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East Midlands Railway sponsors two ‘Imps’ as part of an Educational Trail in Lincoln

  • Designed by local schoolchildren, the Imps will be displayed across Lincoln this summer
  • EMR delivered a rail safety assembly to local school taking part which inspired their ‘Safety’ Imp
  • The two Imps will join the other 48 sculptures as part of the Educational Trail
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Station adopters rise by a third in bumper year for community spirit on the railways

  • Number of station adopters rose from 341 to 482
  • Great year for community spirit across region 
  • EMR share success as part of National Volunteer's Week 
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EMR celebrates the iconic HSTs with farewell documentary

  • EMR have collaborated with AV IT Media to share the HST story
  • Documentary features archive footage, stunning new imagery and interviews with numerous EMR colleagues who have worked on and with these iconic machines
  • HSTs will remain an iconic piece of British engineering and a much-loved part of the railway
  • One-off bespoke items to commemorate the HST will also shortly be available to purchase
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EMR offers more seats and quicker journeys as new timetable begins

  • Quicker peak journey times
  • Consistent departures
  • New earlier and later journey options
Launch of EMR's new Intercity timetable.

From left to right:
- Gavin Crook, Principal Programme Sponsor, Network Rail
- Will Rogers, Managing Director, East Midlands Railway
- Melissa Farmer, Rail Development Manager, SYPTE
- Peter Kennan, Chair, Transport Forum at Sheffield Chamber of Commerce & Industry

EMR offers Sheffield passengers more seats and quicker journeys as new timetable begins

  • Quicker peak journey times
  • Consistent departures
  • New earlier and later journey options
At Corby Station on Monday 17th May

From left to right:
- Julie Evans Senior Sponsor, Network Rail
- Lisa Angus, Transitions & Projects Director, EMR
- Tim Walden, Route Delivery Director, Network Rail

EMR Connect: All-electric service between Corby and the Capital launches

  • EMR Connect - the new electric train service between Corby and London St Pancras
  • Provides more seats and services every 30 minutes
  • Electric trains are quieter and kinder to the environment
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Introducing Barton-on-Humber, a new route for East Midlands Railway

  • Welcomed 12 stations on to the EMR route on Sunday 16th May
  • Two-hourly service between Barton-on-Humber to Grimsby Town and Cleethorpes
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Tourism boost for Skegness as EMR increase services to town

  • Summer service will now happen all year round
  • Move welcomed by council and tourism sector  
  • Nottingham to Grantham services also improved with earlier journey opportunities between both locations
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Media invite: Welcome to EMR Connect - the new all electric train service from Corby to London St Pancras

  • EMR Connect provides an extra train every hour to and from London
  • Introduction coincides with EMR reintroducing its full, pre-Covid timetable to support the region's recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic
  • Interview opportunities available at Corby on Monday 17th May
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Media invite: Major boost for Sheffield train passengers as EMR's new timetable begins

  • Quicker peak journey times and new early morning and late evening journey options
  • EMR's new timetable includes the reintroduction of EMR's full, pre-Covid timetable, helping the region's recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic
  • Interview opportunities available at Sheffield Station on Monday morning
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Media invite: Major boost for the East Midlands as EMR's new timetable begins

  • Quicker peak journey times and new early morning and late evening journey options
  • EMR's new timetable includes the reintroduction of EMR's full, pre-Covid timetable, helping the region's recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic
  • Interview opportunities available at Nottingham Station on Monday morning
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EMR Connect: All electric train service launches this week

  • EMR’s first all-electric trains - reduces carbon emissions by 77% and lowers noise levels for lineside neighbours
  • EMR Connect will run twice hourly between Corby and London St Pancras
  • Staff excited to begin serving passengers