Editing Midland Mainline (train operating company) (section)

===Limited services===
[[File:Midland Mainline bus Corby Rail link livery in Kettering, Northamptonshire June 2004.jpg|thumbnail|Midland Mainline rail bus link ran between [[Corby]] town centre and [[Kettering railway station]].]]

Midland Mainline operated a limited service between [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras]] and [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]], with three early morning departures from Leeds and four evening return trips from St Pancras. This was principally because Midland Mainline's HSTs were maintained at [[Neville Hill depot]]. The timings did not compare favourably with the principal service from [[London King's Cross railway station|London King's Cross]] to Leeds along the [[East Coast Main Line]] with the [[Midland Main Line]] having a much slower line speed. The journey time on the Midland route was around three hours and 15 minutes vs two hours and 15 minutes via the East Coast.<ref name=Rail355>{{cite magazine |title = MML serves 6 new stations |magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue = 355 |date = 21 April 2001  |page=}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=May 2023}}<!-- Page was removed as it seems the user who added the first added the cite got the page and issue permeators mixed up  -->

In July 1996, a bus service between [[Kettering railway station|Kettering]] and [[Corby railway station|Corby]] was introduced.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = MML re-launches |magazine = [[The Railway Magazine]] |issue = |date = October 1996 |page = 8}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}}

From May 1999, a small number of through trains from St Pancras to [[Burton upon Trent railway station|Burton upon Trent]] and [[Barnsley railway station|Barnsley]] were introduced as well as stops at [[Belper railway station|Belper]] and [[Meadowhall Interchange|Meadowhall]].<ref name=Rail355/>

From May 2000, through trains between St Pancras and [[Matlock railway station|Matlock]] were introduced, ceasing in December 2004 when [[British Rail Class 222|Class 222s]] were introduced, as they were not allowed on the [[Derwent Valley Line]] branch line.<ref name=Rail384>{{cite magazine |title = Midland Mainline run to Scarborough this summer |magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue = 384 |date = 14 June 2000  |page = 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title = Mistimed, daunting...but still a top table |magazine = [[Rail Magazine]] |issue = 502 |date = 8 December 2004  |page = 36}}</ref> That same month, Midland Mainline also began operating one Saturday service between St Pancras and [[York railway station|York]] via [[Doncaster railway station|Doncaster]]; in summer, it would continue to [[Scarborough railway station|Scarborough]]. On Sunday, a service to York started at [[Leicester railway station|Leicester]], with the return service being via the Erewash Valley Line to Nottingham, where it reversed before proceeding to St Pancras.<ref name=Rail384/>

A small number of trains operated between St Pancras and Sheffield via Nottingham and along the Erewash Valley Line to [[Chesterfield railway station|Chesterfield]] serving [[Langley Mill railway station|Langley Mill]] and [[Alfreton railway station|Alfreton]].<ref name=TimetableMay07/>