anglia

Greater Anglia Driving Van Trailer at Ipswich in June 2014
Current operator	Greater Anglia
Main Route(s)	Great Eastern Main Line West Anglia Main Line
Dates of operation	1 April 2004 – 4 February 2012 (National Express East Anglia) 5 February 2012 – 20 September 2026 (Greater Anglia)
Route map

v t e Greater Anglia
Legend
Route with limited service Station with limited service Great Eastern  GE   SE  Stansted Express Inter-City  IC   WA  West Anglia Regional  R
Cromer  R   R  Sheringham West Runton Roughton Road Gunton North Walsham Worstead Hoveton & Wroxham  IC   R  Norwich Salhouse Wymondham Spooner Row Attleborough  WA  King's Lynn Eccles Road Watlington Harling Road Downham Market Thetford Littleport Brandon  R  Peterborough Lakenheath Whittlesea Shippea Hill March Manea Brundall Gardens  WA  Ely Brundall Buckenham Lingwood Cantley Acle Reedham Great Yarmouth  R  Berney Arms Haddiscoe Somerleyton Oulton Broad North Diss Lowestoft  R  Oulton Broad South Beccles Brampton Halesworth Darsham Saxmundham Wickham Market Melton Woodbridge Westerfield Stowmarket Derby Road Needham Market Trimley Felixstowe  R  Elmswell Ipswich  R   GE  Thurston Harwich Town  GE  Bury St Edmunds Dovercourt Kennett Harwich International Wrabness Waterbeach Mistley Newmarket Dullingham Manningtree Cambridge North Walton-on-the-Naze  GE   R  Cambridge Frinton-on-Sea Shelford Kirby Cross Whittlesford Parkway Clacton-on-Sea  GE  Great Chesterford Thorpe-le-Soken Audley End Weeley Newport Great Bentley Elsenham Alresford Wivenhoe  R   SE  Stansted Airport Hythe Stansted Mountfitchet Colchester Town  GE  Bishop's Stortford Sawbridgeworth Colchester Harlow Mill Sudbury  GE  Harlow Town Bures Roydon Chappel & Wakes Colne Marks Tey  GE   WA  Hertford East Kelvedon Ware Braintree  GE  St Margarets Braintree Freeport Rye House Cressing White Notley Broxbourne Cheshunt Witham Hatfield Peverel Waltham Cross Chelmsford Ingatestone  GE  Southminster Southend Victoria  GE  Burnham-on-Crouch Prittlewell Althorne Southend Airport North Fambridge Rochford South Woodham Ferrers Hockley Battlesbridge Rayleigh Edmonton Green Wickford Seven Sisters Billericay Enfield Lock Shenfield Brimsdown Ponders End Meridian Water Northumberland Park Romford Tottenham Hale Seven Kings Lea Bridge Hackney Downs Stratford  WA   WA   GE   IC   SE  London Liverpool Street

The East Anglia franchise is a railway franchise for passenger trains on the Great Eastern Main Line and West Anglia Main Lines in England. It commenced operation in April 2004 when the Anglia and Great Eastern franchises, together with the West Anglia part of the West Anglia Great Northern franchise, were combined to form the Greater Anglia franchise.

Initially operated by National Express East Anglia, it was taken over by Greater Anglia in February 2012. In May 2015, the Liverpool Street to Chingford/Cheshunt and Enfield Town and Romford to Upminster services were transferred to London Overground, and the Liverpool Street to Shenfield services were transferred to TfL Rail. Upon being re-tendered in 2016, it was retained by Abellio and rebranded as Greater Anglia, as specified by the Department for Transport.