Editing Midland Mainline (train operating company) (section)

==Project Rio==
From May 2003 until September 2004, Midland Mainline operated an hourly service between St Pancras and [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Manchester Piccadilly]]; this was at the request of the [[Strategic Rail Authority]] whilst the [[West Coast Main Line]] between [[Euston railway station|London Euston]] and Manchester underwent engineering work using former [[Virgin CrossCountry]] [[InterCity 125|High Speed Trains]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/c12-Project_Rio_160503.pdf |title = Project Rio: Network Licence Conditions 12 and 13 - Consent of the Regulator |publisher = Office of the Rail Regulator |date = 16 May 2003}}</ref><ref name=125Group>[http://www.125group.org.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=9 Privatisation 1993 - 2005] 125 Group</ref> This temporary service was named ''Project Rio'' after the similarity of the route to footballer [[Rio Ferdinand]]'s recent transfer movements. He first transferred from [[West Ham United]] to [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], then later crossed the [[Pennines]] in a £30{{nbsp}}million record transfer to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].

The service used the Midland Main Line as far as Trent Junction, before taking the [[Erewash Valley Line]] (avoiding [[Derby railway station|Derby]]) to [[Clay Cross]], rejoining the Midland Main Line until Dore South Junction, using Dore Tunnel Curve to join the [[Hope Valley Line]] westwards towards [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Manchester Piccadilly]]. South of Leicester, the service ran in the path of the xx:30 semi-fast Nottingham train, with an additional Leicester to Nottingham service introduced using the displaced Class 170 ''Turbostar''.