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High Speed UK Connecting the Nation, Connecting the North: The Only Way is Woodhead
– High Speed UK – Connecting the Nation Who are we? • Colin Elliff BSc CEng MICE Civil Engineering Principal, HSUK • Quentin Macdonald BSc(Eng) CEng MIET FIRSE Systems Engineering Principal, HSUK
Woodhead - the missing link SKIPTON AIREDALE SHIPLE SKIPTON- COLNE ROUTE LEEDS BRADFORD BLACKBURN BURNLEY ACCRINGTON HALIFAX CASTLE- SPEN FORD VALLEY CALDER WAKEFIELD DEWSBURY VALLEY ROUTE PONTEFRACT ROCHDALE BOLTON HUDDERSFIELD BURY DIGGLE ROUTE FREIGHT ROUTE FROM OLDHAM WATH YARD WOODHEAD BARNSLEY ROUTE PENISTONE LONGDENDALE MANCHESTER PEAK DISTRICT VICTORIA NATIONAL PARK HYDE GLOSSOP ROTHERHAM MARPLE SHEFFIELD HOPE VALLEY ALTRINCHAM STOCKPORT ROUTE 4 BUXTON
The Woodhead Line : decline and fall • 1963 - Cables in tunnel • 1970 – closed to passengers • 1981 – closed to freight • Woodhead Line R.I.P.?? 5
The Woodhead Line : reawakenings?? Infrastructure intact: • Country trail? • Reopening ambitions? Central Railway Translink lorry shuttle 6
Save The Woodhead Tunnel?? • January 2008 • ‘Save The Woodhead Tunnel’ campaign • Questions asked in Parliament 7
TranslinkUK Lorry Shuttles via Woodhead LS M62 • Req d for short-haul M60 M62 Manchester-Sheffield M1 MA L A616 • TranslinkUK scheme M67 WOODHEAD LI TUNNEL SK • Concerns re viability MAN SH TranslinkUK • Loading gauge issues! NATIONAL GRID CABLES 8
High LAUNCHED 2008 Speed • Single east-sided North spine • Trans-Pennine spur to Manchester & Liverpool • All primary centres directly interlinked • Direct link to LHR 9
HS2 - 2010 No trans- Pennine link!! 10
Trans-Pennine Communities AIREDALE ACCRINGTON LEEDS BRADFORD 2.2M BLACKBURN BURNLEY HALIFAX CASTLEFORD SPEN VALLEY DEWSBURY WAKEFIELD PONTE- FRACT ROCHDALE BOLTON HUDDERSFIELD BURY OLDHAM 2.5M BARNSLEY MANCHESTER HYDE LONGDENDALE 1.3M ROTHERHAM PEAK MARPLE DISTRICT SHEFFIELD ALTRINCHAM STOCKPORT NATIONAL PARK 11
Trans-Pennine Beneficiaries • 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 12
March 2010 HS2 ‘Y’ 13
June 2014 HS3!! 14
The ‘One North’ Concept July 2014 • Sheffield • Manchester • Liverpool • Leeds • Newcastle 15
The ‘One North’ Concept • Sheffield • Manchester • Liverpool • Leeds • Newcastle 16
‘One North’ Passenger Links • Link city centres • Link to Manchester Airport • New T/P route 17
‘One North’ Freight Links • Freight link to ports • Lorry shuttles 18
The ‘One North’ Concept SKIPTON AIREDALE SHIPLE LEEDS BRADFORD BLACKBURN BURNLEY ACCRINGTON HALIFAX CASTLE- SPEN FORD VALLEY CALDER WAKEFIELD DEWSBURY VALLEY ROUTE PONTEFRACT ROCHDALE BOLTON HUDDERSFIELD BURY DIGGLE ROUTE OLDHAM BARNSLEY PENISTONE LONGDENDALE MANCHESTER PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK HYDE GLOSSOP ROTHERHAM MARPLE SHEFFIELD HOPE VALLEY ALTRINCHAM STOCKPORT ROUTE 19 BUXTON
‘One North’ Airport Link SKIPTON AIREDALE SHIPLE LEEDS BRADFORD BLACKBURN BURNLEY ACCRINGTON HALIFAX CASTLE- SPEN FORD VALLEY CALDER WAKEFIELD DEWSBURY VALLEY ROUTE PONTEFRACT ROCHDALE BOLTON HUDDERSFIELD BURY DIGGLE ROUTE OLDHAM BARNSLEY PENISTONE LONGDENDALE MANCHESTER PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK HYDE GLOSSOP ROTHERHAM MARPLE SHEFFIELD HOPE VALLEY ALTRINCHAM STOCKPORT ROUTE 20 BUXTON
‘One North’ – as costed by DfT SKIPTON AIREDALE SHIPLE LEEDS BRADFORD BLACKBURN BURNLEY ACCRINGTON HALIFAX CASTLE- SPEN FORD VALLEY CALDER WAKEFIELD DEWSBURY VALLEY ROUTE PONTEFRACT ROCHDALE BOLTON £12 – HUDDERSFIELD BURY DIGGLE ROUTE OLDHAM 19bn BARNSLEY PENISTONE LONGDENDALE MANCHESTER PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK HYDE GLOSSOP ROTHERHAM MARPLE SHEFFIELD HOPE VALLEY ALTRINCHAM STOCKPORT ROUTE 21 BUXTON
Trans-Pennine Rail Issues • Journey times • Capacity • Passenger overcrowding • Restrictive gauge for freight • Resilience • Accessibility • Inclusivity 22
Northern Powerhouse 2015 SKIPTON AIREDALE SHIPLE LEEDS BRADFORD BLACKBURN BURNLEY ACCRINGTON HALIFAX CASTLE- SPEN FORD VALLEY CALDER WAKEFIELD DEWSBURY VALLEY ROUTE PONTEFRACT HS3?? ROCHDALE BOLTON BURY HUDDERSFIELD DIGGLE HS2 ROUTE OLDHAM BARNSLEY PENISTONE LONGDENDALE MANCHESTER PEAK DISTRICT HS2 NATIONAL PARK HYDE GLOSSOP ROTHERHAM MARPLE SHEFFIELD HOPE VALLEY ALTRINCHAM STOCKPORT ROUTE 23 BUXTON
Northern Powerhouse - costed SKIPTON AIREDALE SHIPLE LEEDS BRADFORD BLACKBURN £6.5 BURNLEY ACCRINGTON HALIFAX CASTLE- SPEN FORD VALLEY – 10bn CALDER WAKEFIELD DEWSBURY VALLEY ROUTE PONTEFRACT HS3?? ROCHDALE BOLTON BURY HUDDERSFIELD DIGGLE HS2 ROUTE OLDHAM BARNSLEY PENISTONE £5.5 – LONGDENDALE MANCHESTER PEAK DISTRICT HS2 NATIONAL PARK HYDE GLOSSOP ROTHERHAM MARPLE SHEFFIELD HOPE 9bn?? VALLEY ALTRINCHAM STOCKPORT ROUTE 24 BUXTON
DfT Dodgy Estimates?? • 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 25
Journey Time Specification (1) One North 26
Journey Time Specification (2) Northern Powerhouse 27
The High Speed UK Solution High Speed UK LS C WOODHEAD MA TUNNEL L P LI SK MAN SH V 28
HSUK Journey Times LS High Speed UK www.highspeeduk.co.uk LI MA HSUK One North 25 30 MA-LS MAN 20 30 MA-SH SH 19 20 MA-LI Journey time comparison between 17 30 SH-LS High Speed UK design 36 30+10 LS- and 29 30 SH- Northern Powerhouse/ 25 30 One North specification LI- 29
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 30
Mottram – Tintwistle Bypass • The road solution?? > £300M Swallows Wood Peak District National Park Tunnel under Mottram Ridge 31
Mottram – Tintwistle Bypass Swallows Wood Peak District National Park Tunnel under Mottram Ridge Abandoned Woodhead Line • The railway alternative?? 32
HGV Bans & Lorry Shuttles AIREDALE ACCRINGTON LEEDS BRADFORD BLACKBURN BURNLEY M65 M1 HALIFAX CASTLEFORD SPEN VALLEY A56T M62 DEWSBURY WAKEFIELD M66 M62 ROCHDALE BOLTON HUDDERSFIELD BURY M61 OLDHAM A635 M1 M60 BARNSLEY MANCHESTER M67 A628T HYDE M62 LONGDENDALE M60 A57 ROTHERHAM MARPLE SHEFFIELD ALTRINCHAM M18 STOCKPORT M56 A623T 33
Woodhead Reopening Traffic type?? • Lorry shuttles • Local passengers • Freight • High speed rail 34
Woodhead Lorry Shuttles LS C M62 M60 M62 MA L P LI WOODHEAD M1 TUNNEL SK MAN SH V 35
Woodhead Local Services LS C WOODHEAD MA TUNNEL L P LI BY GL SK MAN SH V 36
Trans-Pennine Railfreight LS C WOODHEAD MA TUNNEL L P LI SK MAN SH V 37
High Speed UK LS C WOODHEAD MA TUNNEL L P LI SK MAN SH V 38
Woodhead Reopening Traffic type?? Infrastructure issues?? • Lorry shuttles • Tunnel • Local passengers • Abandoned approaches • Freight • Existing railway – operational interface • High speed rail 39
High Speed in Woodhead Tunnel?? • 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 40
HSUK in Longdendale • Existing line also restored • Lorry ban on A628T • Cables buried Swallows Wood Tunnel under Mottram Ridge WCML in Lune Gorge HSUK route based on 1:25,000 mapping of HSUK network 41
HSUK Route : Guide Bridge 42
HSUK Route : Guide Bridge KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel 43
HSUK Route : Bredbury 44
HSUK Route : Bredbury KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel 45
Bredbury Lorry Shuttle Terminal? 46
HSUK Route : Stockport 47
HSUK Route : Stockport KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel 48
HSUK Route : Broadbottom 49
HSUK Route : Broadbottom Dinting Viaduct KEY Existing Railway New Railway Broadbottom Restored Railway Viaduct Upgraded Railway Tunnel 50
HSUK Route : Longdendale 51
HSUK Route : Longdendale KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel 52
HSUK Route : Woodhead 53
HSUK Route : Woodhead KEY Existing Railway New Railway Restored Railway Upgraded Railway Tunnel 54
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