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156922 (ex 156422) has been branded in the outgoing livery but is still in the shed at Etches Park.
156407 (aka 156907) has also now rocked up at Etches Park.
Was about to put that as well! Looks like it arrived yesterday.
 

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On a trivial point, the cab door on the secondman's side of 43465 still has Stagecoach stripes (last survivor?). Presumably swapped around, but it's got the window found only (on EMR) on the ex GC ones.
 

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The 156s from Greater Anglia are truly dire, internally and mechanically. 156912 turn to throw a wobble tonight on the 20:51 from Nottingham - Boston. Cab radio not working this time. Taxi’s back to Boston for passengers and crew as no spare unit available. Reliability has plummeted since these were introduced on the line.
 

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Hinckley is so far the only station to get done because it was already in the pipeline for large-scale repair work.
Hinckley had the platform canopy rebuilt.
That's the only bit that's been "rebranded" - it was juts put into purple straight away to save repainting later on.

Poster boards, station signs, everything else still in blue, posters are EMR branded.
 

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I can confirm that at Hinckley everything is still ex-stagecoach apart from the Canopy. It is my local station after all!
 

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The 156s from Greater Anglia are truly dire, internally and mechanically. 156912 turn to throw a wobble tonight on the 20:51 from Nottingham - Boston. Cab radio not working this time. Taxi’s back to Boston for passengers and crew as no spare unit available. Reliability has plummeted since these were introduced on the line.
Is there a reason the ex GA ones are spending most of their time on the Skegness route?
 

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Is there a reason the ex GA ones are spending most of their time on the Skegness route?

They can operate without needing to be in multi in passenger service and their passenger info system only has the Skegness route programmed in at present. If they escape elsewhere it's by accident.
 

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The latest update...

Class 170s start appearing soon and will be put into the final livery ASAP, the livery variant for the 170s was given final sign off last week.

Class 222s and 180s to be vinyl wrapped into the interim livery like the Anglia 156s - the final proper livery to be reserved for the final fleet, the interior design for which is being worked on. The challenge is getting 222s out of traffic for long enough to do the vinyl work without affecting the service.

Little interior work to be done on the existing fleet except possible an increase in standard class seating on the 222s.

First ex LNER 'Red HST' to enter traffic during February most likely.
 

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The 156s from Greater Anglia are truly dire, internally and mechanically. 156912 turn to throw a wobble tonight on the 20:51 from Nottingham - Boston. Cab radio not working this time. Taxi’s back to Boston for passengers and crew as no spare unit available. Reliability has plummeted since these were introduced on the line.

Whatever people may have thought of Stagecoach they did usually keep their EMT local trains in good condition and well presented inside and out. I saw one of the GA 156’s on the Robin Hood Line last week and the exterior did look dire. I hope that when the 170’s begin to arrive they are in better condition and not just a mixed collection of everyone else’s cast offs that they want to get rid of. Stagecoach did a fantastic job of transforming the dreadful mixture of stock they received after the break up of Central Trains. Hopefully Abellio will get the 170’s looking in a uniform good condition as soon as possible.
 

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Class 170s start appearing soon and will be put into the final livery ASAP, the livery variant for the 170s was given final sign off last week.
One would have hoped the priority would be interior refurb rather than lipstick on the exterior. Passengers don’t care what colour the train is, as long as it is comfortable and clean.

Class 222s and 180s to be vinyl wrapped into the interim livery like the Anglia 156s - the final proper livery to be reserved for the final fleet, the interior design for which is being worked on. The challenge is getting 222s out of traffic for long enough to do the vinyl work without affecting the service..
Ditto... Surely the pretty woeful state of the seats in the 222s should be more of a priority than the exterior looks.

Little interior work to be done on the existing fleet except possible an increase in standard class seating on the 222s.
Oh joy, so no improvement to the stained and threadbare seats, but presumably less space in standard as more seats are crammed in. I guess this is another Abelio improvement? Bring back National Express and Midland Mainline, when the East Midlands had one of the better TOCs.
 

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They might tidy things up a bit I guess. The 222s are looking very tired. I think ironically the LNER HSTs will be seen to be a step change improvement in quality, just a shame they don't have long.
 

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The latest update...
And when will the clapped out 180s enter service? Not that it will be a good thing when they do, as they will no doubt break down or catch fire more frequently than the ex-GC HSTs...
 

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And when will the clapped out 180s enter service? Not that it will be a good thing when they do, as they will no doubt break down or catch fire more frequently than the ex-GC HSTs...

December of this year apparently.
 

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156922 (ex 156422) has been branded in the outgoing livery but is still in the shed at Etches Park.

Was about to put that as well! Looks like it arrived yesterday.
156922 has (today, the 29th of January 2020) made its first venture out in the new colours, running as 5Z56 to Landore TMD for further work at the Chrysalis Rail depot. https://flic.kr/p/2imzH5b
 

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156922 has (today, the 29th of January 2020) made its first venture out in the new colours, running as 5Z56 to Landore TMD for further work at the Chrysalis Rail depot. https://flic.kr/p/2imzH5b
They do looks smart in purple. Thanks for sharing.

156902 and 907 are both on the Crewe line today. Both in plain white with red doors. Probably only two or three left to arrive now?
 

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They do looks smart in purple. Thanks for sharing.

156902 and 907 are both on the Crewe line today. Both in plain white with red doors. Probably only two or three left to arrive now?
Only one; 156417 is the last remaining Sprinter to arrive from Anglia. Its last day in service is today, and it's due to come across next week.
 

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Seems that EMR plans to have one of the exLNER HST sets in purple. I'm struggling to imagine that
 

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The latest update...

Class 170s start appearing soon and will be put into the final livery ASAP, the livery variant for the 170s was given final sign off last week.

Class 222s and 180s to be vinyl wrapped into the interim livery like the Anglia 156s - the final proper livery to be reserved for the final fleet, the interior design for which is being worked on. The challenge is getting 222s out of traffic for long enough to do the vinyl work without affecting the service.

Little interior work to be done on the existing fleet except possible an increase in standard class seating on the 222s.

First ex LNER 'Red HST' to enter traffic during February most likely.
Brilliant news! I did wonder when the 222s would get re liveried. I mentioned this ages ago and back then nobody believed me.

good news about the scotrail 170s coming to EMR soon. WMRs shouldn’t be more than a year after them if everything goes to plan on their end that is?
 

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Started life as a flying banana and goes out as a flying aubergine!
 

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Updated list...it has been a month:

All the 156's have now arrived from GA with a few now in service allowing all of the local side now running as 2 coaches. Eventually these will look to all be in the outgoing livery.

Class 43 HST power cars (43/0 will be replaced by LNER power cars very soon..):
43043 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43044 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43045 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43046 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43047 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43048 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43049 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43050 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43052 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43054 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43055 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43058 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43059 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43060 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43064 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43066 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43073 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43076 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43081 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43082 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43083 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43089 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded

43423 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43465 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43467 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43468 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43480 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43484 - Plain blue, EMR branded

Class 153:
153302 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153308 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153311 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153318 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153319 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153355 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153357 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153368 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153372 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153374 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153376 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153379 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153381 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153382 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153383 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153384 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153385 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo

Class 156:
156401 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156403 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156404 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156405 - EMR outgoing livery
156406 - White with purple doors, no branding
156408 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156410 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156411 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156413 - EMT regional blue (no red/orange EMT cab ends) with EMR Regional logo
156414 - EMT regional blue (no red/orange EMT cab ends) no branding
156415 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156470 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156473 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156497 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156498 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156902 - White with Red doors (ex 156402)
156907 - White with Red doors (ex 156409)
156909 - EMR outgoing livery (ex 156409)
156912 - EMR outgoing livery (ex 156412)

156916 - White with Red doors (ex 156416)
156917 - White with Red doors (ex 156417)
156918 - White with Red doors (ex 156418)
156919 - White with Red doors (ex 156419)
156922 - EMR outgoing livery (ex 156422)

Class 158:
158770 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158773 - White base with Orange doors, EMR Regional logo
158774 - White base with Orange doors, no branding
158777 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158780 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158783 - White base with Orange doors, EMR Regional logo
158785 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158788 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158799 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158806 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158810 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158812 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158813 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158846 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158847 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158852 - Full EMT intercity white
158854 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158856 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158857 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158858 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158862 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158863 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158864 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158865 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158866 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158889 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo

Class 180:
180110 - Hull Trains blue, no branding
180111 - Hull Trains blue, no branding

Class 222:
222001 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222002 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222003 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222004 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222005 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222006 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo

222007 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222008 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222009 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222010 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222011 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222012 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222013 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222014 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222015 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222016 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222017 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222018 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222019 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222020 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222021 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222022 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222023 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo

222101 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222102 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222103 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222104 - Full EMR intercity purple
 
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Updated list...it has been a month:

All the 156's have now arrived from GA with a few now in service allowing all of the local side now running as 2 coaches. Eventually these will look to all be in the outgoing livery.

Class 43 HST power cars (43/0 will be replaced by LNER power cars very soon..):
43043 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43044 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43045 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43046 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43047 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43048 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43049 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43050 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43052 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43054 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43055 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43058 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43059 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43060 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43064 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43066 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43073 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43076 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43081 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43082 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43083 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded
43089 - Full EMT intercity blue/white, EMR branded

43423 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43465 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43467 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43468 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43480 - Plain blue, EMR branded
43484 - Plain blue, EMR branded

Class 153:
153302 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153308 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153311 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153318 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153319 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153355 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153357 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153368 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153372 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153374 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153376 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153379 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153381 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153382 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153383 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153384 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
153385 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo

Class 156:
156401 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156403 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156404 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156405 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156406 - White with purple doors, no branding
156408 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156410 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156411 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156413 - EMT regional blue (no red/orange EMT cab ends) with EMR Regional logo
156414 - EMT regional blue (no red/orange EMT cab ends) with EMR Regional logo
156415 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156470 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156473 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156497 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156498 - EMT regional blue with EMR Regional logo
156902 - White with Red doors (ex 156402)
156907 - White with Red doors (ex 156409)
156909 - EMR outgoing livery (ex 156409)
156912 - EMR outgoing livery (ex 156412)

156916 - White with Red doors (ex 156416)
156917 - White with Red doors (ex 156417)
156918 - White with Red doors (ex 156418)
156919 - White with Red doors (ex 156419)
156922 - EMR outgoing livery (ex 156422)

Class 158:
158770 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158773 - White base with Orange doors, EMR Regional logo
158774 - White base with Orange doors, no branding
158777 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158780 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158783 - White base with Orange doors, EMR Regional logo
158785 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158788 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158799 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158806 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158810 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158812 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158813 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158846 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158847 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158852 - Full EMT intercity white
158854 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158856 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158857 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158858 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158862 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158863 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158864 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158865 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158866 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo
158889 - EMT intercity white with EMR Regional logo

Class 180:
180110 - Hull Trains blue, no branding
180111 - Hull Trains blue, no branding

Class 222:
222001 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222002 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222003 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222004 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222005 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222006 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo

222007 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222008 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222009 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222010 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222011 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222012 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222013 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222014 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222015 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222016 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222017 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222018 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222019 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222020 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222021 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222022 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222023 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo

222101 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222102 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222103 - EMT intercity white with EMR Intercity logo
222104 - Full EMR intercity purple

This is really handy, thanks for keeping us updated.

It's a minor point but I saw plain blue 156414 on a Norwich-Manchester service on Tuesday and I'm pretty sure it didn't have the EMR Regional logo (yet)?
 

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This is really handy, thanks for keeping us updated.

It's a minor point but I saw plain blue 156414 on a Norwich-Manchester service on Tuesday and I'm pretty sure it didn't have the EMR Regional logo (yet)?
Thank you for the feedback. I will keep the list updated when things happen. I have updated 414 to show that it has no branding.

Saw one operating for Hull Trains from Doncaster today, and it had the big ‘First’ all over removed so perhaps EMR are getting it soon (102).
180 109 and 113 are the only sets with Hull Trains now. I would say that they will only come over once the 802's have settled in as it looks like EMR don't need them until December.
 
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156909 left Derby on a Matlock at lunchtime today. Note all of the GA white hasn't been covered by aubergine on the ends, thus leaving a white border between it and the yellow end; is this a deliberate design detail, or has it just happened?

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On one of the ex GA 156 on the way to Matlock bath for the day, first time being on one and didn’t realise they were quite so scabby inside!

and the PA is basically useless, loud but sounds like it is being played through a 1980s Casio keyboard with a broken speaker! The guard may as well have just come out of the cab and whailed at the passengers it would have been just as useful
 
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