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East Midlands Railway is slashing hundreds of summer services as their new Hitachi trains—meant to replace aging fleets—continue to malfunction, forcing delays and cancellations. The trains, plagued by reliability issues despite a three-year delay, are so problematic the company is now blaming Hitachi for poor maintenance of the very trains they were supposed to replace. Meanwhile, strikes loom on LNER and Avanti West Coast over pay disputes, adding to the chaos. Compounding the crisis, a fatal crash involving one of these new Aurora trains is under investigation, with officials probing a possible fault in its automatic warning system. This summer promises travel nightmares for anyone relying on these key intercity routes.

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