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High Speed UK

Connecting the Nation, Connecting the North: The Only Way is Woodhead

Who are we?

– High Speed UK – Connecting the Nation

• Colin Elliff BSc CEng MICE

Civil Engineering Principal, HSUK

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• Quentin Macdonald BSc(Eng)

CEng MIET FIRSE

Systems Engineering Principal, HSUK

DEWSBURY BARNSLEY

SHEFFIELD

HUDDERSFIELD WAKEFIELD

LEEDS

BRADFORD HALIFAX

ROTHERHAM BURNLEY BLACKBURN BOLTON ROCHDALE STOCKPORT

MARPLE PONTEFRACT CASTLE- FORD ACCRINGTON

AIREDALE

LONGDENDALE HYDE

ALTRINCHAM

PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK

SPEN VALLEY

VICTORIA FREIGHT ROUTE FROM WATH YARD

BURY OLDHAM

Woodhead - the missing link

4 MANCHESTER

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The Woodhead Line : decline and fall

• 1963 - Cables in tunnel
• 1970 – closed to

passengers

• 1981 – closed to freight
• Woodhead Line R.I.P.??

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The Woodhead Line : reawakenings??

Infrastructure intact:

• Country trail?
• Reopening ambitions?

Central Railway Translink lorry shuttle

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Save The Woodhead Tunnel??

• January 2008
• ‘Save The Woodhead

Tunnel’ campaign

• Questions asked in

Parliament

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• Reqd for short-haul

Manchester-Sheffield

• TranslinkUK scheme
• Concerns re viability
• Loading gauge issues!

TranslinkUK Lorry Shuttles via Woodhead

MA

MAN

SH LS

WOODHEAD TUNNEL

SK

LI

TranslinkUK

L

M60 M1 M62 M62

A616 M67

NATIONAL GRID CABLES

High Speed North LAUNCHED 2008

• Single east-sided

spine

• Trans-Pennine spur

to Manchester & Liverpool

• All primary centres

directly interlinked

• Direct link to LHR

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HS2 - 2010

No trans- Pennine link!!

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Trans-Pennine Communities

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1.3M 2.2M 2.5M

DEWSBURY BARNSLEY

SHEFFIELD

HUDDERSFIELD WAKEFIELD

LEEDS

BRADFORD HALIFAX ROTHERHAM BURNLEY BLACKBURN BOLTON ROCHDALE OLDHAM ALTRINCHAM STOCKPORT HYDE ACCRINGTON BURY CASTLEFORD

MANCHESTER

MARPLE AIREDALE SPEN VALLEY LONGDENDALE PONTE- FRACT

PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK

Trans-Pennine Beneficiaries

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• West Yorkshire

2.2M

• South Yorkshire

1.3M

• Greater Manchester

2.5M

• Merseyside

1.4M

• Hull/York

0.5M

• Teesside

0.5M

• Tyneside/Wearside

1.1M

• Nottingham/Derby

1.5M

• Stoke/Crewe

0.5M

11.3M

March 2010

HS2 ‘Y’

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June 2014

HS3!!

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The ‘One North’ Concept

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• Sheffield
• Manchester
• Liverpool
• Leeds
• Newcastle

July 2014

The ‘One North’ Concept

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• Sheffield
• Manchester
• Liverpool
• Leeds
• Newcastle

‘One North’ Passenger Links

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• Link city

centres

• Link to

Manchester Airport

• New T/P route

‘One North’ Freight Links

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• Freight link to

ports

• Lorry shuttles

DEWSBURY BARNSLEY

SHEFFIELD

HUDDERSFIELD WAKEFIELD

LEEDS

BRADFORD HALIFAX

ROTHERHAM BURNLEY BLACKBURN BOLTON ROCHDALE OLDHAM STOCKPORT

MARPLE PONTEFRACT CASTLE- FORD ACCRINGTON

AIREDALE

LONGDENDALE HYDE

ALTRINCHAM

PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK

BURY SPEN VALLEY

The ‘One North’ Concept

19 MANCHESTER

DEWSBURY BARNSLEY

SHEFFIELD

HUDDERSFIELD WAKEFIELD

LEEDS

BRADFORD HALIFAX

ROTHERHAM BURNLEY BLACKBURN BOLTON ROCHDALE OLDHAM STOCKPORT

MARPLE PONTEFRACT CASTLE- FORD ACCRINGTON

AIREDALE

LONGDENDALE HYDE

ALTRINCHAM

PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK

BURY SPEN VALLEY

‘One North’ Airport Link

20 MANCHESTER

DEWSBURY BARNSLEY

SHEFFIELD

HUDDERSFIELD WAKEFIELD

LEEDS

BRADFORD HALIFAX

ROTHERHAM BURNLEY BLACKBURN BOLTON ROCHDALE OLDHAM STOCKPORT

MARPLE PONTEFRACT CASTLE- FORD ACCRINGTON

AIREDALE

LONGDENDALE HYDE

ALTRINCHAM

PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK

BURY SPEN VALLEY

‘One North’ – as costed by DfT

21 MANCHESTER

£12 – 19bn

Trans-Pennine Rail Issues

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• Journey times
• Capacity
• Passenger overcrowding
• Restrictive gauge for freight
• Resilience
• Accessibility
• Inclusivity

DEWSBURY BARNSLEY

SHEFFIELD

HUDDERSFIELD WAKEFIELD

LEEDS

BRADFORD HALIFAX

ROTHERHAM BURNLEY BLACKBURN BOLTON ROCHDALE OLDHAM STOCKPORT

MARPLE PONTEFRACT CASTLE- FORD ACCRINGTON

AIREDALE

LONGDENDALE HYDE

ALTRINCHAM

PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK

SPEN VALLEY

HS3??

BURY

HS2 HS2

Northern Powerhouse 2015

23 MANCHESTER

DEWSBURY BARNSLEY

SHEFFIELD

HUDDERSFIELD WAKEFIELD

LEEDS

BRADFORD HALIFAX

ROTHERHAM BURNLEY BLACKBURN BOLTON ROCHDALE OLDHAM STOCKPORT

MARPLE PONTEFRACT CASTLE- FORD ACCRINGTON

AIREDALE

LONGDENDALE HYDE

ALTRINCHAM

PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK

SPEN VALLEY

HS3??

BURY

HS2 HS2

Northern Powerhouse - costed

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£6.5 –10bn £5.5 – 9bn??

DfT Dodgy Estimates??

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• Manchester – Leeds : all in tunnel?

£M-L = £6.5 - £10 bn A

• Manchester - Sheffield : all in tunnel?

£M-S = £5.5 - £9 bn?? B

Therefore 2 tunnels are required for...

• Manchester -

Leeds & Sheffield £M-L&S =

£12 - £19 bn A+B

even if the route only requires 1 T/P tunnel and is much shorter than 2 separate routes

Journey Time Specification (1)

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One North

Journey Time Specification (2)

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Northern Powerhouse

MA

MAN

SH LS

WOODHEAD TUNNEL

LI

P C V L

SK

The High Speed UK Solution

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High Speed UK

MA MAN SH LS LI

www.highspeeduk.co.uk

HSUK

One North

MA-LS

25 30

MA-SH

20 30

MA-LI

19 20

SH-LS

17 30

LS-

36 30+10

SH-

29 30

LI-

25 30

Journey time comparison

between

High Speed UK design

and

Northern Powerhouse/ One North specification

HSUK Journey Times

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High Speed UK

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Congestion on Woodhead Road

• The problem:

> 15,000 vehicles per day > 5M vehicles per year ~ 1.4M HGVs per year

• HGVs 26% total

by number

• HGVs 58% total

by length

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Mottram – Tintwistle Bypass

• The road solution?? > £300M

Peak District National Park Swallows Wood Tunnel under Mottram Ridge

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Mottram – Tintwistle Bypass

• The railway alternative??

Peak District National Park Swallows Wood Tunnel under Mottram Ridge

Abandoned Woodhead Line

DEWSBURY BARNSLEY HUDDERSFIELD WAKEFIELD

LEEDS

BRADFORD HALIFAX ROTHERHAM BURNLEY BLACKBURN BOLTON ROCHDALE OLDHAM ALTRINCHAM STOCKPORT HYDE ACCRINGTON BURY CASTLEFORD M62 M18 M65 M66 M61 M56 A56T M62 A628T A57 A635 A623T

MANCHESTER

MARPLE AIREDALE M60 M60 M67 SPEN VALLEY M62 M1 M1

HGV Bans & Lorry Shuttles

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LONGDENDALE

SHEFFIELD

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Woodhead Reopening

Traffic type??

• Lorry shuttles
• Local passengers
• Freight
• High speed rail

MA

MAN

SH LS

WOODHEAD TUNNEL

SK

LI

P C V L

M60 M1 M62 M62

Woodhead Lorry Shuttles

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MA

MAN

SH LS

WOODHEAD TUNNEL

LI

P

BY

C V

SK

L

GL

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Woodhead Local Services

MA

MAN

SH LS

WOODHEAD TUNNEL

SK

LI

P C V L

Trans-Pennine Railfreight

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High Speed UK

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MA

MAN

SH LS

WOODHEAD TUNNEL

LI

P C V L

SK

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Woodhead Reopening

Traffic type??

• Lorry shuttles
• Local passengers
• Freight
• High speed rail

Infrastructure issues??

• Tunnel
• Abandoned approaches
• Existing railway –
• perational interface

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• Speed: 125kph max in 1954 tunnel
• Space: passing clearance for 2

wide-bodied double deck trains??

• Safety: evacuation requirements

for ‘new railway’!!

• New / rebored tunnels essential

High Speed in Woodhead Tunnel??

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HSUK in Longdendale

Swallows Wood Tunnel under Mottram Ridge WCML in Lune Gorge HSUK route based on 1:25,000 mapping of HSUK network

• Existing line also restored
• Lorry ban on A628T
• Cables buried

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HSUK Route : Guide Bridge

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HSUK Route : Guide Bridge

KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel

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HSUK Route : Bredbury

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HSUK Route : Bredbury

KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel

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Bredbury Lorry Shuttle Terminal?

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HSUK Route : Stockport

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HSUK Route : Stockport

KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel

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HSUK Route : Broadbottom

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HSUK Route : Broadbottom

KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel Broadbottom Viaduct Dinting Viaduct

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HSUK Route : Longdendale

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HSUK Route : Longdendale

KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel

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HSUK Route : Woodhead

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HSUK Route : Woodhead

KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel

HATTERSLEY BROAD- BOTTOM EXISTING NEW BUILD RESTORED GODLEY DINTING HADFIELD GLOSSOP WOODHEAD TUNNEL

120kph Lorry Shuttles 6tph 120kph Local Passengers 2tph 120kph Container Freight 4tph 220kph High Speed Rail 9tph 8km 7km

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Woodhead : Total Transport Solution

TRAIN PATHING ON WESTERN APPROACHES TO WOODHEAD

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Woodhead Reopening

Traffic type??

• Lorry shuttles
• Local passengers
• Freight
• High speed rail

Infrastructure issues??

• Tunnel
• Abandoned approaches
• Existing railway –
• perational interface

Local issues??

• NP access
• Cycle track on
• ld railway
• New railway

construction

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Woodhead Reopening

Traffic type??

• Lorry shuttles
• Local passengers
• Freight
• High speed rail

Infrastructure issues??

• Tunnel
• Abandoned approaches
• Existing railway –
• perational interface

Local issues??

• NP access
• Cycle track on
• ld railway
• New railway

construction

National issues??

• Fully connected rail network
• Minimise cost, maximise benefit
• Regional development
• CO2 reductions as per 2008 CCA
• Preservation of landscapes

Manchester MAN Sheffield Leeds

WOODHEAD TUNNEL

Liverpool

P C V L

Stockport

Stoke

HSUK network for Stockport

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Manchester MAN Sheffield Leeds

WOODHEAD TUNNEL

Liverpool

P C V L

Stockport

Stoke

HSUK network for Stockport

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• Direct I/C services to

most UK principal cities

Manchester MAN Sheffield Leeds

WOODHEAD TUNNEL

Liverpool

P C V L

Stockport

Stoke

HSUK network for Stockport

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• Direct I/C services to

most UK principal cities

• Journey

times cut by ~40%

BOLTON BLACKBURN BURNLEY OLDHAM ROCHDALE HYDE MARPLE ACCRINGTON

BURY BRADFORD

SHEFFIELD

AIREDALE ROTHERHAM HUDDERSFIELD

LEEDS

CASTLE- FORD LONGDENDALE WAKEFIELD

SPEN VALLEY

BARNSLEY ALTRINCHAM

PONTEFRACT DEWSBURY

STOCKPORT HALIFAX

HSUK network in Pennines

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HS2+3 HSUK

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Network?

• r HS line?

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Woodhead : Total Transport Solution

Lorry Shuttles

• Essential for reduced road

traffic & alternative to M-T

• Wider benefits across Peak

District with HGV ban strategy

• Won’t fit tunnels
• Partial new alignment reqd

alongside existing railway

• Major costs

Container / Railfreight

• Essential to meet wider

transport/environment aims

• No major infrastructure

requirements

High Speed Rail

• Woodhead key to cost-

effective national network

• Environmental gains optimised
• Won’t fit tunnels
• New alignment required

alongside existing railway

• New construction in National

Park

Local Passenger Services

• Essential for local support
• No major infrastructure

requirements but…

• Safety case concerns in 1954

tunnel

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Woodhead : Total Transport Solution

Lorry Shuttles

• Essential for reduced road

traffic & alternative to M-T

• Wider benefits across Peak

District with HGV ban strategy

• Won’t fit tunnels
• New alignment required

alongside existing railway

• Major costs

Container / Railfreight

• Essential to meet wider

transport/environment aims

• No major infrastructure

requirements

High Speed Rail

• Woodhead key to cost-

effective national network

• Environmental gains optimised
• Won’t fit tunnels
• New alignment required

alongside existing railway

• New construction in National

Park

Local Passenger Services

• Essential for local support
• No major infrastructure

requirements but…

• Safety case concerns in 1954

tunnel

WOODHEAD

INTEGRATED TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT

NET ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT

NEW NETWORK CAPACITY

LOWER CO2

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House of Lords Report 25/3/15

Key Question for Government:

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House of Lords Report 25/3/15

National Transport Plan

In the absence of a co-ordinated transport plan, how can the Government be sure that HS2 is the best way to achieve the project’s objectives?

NTP Key Principles for HS National Network:

• All primary cities fully interlinked
• Services at hourly or better frequencies
• All second tier cities included in network
• Full interchange with local networks
• Direct services from primary cities to

national hub airport

• Direct services also to regional airports
• Direct connection to Europe via HS1

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National Transport Plan??

NTP Key Principles for HS National Network:

• All primary cities fully interlinked
• Services at hourly or better frequencies
• All second tier cities included in network
• Full interchange with local networks
• Direct services from primary cities to

national hub airport

• Direct services also to regional airports
• Direct connection to Europe via HS1

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National Transport Plan??

NTP Key Principles for HS National Network:

• All primary cities fully interlinked
• Services at hourly or better frequencies
• All second tier cities included in network
• Full interchange with local networks
• Direct services from primary cities to

national hub airport

• Direct services also to regional airports
• Direct connection to Europe via HS1

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National Transport Plan??

NTP Key Principles for HS National Network:

• All primary cities fully interlinked
• Services at hourly or better frequencies
• All second tier cities included in network
• Full interchange with local networks
• Direct services from primary cities to

national hub airport

• Direct services also to regional airports
• Direct connection to Europe via HS1

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National Transport Plan??

NTP Key Principles for HS National Network:

• All primary cities fully interlinked
• Services at hourly or better frequencies
• All second tier cities included in network
• Full interchange with local networks
• Direct services from primary cities to

national hub airport

• Direct services also to regional airports
• Direct connection to Europe via HS1

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National Transport Plan??

NTP Key Principles for HS National Network:

• All primary cities fully interlinked
• Services at hourly or better frequencies
• All second tier cities included in network
• Full interchange with local networks
• Direct services from primary cities to

national hub airport

• Direct services also to regional airports
• Direct connection to Europe via HS1

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National Transport Plan??

NTP Key Principles for HS National Network:

• All primary cities fully interlinked
• Services at hourly or better frequencies
• All second tier cities included in network
• Full interchange with local networks
• Direct services from primary cities to

national hub airport

• Direct services also to regional airports
• Direct connection to Europe via HS1

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The New Exam Questions!!

HS2+3 HSUK

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PASS FAIL The New Exam Questions

NTP Public Policy Issues:

• Inclusivity
• Value for money
• Promote integrated transport
• Prioritise town centres (TCPA)
• Promote regional development
• Protect rural communities/landscapes
• Reduce transport CO2 in line with 2008

Climate Change Act

More Exam Questions!!

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• 2008 Climate Change Act

The Environmental Imperative

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Roadmap to 2050??

x-factor

BEHAVIOURAL SHIFT Cars 52.5% LGVs 15.2% HGVs 19.8% 140

MT

??

MT

??

MT

TECHNO SHIFT

y-factor z-factor

MODAL SHIFT Cars LGVs HGVs 28

MT

Rail Bus Rail 1.7% Air 1.5%

Domestic aviation virtually eliminated

Bus

5.0-reduction factor x y z * *

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Fourfold Increase in Rail Traffic??

33%

MODAL SHIFT FROM ROAD TO RAIL??

FOURFOLD

RAIL TRAFFIC INCREASE

DOMESTIC AVIATION VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED, TRANSFER TO RAIL

Cars 46% LGVs 13% HGVs 17%

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MT Rail 12% Bus

FURTHER MODAL SHIFT FROM ROAD TO BUS (OR TRAM/ LIGHT RAIL)??

52.5% 15.2% 19.8%

140

MT

1.5% AIR 1.7% RAIL 3.7%

FURTHER MODAL SHIFT FROM ROAD TO CYCLING & WALKING?? CONJECTURAL

2050

EMISSIONS SPLIT @ 20% OF CURRENT EMISSIONS CURRENT

2011

EMISSIONS SPLIT BROWN ARROWS ILLUSTRATE TARGET EMISSIONS

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Solution: 2 new tracks parallel to all main lines?

Distance

(km)

Freight @ 125 kph Stopping regional service @ 160 kph,

• ccasional

20 40 60 100

Express passenger @ 200 kph

Time

(min)

15 potential express paths per hour

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trains per hour Practicable capacity on 2-track mixed traffic railway EXISTING 2-TRACK MIXED TRAFFIC RAILWAY

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Solution: 2 new tracks parallel to all main lines?

HIGH SPEED LINE BUILT PARALLEL TO EXISTING RAILWAY

Time

(min)

15 potential high speed paths per hour

20 40 60

Distance

(km)

100

High speed passenger train @ 300 kph 15 potential freight paths per hour

Distance

(km)

Freight @ 125 kph Stopping regional service @ 160 kph

20 40 60 100

Time

(min)

15

trains per hour Practicable capacity on 2-track high speed line

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trains per hour Practicable regional/freight capacity on classic line

HS2+3 HSUK

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PASS FAIL More Exam Questions

HS2+3 HSUK

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The CO2 Question ~600Mt

reduction

• ver 40

years

~0Mt

reduction

• ver 60

years

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And finally… Dateline 20??...

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And finally… The Payback??...

And can I please have my fiver for every ton of CO2 I save??

www.highspeeduk.co.uk

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