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===Greater Anglia=== [[File:Ipswich - Greater Anglia DVT 82136.JPG|thumb|Driving Van Trailer No.82136 at [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]]]] Mark 3 DVTs were introduced along with Mark 3 coach sets and Class 90s to the [[East Anglia franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] by [[National Express East Anglia]], operating on the [[Great Eastern Main Line]] from [[Liverpool Street railway station|London Liverpool Street]] to [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]] in 2004. They also were hauled by Class 47s from Norwich to [[Great Yarmouth railway station|Great Yarmouth]] on summer Saturday services. It was proposed that kitchens be fitted to the DVTs, but this did not proceed.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = No Kitchen for One DVTs |magazine = Rail |issue = 511 |date = 13 April 2005 |page = 25}}</ref> During 2012, all DVTs were transferred, along with the franchise, to [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} In January 2020, the first [[British Rail Class 745|Class 745s]] [[electric multiple unit]]s entered service.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = New Norwich-London inter-city 745 in traffic |magazine = Rail |issue = 896 |date = 15 January 2020 |page = 10}}</ref> Accordingly, the locomotive-hauled sets were promptly withdrawn from service, with the last set running on 24 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/last-passenger-locomotive-in-east-anglia-1-6584993 |title = End of the line for traditional trains on Greater Anglia routes |last = Geater |first = Paul |work = East Anglian Daily Times |publisher = [[East Anglian Daily Times]] |date = 30 March 2020 |language = en-GB |access-date = 31 March 2020 |archive-date = 31 March 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200331211201/https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/last-passenger-locomotive-in-east-anglia-1-6584993 |url-status = live}}</ref> The standard practice was for the DVT to be marshalled at the northern end, adjacent to the standard class carriages, to facilitate easy changeover of locomotives at Norwich Crown Point depot.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Crowning glory |magazine = Rail |issue = 543 |date = 5 July 2006 |page = 41}}</ref>
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