News

• EMR unable to run any services on Saturday, December 2 due to industrial action by the ASLEF union
• Intercity services on December 3 will be extremely busy due to strikes and engineering works on other routes  
• Strikes are part of a programme of industrial action affecting 16 train companies between December 1-9

• QR codes at regional stations will provide details on next three trains 
• Codes will be placed on stickers in waiting rooms or platforms 
• They will appear at stations across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire 

• Four weekday services between Nottingham and Crewe reinstated 
• Two new services introduced between Peterborough and Lincoln on Saturday
• New weekday Liverpool Lime Street – Nottingham service
• Timetable change will also include a trial of Class 170 trains on the Liverpool - Norwich route - providing more seats at times customers want  

• Artwork depicts famous Nottingham landmarks and highlights rail safety
• Several organisations have collaborated to create design which will be located near the station's taxi rank 
• Public are being invited to attend the grand unveiling on Friday, November 17, at 1pm.

• EMR staff will be available to demonstrate how to use digital products 
• Free event will take place at Derby station tomorrow at 10am until 3pm
• Customers will be shown how to download the EMR app, buy digital tickets and use smartcards 

Work is beginning on phase 1 of the transformational redevelopment at Skegness Railway Station to completely reconfigure the layout of the station and improve passenger flow.

£3.3 million is being invested at Skegness railway station, funded by the Government Town Deal Fund through Connected Coast Town Deal, Network Rail and East Midlands Railway (EMR).

• Footage shows children playing on the tracks at Bingham station
• One piece of footage shows a child retrieving one of his shoes
• EMR is urging parents and guardians to remind children of the dangers of playing on or near the railway

• On Saturday (21) and Sunday (22) lines between Leicester and Kettering will be closed for engineering works
• A rail replacement bus service will be in operation both days between Kettering, Market Harborough and Leicester
• EMR Connect services will also start and terminate at Wellingborough, rather than Kettering or Corby
• Some EMR services in Lincolnshire may also be affected by Storm Babet 

• EMR customers and staff take part in Restart a Heart Day at Derby station 
• Participants learn how to do CPR and use a defibrillator 

• Interactive screens offer accessibility and local information - such as onward travel options or tourist information
• New screens will help customers better access and understand information during disruption

• Train company to offer customers free sanitary products to customers
• Customers can use the phrase ‘Package for Sandy’ at the supervisor’s office, to be given a pack discreetly.
• Sanitary products are all carbon-neutral and designed to reduce plastic waste

• Consultation period extended until 1 September
• Input from customers and independent watchdogs will help shape final proposals, so that all customers are supported as the railway responds to generational shifts in buying habits