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Don't mean to sound picky but the carpet in the 50 vehicles of 201-208 date from 2005 under NX.
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random! that reminds me NX tentatively looked at refreshing their fleet- some 317/6s were done up to a good standard. There was talk of a thorough 317/6 and 321 refurbishment. Then it all came to nothing.
 
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387star said:
random! that reminds me NX tentatively looked at refreshing their fleet- some 317/6s were done up to a good standard. There was talk of a thorough 317/6 and 321 refurbishment. Then it all came to nothing.
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Was done on the Turbostars at the same time the 1st class (middle) section was removed along with the buffet.
 
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There were cupcakes? Wasn't using trains today, but didn't see anything new beyond cakes being announced?
 
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New signs at my station.

No sign of any Renatus units.

Track circuit failure country side of Chelmsford.
 
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Cupcakes, with fancy icing. No-one was taking one at my Station.
 
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If you need somewhere to dispose them cakes, just give me a ring! :D

Is anybody of the general public actually taking notice of this rebrand, or is to them 'same old, same old'?
 
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Is anybody of the general public actually taking notice of this rebrand, or is to them 'same old, same old'?
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I saw complete indifference. :lol:
 
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Not sure what anyone expected from day one, the new trains aren't built yet.
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I'll give them to Friday for the new trains, otherwise it's going to be #sackgreaterangliatrains all the way on social media.
 
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So despite the Abellio name and NS logo being dropped from the brand, Abellio bunting (complete with NS logo) was being hung up at Shenfield this evening. Not sure I understand that...
 
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The new website is horrible. The old one was much better. It all seems to big and hard to read.
 
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The new franchise has been covered in the Suffolk Gazette putting their usual satirical angle on things:

http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/hornby-rail-replacement-bus-set/

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By Casey Jones, Railways Correspondent

Model railway giant Hornby has celebrated Greater Anglia’s franchise win with a special Rail Replacement Bus Set.

The limited edition double-decker bus can be placed next to any Greater Anglia station – providing hours of playtime fun as you imagine frustrated travelers cramming on board for a trip to London.






Each set comes with two buses, a hate mob of passengers, harassed staff, a section of broken track – and even a tannoy so the mob can be controlled.

A Hornby insider told the Suffolk Gazette: “Ever since Frank Hornby started the company in 1901 we have sought to produce the most lifelike rail models in the world.

“Greater Anglia is quite a challenge, however, because it does not have many trains that actually work properly.

“We tried recreating antiquated units that broke down all the time, but couldn’t do it. Then our product team came up with the idea of a Rail Replacement Bus Set, given that Greater Anglia seems to use so many of them – especially at weekends.”

A real rail passenger said: “We have been pretty fed up with Greater Anglia and their buses, and were looking forward to the franchise ending. But inexplicably they won the franchise renewal which began this week.”

The limited edition box sets, priced at £19.99, are available now in time for Christmas from all good toy shops. And some bad ones.
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Pretty sure I've seen that parody before, funny as it may be.
Honestly though, in light of the GTR saga, Greater Anglia is very much out of the limelight when it comes to quality of service. The long-standing issue of most of their peak services running 5 minutes or so late persists, but apart from the effects of usual weekend engineering work, I haven't been caught out by any major issues lately.
 
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samuelmorris said:
So despite the Abellio name and NS logo being dropped from the brand, Abellio bunting (complete with NS logo) was being hung up at Shenfield this evening. Not sure I understand that...
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Yes saw some this evening as well. With poetic license, "Buns today, Bunting tomorrow!"
 
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The work being done at Cheshunt that was mentioned in the new franchise, does anyone know what this is going to be, and when?

I thought that, bar the future plans to add more lines and even rumours that with new developments may come a complete station move further north (presumably many years away), Cheshunt was pretty much done now?
 
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