Rail Update LEP SIB May 2017 Val Male Principal Rail Officer – Rail Strategy & Liaison, HCC
What’s Happening in Rail? Growth in Service Investment and Improvements Demand Infrastructure
Station Usage
Watford Junction is Hertfordshire’s busiest station with over 8 million passengers (1) 24 stations have over 1 million passengers (1) 8,189,586 entries and exits (2015/16)= 22,437 per day [Source: Office of Rail and Road]
Passenger Growth ‘000s 25000 +28% in last 5 years 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 Passengers at Hertfordshire’s four busiest stations
Public Transport Journeys 70 66 62 60 50 38 Train 40 34 Bus 30 Rail Bus 20 Train Bus 10 0 GB Herts
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
Investment
New Trains 2018 - 2019 2020 2016 - 2018 2018 2018
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
Major Schemes 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 Thameslink Crossrail MLX HS2 Phase 1 Crossrail 2 HS2 Phase 2 EWR
Service Improvements Increasing Capacity
New Thameslink Timetable
St Albans Stevenage 2018 St Pancras 15 trains 24 trains per hour per hour Farringdon Blackfriars London Bridge Brighton
Thameslink / Crossrail Connections St Albans 26 mins Stevenage 32 mins Thameslink Crossrail Heathrow 31 mins Canary Wharf 8 mins Farringdon Journey times from Farringdon
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
Crossrail 2 – Current Status • Working group • Consultation – ? 2017 • Hybrid Bill – 2019 – 2021 • Construction starts – 2023
Connection Connections to to ECML WAML services – services – Bishop’s Stortford WGC / / Hertford East Stevenage Connection to Hertford Loop
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
East West Rail 17 mins 7 mins 16 mins Milton Keynes Cambridge Bedford Sandy Alignment Stopping pattern Stevenage Oxford Bishop’s Stortford St Albans Watford
Opportunities to Influence
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 Mar 2023 East Anglia Oct 2025
Forthcoming Consultations • East Midlands Franchise • East Coast Route Study • Crossrail 2 • GTR 2018 Timetable Phase 2
Rail Groups Local Authority Rail Groups WCR250 ECMA EWR Consortium Stansted Transport Forum Rail Group Community Rail Rail Industry Abbey Line CRP TOC stakeholder forums Steering Group Network Rail forums Rail User Groups Railfutures Hertfordshire Groups Local rail groups HIPP Local Transport Body
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