2011
Owing to financial pressures, Wrexham & Shropshire ceased operating on 28 January 2011.
The government announced in March the shortlists for two franchises that were to be re-let, the Intercity West Coast franchise and the Greater Anglia franchise. National Express, the then current operators of the Greater Anglia as NXEA, were not among those shortlisted for the new franchise. In May, Virgin Trains was given a nine month extension to its existing franchise taking it to the end of 2012. Abellio Greater Anglia was announced as the new operator of the short Greater Anglia franchise, due to start in 2012 and run for 29 months.
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