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| | Guardian | When the best isn't good enough |
 | | Anglia Railways and its similarly praised neighbour, First Great Eastern - which operates on the lines between London, Harwich and Southend - have been stripped of their franchises by the Strategic Rail Authority, and will be thrown off the network at the end of the month. |
 | | Anglia's experience reflects the turmoil that has hampered the industry since John Major's disastrous privatisation of the rail network in 1996. |
 | | For Anglia's directors, defeat came with a considerable silver lining: just before losing their franchise, they sold the company for £22m to a rival, FirstGroup, which mistakenly thought a new deal was almost in the bag. |
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