New train vinyls promote the East Suffolk Line

The special East Suffolk Lines train willbe officially launched on Thursday 28 July with its new vinyls proudlydisplayed at a photocalls at Ipswich and Lowestoft. The Class 156 trainoperates across Abellio Greater Anglia’s local rail network in Norfolk,Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire, so will be helping to promote the EastSuffolk Line across the region, including on the lines from Ipswich toCambridge, Norwich to Cambridge, Marks Tey to Sudbury, Norwich to GreatYarmouth, Norwich to Lowestoft and Norwich to Sheringham.

The project is a joint initiative betweenAbellio Greater Anglia and East Suffolk Community Rail Partnership (CRP). TheCRP sees Abellio Greater Anglia work with local authorities and other localorganisations and groups to encourage greater use of the local lines toLowestoft and Felixstowe, by building community engagement, improving stationfacilities, increasing the profile of the service locally and developing otherprojects which help make the service more convenient and attractive to thelocal community and potential rail travellers.

Jonathan Denby, Head of Corporate Affairsfor Abellio Greater Anglia, said: “This is a great way to promote the EastSuffolk Line across the region and encourage travel on these scenic routes.This rail lines starts at Ipswich and weaves through the scenic countryside toLowestoft, the most easterly town in the country, and to the charming Edwardianseaside town of Felixstowe.”

Aaron Taffera, Chairman of the East SuffolkCRP, said: “The new East Suffolk Line train will help to raise awareness of theIpswich to Lowestoft and Ipswich to Felixstowe lines. With the website addresshighlighted on the train, we hope it will prompt travellers to find out moreabout the local area and use the train to explore it.”

The East Suffolk line train is the final ina series of four Abellio Greater Anglia trains to receive vinyls promoting EastAnglian community rail lines with similar initiatives to promote the WherryLines (Norwich to Lowestoft and Norwich to Great Yarmouth), Bittern Line(Norwich to Sheringham) and Gainsborough (Marks Tey to Sudbury).