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Work resumes on exciting regeneration of Skegness station
- Work resumes on multi-million development at Skegness station.
- Contractor Gelder Group will deliver the next phase of the project.
- Once complete, the improvements will provide significantly enhanced facilities for customers.
- It will also create a new community café and flexible bookable space for community use, as well as two new retail units.
Sheffield station team win High Sheriff Award after saving two customers’ lives
- Staff from Sheffield station have been presented with an award from the High Sheriff of South Yorkshire
- EMR team awarded prize for its outstanding citizenship and service to the community
- On two separate occasions the team gave life-saving CPR
- Also praised for their dedication, as as well as identifying and calmly engaging with suicidal and highly distressed individuals
EMR officially opens new Assisted Travel Lounge at Sheffield Station
- Lounge provides focal point for customers who require assistance
- Designed to be spacious and relaxing
- Includes accessible seating with integrated charging points and generous space for wheelchair users
EMR completes £250k Beeston station upgrade with focus on community and biodiversity
- EMR has completed a £250,000 project to revamp Beeston station
- Improvements include included resurfacing and remodelling the forecourt, new cycle shelter and planters
- New lighting and additional seating also installed
Nottingham footbridge: Entry to platforms to be closed at weekends after safety data reinforces earlier decision to limit access
- EMR to close access to platforms from the station’s footbridge at weekends starting from February 6
- Changes informed by data showing a significant reduction in assaults when footbridge closed
- Restrictions will improve security and safety, deter vandalism and reduce fare evasion
- EMR has improved station signage, wayfinding, and guidance for access to nearby taxis and services
- Footbridge's right of way to be maintained
Transport UK and EMR open new Assisted Travel Lounge at Derby Station
- Lounge provides focal point for customers who require assistance
- Designed to be spacious and relaxing
- Newly installed Customer Information Screen provides larger, clearer updates
An art studio, start-up space or office for a community organisation: EMR is offering tenants generous rates for new office units in Boston station redevelopment
- EMR seeking tenants for spaces in exciting multi-million-pound station revamp
- Space could suit many different businesses and is just minutes from the town centre
- Tenants will be offered low-cost leases to help new ventures get started
Collaboration in Bloom: EMR funds Hucknall station biodiversity project
- EMR has launched a new project to enhance biodiversity at Hucknall station
- The initiative is being delivered in partnership with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and the Robin Hood Line Community Rail Partnership
- It includes the introduction of bespoke planters designed to support pollinators and native wildflowers.
- Volunteers, school groups, and local organisations will support the delivery of key elements of the work.
- The project forms part of EMR’s wider Getting There Greener strategy.
EMR partners with brain injury charity to create travel support card
- EMR worked with Headway Derby to develop travel support card
- Free cards are a handy aid for customers to quickly communicate their needs to staff
- Cards are available to order through EMR's website or Customer Service Centre
New EMR Accessibility Maps help customers navigate stations easier
- EMR has created more Accessibility Maps to help better inform customers of key facilities
- Maps were created to help customers understand key accessibility information
- Created using feedback from members of EMR's Accessibility Panel
- New station maps were created for Chesterfield, Derby, Leicester, Sheffield and London - amongst others
- Maps are available via EMR's website, at stations or from the Customer Service Centre
Sheffield station's Cycle Hub: EMR urges customers to retrieve bikes before April 27
- Bikes left at Sheffield station's Cycle Hub were removed so refurbishment could take place
- Despite efforts to alert customers many bikes still remain uncollected
- Owners have until April 27 to collect them or they will be donated to charity
EMR launches children's book to celebrate 200 years of rail and World Book Day
- EMR has launched a children’s book to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway and mark World Book Day 2025
- An Adventure Through Railway Past follows Miles' journey across EMR's network as he visits heritage locations
- EMR is distributing 6,000 copies of the storybook to more than 70 schools across its network
- EMR employees will be hosting over 25 live readings of the book at primary schools as part of World Book Day
- A braille version of the book has also been created working in partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People