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Revision as of 15:36, 14 May 2021
File:EastMidlandsRailway.svg | |||
Overview | |||
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Franchise(s) | East Midlands 18 August 2019 – 31 March 2022 | ||
Main region(s) | East Midlands Greater London South Yorkshire North West England | ||
Other region(s) | East of England | ||
Parent company | Abellio | ||
Reporting mark | EM | ||
Predecessor | East Midlands Trains | ||
Other | |||
Website | eastmidlandsrailway | ||
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Abellio East Midlands Limited,[1] trading as East Midlands Railway (EMR), is a train operating company in England, owned by Abellio, and is the current operator of the East Midlands franchise.
History
In March 2017, the Department for Transport announced Arriva, a joint venture between FirstGroup and Trenitalia, and incumbent Stagecoach had been shortlisted to bid for the next East Midlands franchise.[2] Abellio was added in February 2018.[3]
FirstGroup and Trenitalia pulled out of the bidding process in April 2018 to focus on the West Coast Partnership franchise.[4] In April 2019 the franchise was awarded to Abellio, with East Midlands Railway (EMR) to take over the franchise from East Midlands Trains (EMT) on 18 August 2019 for a period of eight years.[5]
In June 2019, Abellio revealed branding and colour scheme using distinct purple and white colours to reflect the heritage of the East Midlands. It also confirmed it would divide the services into three segments:[6]
- EMR Intercity for long-distance services from London St Pancras
- EMR Regional for services across the East Midlands
- EMR Electrics for the outer suburban London St Pancras to Corby service
In April 2021 it was announced that EMR Electrics would be rebranded as EMR Connect.[7]
Franchise suspension and termination agreement
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic leading to a collapse in revenues in March 2020, the franchise was suspended and replaced by an Emergency Measure Agreement for six months under which the Department for Transport assumed responsibility for all revenues and costs and EMR was paid a management fee.[8] This was superseded by an Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement (ERMA) under which the original franchise agreement was terminated. The franchise will operate until March 2022.[9][10]
Services
EMR operates commuter services from London St Pancras to Corby, as well as intercity services from London St Pancras along the Midland Main Line to Nottingham and Sheffield with limited extensions to Lincoln, Leeds and York. EMR also operate the local East Midlands services and inter regional services to Liverpool and Norwich (Express service). Services from Nottingham to Liverpool Lime Street were to transfer to another operator during the life of the franchise,[11] although following a review by the DfT, this will no longer take place; the service instead being split at Nottingham as intended but remaining with EMR.[12] The Barton line was expected to transfer from Northern in 2019 but this was delayed until May 2021.[13][14]
Contactless payment card can be used between London St Pancras International and Luton Airport Parkway.
Over the course of the franchise, several planned timetable changes are to be made:[11]
- Earlier and later trains between Sheffield and Nottingham to East Midlands Parkway
- Earlier and later trains between Sheffield and London St Pancras and more regular evening service to London St Pancras
- 2 trains per hour between Nottingham and Kettering
- 2 trains per hour between Corby and London St Pancras
- Regular Sunday service between Corby and London St Pancras
- Liverpool to Norwich split at Nottingham
- Norwich to Nottingham extended to Derby
- Regular hourly Sunday service between Norwich and Derby
- Crewe to Derby service extended to Nottingham and hourly service on Sundays
- Hourly Sunday service between Matlock and Nottingham
- Hourly service between Nottingham and Grimsby Town with limited extension to Cleethorpes
- Hourly Sunday service between Lincoln and Grimsby Town
- Hourly service between Nottingham and Newark Castle
- Hourly Sunday service between Worksop and Nottingham and later evening services on weekdays
- Additional peak services between Nottingham and Grantham
- Earlier and later trains between Nottingham and Boston
- Later evening service on weekdays and a new Sunday service
- Hourly through service between Doncaster and Peterborough via Lincoln
- New Sunday service between Doncaster and Lincoln
- Enhanced Sunday service on Barton to Cleethorpes route
- 2 trains per day between Lincoln and London St Pancras
- Newark Northgate to Grimsby Town service cut back to Lincoln except to for the limited extension to Cleethorpes and timed to run with LNER's London Kings Cross - Lincoln service
Rolling stock
East Midlands Railway inherited a fleet of 28 Class 43s, 21 Class 153s, 15 Class 156s, 26 Class 158s, and 27 Class 222s from East Midlands Trains. In January 2020 nine additional Class 156 units from Greater Anglia were introduced into service. Nine 8-carriage InterCity 125 sets have also been transferred from London North Eastern Railway, with the first set having entered service on 4 May 2020. They will be replaced by mid-2021.[15] To replace the ex-Grand Central “buffered” HST sets, EMR commenced a lease of the 4 former Hull Trains Class 180 fleet despite their history of technical difficulties, with the first units entering service on 13 December 2020.[16][17]
By May 2021 East Midlands Railway plans to run EMR Connect services using 21 refurbished Class 360s, by the end of 2022 plans to run EMR Regional services using 40 Class 170s, and by the end of 2023 plans to run EMR Intercity services using 33 new bi-mode Class 810s. The new and refurbished trains will provide:[18]
- a more reliable service
- improved comfort
- passenger information system displays
- free on-board Wi-Fi
- at-seat power sockets
- USB points
- air conditioning
- tables at all seats
- increased luggage space
Current fleet
Class | Family | Image | Type | Top Speed | Number | Cars | Routes operated and notes: | Built | |
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08 | Shunter | 15 | 24 | 4 | N/A |
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43 | InterCity 125 | Loco | 125 | 200 | 10 | 6 | 1975-82 | ||
Mark 3 | Coach | 18 | 1975-88 | ||||||
222 Meridian | Bombardier Voyager | DMU | 125 | 200 | 4 | 4 | 2003-05 | ||
17 | 5 | ||||||||
6 | 7 | ||||||||
180 Adelante | Alstom Coradia | DMU | 125 | 200 | 4 | 5 | 2000-2001 | ||
EMR Regional | |||||||||
153 Super Sprinter | Sprinter | DMU | 75 | 120 | 6 | 1 |
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156 Super Sprinter | 24 | 2 |
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158/0 Express Sprinter | 90 | 145 | 26 | 2 |
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170 | Bombardier Turbostar | DMU | 100 | 161 | 5 | 3 |
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Future fleet
Originally nine former LNER High Speed Train sets were to replace a similar number of sets inherited from East Midlands Trains. However after the carriages were found to require more repairs than originally envisaged, this was cut back to five sets.[19]
Other existing stock to be added will consist of 21 Class 360s from Greater Anglia, 23 Class 170s from West Midlands Trains[20] and 12 Class 171s from Southern (which will be converted back to Class 170s).[21][22] Those altogether will enable the High Speed Trains, Class 153, Class 156 and Class 158 sets to be withdrawn, although some of the gaps were to be filled in when the Liverpool-Nottingham service was taken over by another operator. This will now not take place, with a proposal made to transfer 15 Class 185 units from TransPennine Express to prevent the shortfall in stock caused by EMR retaining this service. [23]
The Class 360 will be introduced as a result of the electrification of the Midland Main Line from Bedford to Corby and will displace Class 222 from London-Corby services. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the electrification between Bedford and Corby has been delayed and the Class 360s are now expected to enter service in May 2021 instead of December 2020.[24] The Class 222s will then work on other InterCity Routes where they will replace the HSTs, working alongside the Class 180s by mid-2021.[25][26]
To replace the Class 180 and Class 222 units, 33 5-carriage Class 810 bi-mode trains will be introduced in 2023. [27][28] In May 2020, EMR opened a competition to give the class their own unique brand name.[29] In October 2020, EMR announced that the fleet will have the 'Aurora' brand.[30]
Trainset[clarification needed – discuss] | Class | Image | Type | Top Speed | Number | Cars | Routes operated | In service | |
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Hitachi AT300 | 810 Aurora | BMU | 125 | 200 | 33[31] | 5 | 2023[32] | ||
EMR Connect | |||||||||
Siemens Desiro | 360 | EMU | 110 | 180 | 21 | 4 | 2021[33] | ||
EMR Regional | |||||||||
Bombardier Turbostar | 170 | DMU | 100 | 161 | 23[34] | 2 |
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171 | 100 | 161 | 4 | 2 |
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8 | 3 | ||||||||
Past fleet
The last of the InterCity 125 sets East Midlands Railway inherited from East Midlands Trains were withdrawn in December 2020, being replaced by five ex LNER InterCity 125 sets which were more compliant with new regulations and four Class 180s.[35]
Trainset[clarification needed – discuss] | Class | Image | Type | Top Speed | Number | Cars | Routes | Transferred to | Withdrawn | |
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InterCity 125 | 43 | Loco | 125 | 200 | 24 | N/A |
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Sprinter | 153 Super Sprinter | DMU | 75 | 120 | 15 | 1 |
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Depots
EMR operates two depots; Derby Etches Park and Nottingham Eastcroft. The High Speed Trains are maintained at Neville Hill TMD.[45] The Class 360s will be maintained at Bedford Cauldwell Walk depot by Siemens Mobility.[46]
References
- ^ "ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED". Companies House. HM Government. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Three prequalify for next East Midlands franchise Railway Gazette International 1 March 2017
- ^ Abellio joins East Midlands franchise shortlist Railway Gazette International 6 February 2018
- ^ First Group and Trenitalia pull out of East Midlands franchise contest International Railway Journal 23 April 2018
- ^ More seats, services and state-of-the-art trains for passengers on new East Midlands railway Department for Transport 10 April 2019
- ^ Pegden, Tom. "How Midland Mainline trains will soon look". Leicester Mercury. Reach plc. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "New train timetable from Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough revealed for May electric revolution". Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ^ Covid-19: government suspends rail franchise agreements The Guardian 23 March 2020
- ^ UK government announces the end of rail franchising Railway Gazette International 21 September 2020
- ^ Transitional ERMAs pave the way to management contracts Modern Railways 23 September 2020
- ^ a b East Midlands Rail Franchise Department for Transport
- ^ https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/emr-set-to-retain-liverpool-nottingham-service/57213.article
- ^ East Midlands rail franchise consultation Department for Transport
- ^ May Milestone for MML Timetable Modern Railways issue 872 May 2021 page 23
- ^ Cameron White. "WATCH: Final East Midlands Railway VP185 Class 43 locomotive at Chesterfield". Rail Advent. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ^ Clinnick, Richard. "Cascaded LNER HSTs to plug the gap in East Midlands fleet". Rail. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ First EMR HST replacement in service next week Railway Herald Issue 673 22 January 2020 page 8
- ^ http://maps.dft.gov.uk/east-midlands-rail-franchise/
- ^ Ex LNER 43 moved to Barrow Hill Rail issue 917 4 November 2020 page 31
- ^ Clinnick, Richard. "Progress on new train fleets continues". RAIL. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Hitachi rumoured to have won EMR bi-mode deal Rail issue 884 31 July 2019 page 28
- ^ East Midlands Railway unveils new look Today's Railways UK issue 212 August 2019 page 13
- ^ https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/emr-set-to-retain-liverpool-nottingham-service/57213.article
- ^ https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/transport/big-changes-kettering-wellingborough-and-corby-train-services-delayed-until-next-year-2904630
- ^ EMR Regional Fleet in the future
- ^ EMR Bi-Mode Specification Confirmed Modern Railways issue 856 January 2020 page 19
- ^ "Abellio invests £400 million in new Hitachi trains for East Midlands Railway". 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Abellio orders East Midlands inter-city fleet Railway Gazette International 30 July 2019
- ^ "EMR launches competition to name new Intercity fleet | EMR | East Midlands Railway". www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- ^ "Aurora - the name for East Midlands Railway Class 810 trains". RailAdvent. 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- ^ Pritchard, Robert, ed. (September 2019). "Hitachi Scoops Order for East Midlands". Today's Railways. No. 213. Sheffield: Platform 5. p. 6. ISSN 1475-9713.
- ^ https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/10/aurora-the-name-for-east-midlands-railway-class-810-trains.html
- ^ https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/transport/big-changes-kettering-wellingborough-and-corby-train-services-delayed-until-next-year-2904630
- ^ 170630-170635 formerly in 3 car formation
- ^ Double Paxman Demise Modern Railways issue 868 January 2021 page 50
- ^ "WATCH: LSL's Blue Pullman Class 43 locomotives passes through Chesterfield". Rail Advent. Cameron White. 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ^ 43044 – Production HST Power Car - 125 Group. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ 43048 – Production HST Power Car - 125 Group. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ 43089 – Production HST Power Car - 125 Group. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ a b "RailAdventure announces new UK partnership – purchases 8 Class 43 power cars". Railcolor News. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ https://www.125group.org.uk/preservation-update-nov-2020/
- ^ https://www.125group.org.uk/mission-complete-well-almost/
- ^ DMU shuffle for East Midlands Railways Illustrated March 2020 page 9
- ^ EMR Class 153s join Welsh fleet Rail issue 919 2 December 2020 page 30
- ^ A New Era for the East Midlands as Abellio starts its fifth franchise Today's Railways UK issue 214 October 2019 pages 24-26
- ^ "EMR Looks To 2020 Timetable Change". Modern Railways. 2019-12-24. Retrieved 2021-02-15.