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HIGH SPEED UK ..connecting the nation Colin Elliff BSc CEng MICE Civil Engineering Principal, HSUK www.highspeeduk.co.uk HIGH SPEED 2 HS2 original concept: The HS2 Y Fast links to London & Birmingham Heathrow spur

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HIGH SPEED UK

..connecting the nation

Colin Elliff BSc CEng MICE Civil Engineering Principal, HSUK www.highspeeduk.co.uk

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HIGH SPEED 2

HS2 original concept:

  • The HS2 ‘Y’
  • Fast links to London

& Birmingham

  • Heathrow spur
  • Link to HS1
  • No Transpennine link
Diagram taken from HS2 Ltd presentation 2013
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SLIDE 4 CF BS LO BI NG SH MA LI LS NE ED GL LHR The World EU
  • Stations remote/

disconnected

  • No CO2 reductions
  • No integration strategy
  • Only 2 tracks in stem
  • Huge environmental

issues in Chilterns AONB & other sensitive areas

HS2 2010/12

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HS2 2015

  • HS3 / Northern Powerhouse
  • Incomplete interregional links
  • Poor BCR @ 2.3 – or lower??
  • Heathrow spur cancelled
  • HS1 link ‘deferred’
  • ‘No economic case’

for link to Scotland

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HIGH SPEED 2

  • Doesn’t deliver

what it promised

Diagram taken from HS2 Ltd presentation 2013
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Questions for HS2 Ltd

  • 1. How do you reconcile HS2’s carbon-neutral

performance with the 80% CO2 reduction target of the 2008 Climate Change Act?

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  • 1. How do you reconcile HS2’s carbon-neutral

performance with the 80% CO2 reduction target of the 2008 Climate Change Act?

  • 2. What railway engineering assessment was

made of the M1 corridor & why was Chiltern route & ‘Y-network’ chosen?

Questions for HS2 Ltd

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  • 1. How do you reconcile HS2’s carbon-neutral

performance with the 80% CO2 reduction target of the 2008 Climate Change Act?

  • 2. What railway engineering assessment was

made of the M1 corridor & why was Chiltern route & ‘Y-network’ chosen?

  • 3. Why has no timetable been developed to

show how HS2/HS3 and the existing network will work in harmony?

Questions for HS2 Ltd

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  • 1. How do you reconcile HS2’s carbon-neutral

performance with the 80% CO2 reduction target of the 2008 Climate Change Act?

  • 2. What railway engineering assessment was

made of the M1 corridor & why was Chiltern route & ‘Y-network’ chosen?

  • 3. Why has no timetable been developed to

show how HS2/HS3 and the existing network will work in harmony?

  • 4. Why have HS2 & HS3 not been designed as

an integrated national high speed network?

Questions for HS2 Ltd

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  • HS2 has been

specified & designed as a stand-alone high speed line

  • But everyone

expects it to perform as an integrated network

THE HS2 CONTRADICTION

Diagram taken from HS2 Ltd presentation 2013
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The £60bn question....

How do we design high speed rail to form an integrated national network??

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High Speed UK

(formerly known as High Speed North)

HSUK

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  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities

HSUK Design Principles

HSUK

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  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities

  • 2. Connect with local networks

HSUK Design Principles

HSUK

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  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities

  • 2. Connect with local networks
  • 3. Connect with HS1 & airports

HSUK Design Principles

HSUK

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  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities

  • 2. Connect with local networks
  • 3. Connect with HS1 & airports
  • 4. Coordinate with railfreight strategy

HSUK Design Principles

HSUK

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  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities

  • 2. Connect with local networks
  • 3. Connect with HS1 & airports
  • 4. Coordinate with railfreight strategy
  • 5. Offer optimum connectivity, capacity,

journey time, resilience etc

HSUK Design Principles

HSUK

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HSUK Design Principles

  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities

  • 2. Connect with local networks
  • 3. Connect with HS1 & airports
  • 4. Coordinate with railfreight strategy
  • 5. Offer optimum connectivity, capacity,

journey time, resilience etc

  • 6. Comply with all relevant public policy

HSUK

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SLIDE 20 Cardiff Bristol London Birmingham Nottingham Sheffield Manchester Liverpool Leeds Newcastle Edinburgh Glasgow Heathrow

Principal hubs of UK high speed rail network?

  • 12 primary cities
  • 1 hub airport

HIGH SPEED UK HSUK

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High speed line running north from London?

  • 15 primary cities
  • 1 hub airport LHR
  • BHX, MAN, EDI?
  • Link to Europe

HIGH SPEED UK HSUK

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SLIDE 22 LO BI NG SH MA LI LS NE ED GL LHR DL LE DE ST MK The World EU

HSUK primary routes:

  • London-Glasgow

high speed spine

  • Avoids Chilterns AONB
  • 4 tracks to Leicester
  • Transpennine spur to

Manchester/Liverpool

  • Link to Heathrow
  • Link to HS1

HIGH SPEED UK HSUK

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SLIDE 23 LO BI NG SH MA LS ED NE GL DL STDE LE MK LHR LI The World EU

Major upgrades in West & East Mids:

  • Top 16 centres

fully interconnected

  • 40% ave. journey

time reduction

  • Huge modal shift
  • 500Mt CO2 savings
  • £20 billion cheaper

HIGH SPEED UK HSUK

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The HSUK solution:

  • Fully integrated

HS network accessing all major cities & airports

  • ‘Eurogauge UK’

parallel freight network

  • Greater benefits,

lower costs, BCR ~5.0

  • This is what a

Regional Powerhouse looks like!!

HSUK

HIGH SPEED UK

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  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities

  • 2. Connect with local networks
  • 3. Connect with HS1 & airports
  • 4. Coordinate with railfreight strategy
  • 5. Offer optimum connectivity, capacity,

journey time, resilience etc

  • 6. Comply with all relevant public policy

HSUK

HSUK Design Principles

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The New Exam Questions

  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities?

  • 2. Connect with local networks?
  • 3. Connect with HS1 & airports?
  • 4. Coordinate with railfreight strategy?
  • 5. Offer optimum connectivity, capacity,

journey time, resilience etc?

  • 6. Comply with all relevant public policy?

HSUK

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HSUK

HSUK PASS

  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities?

  • 2. Connect with local networks?
  • 3. Connect with HS1 & airports?
  • 4. Coordinate with railfreight strategy?
  • 5. Offer optimum connectivity, capacity,

journey time, resilience etc?

  • 6. Comply with all relevant public policy?

The New Exam Questions

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HSUK

HSUK PASS

HS2 FAIL

  • 1. Perform optimally as intercity network,

interlinking all primary cities?

  • 2. Connect with local networks?
  • 3. Connect with HS1 & airports?
  • 4. Coordinate with railfreight strategy?
  • 5. Offer optimum connectivity, capacity,

journey time, resilience etc?

  • 6. Comply with all relevant public policy?

The New Exam Questions

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HIGH SPEED UK Challenge

We challenge the Government and HS2 Ltd to demonstrate that:

  • HS2 (& HS3) offers the best outcome

for UK intercity travel

  • HS2 complies with public policy (cost,

CO2 emissions, land use, inclusivity etc)

  • HS2 has been developed with all

necessary due process

HSUK

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We will accept a challenge from:

  • Any MP
  • Any County or District Council
  • Any Unitary Authority

to show that HSUK delivers far greater benefits than HS2/3 to their locale. We will demonstrate that HSUK

  • utperforms HS2/3 in every way.

HIGH SPEED UK Challenge HSUK

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Questions for HS2 Ltd

  • 1. How do you reconcile HS2’s carbon-neutral

performance with the 80% CO2 reduction target of the 2008 Climate Change Act?

  • 2. What railway engineering assessment was

made of the M1 corridor & why was Chiltern route & ‘Y-network’ chosen?

  • 3. Why has no timetable been developed to

show how HS2/HS3 and the existing network will work in harmony?

  • 4. Why have HS2 & HS3 not been designed as

an integrated national high speed network?

HSUK