Greater Anglia driver Tony Robinson has retired aged 79 after 64 years on the railway. He joined as an engine cleaner on 1 January 1962, aged 15, and went on to drive 23 types of diesel locomotive and electric train. His career spanned the end of steam, railway electrification and the introduction of modern electric trains. After working at Stratford and Cambridge, he returned to Bishop’s Stortford depot in 1973, where he remained until his retirement in October 2026. Over the years, he operated passenger and freight services across London and East Anglia, including routes no longer in use. Robinson said the people were what kept him on the railway for so long, describing it as a big family. Colleagues marked his retirement on 2 October by naming the depot’s train crew mess room in his honour. Away from the railway, he plans to continue gardening and restoring Second World War trucks and jeeps. https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/about-us/news-desk/news-articles/greater-anglia-driver-retires-after-64-years-service