Further delay to our new trains

Waiting for trains is something we are all familiar with.  However, when they are years late, it starts to get really frustrating!  Though the electrification through Market Harborough is now fully complete, there are no electric trains yet to use it.  Our new fleet of Hitachi Class 810 Aurora bi-mode (electric and diesel) trains is under construction and the first ones have been on test.  However, though originally planned to enter service in 2022, it is likely to be 2026 before we see them. It had been hoped that the first ones would have been running in May 2025, but the official timing now is ‘as soon as possible’.  Service introduction depends not only on the trains themselves being available but on crew training as well. 
​Of particular concern to us in Harborough Rail Users is that some of our existing fleet of Meridian Class 222 diesel trains are due to leave EMR when the present lease expires later this year. These are already due to transfer to another operator.

Late train.  Class 810 Aurora bi-mode No.810001 passes Corby on a test run from St Pancras to Melton Mowbray on 10th October 2024.  How much longer before we can get on one at Market Harborough?