Date: 07/03/2017

The first of Greater Anglias (GA) refurbished Class 170 trains is to re-enter passenger service in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
Arriva Traincare undertook the upgrade project at its Crewe facility under contract to Porterbrook Leasing, who are investing £5m into upgrading GAs eight three-carriage and four two-carriage trains operating on routes including Norwich to Cambridge, Ipswich to Cambridge, Ipswich to Lowestoft and Norwich to Lowestoft.

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Greater Anglias first refurbished Class 170 to re-enter service

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