One Railway: Data & Information
When the British Rail services operating out of London Liverpool Street were privatised in January 1997, they were divided up between three train operating companies, Anglia Railways, First Great Eastern & West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN).
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 in order to improve efficiency and reliability as part of a move to reduce the number of train operating companies providing services from a single London terminal.
In April 2003, the Strategic Rail Authority announced Arriva, GB Railways & National Express had been shortlisted to bid for the new franchise.
In December 2003, the franchise was awarded to National Express, originally trading as ‘One’, with all the services operated by Anglia Railways and First Great Eastern along with the West Anglia (WA) division of WAGN (West Anglia Great Northern), in essence the WAGN services operating out of London Liverpool Street, transferring to ‘One’ on the 1st April 2004.
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.
'One' operated local, suburban and express services from Liverpool Street station in the City of London to destinations in the railway franchise known as the Greater Anglia network, stretching from north and east Greater London to Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk in East Anglia.
The franchise was to run until March 2011, with provision for a three-year extension if performance targets were met.
In February 2008, 'One' was re-branded by its owner National Express as National Express East Anglia as part of a group wide rebranding exercise to bring it into line with its East Coast franchise.
Read MoreIn 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 in order to improve efficiency and reliability as part of a move to reduce the number of train operating companies providing services from a single London terminal.
In April 2003, the Strategic Rail Authority announced Arriva, GB Railways & National Express had been shortlisted to bid for the new franchise.
In December 2003, the franchise was awarded to National Express, originally trading as ‘One’, with all the services operated by Anglia Railways and First Great Eastern along with the West Anglia (WA) division of WAGN (West Anglia Great Northern), in essence the WAGN services operating out of London Liverpool Street, transferring to ‘One’ on the 1st April 2004.
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.
'One' operated local, suburban and express services from Liverpool Street station in the City of London to destinations in the railway franchise known as the Greater Anglia network, stretching from north and east Greater London to Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk in East Anglia.
The franchise was to run until March 2011, with provision for a three-year extension if performance targets were met.
In February 2008, 'One' was re-branded by its owner National Express as National Express East Anglia as part of a group wide rebranding exercise to bring it into line with its East Coast franchise.
