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East Midlands Trains has announced that the average fare on its network will rise by an average of 5.7%. The increase, effective from January 2012, is ‘lower than the UK rail average of 5.9%’.
Full details Rail Co 21st December 2011.
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Nottingham City Transport Cityrider and Grouprider tickets will not be valid on the tram from Friday 16th December 2011. Passengers are advised to buy a Kangaroo ticket if they wish to travel on both NCT and NET networks.
Full details NCT Website 15th December 2011.
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Following the installation of a new PA system at all stations along the Matlock to Derby line, passengers travelling on this route are now benefitting from improved information about their train service. As part of a £10 million investment programme to improve station facilities, East Midlands Trains has rolled out thenew micro-PA system to all seven stations on the line (Matlock, MatlockBath, Cromford, Whatstandwell, Ambergate, Belper and Duffield).
Full story and more details Breaking Travel News 9th December 2011.
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Rail passengers will be travelling in style thanks to a £5 million refurbishment programme. East Midlands Trains is in the process of improving every single train operating on the Crewe to Derby line, with brighter and cleaner interiors and better reliability.
Full story and more details This is Staffordshire 23rd November 2011.
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Leicester Railway station is getting a fresher and a lighter, brighter entrance. Listed building consent was recently received to complete the works inside the historic porte-cochère.
Full story and more details Rail Co 16th November 2011.
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Rail services between Sheffield and Manchester will have 50 per cent more seats by December to ease overcrowding. East Midlands Trains, which operates one of two fast services between the cities each hour is receiving eight extra coaches. First TransPennine Express operates the other hourly Sheffield to Manchester service. It uses three-carriage trains but one is first class.
Full story and more details The Star 16th October 2011.
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Invest in Nottingham' train officially unveiled. Nottingham City Council, East Midlands Trains and representatives from Invest in Nottingham Club joined forces at a special train naming ceremony today (Monday 19 September) to officially launch the city's Invest in Nottingham Day.
Full story My Nottingham 19th September 2011.
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Lincoln Central railway station has received an award from East Midland Trains’ second Best Station Awards event. The station on St Mary’s Street won the Most Improved Station award, due to the various improvements made to it. The revamp included the opening of a new Customer Information Point and better toilet and waiting room facilities.
Full story the Lincolnite 15th September 2011.
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Changes to rail station’s office hours. The public is being asked to voice its views on proposed changes to Melton railway station’s ticket office opening hours. The proposals by East Midlands Trains would be to close the ticket office on a Sunday and only have the office open from 7am to 1.30pm Monday to Saturday. Currently the office is open from 12.15pm to 7pm on a Sunday, and 6.45am to 1pm and 1.30pm to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday.
Full details Melton Times 8th September 2011.
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Nottingham City Transport Network Changes – September 2011. Sunday 4th September 2011 sees significant changes to NCT to services.
Full details NCT Newsletter 3rd August 2011.
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Passengers in Lincoln will now benefit from better real-time information, following the addition of Customer Information Screens (CIS) in Lincoln Central Station. The CIS comes after a £2.2 million joint investment programme by East Midlands Trains and Network Rail. Lincoln is one of the first stations to gain from the funding. The screens are linked to East Midlands Trains’ Control Centre in Derby, where information to the CIS can be constantly updated.
Source and full story The Lincolnite 21st July 2011.
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The Nottingham Urban Area Local Sustainable Transport Fund bid is a two stage partnership bid aiming to revolutionise travel in Nottingham. In July 2011, the Nottingham Urban Area bid became one of 39 successful bids receiving funding from the Department for Transport's Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
Full story MY Nottingham 20th July 2011.
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A demonstration opposing the government's plan to award the Thameslink rolling stock contract to Siemens is set to go ahead in Derby on Saturday (23rd July), with organisers predicting that thousands of people will take part. The protest in Derby is being led by four unions – RMT, UNITE, TSSA and GMB – who are calling for a rethink over the government's decision to have some 1,200 vehicles for the Thameslink Programme built in Germany.
Source and full story Rail News 19th July 2011.
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East Midlands Trains has launched a new international travel desk at Leicester station, giving passengers the chance to buy rail tickets for Europe and many other destinations worldwide.
Source and more information Rail Co 11th July 2011.
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Trent Barton indigo buses to run right through the night. Communities between Nottingham and Derby will soon be able to jump on a bus at almost any time, day or night, with the introduction of a new 24/7 timetable.
Source and full story Trent Barton July 2011.
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New screens have been installed to keep passengers at Spalding Railway Station up to date with electronic timetable information. The screens are on each platform and in the waiting area.
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New technology that helps trains use less fuel has been hailed by Transport Secretary Philip Hammond as "leading the way" for the rest of the industry. East Midlands Trains has been working with Derby-based manufacturer Bombardier and another firm, Evershot Rail, to devise the system that is estimated to save about 800,000 litres of fuel a year.
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NCT Fare Changes. Nottingham City Transport are to increase most bus fares form 5th June 2011.
Full details NCT Web Site 27th May 2011.
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Launch of coach service between London and East Lancashire calling at East Midlands Parkway offering trips from Burnley and Pendle to London from just £1. Discount operator Megabus has begun to run three services a day from stops in Burnley, Nelson and Colne to London’s St Pancras station.
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New East Coast train timetable begins. Commuters in the East Midlands are set to benefit from the introduction of a new timetable for East Coast trains. Changes include more trains from Newark Northgate to Kings Cross, with eight of them leaving before 0900 BST between Monday and Friday.
Source and full story BBC News 22nd May 2011.
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East Midlands Trains is driving forward green awareness with a week-long programme of events as part of Stagecoach Group’s third annual Green Week which is launched on Monday 23 May.
Source and full story Rail Co 20th May 2011.
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Inclusive "Peak District" Ticket. East Midlands Trains has announced the launch of a new all-inclusive ticket to encourage leisure travellers from London to have a summer day out in the Peak District.
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High-speed rail link 'needs to stop in Leicestershire' Leicestershire business will suffer if the planned new high- speed rail link does not stop in the east Midlands. Former Labour transport minister Lord Andrew Adonis and Alison Munro, the chief executive of HS2 Ltd which is behind the plans, said the existing Midland Mainline was running out of capacity. They both visited Nottingham yesterday as part of the consultation into the plans.
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Additional train services to Skegness have been given the go ahead by three different rail operators. Regular services direct from Derby will operate over the summer and two special one-off rail excursions from London have also been scheduled.
Source and more details Skegness Standard 29th March 2011.
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Late trains for Leicester City fans tested. Football fans will be able to use a late-evening train service next week after a match at the Walkers Stadium. East Midlands Trains will try out the service after the home games against Norwich next Tuesday and Crystal Palace on Tuesday, April 12. Tickets cost from £3 for the service, which will depart Leicester at 10.22pm and call at Syston, Sileby, Barrow on Soar and Loughborough, arriving at 10.43pm. Jayne Moyses, spokeswoman for East Midlands Trains, said: "Travelling by train to matches provides an easy and hassle-free way for supporters to follow their club.
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The first train to emerge from a £6m refurbishment programme is to be unveiled next week. East Midlands Trains is upgrading all its 27 Meridian trains. The firm said public feedback had played a large role in the changes, which include new seat covers and additional luggage and buggy space. The refit is part of a £30m programme of carriage refits and is being carried out in Derby.
Source and full story BBC News 27th February 2011.
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Car parking charges are to be introduced at nine stations on the railway line which goes through Derbyshire and Staffordshire. Prices at Ambergate, Duffield, Uttoxeter, Whatstandwell, Blythe Bridge, Alsager, Kidsgrove, Longton, and Stamford, will be £2 daily. East Midlands Trains said it was introducing the charges from spring to help fund a multi-million-pound station and fleet improvement programme.
Source and full story This is Derbyshire 23rd February 2011.
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Recognition for East Midlands Trains website. The firm has won the Information Technology Excellence award at the Rail Business Awards for its Best Fare Finder tool, which allows passengers to find the cheapest available fare out of around 450 journeys.
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East Midlands Trains holds its very first Bike Week - 14 - 20 February
East Midlands Trains is keen to hear the views of cyclists on its network as part of its very first bike week. Managers will be present at a number of stations to hear views of bike users.
The sessions are planned for the following dates and times:
London St Pancras - Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 February between 0700 and 0900
Market Harborough - Monday 14 February between 0700 and 0900.
Wellingborough - Tuesday 15 February between 0700 and 0900.
Loughborough - Tuesday 15 February between 0700 and 0900
Kettering - Wednesday 16 February between 0700 and 0900
Leicester - Wednesday 16 February between 0800 and 1000
Corby - Saturday 19 February between 0900 and 1200.
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Nottingham Railway Station's car park has been closed as part of £60m improvement works. A 950-space multi-storey car park is being built at the site, along with a new ticket office and waiting rooms.
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Direct trains from Spalding and Skegness to London? Plans are being considered for a direct link from Spalding to London – and campaigners hailed it as a chance to open up the whole region to better transport links and boost the economy. The Network Rail 2016 Capacity Review document shows an “aspiration” for a line linking London King’s Cross to Skegness – via Spalding, Sleaford and Boston.
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Crime on Nottinghamshire railways has reduced, new figures suggest. Train passengers have a "very low" chance of becoming victims of crime while on the railways in Notts, according to new figures. British Transport Police and East Midlands Trains say a proactive approach to policing on the rail network in Notts is helping to catch criminals.
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Plans for a £20m east-west link road and pedestrian footbridge to relieve the rail crossing in Lincoln City centre are 'stalling'.
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Rail passengers in Bulwell (Nottingham) are set to benefit from double the number of Sunday train services as East Midlands Trains launches its new Winter timetable. With the timetable change from 12th December, all trains to and from Nottingham will call at Bulwell on Sundays, increasing the number of Sunday services from 10 services per day to 20.
Source and full story Breaking Travel News 11th December 2010.
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British Transport Police have launched an operation to combat anti-social behaviour in railway stations and on trains. Stations across the East Midlands will be targeted as part of Operation Garland which will run throughout December and into January. The aim is to ensure the rail network remains a safe place to travel and work throughout the festive season. Extra officers will patrol trains and stations across the region.
Source and full story BBC News 11th December 2010.
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Leicester Railway Station listed status. Heritage campaigners are celebrating after securing "comprehensive" listed status for a railway station. Until now, only parts of Leicester station – built by Charles Trubshaw in 1893 – have been protected with a grade two listing by English Heritage. The front of the building looking on to London Road and Conduit Street were added to the heritage watchdog's statutory list in the 1970s.
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East Midlands Trains celebrates 3rd birthday. Train operator East Midlands Trains is celebrating its third birthday by launching improvements for passengers. These improvements will include the launch of the first refurbished Class 156 train, the official opening of East Midlands Parkway station’s new Business Lounge and the launch of congestion beating cut price ticket between East Midlands Parkway station and Nottingham.
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Great Central heritage rail link. Plans to link two sections of the Great Central Railway between Leicester and Nottingham have been boosted with the creation of a new company.
Source and more information BBC News 3rd November 2010.
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German rail sends 200mph train into London on 'trial run' in bid to slash journey times to Europe. A German ICE train has crossed the Channel and rolled into Britain today from the nation most renowned for making its railways run on time. The high-speed train from Deutsche Bahn was carrying out a slow-speed 'dry run' trial for a new direct cross-channel link between London's St Pancras station and Frankfurt in Germany, as well as Amsterdam in Holland, within three years.
Source and more information Mail on line19th October 2010.
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Go ahead for Nottingham railway station redevelopment. The multi-million pound redevelopment of Nottingham's railway station - the Nottingham Hub project - is to go ahead. Transport Minister Norman Baker announced the redevelopment of Nottingham station during a visit of Nottingham's public transport infrastructure on Monday 4 October.
Source and more information My Nottingham 4th October 2010.
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East Midlands Trains 17-carriage fleet of Class 153s, which are used extensively on the company’s local services, are all being upgraded as part of a £5 million programme currently being carried out at Neville Hill Depot in Leeds. In addition to the Class 153 trains, East Midlands Trains’ fleet of 11 Class 156 trains are also being refurbished as part of this programme.
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East Midlands Trains has announced the date of its next Red Dot Day as Saturday 9 October and tickets are now on sale for £15 return for journeys from East Midlands Parkway.
Source and more information East Midlands Trains 21st September 2010.
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Derby's railway station will be transformed even further over the next few months as it undergoes a £500,000 refurbishment. The station, in Midland Road, has already been the subject of a £21 million scheme in which its platforms and canopies were rebuilt. East Midlands Trains and Network Rail will now spend a further £500,000 overhauling the main concourse and footbridge linking the platforms.
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ATOC sets out plans for radical Network Rail reforms. Train operators have made a determined bid to take control of the rail network. The Association of Train Operating Companies is proposing a progressive breakup and privatisation of Network Rail, accompanied by a transfer of many responsibilities, including train regulation and most network upgrades, to private sector train operators. (Is this a good idea? Why not comment on our "Have your say" page? - ed TWEM).
Source Railnews 21st September 2010.
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Nottingham City Transport to introduces changes to City Bus Network. Customers will benefit from new routes, new buses and more frequent services from Sunday 5th September on some routes, as NCT introduces significant changes to the City Bus Network.
Source and full details NCT Web Site August 2010.
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Wireless broadband to be launched by East Midlands Trains. East Midlands Trains will offer Wi-Fi on board its services to London from September 5th 2010, including those that run between the capital and Sheffield. Trains running between London and Nottingham will also benefit from this.
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