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East Midlands Trains Information

East Midlands Trains initially divided its services between two sub-brands: Mainline InterCity services, and Connect urban and suburban services, which mainly came from the Central Trains franchise. However, from April 2008, East Midlands Trains dropped the "Mainline" and "Connect" branding in favour of "London" and "Local" services. EMT also has four broad routes for the areas in which they operate, except for the high speed and InterCity services which are all out of London.

EMT has promised better integration between Mainline and Connect services, together with increased punctuality and becoming more user friendly.

Services are split into two distinct groups, London and Local, the former relating to express services (formerly Midland Mainline) the latter to more regional connecting services (formerly Central Trains). The Department for Transport in their franchise specification gave an indication as to the planned timetable; this mainly related to former Midland Mainline services operating to and from London St Pancras.

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East Midlands Trains Routes

East Midlands Trains initially divided its services between two sub-brands: Mainline InterCity services, and Connect urban and suburban services, which mainly came from the Central Trains franchise. However, from April 2008, East Midlands Trains dropped the "Mainline" and "Connect" branding in favour of "London" and "Local" services. EMT also has four broad routes for the areas in which they operate, except for the high speed and InterCity services which are all out of London.

EMT has promised better integration between Mainline and Connect services, together with increased punctuality and becoming more user friendly

The proposed timetables indicate a reduction in off-peak departures at many smaller stations on Mainline and Connect routes, which has caused much concern in affected communities. Kettering for example will receive half its current northbound services from 2008.

London Express Services

London St Pancras to Sheffield, calling at Leicester, Derby, Chesterfield

London St Pancras - Leeds (limited service), calling at Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Langley Mill, Alfreton, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Wakefield Westgate

London St Pancras – Derby, calling at Leicester, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway Long Eaton

London St Pancras - York/Scarborough (limited winter/summer weekend service), calling at Leicester, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway, Long Eaton, Derby, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Doncaster

London St Pancras – Nottingham, calling at Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway

London St Pancras – Lincoln (proposed limited service), calling at Luton Airport Parkway, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Leicester, East Midlands Parkway, Beeston, Nottingham, Lowdham, Newark Castle

London St Pancras – Skegness (proposed summer Saturday service), calling at Luton Airport Parkway, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway, Beeston, Nottingham, Boston

London St Pancras – Corby, calling at Luton, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering

London St Pancras – Melton Mowbray, calling at Luton, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Corby, Oakham

Route 1 is the InterCity route on the Midland Main Line.

The service pattern at the start of the franchise was of four off peak departures from London: two fast (one to Sheffield and one to Nottingham), and two stopping (one to Derby and one to Nottingham). Sheffield peak hour trains extend from and to Leeds with weekend services also extending to York and Scarborough. EMT made no signifficant changes until the introduction of 'their' timetable in December 2008.

The new service above includes five off peak departures from London: three fast (one to Sheffield, one to Nottingham and one to Derby) and two stopping (one to Nottingham and one to Corby/Kettering). Sheffield peak hour trains will continue to extend from and to Leeds, with weekend services also extending to York and Scarborough. In addition a Nottingham service will be extended to start from Lincoln and a summer Saturday service will be introduced to Skegness.

EMT has expressed a desire to run two trains an hour from Sheffield to London on its flagship route. The possibility of running trains north of Corby is under review for implementation in 2010.

Named trains

The Robin Hood on the 06:30 Sheffield to St Pancras via Nottingham, and returning as the 17:00 St Pancras to Nottingham
The Master Cutler on the 06:14 Leeds to St Pancras which runs non stop from Chesterfield, and 16:55 St Pancras to Leeds return
The Midlands Express on the 07:05 Sheffield to St Pancras

East Midlands Local services

Route 2

Liverpool to Norwich/Cambridge, calling at Manchester Piccadilly, Sheffield & Peterborough

Route 2 services cross England from east to west and are the former Central Citylink services. EMT sees this as a mainline route (and want to grow it accordingly), and as such will paint relevant trains in the mainline livery. Nottingham County Council is working with Network Rail to try and introduce an additional train towards Manchester which would avoid Sheffield creating a faster journey.

Route 3

Nottingham to Derby/Worksop, calling at Hucknall, Mansfield
Derby to Crewe, calling at Uttoxeter, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Derby to Matlock, calling at Belper, Cromford
Leicester to Lincoln Central, calling at Loughborough, Nottingham, Newark Castle

Route 3 services link towns in the East Midlands and provide direct services to Crewe and Stoke. The Derby to Matlock service links to the Peak District. Nottingham County Council has paid for a study into increasing the linespeed between Newark and Lincoln from 60mph to 90mph; they have also requested a doubling of service on the line.

Route 4

Newark North Gate to Cleethorpes, calling at Lincoln Central, Grimsby Town
Peterborough to Doncaster, calling at Sleaford, Lincoln Central
Nottingham to Skegness, calling at Bingham, Sleaford
Leicester to Lincoln Central, calling at East Midlands Parkway, Nottingham, Newark

Route 4 services link the East Midlands with eastern England.

East Midlands Train Enhancements

On board - Originally it was proposed to remove the buffet cars from High Speed Train sets as they were very heavy and used only to cook breakfast on some trains, they were to be replaced by an at-seat trolley service. The company reviewed its decision and launched an enhanced catering service for the start of the May 2008 timetable. Internal and external refit of all trains and london line services to include Wi-Fi Internet. Liverpool to Norwich local line services will retain a similar catering provision of an at-seat trolley service.

Train services

Sheffield will be served by much faster modern trains and the station will have ticket barriers installed.Faster trains from Nottingham , and from Sheffield to London St Pancras.

Increase in the number of departures from London to five an hour off-peak incorporating future Corby services and extending the hours of operation with earlier arrival and later departures, to allow better connections with Eurostar.

London to Lincoln daily service via Nottingham. Summer Saturday service from London to Skegness on the east coast.

East Midlands Trains Local Matlock to Derby services will run hourly and will be extended to Nottingham. A new Sunday Service will run on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Mansfield Woodhouse. Trains will be lengthened on the west to east Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich route on weekdays. There will be an internal and external refit of all of the old trains to incorporate the new logo and livery.

In several interviews, East Midlands Trains’ managing director Tim Shoveller has indicated that services will be speeded up, not denying that some stations will lose their current high frequency of trains off peak.

Other changes to the timetable are planned, but these need to have approval from Network Rail, Office of Rail Regulation and the Department for Transport. Journey times will be further improved after planned infrastructure works are completed.

Stations

Leicester will receive an enhanced service with earlier and later trains so that business travellers can connect with the continent.More than £5 million has been pledged for station enhancements.

The provision of Wi-Fi Internet at key stations including Leicester, Derby and Sheffield. Installation of ticket barriers at four more stations including London St Pancras Domestic, Derby Midland, Nottingham and Sheffield. As well as the extensive upgrade of Derby's Etches Park train maintenance depot.

Introduction of smart card technology, similar to that which is used on South West Trains, at all london route stations and all those in the Derby/Nottingham commuter area, and the installation of more self service ticket machines at smaller stations.

East Midlands Fleet of Trains

East Midlands Trains inherited Midland Mainline’s InterCity 125 (HST) and Class 222 Meridian diesel-electric high-speed trains, along with some of the Sprinter diesel units (classes 153/156/158) formerly operated by Central Trains.

The former Central Trains class 158 units are to be fully refurbished to the same standards as the South West Trains class 158.

East Midlands Trains announced in March 2008 that it was to reform its Class 222 sets to prevent overcrowding. This will seen the remaining 4-car Class 222 units receive an extra vehicle to become 5-car sets. This was accomplished by reducing one of the 8-car sets to a 5-car, with the remaining 8-car sets reduced to 7-cars. Extra capacity on its long distance routes is provided by running pairs of 5-car sets coupled together.

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