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New community room and heritage colours repaint for Sleaford station
- £204,000 project provides full station repaint and new community room
- Room to be used by local schools and groups
- Repaint of station inline with heritage colours
EMR and partners shortlisted for eight community rail awards
- Community Rail Awards celebrate the work of staff and volunteers to support local communities
- EMR, working with local partners and communities, is shortlisted for 8 awards
- Winners are due to be announced in October
Rail strike reminder: EMR services significantly impacted as two Unions strike
- RMT and TSSA strike action will take place on Thursday 18 and 20 August
- Greater impact on timetable than previous strikes
- Customers are asked to only travel if absolutely necessary
- Football fans should make alternative travel arrangements especially for their journey home
EMR celebrate Belper and Derby Pride with special Rainbow Train
- Rainbow Pride Livery 'Lets Roll with Pride' applied to Class 158 train
- Stronger Together Employee Network sponsoring local Pride events this summer
- The Rainbow Train can be seen on EMR’s Regional routes from 6 August
EMR invite community groups to bid for part of unique £280,000 funding pot
- Train operator launches first of its kind £280,000 funding pot
- Schools, youth groups, charities and sports clubs all qualify
- Community rail partnerships and station adoption groups also able to bid for cash
EMR complete £2.56 million Nottingham train depot upgrade
- £2.56m improvements at depot which provides essential maintenance for trains that operate right across the country
- Investment increases capacity of the depot and improves its resilience
- Network Rail contributed £360,000 for new lighting system
Rail Strike: EMR confirms impact on services
- RMT strike action will take place on Wednesday 27 July
- Contingency plans will be in place and EMR will run as many services as possible
- Customers are asked to only travel if absolutely necessary
EMR customers urged to only travel if necessary due to extreme heat and reduced London services
- EMR will run a reduced service to and from London as a result of the extreme heat forecast on Monday and Tuesday
- Customers asked to only travel if necessary
- Customers should check for cancellations and delays before setting off
Take a trip to the seaside: Skegness Summer Specials begin next week
- Skegness Summer Specials start next week
- Class 180 trains will run between Derby, Nottingham and Skegness
- ‘Intercity style’ trains offer customers more luggage space
Building our new Aurora Fleet: Documentary provides insight into the ongoing project to bring new trains to region
- Film captures key stages of the build as the new trains take shape at Hitachi Rail's UK factory
- Includes interviews with EMR and Hitachi staff exploring features and benefits of Aurora fleet
- Documentary highlights the complex project and challenge to building new Aurora fleet
EMR to use app that lets customers upgrade to first class from £10
- Seatfrog app allows customers to bid for First Class upgrade
- Auction begins 24 hours before journey and up to 30 minutes before departure
- Bids are free and upgraded ticket sent straight to customers' phone
EMR reminds customers of changes to train services this weekend
- Services across the EMR network will continue to be affected by strikes this weekend
- Strikes continue on Saturday meaning no train services east of Nottingham, including to Lincoln and Skegness
- No direct trains between Luton and London St Pancras on Saturday or Sunday due to pre-planned engineering work.
- Customers asked to plan ahead and only travel by rail if necessary