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National Express East Anglia〔(Companies House extract company no 4955356 ) London Eastern Railway Limited〕 (NXEA) was a train operating company in England owned by National Express, that operated the Greater Anglia franchise from April 2004 until February 2012. Originally trading as ''One'', it was rebranded National Express East Anglia in February 2008. It provided local, suburban and express services from London Liverpool Street to destinations in Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk in the East of England. ==History== When the British Rail services operating out of London London Liverpool Street were privatised in January 1997, they were divided up between three train operating companies, Anglia Railways, First Great Eastern and West Anglia Great Northern. 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.〔''Rail'' issue 426 9 Jan 2002 page 4〕〔(New Greater Anglian Franchise ) Strategic Rail Authority 27 March 2002〕 In April 2003, the Strategic Rail Authority announced Arriva, GB Railways and National Express had been shortlisted to bid for the new franchise.〔(Group shocked as rail bid fails ) ''BBC News'' 1 April 2003〕 In December 2003, the franchise was awarded to National Express with all the services operated by Anglia Railways and First Great Eastern along with those out of London Liverpool Street by West Anglia Great Northern, transferring to'' One'' on 1 April 2004.〔(National Express Group Announced as Preferred Bidder for new Greater Anglia Franchise ) Strategic Rail Authority 22 December 2003〕〔(National Express wins rail franchise ) ''The Telegraph'' 22 December 2003〕 The franchise was to run until March 2011, with provision for a three-year extension if performance targets were met. 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 and standing for "Operated by National Express". This led to passenger confusion as they were unable to establish if announcements were for the 07:20 ''One'' service, or the 07:21 service resulting in the company's name being omitted from announcements.〔''Rail'' issue 488 26 May 2004 page 11〕 All dining car services were eliminated to pay for the livery costs incurred in repainting every piece of rolling stock in the franchise after the ''One'' rebranding exercise, though the new name had a life of less than 4 years. In February 2008, as part of yet another group wide rebranding exercise, the franchise was redesignated again. This time it became National Express East Anglia.〔(New Identity for National Express Group ) National Express Group plc 15 November 2007〕〔(Rail company rebrands as National Express ) ''Eastern Daily Press'' (Norwich) 27 February 2008〕 In November 2009, the Department for Transport announced National Express would not be granted the three-year extension that it had met the criteria for, because of it defaulting on the National Express East Coast franchise.〔(National Express loses East Anglia franchise three years early ) ''The Telegraph'' 26 November 2009〕 Following a change of government at the 2010 General Election, the Department for Transport announced all refranchising would be put on hold while a review was conducted into the franchising process.〔(Rail Franchising ) Department for Transport 17 June 2010〕 As a result, National Express were granted an initial extension until October 2011, followed by another until February 2012.〔(National Express wins extension to East Anglia rail franchise ) ''The Telegraph'' 15 September 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Express East Anglia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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