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East Midlands Railway Current Fleet

EMR InterCity

222 Meridian Bombardier Voyager Midland Main Line

EMR Connect / Luton Airport Express

360 Desiro Siemens Desiro London St Pancras – Corby

EMR Regional

158/0 Express Sprinter Sprinter Regional routes

170 Turbostar Bombardier Turbostar Regional routes

East Midlands Railway Future Fleet

To replace the Class 180 and Class 222 units, 33 five-carriage Class 810 bi-mode trains will be introduced in 2024. The Class 810 is an evolution of the Class 802 units Hitachi have delivered to a number of British train operators, amongst other changes, it has a reduced car length as to better facilitate its use of stations such as St Pancras and is fitted with uprated diesel engines that enable the Class 810 to equal, if not exceed, the acceleration of the Class 222. During May 2020, EMR opened a competition to give the class their own unique brand name.

In October 2020, EMR announced that the fleet will have the 'Aurora' brand. The earlier-than-planned withdrawal of the Class 180 fleet, now occurring at the May 2023 timetable change, means that 'Aurora' units will only directly replace the Class 222 fleet.

Other existing stock to be added consist of 39 Class 170s; 23 from West Midlands Trains, 12 from Transport for Wales and four from Southern. Those altogether will enable the Class 153, Class 156, and Class 158 sets to be withdrawn, although some of the gaps were to be filled in when the Liverpool-Nottingham service was taken over by another operator.

This will now not take place, with a proposal made to transfer 15 Class 185 units from TransPennine Express to prevent the shortfall in stock caused by EMR retaining this service, with another solution being to retain the Class 158s.

It was expected that 12 Class 171 units would transfer from Southern. However, due to no replacement units being sourced, this reshuffling will not take place, with the Transport for Wales Class 170s replacing the planned transfer of Class 171s from Southern. During May 2022, however, it was announced that four Class 171s would transfer from Southern, with expected entry into service being in the autumn of 2022.

These units will be converted into Class 170s, reformed into three-carriage sets and work alongside the rest of the fleet. Three of these units were transferred to EMR on 7 September 2022 having been reformed from their previous two-and-four-car formations. The fourth unit is due to transfer in late 2023 as 170421.

EMR InterCity

810 Aurora Hitachi AT300 Midland Main Line

EMR Regional

170 Turbostar Bombardier Turbostar Regional routes
Class 170 Regional Routes

East Midlands Railway Overview

East Midlands Railway Franchise(s):

East Midlands

18 August 2019 – 16 October 2030

East Midlands Railway Main Region(s):

East Midlands

Greater London

South Yorkshire

North West England

East Midlands Railway Other Region(s): East of England

East Midlands Railway Fleet Size:

27 Class 222 Meridian

21 Class 360 Desiro

26 Class 158 Express Sprinter

40 Class 170 Turbostar

East Midlands Railway Parent Company: Transport UK Group

East Midlands Railway Reporting Mark: EM

East Midlands Railway Predecessor: East Midlands Trains

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