UK, Manningtree, North Bound Freightliner

            Manningtree Station in East Anglia stand on the Great Eastern Mainline (GEML) in the county of Essex. It is an interesting location as it is the junction for the Harwich branch line to Harwich Parkestone Quay, one of the orignal train ferry ports of the UK (those services have finished).

For many years  the GEML has been the poor secondary intercity cousin of the BR network and has alway hand hand-me-downs in terms of rolling stock. Post WW2 under BR the Southern Region Bulleid Pacifics were brought in and performed very well on the steep gradients south and north of Manningtree in the Dedham vale. Then BR Standard Pacifics came in and performed even better until replace by class 37 and 47 diesels respectively. After the line was electrified in the 1980s Class89 and then class90s were brought in, all second hand of course. Under Abellio the reliability of the class 90s from Norwich Crown Point depot has greatly improved.

Now Abellio has decided to replace it's ENTIRE passenger fleet with new Bombardier EMUs for suburban and Stadler units for outer suburban and InterCity. The days of Class90s and Mark 4 BREL stock are numbered,

A new depot for rolling stock is to be built just north of Manningtree station on the site of an on chemical factory on the west side of the mainline. Work has already started.

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Taken on: May 13, 2017

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England

Abellio

Essex

Greater Anglia railways

Great Eastern Mainline

GEML

BREL

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