Fenland Trains (The Railways Of East Anglia) (DVD)

Advantages: Let someone else do the driving
Disadvantages: A bit cramped and a bit bumpy at times

...News & Events It is well worth a visit. Now about my trip on Anglia Railways: To be honest I was so nervous about the interview that I didn?t pay that much attention to my journey to London. I was a little stressed though as I got onto the wrong train in the first place. I?d looked at the information on the screens and it said the London Train was in Platform 1A so I got on the one that was there. However a man came round and asked everyone where they were going. A lady behind me said Liverpool. I thought she meant Liverpool Street Station. He then asked me and when I said London he said ?no you?re not, not on this train. You need to get on the train in front of this one.? It could have been me being stressed and dippy but it wouldn?t hurt that even if you check the screens it is still a good idea to ask a human if it... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, good value tickets, friendly staff
Disadvantages: Delays (sometimes!)

...Name high-speed former InterCity operators in this country and Anglia is not usually one that people come up with. It was! It's now known as Anglia Railways, and operates high-speed trains between London Liverpool Street and Norwich. It also operates the Harwich Boat Train,local services in East Anglia to places such as Lowestoft and the new CrossRail service to Basingstoke from East Anglia. I took a journey with a friend of mine to Norwich one Saturday and caught a service that stopped at only two stations to Norwich. I purchased a Saver ticket for approx £20 with a Young Persons Railcard. After paying with a £5 voucher and obtaining the Weekend First upgrade, the total ticket cost a mere £25, which for First Class travel is a damn good price. Weekend First is a supplement to upgrade to First Class on Saturdays and Sundays. It is £5... Read review

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Advantages: Very Reliable, Good Ideas
Disadvantages: Ugly Local Trains

...of the 153 (a class 155 cut in half) should be shot. What is the point of putting exit doors at each end of the train?! Why didn't they realise that it takes longer to get off a train when the doors are situated there? I also have a niggle about both the class 150 and 153 units. Why did they use bus parts to build them?! A bus is a bus and a train is a train. At least that is what I think. They also use the class 170 units on the Norwich-Cambridge lines and on the Lowestoft/Great Yarmouth lines when they are running through services from Liverpool Street. Infrastructure -------------- The infrastructure on the main line is very good. However, the infrastructure on the local lines is CRAP! Opinion ------- ANGLIA RAILWAYS IS A TOP CLASS TRAIN OPERATOR. They have thought of many new innovations (the doomed crosslink and the more successful... Read review

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