Are Greater Anglia's Class 755 Britain's BEST Regional Train?
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- Up this week, we take a look at one of Greater Anglia's new regional Class 755 Stadler FLIRT units to find out if they are Britain's best regional train!
Date of Travel: March 2021
Class of Travel: Standard Class (2nd Class)
Rolling Stock: Class 755 Stadler FLIRT
Type of Service: Ordinary Passenger
Train Number: 2L75
Origin: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (England)
Destination: Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom (England)
Cost of Ticket: £18.05 ($24.95, €21.40; including railcard discount of ⅓)
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I'm not usually a fan of the internal layouts and design choices British rail operaors go with, but this is a fantastic interior and a good choice of model as well - the seperate genset makes for such a quiet and smooth ride for passengers. Good call, Greater Anglia!
Better than any other regional diesel. It's a huge improvement noise wise not having the engines under the carriages.
Certainly better than the ones EMR use on the Norwich route
what does emr use? is it 170?
@@Farleigh1050 158s
@@Saismee oh
Borrowed from Modern Railways: - The power cars could be removed once the network had general electrification thus achieving a weight saving and noise reduction. There are 4 diesels in the power car and two can be switched out where load, schedule and gradients allow. Seat backs regarded as being too close to the vertical for long journeys. Lack of internal doors from vestibules into seating area compromises heating arrangements. Remote overhead pictograms to advise on WC cubicle occupation very helpful.
Comfortable seats? Lighting that's at a reasonable level instead of being brighter than the sun? Please, other UK train operators / rolling stock companies, take note!
Presumably the other advantage to having the diesel generator in a separate car is that the EMU can be fairly easily re-raked without it if it's going to be used on a fully electrified route, reducing dead weight and increasing efficiency. Given that more routes will have to be electrified during the lifetime of this train if we're to meet our climate targets, that seems like sensible planning.
Yes, it's an extreme version of the modular style in which today's MUs are built. Most are designed so that underfloor diesel powerpack rafts could one day be junked and hydrogen/ battery/ nuclear/ whatever powerpacks can replace them. With the 755s the power pod can either be refitted with something else in place of the diesels...or lose the deadweight and scrap it if going AC electric-only.
We live next to the greater anglia line (Ipswich) and the trains are really impressive. The livery is great, the general design, and the interior make you think… why aren’t all trains like this in the UK? They just feel expensive.
This was bit of a time warp for me, I spent seven years at RAF Lakenheath during the early 1980's. Think the Station there is no longer served, nearest being Bury-St-Edmonds. Didn't have a carpark but being an Officer I could always get a ride to the Station. The rolling stock was ancient then but good enough for the run down to London. Been trying to get back but this damn Covid. Keep up the narrated videos, so much better than the old ones.
I did this route recently (Peterborough to Ely) and I was very impressed with them, they look very continental. Rumor is that these types of seats might be going into EMR's 810s, and if that's the case, I'll be very happy. Although to be honest, any decent seat is an upgrade from the seats on the current IET fleet, bar the Lumo 803s. I also find no step access is really satisfying to look at for some reason 😂.
You could have mentioned that the line will soon gain a station. Soham, between Ely and Bury, closed in 1965 but is set to reopen as a single platform with a two-hourly service pattern. The chord facing Newmarket may be reinstated later to permit Soham-Cambridge running. It is strange that Soham (pop. now 11,000) was axed while Kennett, the next stop towards Bury, was spared.
The site is cherished as the scene of one of the railway's most heroic deeds. In 1944 a driver and fireman gave their lives to prevent a wartime munitions train exploding near the town centre.
Narrating rather than captioning allows you to give a lot more detail about the train and the areas it passes through, which is much appreciated. In print it would have covered the screen; spoken, it's just right.
Well said. Having to read the captions distracts me from the lovely videos.
I've done this trip on several occasions, albeit on the Class 170's that were used before the current trains
Hands down the best regional trains in the UK. Used them in Germany and running on just electric they really take off like rockets!
As ever, great video, clear and interesting. Others are beginning to copy your style, but no-one does it as well as you.
another lovely journey. I'd surely take that train. Very nice interior. The whole train looked like an upgrade. I love the step free access. That would be a giant aid for me. The scenery was pleasant. One more thumbs up Dylan. Maybe next time we'll get to see a little more of you. I love the quaint old station at March. I'm sure I've seen that in movies or on the telly.
Was in Peterborough not so long ago, stayed in that hotel opposite, beautiful cathedral and then Ely also stunning architecture. Didn't know that Dylan about March, even though I passed it many times from going to Leicester to Cambridge many years ago when i lived in Cambridge for 3 years. I love your videos, and historical facts added. ☺️
That stopped a long way from the buffers at Ipswich, could've got a bit closer, having got that out of the way I must say that these 755's are a very nice train with no engine sound under the seat, these will certainly give some of the British counterparts a run for the money, the trip will be even better if and when the Peterborough to Ely line is equipped with overhead electric supply
Nice journey thanks for taking us with you 😀👍
I always love how them class 755 has them like step on the outside , just near the door to help passengers to mind the gap between the train and the platform.
They do look like impressive trains! Probably get something like them our way in around 40 years......
I lived near Ipswich until two years ago and was a regular traveller to London so I enjoyed the video. Worth pointing out one nonsensical issue regarding the station interchange which is that they do not allow National Express coaches to call there. They have to terminate more than a walking distance away which is clearly to prevent competition with Greater Anglia. Damned annoying when you've caught the coach from Heathrow and need to connect with a local bus service or taxi in Ipswich.
Great camera work Dylan - and what a pleasure to see a well designed train on UK rural routes. Loved the step free access - even my power chair could cope with that, and as you didn't mention any catering I presume none was available on this short journey - which is understandable. Prices as usual in the UK too steep to encourage more usage. Will be ever learn? (rhetorical)
These are Swiss trains. FLIRTs are quite frequent from Algeria to Italy, from Switzerland to Hungary and Stadler is building new trains for RENFE Spain
Safe travels pal! Greetings from Portugal and keep up the good work!
Great video. I loved the beautiful countryside along the route beyond Ely, since I've never travelled any part of that line before.
Lovely video Dylan, excellent work mate. These are my local trains as I live in Norwich, these are a better improvement on what we had on regional and express trains, fast smooth and comfortable although the seating is a bit hard for me. For me though as I don’t use trains that often they can be expensive even for a single which puts me off using them on a regular basis. Keep up the great work though 👍🏻👌🏼
Realy enjoyed this video, nice clear sound was appreaciated, greetings from Yorkshire, have subscribed...Mal
Many thanks for another really good video. I've recently been down in West Sussex and travelled on the Class 313s that ply the Coastway there. The Class 755 would represent a huge improvement on those tired old units! Ditto replacing the Class 150s here in the Exeter area.
Coastway is where old third rail EMUs are pensioned off to.
Thanks for this nice and informative video, as they are always ! The ticketing systems made remembering the old days of British Rail, when you got for the very most of the destinations a cheap day return ticket at a reduction of 30% in total with some restrictions during peak hours. As a tourist from abroad, as I 'm German, I could by a Tourist Return Ticket in alot of travel agencies allover Germany in advance without these restrictions. To understand restrictions in a foreign country may turn into a quite
likely unimpossible mission...
Another good video and voiceover Dylan. Those Stadler trains look good. A few years ago I travelled from Milano CLE to Parma on another train from the FLIRT family. At the time the train was packed and had to make do with a fold down seat. They're not the best for comfort, especially on a long journey.
Apart from the disasters at intro when they quickly earned the nickname 'Basils', the 755s are very good for the routes they serve. Even on diesel (assuming all engines are switched on of course!) they can get a move on.
Great video, great camera, great narration. In fact just Excellent
What a lovely video. Lucky you Dylan. Thanks for sharing 😊
I sampled one of these recently, as a disabled person in a wheelchair, these are light years ahead of the old 170s. In both directionns it ran on electric to/from Stowmarket
Living in Switzerland I've got the opportunity to try out a bunch of Stadler Flirts, be it from our national railroad company SBB or the regional BLS, who just got the newest 4th generation Flirts called "Mika". Unlike the class 755 they are purely electric, as all our lines here are electrified, so they are more comparable to your class 745.
The overall standard of the Greater Anglia Flirts looks to be pretty high, I'd say at par with our latest "Mika" version. Your seats look a bit more comfy, while on ours the windows are a bit bigger and offer even better views. Here's a video featuring the "Mika", feel free to compare: th-cam.com/video/2EJzcWeb0OY/w-d-xo.html
The Swiss Stadler Company makes very good trains all over Europe and beyond Indeed.
I like these trains. I have travelled on them while I was in Norfolk last year to Lowestoft.
hey cobber how ya goin nice smooth train and great sceenery dont ever stop makeing these vidios they are great love watching them cheers buddy take care
Hello Dylan,
The quickest journey between Peteborough & Ipswich via the A1M & the A14 takes at least 1 hour & 45 minutes for the 94 miles. Current petrol costs alone at 30 mpg are 22 pence per mile or £22-60 for the journey without adding in the additional costs of car ownership, which virtually double the figure to 41 pence per mile or £38-54. Even without your discount, the train saved over £10 & you travelled in comfort.
Lovely train. Thanks for the tour.
Those train cars are sure modern. The seats sure look like a exact replica of aircraft seats 😊👍🏻
Excellent video thoroughly enjoyed it!
Very nice clean design. As regional trains go, this is one of the better ones for sure. Will there be any snack bar or meal service on this train once the pandemic is over ? Maybe just the fabric pattern but the seat looked a little narrow. Nice shot of the engine at the end Dylan.
Thanks for another trip report !!!
A good ticket to consider is the Anglia Plus day ranger, which for Adult is about £24.00, it allows travel in a Boundary of Cambridge,Ipswich, Ely,Norwich, so a good day out on the flirts can be had, both 755 and the 745, ive had a good few days running around on the Flirts, and can recommend this day ranger, for a good value day out.
I agree. the best regional trains in the UK. Having ridden on them on local trips in the Norwich, Wroxham and Reedham area whilst visiting the Broards. Can't wait to try the Inter-City version of the Flirt next year from Liverpool Street to Norwich!
Ive been of these trains a couple of times and they are so nice
(for example the seats are very comfortable for a regional train in standard class)
I know because Stadler is a Swiss company & their trains are popular across most parts of Europe.
Hi Dylan, may I suggest that giving a price per mile would be helpful for comparing different routes and operators. Thanks for another great video.
Ipswich to London liverpool street it's about £45
"It's been altered several times since" nicely handled...
Nice train, good video.
The step-free access from the platform into the coach is great.
But one thing that hasn't been mentioned is that some of the 2x2 seating at the tables is elevated with a small step up to the seating area. If you forget there is a step there when leaving your seat, you can lose your balance and find yourself thrown against the seats opposite which has happened to me more than once! This is obviously not a problem if you use the 755's regularly.
I've found that to be a problem aswell, especially on the busier trains where I tend to stumble a lot more. I tend to stick nearer the doors for that reason.
@@buffalo6524
So I'm not the only one who has had this problem!
Living in the Midlands, I don't often use these trains but last time I think I saw a sign which said something like 'Take care when leaving your seat' (unless I dreamt this!).
Good job on this video Dylan I also like the 755
Interesting solution in Ipswich with such a long part of the track without electric!
Good work again - but I think your list of train companies using Peterborough omitted Cross Country's Birmingham to Stansted Airport service, which runs hourly.
Thank you for sharing a nice video. I'm happy. From Japan.
I recently went on the LNER Azuma train and it was a good experience, maybe a future return to this train
Should come and try the class 231 stadler flirts (diesel only) for Transport for Wales next year :-)
And the class 756 (tri-mode) flirts aswell. And the class 398s
TFW getting all things stadler 😆
Brilliant video I need to go greater anglia 755 and intercity from London to Ipswich
As someone who rides their trains all the time they provide a nice quiet service (When they're on overhead) however even running on diesel it's very quiet
Excellent video. Does leave me with questions; who has the most comfortable standard class seats? Is it worth the extra to travel first when available? Since your derrière has tried many thought you might want to do a comparison.
Great video! What sort of device do you use to record these awesome train videos, I'm thinking of taking a video of the train I will be taking on the 27th of November 2021?
Great to see a separate power car rather than underfloor engines ie. Voyagers
Thanks for another great video, Dylan! And thank you for including the historical info about the towns... very interesting!
Great video !!
Good report Dylan as always
As a very old retired railway signalling engineer I get a travel discount on tickets but that aside I think if they want to save the planet (cop26) train fares need to be halved and carparking free for ticket holders to get people off the roads.
This 755 stock is not bad at all and the wife and i use it to go to Liverpool St fairly often.
Stay safe more power to your excellent trip reports
Lee & Christine
Part of the reason for high fares is to choke off demand, the comparitively short trains typically used in the UK could not cope if the fares were slashed.
Even BR used the same technique soon after the IC125 HST was introduced when it became too popular.
Stepford Country Railway new update looks great!
I have watched and enjoyed your 'race', Edinburgh to London. Train against Plane a couple of times. Very enjoyable and interesting. I was born in Edinburgh then as a little lad we moved to London. Travelling back to Edinburgh for summer hols (by steam engine). I now live in Austria... So as once this pandemic is gone and thanks to you my new projects is to travel by train so any chance you could do a race Train against Plane, London to Vienna? (Actually I will travel St Polten to Ebbsfleet as I live near St P and my Son near Ebbsfleet) Anyway just an idea. Excellent and Enjoyable work well done. 😉
Peterborough also sees CrossCountry services between Birmingham NS and Stansted Airport
CrossCountry have very old slow noisy diesels ….nothing like these trains….. and every hour seems a poor option to driving
Another very informative report. I think it's time I moved on to a smaller video camera ( less obtrusive too ). What are you using at the moment?
I know you didn't ask me, but I use a Canon M50 for my TH-cam videos. Not that expensive, light, and is good at handling camera shake.
One of the better U.K. trains that I've seen. Great video, Dylan.
One of many things that I love about living in New England, is the plethora of English names. In Massachusetts there is a coastal town called Ipswich, and here in Connecticut we have New Britain, New Haven, and Norwich to name a few.
In South Carolina we have Darlington, Swansea, and York
And in the UK we have all the above and more 😂
Not forgetting Boston of course...
@@tomclifton1607 Never, it's the capitol of New England. Besides, my son lives there!!!
Greater anglia one of the better tocs the stadlers are brilliant, especially for the level access, nice lighting and seats. why other companies inflict us with Hitachi heaven only knows.
I like the Hitachi ones, although the seats are worse than ironing boards
*Hitachi hell
@@themightyzanoss8409 Hell
Great trip report
Any amount of money is good value to not be in Peterborough any more!😅
Poor old Railworld...😢
It's good to have decent trains that are fit for purpose on an area that often feels unloved and overlooked.
Great video, lots of information about the route and the train👍☺️
Not exactly topical though. Spring!🤔😉
Yeahhh boiii one of the buses I drive made it on to your videos 😂
Great narration
Thanks!
Thanks, Dylan! Another beautiful trip with you.
I have to say, I believe I complimented your narration on the Northern trip from Blackpool to Leeds but I want to reiterate, your narration is brilliant.
It's a perfect mix of practical information for folk looking to make the journey or travel with the operator . . . Combined with historical, geographical and technical knowledge for nerds/traincrew like me to sink our teeth into 😅😅
Dylan the Midland Pullman did coast to coast Today.....Barrow - Whitby any chance of reviewing this in the future ?
Another great video Dylan. Keep up the amazing work and for me, I definitely prefer the narrative you have been giving on the recent videos
I LOVE these trains.
Excellent video. 👌
Fantastic Train, new, clean and reliable, is so good that you got already engaged with the Narration Type Videos, I know I already said it before, but it makes the journey so much more Enjoyable and Dynamic. Thanks for keeping on doing it so. Beautiful Architecture in "March". Is so rewarding to see several cargo cars on the road from the Mexican enterprise Cemex. Good ride.
the trouble is we have to put up with these type of trains going from Liverpool st to Norwich, did Abelio ask the public if they wanted new trains. there was nothing wrong with loco hauled trains, the 86s and the 90s did a very good job
Jesus christ get with the times, they were falling apart and squeaky as hell, not to mention slow wifi, bad acceleration and the rest of the problems that came with them. They were nice trains the old ones, but they've had their day and times move on
Whilst not expecting much sympathy, as a commuter, the first class on the 745s is pretty rubbish compared to the MK3s. But yes, the 755s are pretty good for a short trip.
Which app do you use for the speed? Do they work on every train?
Really good looking and riding units. I like the idea of the 'power car'. And thanks for telling us about the 'railed hovercraft'. I'd never heard of it!
I have yet to travel on anything built by Stadler… But I do hope they’re considered for services in Scotland when the 156 and 158s are replaced.
There's another good 30 years left in those indestructable 156s and 158s! :o)
Very nice Dylan.
These are my favourite trains in UK. They are awesome and some of the most unique in UK.
A really interesting and enjoyable video Dylan- and a great voiceover too. Keep up the great work
Well done Dylan. Love the narration’s you are doing more often now, thank you. Please keep up the great work!
Fantastic review, Really makes me want to take a trip to the UK
My newest scr train is the 755 but it's underrated and not updated
Great trip.
I think along that line somewhere is Snailwell, where British Rail used to take scrap railway carriages and burn them
Nice vedio . Thanks
Another great video Dylan enjoyed the commentary as always . The scenery was amazing , keep up the good work until your next video . Thanks again . Take care .
Folding seats seems they're as comfortable as standard seats
These are my fave engines xx
Very nice trains. Lovely interiors! Out with the voyagers! Are they just 100mph though..
The Class 755 doesn't really compete in the same segment as the Voyagers. The Class 755 is a firm regional unit. The Voyagers are Inter City units, hence the 125mph top speed versus the Class 755's 100mph top speed.
thank you
Very nice scenery, quite different than the usual Great Britain one. Also, it seems that one has to prepare food and beverages, as the train would have you starved to death!
Starve to death in an hour and a half?
Travelled on one last week out of Norwich to Sheringham. The Stadler unit beats the 150s, 153s, 158s and 175s that we still operate in Wales, by a country mile and I can't see the proposed CAF 197s (if they ever actually enter service), being anywhere close.
Great to see you on one of my local train services. I normally get my trains from Ely as my local station (Shippey Hill) now only has 1 train a day so is virtually useless for travelling anywhere. It use to have stopping trains from Norwich to London Liverpool Street via Ely & Cambridge when I first moved here over 30 years ago, run by Network South East.
These new trains are a great improvement to the old diesel trains they have replaced and the whole of the new Greater Anglia fleet are great, being very quiet, roomy and bright, with a superior ride to the old trains.
A great improvement all around 👍👍
Another great video! Thanks for letting us travel vicariously.