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January 21, 2008 - 05:08 PM
Placed by TW East Mids


Trains on East Midlands Trains "Connect" services are in an appalling condition and whilst to be fair to EMT, they’re making the best of a bad job, that’s no consolation to passengers paying higher fares for an unacceptable service.

Government in the shape of DfT decided the split of the former Central Trains stock.... Turbostars going to CrossCountry or London Midland.... and EMT were left from day 1 with the residue, plus whatever they could bring in from around the country.

EMT say that they plan to thoroughly overhaul and refurbish all their Sprinter units (classes 153/156/158) commencing in March and until then are trying to get them working reasonably well. The parent Stagecoach Group has a good record for both rolling stock reliability and cleanliness, the South West Trains Class 158 units based at Salisbury are the most reliable diesel units in the country. The two borrowed South West trains, on the Norwich-Liverpool service demonstrate the standards we should expect, when the upgrade is done.

EMT must give the highest priority to overcoming these failings. For our part TravelWatch East Midlands is monitoring the situation and will continue to press for early delivery of the necessary improvements

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