Editing Stansted Express (section)

==History==
[[File:Liverpool Street station MMB 14 379021.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of the Stansted Express Class 379]]
In 1986, [[British Rail]] (BR) extended the electrification of the [[West Anglia Main Line]] from [[Bishop's Stortford railway station|Bishop's Stortford]] to [[Cambridge station|Cambridge]]. Included in this plan was the construction of a new branch line—diverging from a triangular junction at [[Stansted Mountfitchet]]—to serve {{stnlnk|Stansted Airport}}, at which a new terminal was to open in 1991 providing for a large expansion in scheduled aviation passenger services. Therefore, BR decided to build a dedicated fleet of units to work the new Stansted Express service, designated as [[British Rail Class 322|Class 322]], with the service operated by the [[Network SouthEast]] sector.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

Upon the [[privatisation of British Rail]] in 1996, the Stansted Express was part of [[West Anglia Great Northern]] franchise until the tender was reorganised in 2004, at which time it became part of the [[East Anglia franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] operated by one Railway (later renamed [[National Express East Anglia]]) until February 2012, when the franchise was taken over by the current operator [[Abellio Greater Anglia]].{{cn|date=July 2024}}