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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.
The current East Midlands Railway timetable has The Robin Hood running as: the 0640 train from Lincoln to London St Pancras arriving at 0927 on weekday mornings operated by a 10-car Class 222 Meridian. the 1735 train from London St Pancras to Nottingham arriving at 1913 on weekday evenings operated by a 10-car Class 222 Meridian.
On 20 February 2010, an express from London St Pancras to Sheffield was derailed north of Market Harborough, causing track damage and major disruption to rail services for three days. East Midlands Trains put an emergency timetable into place, running services via Melton Mowbray on 21, 22 and 23 February.
A Corby-Kettering bus shuttle connecting with trains was introduced in August 1996. A new Corby station opened on 23 February 2009, initially served by one return train per day to London St Pancras, operated by East Midlands Trains. [11] A fuller service, with 13 daily return trains to London, started on 27 April 2009. [2]
Plans for the current station, opposite the original, were approved in late 2007. It opened with just one daily train each way on Mondays to Fridays. The full current service of hourly trains to and from London began on 27 April 2009, after East Midlands Trains had taken delivery of the additional trains needed for its implementation.
The East Coast Main Line was engaged in long running rivalry with the West Coast Main Line (WCML), the other main trunk route between London and Scotland. At various points in the late 19th century, highly publicised but unofficial races occurred between express trains on the two routes, most notably in 1888 and 1895.
A new Corby station opened on 23 February 2009, initially served by one return train per day to London St Pancras, operated by East Midlands Trains. [29] A fuller service, with 13 daily return trains to London, started on 27 April 2009. [30] The line from Kettering to Corby has been electrified, as from 16 May 2021. [31]
East Midlands Railway inherited a fleet of 28 Class 43, 21 Class 153, 15 Class 156, 26 Class 158, and 27 Class 222 units from East Midlands Trains. In January 2020, nine additional Class 156 units from Greater Anglia were introduced into service.