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WLEP Board Worcester - 21 st March 2019 Delivering Worcestershire’s Rail Ambitions

Agenda for Today • Our objectives – a reminder • The industry climate • Worcestershire Parkway + Kidderminster • The North Cotswold Line Task Force • Birmingham-Worcester-Hereford • Worcester Area • Next projects to progress….. • Challenges

Worcestershire’s Rail Objectives

Economy Growth Connectivity Sustainability

The key product

Reminder

Thames Valley - London

Cross-Britain

Glos – Bristol - Cardiff

LEEDS MANCHESTER GVA GVA £56bn £60bn WEST MIDLANDS EAST GVA £55bn MIDLANDS COUNCILS GVA £63bn WALES GVA £54bn WORCESTER- OXON CAMBRIDGE SHIRE BUCKS GVA £21bn 11.9bn N’HANTS GVA £46bn THAMES WEST OF VALLEY LONDON ENGLAND GVA £27bn GVA GVA £338bn £26bn

LEEDS MANCHESTER GVA GVA £56bn £60bn WEST MIDLANDS EAST GVA £55bn MIDLANDS COUNCILS GVA £63bn WALES GVA £54bn WORCESTER- OXON CAMBRIDGE SHIRE BUCKS GVA £21bn 11.9bn N’HANTS GVA £46bn THAMES WEST OF VALLEY LONDON ENGLAND GVA £27bn GVA GVA £338bn £26bn

To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines CrossCity to Lichfield Birmingham Moor St Curzon St HS2 Birmingham New St Birmingham Snow Hl Stourbridge Jnc University Bromsgrove Kidderminster Redditch Droitwich Spa Worcester Shrub Hill Worcester Foregate Street Great Malvern Local Birmingham

To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines CrossCity to Lichfield Birmingham Moor St Curzon St HS2 Birmingham New St Birmingham Snow Hl Stourbridge Jnc University Bromsgrove Kidderminster Redditch Droitwich Spa Worcester Shrub Hill Worcester Foregate Street Great Malvern Hereford Tewkesbury Fast Birmingham

To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines CrossCity to Lichfield Birmingham Moor St Curzon St HS2 Birmingham New St Birmingham Snow Hl Stourbridge Jnc University Bromsgrove Kidderminster Redditch Droitwich Spa Worcester Shrub Hill Worcester Foregate Street Worcestershire Parkway Pershore Great Malvern Evesham Hereford Honeybourne To Oxford London + East-West Rail Reading Heathrow Paddington

To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines CrossCity to Lichfield Birmingham Moor St Curzon St HS2 Birmingham New St Birmingham Snow Hl Stourbridge Jnc University Bromsgrove Kidderminster Redditch Droitwich Spa Worcester Shrub Hill Worcester Foregate Street Worcestershire Parkway Pershore Great Malvern Evesham Hereford Honeybourne Tewkesbury To Oxford To South-West East-West Rail Cheltenham Reading Heathrow Gloucester Cardiff/Bristol Paddington

To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines To Edinburgh To Manchester CrossCity to Lichfield Birmingham Moor St To Nottingham Curzon St HS2 Birmingham New St Birmingham Snow Hl Stourbridge Jnc University Bromsgrove Kidderminster Redditch Droitwich Spa Worcester Shrub Hill Worcester Foregate Street Worcestershire Parkway Pershore Great Malvern Evesham Hereford Honeybourne Cheltenham Spa Tewkesbury Gloucester Central To Oxford To To Cardiff National East-West Rail Cheltenham To Bristol Reading Heathrow Gloucester Cardiff/Bristol Paddington To Plymouth

Rail Industry Climate

UK plc Direct encouragement of Third Party investment and delivery PLUS

Open for Business

“Worcestershire’s direct access to Cross Country services is the core issue…”

Parkway and Kidderminster

A transformative year for Worcestershire

fereday pollard

COTSWOLD LINE PROMOTION GROUP

TO/FROM LONDON Worcester Shrub Hill Birmingham Moor St Warwick Parkway Birmingham International Hanborough Oxford Parkway 2h 06m 1h 45m 1h 24m 1h 12m 1h 03m 0h 55m

Cambridge Hereford Worcester Oxford Glos Heathrow

2 trains per hour Worcester-Paddington = 1 tph Great Malvern-PAD 1 tph Kidderminster-PAD Faster journey times Sub 2 hour from Worcester Sub 1 hour 50m from Parkway Connections to full 1tph from Hereford

2 trains per hour Worcester-Paddington = 1 tph Great Malvern-PAD 1 tph Kidderminster-PAD Faster journey times Sub 2 hour from Worcester Sub 1 hour 50m from Parkway Connections to full 1tph from Hereford

2 trains per hour Hanborough-Oxford + Future possibility of 4 tph To support ‘Oxford Metro’ concept Longer-term Worcester-Evesham-Stratford Role of Stratford-Honeybourne (Both A46 Expressway Corridor)

Quick Wins Kidderminster-Droitwich-Paddington Hanborough off peak 2 tph

HEREFORD 5 x GWR Ledbury Birmingham Moor St/Curzon St services per day Colwall Stourbridge Junction GREAT MALVERN KIDDERMINSTER Malvern Link Droitwich Spa WORCESTER FOREGATE ST WORCESTER SHRUB HILL Core GWR specification WORCESTERSHIRE PARKWAY GWR Hereford specification GWR extension options West Midlands Trains option Evesham Honeybourne STRATFORD-UPON-AVON MORETON-IN-MARSH Kingham Charlbury HANBOROUGH OXFORD Didcot Parkway LONDON PADDINGTON

WORCESTER SHRUB HILL To Long Marston Norton IBS Jnc Wolvercot Jnc Redoubling OXFORD Wolvercot-Hanborough 4 miles Norton-Parkway 1+ mile 2 new platforms + Signalling

£150m  £175m Capital Operation NIL Subsidy Benefit Cost Ratios 2.0+ preferred service = High Value for Money 49

UK plc Enhancements Pipeline PLUS THIRD PARTY INVESTMENT

UK plc Enhancements Pipeline PLUS THIRD PARTY INVESTMENT

North Cotswold Line Transformation STRATEGIC OUTLINE BUSINESS CASE ‘DETERMINE’ STAGE OF THE RAIL NETWORK ENHANCEMENTS PIPELINE PROCESS March 2019

Birmingham Worcester Hereford + Worcester Area Capability

Birmingham Worcester Hereford Study WORCESTER SHRUB HILL Henwick Shelwick Jn HEREFORD Norton Jnc

Worcester Area Capability

Next …..

Car Parks

Bristol Worcestershire Birmingham

A46 Expressway East Midlands-West Midlands-South West

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Bristol-Birmingham TASKFORCE

Challenges

Sub-National Transport Bodies Birmingham Cambridge Worcester Hereford NCL Chiltern Oxford Bristol

Sub-National Transport Bodies Birmingham MC Cambridge Worcester EEH Hereford NCL Chiltern WG WECA Oxford Bristol

Sub-National Transport Bodies Birmingham MC Cambridge Worcester EEH Hereford NCL Chiltern WG WECA Oxford Bristol

Questions and Discussion