Greater Anglia
I know this is not a rail forum so perhaps we'd better not get too involved but the Greater Anglia franchise is, I believe, up for grabs and should be awarded in about a year or so. I remember hearing somewhere that a condition of the new franchise would be improvements and more trains on certain lines and there was a mention of Southend. We'll probably have to wait until at least the December 2016 timetable to find out so it's just a case of wait and see!