Abellio East Midlands Limited, trading as East Midlands Railway (EMR), is a train operating company in England, owned by Abellio, and is the current operator of the East Midlands franchise.

A contactless payment card can be used between London St Pancras International and Luton Airport Parkway.

Over the course of the franchise, several planned timetable changes are to be made:

• Earlier and later trains between Sheffield and Nottingham to East Midlands Parkway
• Earlier and later trains between Sheffield and London St Pancras and more regular evening service to London St Pancras
• 2 trains per hour between Nottingham and Kettering
• 2 trains per hour between Corby and London St Pancras
• Regular Sunday service between Corby and London St Pancras
• Liverpool to Norwich split at Nottingham
• Norwich to Nottingham extended to Derby
• Regular hourly Sunday service between Norwich and Derby
• Crewe to Derby service extended to Nottingham and hourly service on Sundays
• Hourly Sunday service between Matlock and Nottingham
• Hourly service between Nottingham and Grimsby Town with limited extension to Cleethorpes
• Hourly Sunday service between Lincoln and Grimsby Town
• Hourly service between Nottingham and Newark Castle
• Hourly Sunday service between Worksop and Nottingham and later evening services on weekdays
• Additional peak services between Nottingham and Grantham
• Earlier and later trains between Nottingham and Boston
• Later evening service on weekdays and a new Sunday service
• Hourly through service between Doncaster and Peterborough via Lincoln
• New Sunday service between Doncaster and Lincoln
• Enhanced Sunday service on Barton to Cleethorpes route
• 2 trains per day between Lincoln and London St Pancras
• Newark Northgate to Grimsby Town service cut back to Lincoln except for the limited extension to Cleethorpes and timed to run with LNER’s London Kings Cross – Lincoln service