WATER refill points at Greater Anglia rail stations have been upgraded to improve facilities for customers.

In total, 23 machines have received full refurbishment to ensure that they look smart, are hygienic and in working order.

Since the new machines were installed this year, over 20,000 water bottles have been refilled, helping save plastic waste from polluting landfill and oceans.

Simone Bailey, Greater Anglia’s Asset Management Director, said:

“After reviewing customer feedback and as part of our continuous drive for improvement, we’ve invested in upgrading the water refill points. We are pleased to offer our passengers access to free water, helping to keep them hydrated while travelling, and reducing the amount of single use plastic that ends up in landfill or in the ocean.”

Water dispensers are installed at Billericay, Bishop’s Stortford, Broxbourne, Cambridge, Cambridge North, Chelmsford, Cheshunt, Colchester, Ely, Great Yarmouth, Harlow Town, Hertford East, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Marks Tey, Norwich, Wickford, Witham, Rochford, Shenfield, Tottenham Hale and Waltham Cross stations.

In 2019, Greater Anglia became one of the first train operators in England to offer free water to passengers as part of a drive to reduce the number of single-use plastic bottles.