EMR Regional

EMR Regional

Overview
Franchise(s)	East Midlands
Main region(s)	East Midlands, Norfolk
Dates of operation	17 August 2019–
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

EMR Regional is the brand used to represent the routes from East Midlands Railway. These include the services from Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street and from Crewe to Newark Castle. They run a mixture of Class 158s and 170s with 158s normally confined to the Norwich to Liverpool stretch. with the Class 153s and Class 156s now withdrawn.

The 170s have been introduced to replace the 153s and 156s. However, the 26 158s will be kept for the foreseeable future and are, along with the 170s due for refurbishment.

Routes

Derwent Valley line
Route	tph	Calling at
Nottingham – Matlock	1	Beeston, Attenborough (1tp2h), Long Eaton, Spondon (1tp2h), Derby, Duffield, Belper, Ambergate, Whatstandwell, Cromford, Matlock Bath Attenborough and Spondon are served by alternate trains.
Crewe–Derby line
Route	tph	Calling at
Crewe – Newark Castle	1	Alsager, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, Longton, Blythe Bridge, Uttoxeter, Tutbury & Hatton, Derby, Long Eaton, Beeston, Nottingham, Carlton, Lowdham, Fiskerton
Castle line
Route	tph	Calling at
Leicester – Lincoln	1⁄2	Syston, Sileby, Barrow-upon-Soar, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway, Attenborough, Beeston, Nottingham, Newark Castle, Collingham, Swinderby, Hykeham
Leicester – Grimsby Town	1⁄2	Syston, Sileby, Barrow-upon-Soar, Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway, Attenborough, Beeston, Nottingham, Newark Castle, Collingham, Swinderby, Hykeham, Lincoln, Market Rasen, Barnetby, Habrough 2 trains per day extend to Cleethorpes.
Newark Northgate – Lincoln	5tpd	Collingham, Swinderby, Hykeham 2 trains per day originate from Peterborough, see below.
Nottingham–Grantham and Poacher lines
Route	tph	Calling at
Nottingham – Skegness	1	Radcliffe (1tp2h), Bingham, Aslockton (1tp2h), Bottesford (1tp2h), Grantham, Sleaford, Heckington, Boston, Wainfleet Radcliffe and Bottesford are served by the same trains, alternating with Aslockton.
Robin Hood Line
Route	tph	Calling at
Nottingham – Worksop	1	Bulwell, Hucknall, Newstead, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton Parkway, Mansfield, Mansfield Woodhouse, Shirebrook, Langwith-Whaley Thorns (1tp2h), Creswell, Whitwell (1tp2h) Langwith-Whaley Thorns and Whitwell are served by alternating trains.
Peterborough to Doncaster via Doncaster–Lincoln line
Route	tph	Calling at
Peterborough – Lincoln	1	Spalding, Sleaford, Ruskington, Metheringham Some trains extend to Doncaster (see below) or Newark Northgate (see above)
Peterborough – Doncaster	1⁄2	Spalding, Sleaford, Ruskington, Metheringham, Lincoln, Saxilby, Gainsborough Lea Road
Liverpool to Norwich via Sheffield–Lincoln line
Route	tph	Calling at
Liverpool Lime Street – Norwich	1	Liverpool South Parkway, Widnes, Warrington Central, Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Alfreton, Nottingham, Grantham, Peterborough, Ely, Thetford Two trains Norwich-bound start from Nottingham.
Barton line
Route	tph	Calling at
Barton-on-Humber – Cleethorpes	1⁄2	Barrow Haven, New Holland, Goxhill, Thornton Abbey, Ulceby, Habrough, Stallingborough, Healing, Great Coates, Grimsby Town, Grimsby Docks, New Clee