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Railway staff take part in a sponsored sleep-out to help runaway children
- Rail industry staff sleeping in Derby station tonight
- All to raise money for Railway Children charity
16-year-old Eleanor Nugent helping to recruit new Apprentice Fleet Engineers
- EMR is looking for the engineers of the future
- Practical experience working at maintenance depots in either Derby, Nottingham or Leeds
- Listen to why Eleanor loves working for EMR as an Apprentice Engineer
Media Invite: Celebrating 150 years of Sheffield station
- Date: Friday 31st January 2020
- Time: 10:30am
- Venue: Sheffield Station Concourse
East Midlands Railway donates food to local social enterprise ‘Food Works’ this Christmas
- Sheffield's leading force in the fight against food waste this Christmas
- Unused food from Sheffield to London services donated to local social enterprise throughout the year, including Christmas Eve
- ‘Food works’ run cafe's, catering, events, green box scheme and shareholders market
All aboard the Santa train! East Midlands Railway host special Christmas train ride for local school children
- Volunteers from EMR host Christmas train ride for 60 children from Harford Manor School, Norwich
- Santa delivered presents to children on board
- The children were entertained throughout the journey with festive activities, treat bags and refreshments and all volunteers dressed in fancy dress for the occasion too
December 2020 timetable consultation is now open
- Major changes planned for East Midlands Railway (EMR) services from December 2020
- Includes thousands of extra seats and quicker journeys to and from London St Pancras International
- Consultation runs for 12 weeks and closes 14th February 2020
East Midlands Railway introduces ground breaking support for local communities
- Two brand new funding pots available for Community Rail Partnerships and Station Adopters
- Over £100,000 available until April
- Part of EMR’s commitment to empower local communities with over £2.5million available over next eight years
- Funds designed to improve local stations and enhance community opportunities
Cascaded HST's to enter service with EMR in early 2020
- EMR, LNER and Department for Transport have reached an agreement for High-Speed Trains to be cascaded to EMR
- LNER sets were significantly refurbished in 2016 and offer improved passenger facilities
- First will arrive with EMR shortly and due to enter service in early 2020
East Midlands Railway collaborates with local business for World Vegan Day
- ‘Love Vegan’ snack bars given out on selected First Class trains as part of EMR Treats campaign
- EMR’s Intercity routes offer a wide range of vegan snacks for both First Class and Standard customers
East Midlands Railway launches ‘The Platform’, a new online community for customers
- ‘The Platform’ gives customers a chance to have their say and shape how EMR is run
- Forum to share stories to help improve customer experience
- Updated and monitored in real time to give passengers the opportunity to provide immediate feedback
“It’s time to switch” East Midlands Railway encourages customers to swap paper tickets to smart tickets in Smart Week
- EMR Smart ticketing makes rail travel quicker and easier
- Convenient way to carry tickets
- Giveaways at four hub stations across Smart Week 14 – 18 October
East Midlands Railway supports RUOK campaign as part of World Mental Health Day
- EMR will be partnering with Network Rail to host the annual RUOK day on Thursday 10th October 2019
- Events held across the rail network
- The aim is to have a 30 second conversations with travellers to ask “Are you okay today?”