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East Midlands franchise won by Abellio

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RealTrains07

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I have seen the last ever East Midlands Train from Uttoxeter and it was 3 coaches made up of a Class 158 and a Class 153, pity they couldn't use that that all the time when the Crewe to Derby Line is congested.
Never seen that formation work derby to crewe before. At least with EMR that something we will see more often
 
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Completely forgot EMT finishes today, gonna miss stagecoach livery

If they are rebranding this quickly then surely the new livery application will start just as swiftly?
 

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Shucks my exclusive club of being the purchaser of a ticket from EMR is about to be much less exclusive! :lol:

One of the things I did like on the site but didn't get around to mentioning is this page on Heritage Railways. I thought that was a nice touch: https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/routes-destinations/heritage-railways
Considering the site went live accidentally last Monday for about 2 hours and you managed to buy a ticket, you could well have the first ever ticket purchased from EMR. A little bit of history 8-) .. maybe
 

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Seems as if existing smartcard holders must make a new acocunt and register the old card by its number, which makes sense.
 

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Is it me or are the route map misleading? It looks like you can't get a direct train from Nottingham to Skegness on the network map or the timetable map
 

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The EMR homepage still says 'Coming Soon'.
 

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Well I must admit, I'm sad to see EMT go. Probably my favourite TOC of the privatised era for getting things right.

It will be interesting to see how EMR do. A lot will depend on how the transition to the new trains in 2022 is handled.

Don't screw it up.
 

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Completely forgot EMT finishes today, gonna miss stagecoach livery

If they are rebranding this quickly then surely the new livery application will start just as swiftly?
It’s equally likely they won’t relivery any of the stock that is due to go off lease, even if not for a couple of years.
 

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Just seen the first East Midlands Railway train at Uttoxeter. I wonder how long the so called improvements will take to be implemented there.
 

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Anyone know what the first EMR liveried train will be?

Usually they have 1 by now for the launch day
 
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