Intended primarily to replace aging (and frankly rather uncomfortable) equipment on the Stansted Express route, the 379s are also to be used on the long-haul commuter service from Liverpool Street to Cambridge and, at peak times, all the way out to King's Lynn.
This was the old InterCity route in British Rail days, via Bishop's Stortford, Harlow Town and Audley End -- a route I knew well in my childhood (here a 379 meanders through Bethnal Green):
I have not yet seen photographic proof of the 379s in King's Lynn, but here's proof that they have made it at least as far north as Ely, the glorious cathedral standing sentinel in the background:
Bombardier's ElectroStar series is by no means my favourite modern emu, but it's a perfectly servicable train and will offer vastly -- vastly! -- higher levels of comfort than have previously been available on this route.
In fact, with their air conditioning and reasonably generous seating, they offer a hugely superior service to the Class 365s currently ploughing the King's Cross-Cambridge-King's Lynn route, which is meant to be the "premier" service.
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