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Getting There Greener: EMR delivers low carbon upgrades at Chesterfield Station

  • Chesterfield station receives £70,000 green energy investment 
  • Station now fully lit by LEDs and powered by state-of-the-art heat pump
  • Work part of EMR's Getting There Greener strategy 
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Pay As You Go: 200 people sign up in 10 days to EMR’s new digital ticketing trial

  • More than 200 customers sign up to new Pay As You Go trial with EMR 
  • Trial will run between Leicester, Derby and Nottingham 
  • Using GPS-based technology, the system tracks journeys via mobile and automatically charges the best-value fare
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EMR and Great Central Railway partner to deliver realistic, hands-on driver training

  • Driver Apprentices learn key skills using trains at Grand Central Railway 
  • The training experience enriched since the GCR added two Class 153 units to its fleet
  • Training provides a experience that cannot be replicated by standard driver simulators
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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
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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
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Your chance to try simpler train tickets in Yorkshire and the East Midlands this September

  • Digital ticketing trials will start from the end of the summer across Yorkshire and the East Midlands
  • Passengers can now sign up to one of the 4,000 places available
  • Demonstrates government action to overhaul ticketing and get more people onto our railways as part of our Plan for Change
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All Aboard for learning: EMR rolls out big discounts for school trips

  • EMR is inviting schools across the region to take advantage of its specially discounted group
  • Schools can save up to 50% compared to equivalent adult fares
  • EMR has a dedicated team available to support teachers through the booking process
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Scoop a seaside bargain: Get to Skegness from Nottingham for less than the price of fish and chips

  • EMR advising customers from Nottingham to book their trip to Skegness in advance and get a seaside bargain
  • More than 5,900 Advance Single tickets up for grabs at £8.90
  • Customers who book in advance also get priority boarding 
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EMR rail replacement buses to operate during level crossing upgrade work in Lincolnshire

  • Leicester – Grimsby/Cleethorpes services will terminate at Lincoln, with rail replacement buses operating beyond Lincoln
  • No trains will operate between Cleethorpes and Barton-on-Humber. A replacement bus service will serve all stations along this route
  • Measures in place from Saturday, 31 May and Sunday, 8 June
  • Customers advised to allow extra time to complete their journeys