Mr 'Track' Miles phoned early one morning in high excitement. 'I have the Greater Anglia qualification list' he said, 'are you sitting down?' 'No', I said. 'Well do', he said. So 1 sat and after we had played 'who do you think has qualified' he told me. Arriva, GB Railways and National Express. No FirstGroup. And then, of course, the spinning began. But let's start at the very beginning which, as Dame Julie Andrews assures us, is a very good place to start. Greater Anglia is the template for the SRA's 'one operator per London commuter terminus' franchise replacement policy. Back in May last year the SRA announced that nine would-be bidders ― an 'impressive field' according to SRA Chairman Richard Bowker ― had pre-qualified for Greater Anglia.
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