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Midland Mainline
Class 222 Meridian at London St Pancras in 2004
Overview
Franchise(s)
Midland Main Line 28 April 1996 – 10 November 2007
Main region(s)
East Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber Greater London
Other region(s)
East of England
Fleet size
23 Class 222 Meridian sets 28 HST power cars
Stations called at
27 (7 operated)
Parent company
National Express
Reporting mark
ML
Predecessor
InterCity
Successor
East Midlands Trains
Other
Website
www.midlandmainline.com
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Midland Mainline
Legend
Leeds
Scarborough
Wakefield Westgate
York
Doncaster
Barnsley
Meadowhall
Sheffield
Dronfield
Chesterfield
Belper
Burton-on-Trent
Alfreton
Willington
Langley Mill
Derby
Nottingham
Long Eaton
Beeston
Loughborough
Leicester
Market Harborough
Corby
bus link to Corby town
Kettering
Wellingborough
Bedford
Luton
Luton Airport Parkway
London St Pancras
Midland Mainline[1] was a train operating company in the United Kingdom that operated the Midland Main Line franchise between April 1996 and November 2007. It was owned by the British transport company National Express.
Midland Mainline took over operations of the franchise from the state-owned operator InterCity in April 1996. Originally intended to run for ten years, a two-year extension was awarded in exchange for greater investment into new rolling stock and the provision of an hourly service to Leeds. To facilitate the Project Rio services, 23 HST power cars and associated Mark 3 carriages were transferred from Virgin CrossCountry to Midland Mainline. During February 2002, Midland Mainline ordered sixteen four-carriage and seven nine-carriage Class 222 Meridian trains, the first of which entered service in May 2004. These new trainsets allowed for several HSTs to be released to other operators, such as First Great Western and Great North Eastern Railway (GNER).
Midland Mainline ran fast and semi-fast passenger services from London to the East Midlands and Yorkshire, on the Midland Main Line. Most services ran between London St Pancras and either Derby, Nottingham or Sheffield. Some services extended to Burton upon Trent, Matlock, Barnsley, Leeds, York and Scarborough. Midland Mainline operated at twenty-seven stations, of which it managed eight. In June 2007, the DfT awarded the franchise to rival company Stagecoach; accordingly, the services operated by Midland Mainline were transferred to East Midlands Trains on 11 November 2007.
^"Company no. 3007934: Midland Main Line Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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and transferred the Turbostars to its sister company First ScotRail. MidlandMainline (MML) was the first operator to order Turbostars, the first being delivered...
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result, MidlandMainline was asked by the then Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) to operate services from Manchester via the Hope Valley Line and Midland Main...
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commenced operating its first UK railway franchises, Gatwick Express and MidlandMainline. One year later, three other franchises were awarded, these being Silverlink...
city centre and Spring Lane, to the east of the station. In 2002, MidlandMainline, as the main train operating company of the station, instigated a major...
contracted out to the largest user of the station, in this case MidlandMainline. MidlandMainline continued to refurbish the station with the installation of...
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and Newquay, Virgin CrossCountry hired HSTs from Virgin West Coast, MidlandMainline and Great North Eastern Railway (GNER), and Mark 3B loco-hauled carriages...
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from the mainline, but has reopened as the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway heritage railway. Belper Ambergate Route diverges away from the Midland Main Line...
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