Are they a current success?! | East Midlands Railway - Midland Mainline operators series episode #3

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@Vanmanyo 2 ай бұрын

Correction: The EMR class 360s were former Greater Anglia units, the TFL rail ones have been stored or scrapped! A huge thanks to those who have allowed me to use their footage for todays video - whom without this video would not be possible to make; Antigod: kzbin.info/door/WpIam6N7YwV7P6SUjMa06w Aautismo: kzbin.info/door/i4KDt-_xAk4c192hQG0DGA BrickishRail: www.youtube.com/@BrickishRail KTV Videos: www.youtube.com/@KTVTransport LinesideSouthEast: www.youtube.com/@LinesideSouthEast RoscoTrain107: www.youtube.com/@RoscoTrain107

@745ga 2 ай бұрын

Yes the former Greater Anglia 360s were /1s, the TFL rail units the /2s got stored and 2 of the fleet 360205 and 360204 got scrapped unfortunately.

@FormallyknownasE100 2 ай бұрын

I think a lot of them are in Warrington in the lower yard with their lights on!

@anthonymoore251 2 ай бұрын

I have a great video of a Class 360 departing bedford

@jamesgray8250 2 ай бұрын

Will there be a video on the current nationalised Northern franchise?

@dawezer 2 ай бұрын

That purple is just sublime

@Vanmanyo 2 ай бұрын

Haha yes! For what they potentially lack in capacity and operations they make it up in the branding department for sure!

@somax1259 2 ай бұрын

EMR just there stealing everyone's class 170s

@matthewlewis9111 2 ай бұрын

Lol

@adi32143 2 ай бұрын

Your right

@JacobsTrainVideos 2 ай бұрын

i like to call it the great 170 purge

@Anonymoususer_8823 2 ай бұрын

That’s because the Class 170s are suitable for East Midlands and EMR said’s that they are so reliable compare to the Class 158.

@Axolotl-25 Ай бұрын

no 170 is safe from east midlands

@exploringandadventuresea3585 2 ай бұрын

I have noticed how East Midlands have gotten a lot better over the last 5 years.

@ryanking7787 Ай бұрын

Try living in Skegness for 6 months. 2 or 3 trains cancelled in a day is frequent. That's not good considering we have 1 train an hour. I'm sure plenty of other routes may be running fine with the EMR website claiming only 3% are cancelled but that figure is certainly a good deal higher on our service.

@bus131 2 ай бұрын

In my opinions the biggest mistakes are - HST / 180 withdrawal when nothing to replace them, leads to overcrowding on Intercity route often 5 car sets - EMR connect only running with 8 carriages at peak times, all platforms can take 12 carriage trains. Maybe costs but the 360/2’s should have also come over from TFL to aid with this capacity increase - Delayed refurbishment of connect & regional fleet

@bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was rubbish, taking away 14 trains, then replacing them with 5 trains, to then replace with nothing.

@Greg-pi7xx 2 ай бұрын

Where we live in Lincolnshire if we need to head towards Grimsby/Cleethorpes we have two options EMR or TPE, despite their flaws EMR win that one hands down as generally speaking they’re ok… I’ve made my disdain for TPE perfectly clear on the video you posted of their failed franchise and I still stand by that 😄

@joecurly3637 2 ай бұрын

I recently travelled on them when I was on holiday along the Barton line; morning saw them on time, but afternoons were often late. That being said, the train crews were of a great help and were also quite entertaining.

@DouglasDC10.30 2 ай бұрын

WAKE UP, A NEW VANMANYO VIDEO DROPPED.

@AberdonaiBrum101 2 ай бұрын

I just came back from highland wildlife park,Kepping me up but hey! It’s a vid!

@Listenerandlearner870 2 ай бұрын

I always use EMR to travel to Yorkshire. It is always a very comfortable ride. The turnround time at Sheffield is very short and EMR do not empty the toilets unlike Northern at Leeds. There was no trolley on my train yesterday evening. I will continue to use EMR because they do off peak returns and the trains are nicer than Azumas.

@faberoony90 2 ай бұрын

Compared to Stagecoach EMT, yes. Massive improvement.

@aplane9625 2 ай бұрын

Livery isn’t as good

@TDlovestrains 2 ай бұрын

IMO EMR got rid of their 156s way too early. They definitely should have waited until all the turbos were with EMR. Great video.

@CPTrains 2 ай бұрын

It’s probably down to contractual reasons that Northern needed the 156s by a certain date.

@JacobsTrainVideos 2 ай бұрын

Like CPTrains said or their lease couldve ended

@thatuktrainguy 2 ай бұрын

Whey! EMR has some of the best looking trains on the network. (In my opinion)

@MisterHughie 2 ай бұрын

I travel on EMR many times a week, they are exceptionally poor. The rolling stock is decrepit, stinky carriages, water ingress in some windows which meant my view from my packed train for 2 hours was a blurry mess. Some doors don’t open and yet I am forced to pay a substantial fare. I could go on for ages, but shan’t. In my view they should have the franchise withdrawn.

@DIEMLtdTV 2 ай бұрын

I've travelled a lot on the Liverpool to Sheffield/Nottingham service and it's always been fine. It is a bit odd whilst an East Midlands franchise links Liverpool to Norwich and I know there was talk of them splitting it between TPE and another TOC, but it never happened.

@andrewgee5449 2 ай бұрын

As always a good video. One thing I was wondering will you do a video on coal trains as the last coal train to Ratcliffe on Soar happened recently?

@marcogeurts9881 2 ай бұрын

@Vanmanyo i think the other reason why EMR was bought by the Transport UK group is that in the year that happened the owner of Abellio NS (Dutch Railways) announced to sell their part of Abellio UK because NS wanted to focus more on it's activities in The Netherlands where they run all the mainline services and some sprinter(the service) services for example from Zutphen to Wijchen

@Vanmanyo 2 ай бұрын

Yeah NS did want to sell! I have been on NS quite a bit so I know a bit about them. I think abellio were pretty good.

@marcogeurts9881 2 ай бұрын

@@Vanmanyo yeah it was because they wanted to focus more on domestic services

@FormallyknownasE100 2 ай бұрын

Scotrail / Caledonian Sleeper would be a good one to look at for something a little different.

@paulinegeorge289 2 ай бұрын

Great video.

@TheCaterhamBusGuys 2 ай бұрын

11:28 ik this is completely unrelated to the video, but did anyone else notice how the 156 had its headlights on at the rear? 11:55 and here! but the tail lights are on as well as the marker lights

@AberdonaiBrum101 2 ай бұрын

Well done again :D

@itskdog 2 ай бұрын

The Skegness line only has 2 coaches and has done even on EMT, making it really busy on Mondays & Fridays with the Butlins changeover.

@Vanmanyo 2 ай бұрын

To be honest it does sometimes have 3, 4 and even 5 coaches! I went on a 3 car train in Feb when I went!

@itskdog 2 ай бұрын

@@Vanmanyo I was surprised to see a 3 coach train when I went in April, after having visited every Easter for years (changing at Grantham from London) and it only ever had 2 coaches and was always standing room only by that point and had lots of people wanting to board at Grantham too, though we went earlier in the day this year.

@Saint_Dan132 2 ай бұрын

thank you good sir, crakin video x

@EuroDC1990 2 ай бұрын

It's a difficult one, I wouldn't necessarily say they're a success but they're also not a failure. Rather they're an operator which had some good ideas but has been let down by the DfT not allowing them to spend money on refurbishments of trains before now and continuously umming and errring about the Liverpool to Norwich route leaving it operating with insufficient trains. They've also been hugely impacted by COVID with the delivery of new and displaced trains significantly delayed. For me personally I find them pretty expensive but they have the potential to be an excellent operator and they have quite possibly my favourite livery in the UK right now.

@JackGourdon-je4ze 2 ай бұрын

i think EMT was the best MM operator as they had a diverse fleet of loco hauled stock (Intercity 125 sets), Class 222 meridians, class 153, class 156, class 158 the operations were good and i think EMT was the best

@BenRattigan 2 ай бұрын

ROSCOs should have to fully fund all refurbishments, maintenance and repairs. This is normal practice when leasing anything, owner responsibility.

@shodan2958 2 ай бұрын

I wonder what happens to the refurbishment with a change in operator? Does the existing operator just have to essentially take the hit atter committing to it?

@adi32143 2 ай бұрын

I think emr should invest in more Bi mode trains due to most of their routes are electrified and secondly and a lot of fuel is being consumed. I personally think the upcoming 810 is not enough

@PressPlayStudio_Official 2 ай бұрын

You noticed though on all outher lines where bi mode units are used there future plans to finish electrification quietly and quickly disappears

@leostrains 2 ай бұрын

Can you do SWT

@paulinegeorge289 2 ай бұрын

You missed a failed franchise: The former Transport Secretary Chris Grayling's tenure in office. 🙁

@danensis 2 ай бұрын

The class 222 are useless for anyone with luggage. The overhead racks won't take anything larger than a briefcase - and I'm not going to leave my holiday luggage at the far end of the carriage.

@aplane9625 2 ай бұрын

Even so, they are better than the auroras

@H4RL3Y448 2 ай бұрын

@@aplane9625the 810s aren't even in service yet???

@scottboof 2 ай бұрын

Might be reliable but the cost is extortionate!

@trainman305team 2 ай бұрын

I thought the 360’s came from Greater Anglia 🤔

@Vanmanyo 2 ай бұрын

Check pinned comment!

@WillDoesTransport 2 ай бұрын

From someone who lives in Norwich, for me they are the total opposite of success. Insanely overcrowded due to Liverpool- Norwich trains always being formed of only 2 coaches, unreliable, and overpriced.

@BenRattigan 2 ай бұрын

Having traveled a couple of times on EMR, their trains are very dirty, scruffy and poorly maintained. I hate to say but worse than GC. I’m not sure Transport UK Ltd like Arriva is fit and proper company to be operating any public transport.