East Midlands Railway (EMR) Train Fleet | Current, Past & Future Rolling Stock [UPDATED]

East Midlands Railway train fleet/rolling stock. East Midlands Railway (EM) is a train operating company in Great Britain (mainly serving routes branching from the East Midlands) operated by Transport UK Group since taking over the franchise in 2023 from Abellio which was repalced in Britain from early 2023.

EMR operate services across central parts of England serving as a local, regional and InterCity London operator. EMR have 3 main categories of routes which are Intercity, Regional and Connect (previously Electrics) also known as Luton Airport Express.
EMR Intercity services operate out of London St Pancras International along the MIdland Main Line operating services from London to Nottingham and Sheffield via Leicester serving important stations/places such as Kettering, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway, Derby and Chesterfield. There are also limited services to Oakham and Lincoln.
EMR Regional services operate centered around Nottingham operating local and regional services from Nottinghamt to Mansfield/Worksop, Grantham, Skegness, Derby, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Matlock, Leicester, Licnoln and Grimsby. There are also other local routes operating from Peterborough to Lincoln and Docnaster and Cleethropes to Barton on Humber. There is also one long distance route from Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich via Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Grantham, Peterborough and Ely.
EMR Connect operate half hourly EMU services from London St Pancras to Corby calling at Luton Airport Parkway, Luton, Bedford, Wellingborough and Kettering. This is the newest EMR service and allowed for Intercity services to eliminate most calls south of Kettering.

This video shows the current train fleet (September 2024) along with the future rolling stock and past rolling stock for this operator.

The East Midlands Railway train fleet is currently nearing the end of the process of being nearly entirely replaced with newer or new trains.

Older rolling stock from East Midlands Railway that EMR operate/have operated (to be replaced) included class 153 Sprinter, 156 Super Sprinter, class 222 Meridian, class 180 Adelante, class class 43 locomotive, Mark 3 locomotive hauled carriages (Intercity 125 HST (High Speed Train).

Class 158 Express Spritner were originaly going to leave EMR but since the Liverpool to Norwich route is not currently planned to be split away from EMR the 158 will be retained as there is not enougth 170 to operate this route as well as other regional routes. The 158 retained will receive a minor refurbishment and continue to operate with EMR for now.

Class 170 Turbostar along with 158 form regional EMR services. There will receive a full refurbishment which will allow all EMR operated 170 to receive the same interiors as currnelty there is a mix of Southern, West Midlands Railway, ScotRail and Greater Anglia/Transport for Wales interiors where these units moved from. These are planned to be the medium to long term EMR regional trains.

New rolling stock planned to enter service soon is the new build Hitachi class 810 Aurora Intercity Express Trains (IET) bi mode trains are delayed but should enter service in 2025 which will replace the class 222 Meridian on Midland Main Line Intercity services out of London. These will increase capacity on these services and will feature both standard and first class. Although replacing the 222 the 222 have had minor refurbishments due to the delayed in class 810 introduction.

The class 360 Desiro moved to EMR from Greater Anglia after being repalced by class 720 Aventra. These operate mainly in pairs on Connect Luton Airport Express services and will receive full interior refubishments with a more suitable seating layout planned to be provided.

The train fleet information is correct as possible as of September 2024 and future train fleet dates are based for the planned introduction for passenger services. Past Train Fleet is based on when the current East Midlands Railway operation has been in operation since 2019.

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