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TravelWatch East Midlands
New secure cycle parking opens at Nottingham railway station. The bike parking bays at Nottingham railway station will make it more accessible to train users. It will provide 92 spaces for bikes - 38 more than previously catered for at the station. It will allow short and long-stay parking that can be accessed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It will be well lit and monitored by CCTV.
Source and full story This is Nottingham 22nd July 2010.
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Iain Coucher has informed Network Rail’s Board of his intention to step down following eight years with the company, including three years as chief executive. He will remain in his post over the coming months and will be involved in the search and recruitment of a successor to allow for a smooth and orderly transition.
Source and full story Network Rail 17th June 2010.
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East Midlands Trains open new £22m railway depot in Derby. The modernisation project of the Etches Park site, included the construction of two new maintenance sheds and a major upgrade of the existing engine shed. According to East Midlands Trains the new depot will improve services for passengers and provide better facilities for staff. The Depot will be used predominantly to maintain the rail company's Meridian fleet which forms the backbone of the London services.
TWEM secretary Stephen Abbott took this photograph of a Meridian inside the depot during the opening.
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Longer trains to serve Skegness in summer months. East Midlands Trains has responded to a call for support from East Lindsey District Council and will look to add more carriages to Skegness services.
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Corby railway station has seen more than 130,000 journeys made by passengers in its first year. Tuesday 27th April marks the first anniversary of the station being officially opened. Customer research by East Midlands Trains shows that 48 per cent of the passengers travel for leisure, compared with the average for other stations of 36 per cent.
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Canadian caterer GuestLogix says that the rail industry could offer growth beyond airline carriers. The chief executive of on-board airline retailer GuestLogix Inc. (TSX:GXI) says he hopes the European rail industry will be the ticket to further market growth as the company hunts for acquisitions. They could target Cross Country Trains in a our region.
Source and full story The Canadian Press, 15th April 2010.
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East Midlands Trains will get extra carriages from next year paid for by the Department for Transport. Four extra Class 156 trains will be leased from May 2011 and will be used on services between Nottingham and Skegness and from Lincoln to Leicester. This will then release a number of refurbished Class 158 trains to strengthen services on the busy services connecting Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool.
Source DfT, 18th March 2010.
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Network Rail has published a route utilisation strategy for the East Midlands setting out proposals to improve train services and Electrification of the MML and is pushing form it to go ahead.
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Station Video. A video of the proposed developments for Nottingham Railway station can be seen on "You Tube". You can see it here
Source You Tube, The Hub and The Big Wheel.
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The derailment of an East Midlands passenger train near Kibworth last Saturday was probably caused by a faulty axle, investigators say.
Source and full story BBC News 24th February 2010.
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Network Rail awards key contract for £53m Anglia freight upgrade. Plans for a £53m investment in the rail infrastructure in Anglia – which will ultimately help take around 750,000 lorry journeys off the road every year – have moved a step closer as Network Rail announces its design partner for the works, Jacobs Engineering. As part its plan to build a bigger and better railway Network Rail is upgrading the route from Felixstowe to Nuneaton via Ely, Peterborough and Leicester. Jacobs Engineering will work with Network Rail to design the two major elements needed to increase capacity between Ipswich and Peterborough:
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East Midlands Trains has won a Golden Whistle award for improving safety – despite figures showing a 15.5 per cent rise in accidents. East Midlands Trains scooped the gong for the most improved operational safety over the 12 months to December 2009 at a ceremony in London. Figures from the independent safety watchdog the Office of Rail Regulation show 97 accidents flagged up by EMT across its network in 2009, compared to 84 the previous year. The data includes a train collision in sidings, failure to evacuate passengers, fires and staff and customer slips and falls onboard trains and on platforms. EMT spokesman Emma Knight said the figures include passenger trips on platforms which were beyond the company's control.
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New East Coast timetable unveiled. The government run East Coast has released a new timetable for services on the East Coast Mainline. The new timetable, which is called Eureka, has been designed to add more capacity to the network.
Source and full details RTMJobs 22nd January 2010.
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East Midlands Trains meet the manager. Once again at various locations you can meet EMTs managers. See here for details.
Source East Midlands Trains 20th January 2010.
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Red Dot Day. East Midlands Parkway station has a "Red Dot Day" on Saturday 30 January 2010. For one day only, unlimited travel will be available from East Midlands Parkway station to anywhere on the East Midlands Trains network for just £10, children £5.
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Campaign to cut risks being taken at level crossings. Network Rail's 'Would It Kill You To Wait' scheme saw the rail firm take to Boston's (Lincolnshire) West Street crossing to spread the safety message last week - after reports of people jumping gates and motorists swerving barriers to avoid having to wait for trains.
Source and full story Boston Standard 22nd December 2009.
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The East Midlands Minister Philip Hope is backing a campaign to electrify the Midland Main Line, to boost the economy, tackle congestion and protect the environment. An electric train service from London to the East Midlands and Sheffield could boost the regions’ economies by up to £19 million per year, campaigners will tell a meeting at Westminster next Tuesday (December 15th).
Source EMRA 11th December 2009.
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