East Midlands Parkway railway station

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When opened 2009, East Midlands Parkway was one of the greenest stations in the United Kingdom. [14] The station was built using locally sourced and recycled materials and uses a ground-source heating system. [14]

In late 2009, East Midlands Parkway became a penalty fare station, so a valid ticket or permit to travel must be shown when requested.

Multi-modal

From 30 March 2009, the station has been used as an interchange station for combined multi-modal journeys using Megabus-branded services run by Stagecoach (the operators of both East Midlands Trains and of Megabus). The MegabusPlus services transport passengers from cities in the north of England to East Midlands Parkway, where passengers transfer to rail for the service to London. [15]

Routes operated under the MegabusPlus brand are to/from:

Electrification and future

The Midland Main Line is not electrified north of Kettering; therefore, all services are operated by diesel trains. This was set to change by 2019, when a scheme to electrify the remainder of the line had been due to be completed. This, along with increased line speeds, would have meant that the station would have been under 80 minutes from the capital. [16] However, the electrification scheme was cancelled in 2017. [17]

In November 2021, the Government announced the abandonment of most of the eastern leg High Speed 2 and the Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme under the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands (IRP). As part of this the earlier proposal for the HS2 East Midlands Hub station on the Toton sidings site further north has been shelved and instead, the eastern leg of HS2 will connect to the Midland Line at a junction to the south of East Midlands Parkway. This will allow HS2 services to reach Derby and Nottingham directly, the absence of which was a criticism of the previous plan. The IRP also confirmed the rest of the Midland Line would be electrified, reversing a previous decision to cancel electrification.

In October 2023, it was announced that the Eastern Leg of HS2 is cancelled, along with the Birmingham to Manchester line. [18] It will therefore not reach East Midlands Parkway. However the Midlands Rail Hub will go ahead, this will increase the number of trains from the East Midlands to Birmingham by routing more trains to Birmingham Moor Street. [19]

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East Midlands Parkway
National Rail logo.svg
East Midlands Parkway railway station MMB 12.jpg
General information
Location Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Borough of Rushcliffe
England
Coordinates 52°51′45″N1°15′48″W / 52.8625°N 1.2632°W / 52.8625; -1.2632
Grid reference SK496296
Managed by East Midlands Railway
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeEMD
Classification DfT category C1
Key dates
26 January 2009Opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.343 million
 Interchange Decrease2.svg 19,019
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