EMR Regional (East Midlands Regional) Train carriage at Lime St station platform, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JD

Abellio East Midlands Limited, trading as East Midlands Railway (EMR), is a train operating company in England, owned by Transport UK Group, and is the current operator of the East Midlands franchise In March 2017, the Department for Transport announced that Arriva, a joint venture between FirstGroup and Trenitalia, and incumbent Stagecoach had been shortlisted to bid for the next East Midlands franchise. Abellio was added in February 2018. FirstGroup and Trenitalia pulled out of the bidding process in April 2018 to focus on the West Coast Partnership franchise. In April 2019 the franchise was awarded to Abellio, with East Midlands Railway (EMR) to take over the franchise from East Midlands Trains (EMT) on 18 August 2019 for a period of eight years. In June 2019, Abellio revealed branding and colour scheme using distinct purple and white colours to reflect the heritage of the East Midlands. It also confirmed it would divide the services into three segments: EMR InterCity for long-distance services from London St Pancras EMR Regional for services across the East Midlands EMR Electrics for the outer suburban London St Pancras to Corby service In April 2021 it was announced that EMR Electrics would be rebranded as EMR Connect. In February 2023, Transport UK Group concluded a management buyout of Abellio's United Kingdom business, which included EMR