ON December 5, a Sunday, Stadler ‘Flirt’ No. 745004 ran the 115 miles from Liverpool Street to Norwich in a nonstop time of 82 minutes 10 seconds at an average speed of 84mph.
This beat the previous known fastest time between the two cities of 83 minutes 22 seconds, which was set by No. 86220 on May 5, 1987, to mark the introduction of electrified services along the full length of the Great Eastern Main Line.