Editing First Great Eastern (section)

==Rolling stock==
First Great Eastern inherited a fleet of [[British Rail Class 312|Class 312]], [[British Rail Class 315|Class 315]] and [[British Rail Class 321|Class 321s]] from [[British Rail]]. A [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]] was hired from [[Anglia Railways]] for the [[Marks Tey railway station|Marks Tey]] to [[Sudbury railway station|Sudbury]] service due to it not being electrified, a [[British Rail Class 150|Class 150]] being used on weekdays and a [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]] on weekends. Prior to this arrangement, a [[British Rail Class 121|Class 121 ''Bubble Car'']] was hired from [[Silverlink]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Bubble cars revived, depot opens to solve Great Eastern branch crisis | magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue=312 |date= 27 August 1997 |page=10}}</ref>

A franchise commitment was the replacement of the [[British Rail Class 312|Class 312s]]. In May 2001, First Great Eastern ordered 21 [[British Rail Class 360|Class 360 ''Desiros'']] with the first entering service in August 2003.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=  | magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue=312 |date= 30 August 2003 |page=9}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Fleet at end of franchise
|-
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Routes operated
! rowspan="2" |Built
|-
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 121|121 ''Bubble Car'']]
|[[File:19880827-Paddington-Class121.jpg|118px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[diesel multiple unit]]
|70
|112
|Hired from<br>[[Silverlink]]
| rowspan="3" |{{stnlink|Marks Tey}}–{{stnlink|Sudbury}}
|1960
|-
|[[British Rail Class 150|150]]
|[[File:150245 at Cambridge.JPG|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |75
| rowspan="2" |120
| rowspan="2" |Hired from<br>[[Anglia Railways]]
|1984–1987
|-
|[[British Rail Class 153|153]]
|[[File:153335 'Michael Palin' at Cambridge.JPG|100px]]
|1987–1988
|-
|[[British Rail Class 312|312]]
|[[File:312718 and 312721 at Kirby Cross.JPG|100px]]
| rowspan="4" |[[electric multiple unit]]
|90
|145
|24
|{{stnlink|Colchester}}–{{stnlink|Walton-on-the-Naze}}<br>{{stnlink|Harwich Town}}–{{stnlink|Manningtree}}<br>{{stnlink|London Liverpool Street}}–{{stnlink|Clacton-on-Sea}} and {{stnlink|Ipswich}} (peak times only)
|1975–1978
|-
|[[British Rail Class 315|315]]
|[[File:Class 315s at London Liverpool Street.jpg|100px]]
|75
|120
|43
|{{stnlink|London Liverpool Street}}–{{stnlink|Shenfield}} and {{stnlink|Southminster}}<br>{{stnlink|Romford}}–{{stnlink|Upminster}}
|1980–1981
|-
|[[British Rail Class 321|321]]
|[[File:321334 at Pudding Mill Lane.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |100
| rowspan="2" |160
|77
|{{stnlink|London Liverpool Street}}–{{stnlink|Braintree|England}}, {{stnlink|Southend Victoria}}, {{stnlink|Ipswich}}, {{stnlink|Walton-on-the-Naze}}, {{stnlink|Colchester Town}}, {{stnlink|Clacton-on-Sea}}<br>{{stnlink|Wickford}}–{{stnlink|Southminster}} (Sundays only)
|1988–1990
|-
|[[British Rail Class 360|360/1 ''Desiro'']]
|[[File:360111 at Ipswich.jpg|100px]]
|21
|{{stnlink|London Liverpool Street}}–{{stnlink|Clacton-on-Sea}} and {{stnlink|Harwich Town}}<br>{{stnlink|London Liverpool Street}}–{{stnlink|Ipswich}} (peak times only)
|2002–2003
|}