Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
**VIDEO WAS FILMED PURSUANT TO ALL RELEVANT LAWS AT THE TIME**
Hello, and welcome back to another video on my channel, and the first of my extra Sunday videos for December! This week's train trip report video is a special one, as I am reviewing the brand-new Greater Anglia Class 720 'Aventra' unit by Bombardier Derby, on the Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street route.
This train only entered service a few days ago, so it is fresh into service. This fleet forms a large chunk of Greater Anglia's full stock replacement, with 133x five car units being ordered for routes between London and Cambridge, Hertford East, Ipswich, Clacton-on-the-Sea, and Southend Victoria. The trains are 100mph (160km/h), and are built to be very high-capacity, one point that they certainly got right! They are part of Bombardier's 'Aventra' family, which has already received orders for over 2500 carriages in the UK - convenient as the trains are built at Bombardier's Litchurch Lane plant in Derby, England.
The route for today's trip starts at Southend Victoria, the station for Greater Anglia's services in Southend, and just a short walk away from the competing c2c station of Southend Central. Quickly after departure, the train arrives at Southend Airport, which is almost in walking distance from the centre of Southend. After passing through many suburban stations, including Wickford (the junction for the Southminster branch that will also soon see these Class 720 units), we join the Great Eastern Mainline at Shenfield. After this it's a fast run towards London, arriving into Stratford (Regional), one of the biggest interchanges in London, before finally terminating at London Liverpool Street.
Unfortunately the SD card used while recording this video corrupted, leaving some strange artifacts during playback, and because some footage was lost completely, some loss of continuity. However, thanks to CC licensed images online, I was still available to make something out of what I had. Special thanks to the following files:
• By Irid Escent - 20170919_194003, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94100859;
• By Irid Escent - 20170919_105554, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94100845;
• By Joshua Brown from Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Departure Boards at Southend Victoria.jpg), „Departure Boards at Southend Victoria“, changed time of train on display board by Superalbs, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
I have to admit that I was very pleasantly surprised by these fantastic units, find out why in the video!
#greateranglia #class720 #aventra #tripreport
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Journey Details:
Origin: Southend Victoria
Destination: London Liverpool Street
Company: Greater Anglia
Train: UK Class 720 'Bombardier Aventra'
Accommodation: Standard Class Seat (2nd)
Distance: 41 miles / 66 kilometres
Price: £12.55
Time: 1h03m
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Find me elsewhere:
superalbs.weebly.com
twitter.com/superalbs
**VIDEO WAS FILMED PURSUANT TO ALL RELEVANT LAWS AT THE TIME**
Hello, and welcome back to another video on my channel, and the first of my extra Sunday videos for December! This week's train trip report video is a special one, as I am reviewing the brand-new Greater Anglia Class 720 'Aventra' unit by Bombardier Derby, on the Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street route.
This train only entered service a few days ago, so it is fresh into service. This fleet forms a large chunk of Greater Anglia's full stock replacement, with 133x five car units being ordered for routes between London and Cambridge, Hertford East, Ipswich, Clacton-on-the-Sea, and Southend Victoria. The trains are 100mph (160km/h), and are built to be very high-capacity, one point that they certainly got right! They are part of Bombardier's 'Aventra' family, which has already received orders for over 2500 carriages in the UK - convenient as the trains are built at Bombardier's Litchurch Lane plant in Derby, England.
The route for today's trip starts at Southend Victoria, the station for Greater Anglia's services in Southend, and just a short walk away from the competing c2c station of Southend Central. Quickly after departure, the train arrives at Southend Airport, which is almost in walking distance from the centre of Southend. After passing through many suburban stations, including Wickford (the junction for the Southminster branch that will also soon see these Class 720 units), we join the Great Eastern Mainline at Shenfield. After this it's a fast run towards London, arriving into Stratford (Regional), one of the biggest interchanges in London, before finally terminating at London Liverpool Street.
Unfortunately the SD card used while recording this video corrupted, leaving some strange artifacts during playback, and because some footage was lost completely, some loss of continuity. However, thanks to CC licensed images online, I was still available to make something out of what I had. Special thanks to the following files:
• By Irid Escent - 20170919_194003, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94100859;
• By Irid Escent - 20170919_105554, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94100845;
• By Joshua Brown from Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Departure Boards at Southend Victoria.jpg), „Departure Boards at Southend Victoria“, changed time of train on display board by Superalbs, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
I have to admit that I was very pleasantly surprised by these fantastic units, find out why in the video!
#greateranglia #class720 #aventra #tripreport
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Journey Details:
Origin: Southend Victoria
Destination: London Liverpool Street
Company: Greater Anglia
Train: UK Class 720 'Bombardier Aventra'
Accommodation: Standard Class Seat (2nd)
Distance: 41 miles / 66 kilometres
Price: £12.55
Time: 1h03m
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Find me elsewhere:
superalbs.weebly.com
twitter.com/superalbs
