Bank Holiday Information: East Midlands Railway
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August Bank Holiday Travel Advice
Industrial action to affect East Midlands Railway on Sunday 30 and Monday 31 August
The RMT union has announced industrial action which is expected to impact the level of service on East Midlands Railway's Intercity and Connect routes on Sunday 30 August and Bank Holiday Monday 31 August (also on Wednesday 16 September and Thursday 17 September).
East Midlands Railway strike day travel information such as ticket acceptance and planned timetable changes can be found on our dedicated strike action disruption page.
Temporary Intercity Timetable: Please note that East Midlands Railway have introduced a temporary reduced Intercity timetable to help provide a more consistent and reliable service whilst they address issues with the performance and reliability of their trains. This will be in place on non-strike days through the Bank Holiday weekend, and is subject to any additional changes detailed below.
Saturday 29 August
Normal service, subject to EMR Intercity temporary timetable changes
No engineering work changes to Intercity, Connect or Regional train services have been announced. But please check your journey if you're travelling on EMR Intercity services (on the route between Sheffield / Nottingham and London St Pancras International) as East Midlands Railway have introduced a temporary reduced Intercity timetable.
Sunday 30 August
Intercity and Connect routes are subject to strike action and are expected to be extremely busy
Industrial action is expected to significantly affect EMR Intercity and EMR Connect services. Customers are advised to only travel if your journey is essential. A reduced train service will start running after 07:00 and finish before 19:00 and is expected to be extremely busy, you may not be able to board the train you planned to travel on.
A queuing system will be in place at London St Pancras International and Sheffield stations for East Midlands Railway services. It may not be possible to board your intended service, so please allow extra time at the station.
Also, all day on Sunday 30 August, Network Rail are carrying out essential major engineering work on the East Coast Mainline route between the north-east and London Kings Cross. This will significantly disrupt services that run on that route. If you would normally travel with LNER you must follow LNER's travel advice and change for the Rail Replacement bus service between Bedford and Peterborough to connect with LNER trains to / from the North and Thameslink trains to / from London.
EMR Regional train services are not affected by the strike action.
Monday 31 August - August Bank Holiday
Intercity and Connect routes have a significantly reduced service due to strike action
Industrial action is expected to significantly reduce the number of EMR Intercity and EMR Connect services. Customers are advised to only travel if your journey is essential. Trains will start running after 07:00 and finish before 19:00 and are expected to be extremely busy, you may not be able to board the train you planned to travel on.
EMR Regional train services are not affected by the strike action.
Late night service changes to trains from London St Pancras International
These changes will not apply if Bank Holiday Monday's strike action takes place - the trains will not run.
Due to late night engineering work, the following service changes will be made:
21:35 London St Pancras International to Nottingham train will depart East Midlands Parkway later than scheduled at 23:06, it will continue to run up to 15 minutes later through to Nottingham
22:32 London St Pancras International to Sheffield train will depart Leicester later than scheduled at 23:42, it will continue to run up to 20 minutes later through to Sheffield
22:35 London St Pancras International to Nottingham train will depart Leicester later than scheduled at 23:52, it will continue to run up to 11 minutes later through to Nottingham
23:04 London St Pancras International to Derby train will depart Loughborough later than scheduled at 01:53, it will continue to run up to 12 minutes later through to Derby
Change to 21:37 Liverpool Lime Street to Nottingham service
Due to late night engineering work between Chesterfield and Nottingham, the 21:37 Liverpool Lime Street to Nottingham train will call additionally at Derby at 00:24 and will arrive at Nottingham later than scheduled at 00:51.
Late night service changes between Nottingham and Worksop
Due to late night engineering work, the following service changes will be made:
21:25 Nottingham to Worksop train will terminate at Mansfield Woodhouse at 22:07. A connecting rail replacement bus will run between Mansfield Woodhouse and Worksop departing at 22:17
22:39 Worksop to Nottingham train will start from Mansfield Woodhouse at 23:10. A connecting rail replacement bus will run between Worksop and Mansfield Woodhouse departing at 22:10
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