The first of Greater Anglia’s brand-new electric commuter trains entered passenger service in Essex today.

Greater Anglia is getting 133 five-carriage commuter trains made by UK manufacturer Bombardier, which will mostly run into London Liverpool Street from Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Ipswich.

Two of these trains were used coupled together to form ten carriages for the 16.10 service to London Liverpool Street, from Southend Victoria, before returning as the 17.25 from Liverpool Street, arriving in Southend Victoria at 18.28, today, Thursday 26 November.

Greater Anglia has saved more than 650 tonnes of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere, after installing energy management technology at some of its stations.

So far the amount of carbon saved is the equivalent to the carbon dioxide footprint created by 180 homes in a year.

In May 2019, WEMS (Wireless Energy Management Systems) were installed at more than 30 stations that were surveyed and identified as high energy consuming stations.

Yes you can – not everyone is driving home for Christmas and our trains are a safe and environmentally-friendly alternative. We’ve been very busy making our trains and stations as safe as possible during the pandemic so if you need to catch the train home, you can do so with confidence.