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Hull Trains made a decision to use only Class 180 Adelante units, with its Class 222 Meridian units transferring to East Midlands Trains. [59] [full citation needed] East Midlands Trains began the service from Corby on 23 February 2009. [60] Initially, this was made up of one train per day in each direction, using the existing Meridian fleet. [61]
East Midlands Railway operates the largest fleet of 170s, currently consisting of 43 total two-car and three-car sets. From 23 March 2020, East Midlands Railway received its first two Class 170 units in the form of three-car 170416 and 170417, when they moved from Abellio ScotRail. The former was seen in EMR livery on 30 April 2020. [15]
The Class 810 is a modification of the Class 802 units Hitachi have delivered to a number of British train operators. [23] The major change is a 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) reduction in the length of each vehicle, which is required in order to allow paired (ten-car) Class 810 trains to use London St Pancras station. [4]
East Midlands Railway was investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority, who in September 2021 found that they had breached marketing codes. The firm had launched a competition in February 2021 asking participants for ideas to "Build Back Better" with the chance of winning £5,000.
The Midland Main Line (MML), sometimes also spelt Midland Mainline, is a major railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield. Express passenger services on the line are operated by East Midlands Railway (EMR).
Midland Mainline Class 222 at London St Pancras in 2008 East Midlands Trains Class 222 near Clay Cross in 2009. With the exception of EMR Connect services, no route operated by East Midlands Railway is fully electrified. As a result, the majority of its fleet is composed of diesel trains such as the Class 222.
All services on the line are provided by East Midlands Railway. There is an hourly service in each direction between Liverpool Lime Street and Norwich, generally calling only at Nottingham and Grantham, and an hourly service in each direction between Nottingham and Skegness, via Grantham, calling at most stations along the route.
A further reconfiguration of the Meridians took place in 2008, shortly after East Midlands Trains took over Midland Mainline's services, when six of the eight-carriage sets were reduced to seven carriages and the remaining set was reduced to five carriages, allowing all nine of the remaining four-carriage sets to be extended to five carriages. [21]