The Department for Transport announced that Stagecoach will continue to operate train services on the East Midlands franchise.
Stagecoach will provide transport services for a period of 2 years and 5 months from 18 October 2015.
Under the deal, East Midlands Trains – which already has a strong track record for performance – will not only continue to run services between London, the East Midlands and parts of the north of England until March 2018, but will also deliver a host of improvements for passengers, backed by £13 million (EUR 17.7 million) of investment.
The improvements include 22 extra services between Nottingham and Newark Castle, timetable improvements, 15 more automatic ticket machines installed across the network, better customer information with a new mobile app, 1 million (EUR 1.36 million) invested in improving accessibility at stations.
East Midlands Trains’ parent company Stagecoach Group will pay the government £150 million (EUR 205 million) to run the franchise from October 2015 to March 2018. Around 26 million journeys are made on East Midlands Trains services every year.
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