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Mk 3B DVT no. 82119 in 'one' livery at Norwich station.

Description

one is the brand name of a railway company that operates local, suburban and express services from London Liverpool Street in the City of London to East London, Essex and East Anglia, otherwise known as the Greater Anglia network. 'one' is part of the National Express Group.

The Greater Anglia network was awarded to a single operator as part of an drive to reduce the number of train companies operating to major termini in an effort to improve integration between services and reliability, and replaces the previous separate train operating companies Anglia Railways, First Great Eastern and WAGN. The company is now the sole passenger operator on the Great Eastern Main Line.


Services

Class 47, no. 47818, at Cambridge on 23rd August 2004. This locomotive is owned by Cotswold Rail but hired to One Railway. Over the summer of 2004, it was used extensively to haul diverted passenger trains from London Liverpool St. to Norwich, due to engineering works at Ipswich.

'one' utilises a number of brand names to help passengers distinguish between its services: