Stagecoach is marking 10 years of running the East Midlands Trains franchise. The first train left Derby on the 11th November.

Over 235 million passenger journeys have been made on East Midlands Trains services over the past 10 years. This has helped connect communities, families and businesses.

Customers have benefitted from travelling on the UKs most punctual long distance services.

East Midlands Trains have held this record for more than eight years.

What have they achieved in the ten years?

East Midlands Trains have invested more than £12million into station improvements over its ten year stint. This includes better toilets and waiting areas, as well as the multi-million pound investment into Nottingham.

Over £30million has been spent on refurbishing all 94 trains in the fleet. Also the Class 158 diesel multiple units are in the process of being refurbished.

Three new stations at East Midlands Parkway, Corby and Ilkeston have all been opened since Stagecoach took over the franchise.

What did the officials say?

Jake Kelly, Managing Director of East Midlands Trains said, “As we celebrate 10 successful years of East Midlands Trains, I’d like to pay tribute to the 2,000 plus strong team of colleagues who show a huge amount of professional commitment day-after-day, both in the good times and in more challenging circumstances.

“We’ve achieved a huge amount together over the past 10 years and delivered some fantastic improvements for customers, but as well as looking back over what we’ve done, it’s also important that we remain focused on the future. We’ll carry on running this franchise until at least 2019 and there’s still plenty of work to do before then, including the major upgrade of Derby station, and working with Network Rail to deliver the infrastructure improvements needed to improve journey times on the Midland Main Line route.

“We’ll also continue talking to the Department for Transport about the replacement of our High Speed Train fleet, as well as looking at how we can secure some extra carriages for our local routes.”

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