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<p>The bid from Abellio included an increase in the frequency of services throughout
the new Abellio East Midlands franchise, including an additional train per hour from
Corby to London. There will be more trains operating throughout the week and services
will start earlier in the morning and end later in the evening. The new franchise
will deliver over 18,000 standard class seats in the peak for passengers at St Pancras,
over 5,000 peak standard class seats at Lincoln – more than doubling capacity – and
over 3,200 more peak standard class seats into and out of Nottingham.</p><p> </p><p>There
will be modern smart ticketing options for leisure and business journeys and for season
tickets for commuters. Flexible ticket options will provide better value fares for
regular passengers who travel less than five days a week and there will be enhanced
Delay Repay compensation for passengers whose journeys are delayed by more than 15
minutes, compared to 30 minutes today. From December 2020, there will be more trains
calling at Kettering going north compared to today and those train will have more
seats</p>
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