Image 222020, EM 10.37 Sheffield-London St. Pancras (1C38, RT), Wellingborough station

222020, EM 10.37 Sheffield-London St. Pancras (1C38, RT), Wellingborough station
222020, EM 10.37 Sheffield-London St. Pancras (1C38, RT), Wellingborough station 
 222020 passes through Wellingborough station working the 10.37 Sheffield to St. Pancras EMR service. These Meridians have been in squadron service on the Midland route for a number of years and have proved to be reliable if not a little dull! They are set to be replaced with new build bi-mode units with the completion of electrification on the Market Harborough 'spur' that is now running very late. Indeed, the Tory Transport Secretary Grant Shapps made a misleading statement during a visit to Leicester on the day I took this photograph, see...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59729033 It was politically spun because the preparation for the electrification has been underway for many months now with spades already in the ground but it was made prior to an extended closure of the line over the coming festive break in order to undertake more extensive work. 
 Keywords: 222020 10.37 Sheffield-London St. Pancras 1C38 Wellingborough station EMR East Midlands Railway Meridian
222020, EM 10.37 Sheffield-London St. Pancras (1C38, RT), Wellingborough station 
 222020 passes through Wellingborough station working the 10.37 Sheffield to St. Pancras EMR service. These Meridians have been in squadron service on the Midland route for a number of years and have proved to be reliable if not a little dull! They are set to be replaced with new build bi-mode units with the completion of electrification on the Market Harborough 'spur' that is now running very late. Indeed, the Tory Transport Secretary Grant Shapps made a misleading statement during a visit to Leicester on the day I took this photograph, see...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59729033 It was politically spun because the preparation for the electrification has been underway for many months now with spades already in the ground but it was made prior to an extended closure of the line over the coming festive break in order to undertake more extensive work. 
 Keywords: 222020 10.37 Sheffield-London St. Pancras 1C38 Wellingborough station EMR East Midlands Railway Meridian

222020 passes through Wellingborough station working the 10.37 Sheffield to St. Pancras EMR service. These Meridians have been in squadron service on the Midland route for a number of years and have proved to be reliable if not a little dull! They are set to be replaced with new build bi-mode units with the completion of electrification on the Market Harborough 'spur' that is now running very late. Indeed, the Tory Transport Secretary Grant Shapps made a misleading statement during a visit to Leicester on the day I took this photograph, see...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59729033 It was politically spun because the preparation for the electrification has been underway for many months now with spades already in the ground but it was made prior to an extended closure of the line over the coming festive break in order to undertake more extensive work.