EMR to reinstate range of regional services starting next month

East Midlands Railway (EMR) is to reinstate 22 regional services to improve the level of service for customers across the region.

The timetable increase will be delivered in two stages, with the majority of services being reinstated from Monday 13^th December. A second and slightly smaller increase will then be delivered from Monday 3^rd January, as customers return to work and education.

As a result, from 3^rd January EMR will be operating 486 trains per day - 87 more than operated in the timetable which was in place in the final pre-Covid timetable.

This includes an increase of EMR’s Liverpool to Norwich services as well as further reinstatements between Crewe and Newark Castle, Nottingham and Worksop and Leicester and Cleethorpes routes. 

EMR has aimed to prioritise those services which have been the most frequent requests from customers and stakeholders, while also protecting costs to taxpayers and ensuring the advertised timetable is robust and reliable.  

To help these service reinstatements, a small number of changes will be made on the Nottingham to Skegness route during the Winter period to reflect the reduced passenger demand.

These changes will remain under review and arrangements will be made to either reinstate or supplement through strengthening during anticipated periods of strong passenger demand. EMR intends to reintroduce these services in the May timetable to cater for the expected stronger demand.

Paul Barnfield, Operations Director at East Midlands Railway, said: “In recent months, a dedicated team has been working hard to improve the reliability and performance of our services to allow us to reinstate a number of our regional services.

“In doing so, we have aimed to prioritise services which have been the most requested by our customers and local stakeholders while also being careful to ensure our timetable is robust, reliable and as cost efficient to taxpayers as possible.

“These services will be reinstated in two stages either side of Christmas. This is an incremental and sensible approach to reinstating services at what is typically the quietest time of the year to travel. As such, I would ask customers to check their journeys between 13^th December and 3^rd January before setting off, by visiting www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk.”

Full details can be found below and on EMR's website here https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/amended-timetable

Services Reinstated from Monday 13^th December 2021

Liverpool to Norwich (Full reinstatements)

• 0642 Sheffield – Nottingham
• 0741 Nottingham – Norwich
• 1651 Liverpool Lime Street – Nottingham
• 1851 Liverpool Lime Street – Nottingham
• 2141 Manchester Piccadilly – Nottingham 
• 1257 Norwich – Liverpool Lime Street
• 1656 Norwich – Manchester Piccadilly

Matlock to Nottingham 

• Continues to run Matlock to Derby only

Crewe to Newark Castle

• 0736 Newark Castle – Crewe
• 1243 Newark Castle – Crewe
• 1736 Newark Castle – Crewe
• 1008 Crewe – Newark Castle
• 1508 Crewe – Newark Castle
• 2009 Crewe – Nottingham

Nottingham to Worksop

• 1658 Nottingham – Mansfield Woodhouse
• 1758 Nottingham – Mansfield Woodhouse
• 0727 Mansfield Woodhouse – Nottingham

Leicester to Cleethorpes

• 0727 Nottingham – Leicester
• 0842 Leicester – Nottingham

Full cancellations

• 0846 Nottingham – Skegness
• 1114 Skegness – Nottingham
• 1346 Nottingham – Skegness
• 1614 Skegness – Nottingham

Services to and from Skegness were prioritised in the current resilience timetable to cater for the strong demand during the summer. Similarly, these changes during the winter coincide with a reduced demand. However, these services will be reviewed on a weekly basis and arrangements will be made to either reinstate or supplement

The following services will be temporarily removed from EMR’s timetable on Monday 13^th December and will be reinstated on Monday 3^rd January 2022

• 0607 Nottingham – Norwich
• 0955 Norwich – Liverpool (between Norwich and Nottingham)
• 1208 Crewe – Newark Castle (between Derby and Newark Castle on Weekdays and Nottingham and Newark Castle on Saturdays)
• 1436 Newark Castle – Crewe (between Newark Castle and Derby Mon-Fri and between Newark Castle and Nottingham on Saturdays)

Services Reinstated from Monday 3^rd January 2022

Liverpool to Norwich

• 0647 Liverpool – Norwich (between Liverpool & Nottingham)
• 1051 Liverpool – Norwich (between Liverpool & Nottingham)
• 0747 Nottingham – Liverpool Lime Street
• 1057 Norwich – Liverpool Lime Street  (between Nottingham & Liverpool)

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