Designing Aurora

A reliable and sustainable rail network is the future for the UK - East Midlands Railway (EMR) are one of the train operating companies at the centre of delivering this vision for the Midland Main Line, creating a brand new fleet of 33 bi-mode trains that run on both electricity and diesel. Due to launch in 2025, the five-carriage trains will run the route from Sheffield to London, passing through major cities including Nottingham and Leicester.

To capture the scale of the project, investment and impact on the region, EMR tasked Alchemy Films with creating a series of long form films that celebrated the project (codenamed ‘Aurora’, after the latin for ‘New Dawn’), giving a behind the scenes peek at what’s involved in delivering a mega project of this size and importance for the East Midlands.