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Rail Update LEP SIB May 2017 Val Male Principal Rail Officer Rail Strategy & Liaison, HCC Whats Happening in Rail? Growth in Service Investment and Improvements Demand Infrastructure Station Usage Watford Junction is

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Rail Update

LEP SIB May 2017 Val Male Principal Rail Officer – Rail Strategy & Liaison, HCC

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What’s Happening in Rail?

Growth in Demand Investment and Infrastructure Service Improvements

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Station Usage

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Watford Junction is Hertfordshire’s busiest station with over 8 million passengers (1)

(1) 8,189,586 entries and exits (2015/16)= 22,437 per day [Source: Office of Rail and Road]

24 stations have over 1 million passengers

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Passenger Growth

5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 +28% in last 5 years

Passengers at Hertfordshire’s four busiest stations

‘000s

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Public Transport Journeys

62 34 38 66 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 GB Herts Bus Rail Train Bus Train Bus

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Challenges

Capacity on trains – Overcrowding on

commuter routes

Capacity on the rail network
Capacity at Stations – Overcrowding causing

safety concerns

Capacity on the road network around stations

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Investment

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2020 2018 2018 2016 - 2018 2018 - 2019

New Trains

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Franchise Commitments

Improvements to St Albans, Broxbourne and

Cheshunt Stations

Station Travel Plans – GTR and Greater Anglia

leading to small scale improvements e.g. RTPI bus information and increased cycle storage

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Major Schemes

2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 Thameslink Crossrail MLX HS2 Phase 1 Crossrail 2 HS2 Phase 2 EWR

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Service Improvements

Increasing Capacity

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New Thameslink Timetable

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St Albans

London Bridge Brighton

St Pancras Blackfriars Farringdon 15 trains per hour

2018

24 trains per hour Stevenage

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Thameslink / Crossrail Connections

Crossrail Thameslink Farringdon Heathrow 31 mins Canary Wharf 8 mins St Albans 26 mins Stevenage 32 mins

Journey times from Farringdon

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Crossrail 2

20 - 22 tph Broxbourne – Central London

(o/w 10 -12 Crossrail 2)

Faster journeys / greater reliability for existing

services

Station improvements
Better access to stations
Level crossing closures
Land take for new sidings
Assumption of increased housing development

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Crossrail 2 – Current Status

Working group
Consultation – ? 2017
Hybrid Bill – 2019 – 2021
Construction starts – 2023

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Connections to WAML services – Bishop’s Stortford / Hertford East Connection to ECML services – WGC / Stevenage Connection to Hertford Loop

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HS2 – Impact on West Coast Main Line

Phase 1 opens 2026
Opportunity to improve local services
Opportunity to increase InterCity services at

Watford Junction

Potential competing aspirations from other

authorities

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East West Rail

Bishop’s Stortford Oxford Milton Keynes Bedford St Albans Watford Stevenage Sandy Cambridge 17 mins 16 mins 7 mins Alignment Stopping pattern

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Opportunities to Influence

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Franchise Timetable

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 West Midlands S East Midlands I S InterCity West Coast S Thameslink S Chilterns S InterCity East Coast East Anglia

Mar 2023 Oct 2025

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Forthcoming Consultations

East Midlands Franchise
East Coast Route Study
Crossrail 2
GTR 2018 Timetable Phase 2

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Rail Groups

Local Authority Rail Groups WCR250 ECMA EWR Consortium Stansted Transport Forum Rail Group Rail User Groups Railfutures Local rail groups Hertfordshire Groups HIPP Local Transport Body Rail Industry TOC stakeholder forums Network Rail forums Community Rail Abbey Line CRP Steering Group

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