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  1. Laketop

    EMR Class 360's

    Also a source from the East Midlands Railway website: https://news.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/news/the-big-regional-refurb-emr-announce-start-of-m-project-to-revamp-regional-fleet
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    Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates

    Realtimetrains have it pathed as diesel until Peterborough, but then electric between Peterborough and Newark. I recall seeing it on a run yesterday but the pantograph was down. Was it running electric today?
  3. Laketop

    MML Electrification: progress updates

    A lot has happened since the original post in 2015 and it's rather hard to keep up. From my understanding, wasn't electrification beyond Kettering cancelled in 2017 by Chris Grayling then Sec. State for Transport, what's the current situation north of Kettering regarding electrification?
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    Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates

    Hi all, I have been following this thread for a couple of years now, though unlike Avanti's 800s that have been on the mainline, there's been little to nothing about EMRs 810s. If they are introducing 33 of them, surely there isn't room in the sheds to hide all of them. How is it that their...
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    Purchased tickets/Cancelled services but needing to travel on the day (13/08)

    In this situation I'm now in I would love to travel via LNER, though as far as I know I wouldn't be compensated if I booked anything until on the day, after finding out my train isn't running and after being told that there is nothing they can/will do. I'd very much like to do now to avoid those...
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    Purchased tickets/Cancelled services but needing to travel on the day (13/08)

    I was hoping for it to be open, but alas, it has been announced it will be closed and Network Rail staff will be present. Though I assume they will not have the power to do anything and it will be a case of bringing Avanti again on the day...
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    Purchased tickets/Cancelled services but needing to travel on the day (13/08)

    Thank you for your reply, Edit: I have since contacted Avanti West Coast via Twitter but their only advice is to either travel on an alternative day or to refund the tickets thereby removing the protections of the ticket. I have also emailed asking to be re-routed. 1660228604 A follow-up...
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    Purchased tickets/Cancelled services but needing to travel on the day (13/08)

    Hi all, I have two train tickets booked (2x Advance Single - Fareham to Edinburgh) for the 13th of August. The tickets were booked in advance and for this specific day due to working both the day before and working in Edinburgh the day after. The route on the itinerary states travelling to...
  9. Laketop

    Using Trainline and Paying with Klarna One Time card

    I previously had an issue when purchasing tickets via Trainsplit , used regularly with a credit card over many years but on this occasion, using a virtual card for the first time. Got to the station, was unable to print the tickets via the machine. Went to the kiosk and they requested the...
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    Looking for tickets for the fringe

    Thank you both, I was of the assumption advance tickets are only released 8-12 weeks prior so seems I have been unnecessarily waiting. I have tried trainsplit but it is either giving me fairly expensive tickets or nothing at all for the return journey
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    Looking for tickets for the fringe

    Hi all, I am looking to travel to the fringe this summer and would like to travel by train. I will be going with a friend and we both have 16-25 railcards. We are trying to book in advance as we can to save cost. As it goes our goal is to get the cheapest fare, so travel time, despite the long...
  12. Laketop

    CrossCountry HST Diagrams

    Hi all, with the thread becoming a behemoth, is there a TL;DR on the HSTs being used by XC in the past few months/a timeline, the past few posts point to them being withdrawn?
  13. Laketop

    Lumo (East Coast Trains) Class 803 Updates/Discussion

    I read a few articles stating that Lumo bookings are doing well. I haven't personally been on one of their services yet but it is an enticing sell should I need to travel to Scotland via train. If it is the case that Lumo are doing well, what are the options for them expanding their current...
  14. Laketop

    Publication of Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands

    - The report With that, the HS2 trains would be able to get into central Nottingham and Derby.
  15. Laketop

    Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates

    Not sure if this image has been released earlier, but it shows what looks to be a couple of changes versus previously released imagery. These include a silver and not golden cone, the decals on the side are also different compared to their previous imagery, the top light is more horizontal than...
  16. Laketop

    Transfer of LNER HST 125s to East Midlands Railway (EMR)

    Hi all, Is there any news regarding the transfer of the High Speed Train (HST) 125s from LNER to East Midlands Railway (EMR)? With the finale of these trains on the East Coast Mainline, is there any update on their transition to the Midland Mainline?
  17. Laketop

    New trains for East Midlands Franchise

    There has been a recent post by Railmagizine regarding the cascading of their HSTs to the EMR fleet. The article mentions nine-coach HSTs, would this then be the case that EMR will be getting even longer trains than its currently used 8-car ones...
  18. Laketop

    222 102 on 08:10 Syston to Leicester

    It is fairly common on a Monday or Friday to have a 4-car 222 on the regional Lincoln/Leicester route. When I asked the staff on-board, it is so maintenance can take place on the other stock that runs on the route. A treat with this is that First-class is declassified on the route.
  19. Laketop

    ScotRail under fire after major disruption around Edinburgh on Saturday 24 August

    In terms of the Edinburgh Fringe and the argument that there isn't sufficient capacity, may it be infrastructure, train frequency or train capacity, wouldn't it be the case that it is the capacity? All well put. Short formations and the argument that trains and crew would be idle at other...
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    New trains for East Midlands Franchise

    Something that hasn't been taken into account or discussed a lot is EMRs plan to trial hydrogen trains - perhaps they are also including this in their carriage count?

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