Greater Anglia hopeful for 2021
They're getting ready for a fleet of new trains
More and more new trains will be coming into passenger service across East Anglia over the coming year, according to Greater Anglia managing director Jamie Burles.
So far 66 brand new trains are in passenger service on the Greater Anglia network - leaving a total of 125 more to come.
The MD has thanked Greater Anglia staff for keeping the railway going throughout the pandemic and has highlighted the company's success in continuing with the new trains programme, achieving record-breaking punctuality and making environmental improvements including an 11 per cut in carbon emissions.
He said:
"A big thank you to the Greater Anglia team for everything they've done over the past year, often under difficult circumstances due to the pandemic."
Referring to a pledeg he made last March to improve punctuality he said:
"I am pleased to say that we kept our word and we have delivered against that pledge, so we've seen record-breaking punctuality over the last year and that's something that we've got to continue."
He said that 40,000 more trains were on time in 2020 than in 2019 - and there are more tough punctuality targets for the year ahead.