West of England Partnership First Great Western Update November - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

West of England Partnership First Great Western Update November 2009 Julian Crow Regional General Manager West of England 1

Quick Summary! • Performance remains at an all-time high • Passenger numbers on local services remain buoyant • Focus on delivering peak capacity • Rolling stock position becoming clearer • A challenging time, financially 2

Performance – Period 6 • Continued performance improvement • Period PPM for FGW overall was 94% • High Speed Services scored 90.8% • West services scored 92.6% • MAA for FGW is now 92.1% 3

FGW PPM over the last two years 100% 95% 90% PPM ( % ) 85% 80% 75% 0805 0806 0807 0808 0809 0810 0811 0812 0813 0901 0902 0903 0904 0905 0906 0907 0908 0909 0910 0911 0912 0913 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 Period FGW FGW MAA 4

PPM by Service Group 100% 95% FGW 90% HSS 85% L&TV PPM 80% WEST FGW MAA 75% 70% 65% 0808 0809 0810 0811 0812 0813 0901 0902 0903 0904 0905 0906 0907 0908 0909 0910 0911 0912 0913 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 PERIOD 5

High Speed Services London to Bristol 95.00% 90.00% PPM (%) 85.00% 80.00% 0901 0902 0903 0904 0905 0906 0907 0908 0909 0910 0911 0912 0913 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 Period 6

Cardiff – Portsmouth Services 90.00% 85.00% PPM (%) 80.00% 75.00% 70.00% 0901 0902 0903 0904 0905 0906 0907 0908 0909 0910 0911 0912 0913 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 Period 7

Local services around Bristol 95.00% 90.00% PPM (%) 85.00% 80.00% 0901 0902 0903 0904 0905 0906 0907 0908 0909 0910 0911 0912 0913 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 Period 8

Reduction in Cancellations 600 500 FGW 400 HSS 300 LTV West 200 MAA 100 0 0901 0902 0903 0904 0905 0906 0907 0908 0909 0910 0911 0912 0913 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 9

Provision of Correct Formations Short Formed: Period Graphs Bristol 100.00% 95.00% 90.00% Average % correctly formed 85.00% 80.00% 75.00% 70.00% 65.00% 60.00% P0912 P0913 P1001 P1002 P1003 P1004 P1005 P1006 P1007 P1008 P1009 P1010 P1011 P1012 P1013 Period 10

Severn Beach Line • Growth continues: 15% growth in period 6 • Clifton Down Turnback in operation to increase flexibility • South Gloucestershire Council has now confirmed that it will support additional Summer Sunday services in 2010. 11

Timetable changes: December 2009 • Package of changes driven by need to replicate SWT service losses west of Exeter • Some peak strengthening in consequence (07.09 Worcester – Bristol and 05.35 Weymouth – Bristol) • An additional 16.55 Filton - Westbury 12

Additional loco-hauled services • A second locomotive-hauled train will be introduced next month: • It will operate the following services: • 06.22 Bristol to Cardiff • 08.00 Cardiff to Paignton • 12.35 Paignton to Cardiff • 17.00 Cardiff to Taunton • 19.12 Taunton to Bristol 13

Timetable changes: May 2010 • An additional morning service from Cam & Dursley and Yate into Bristol: • The existing 07.25 Bristol Parkway – Westbury starts back at Cheltenham to create twice-hourly peak service frequency from Gloucester • Provides additional capacity to Filton Abbey wood • Also earlier first arrival into Bristol from Cheltenham 14

Rolling stock • The electrification announcement has lead to the cancellation of the proposed 200 new DMU vehicles • Discussions in progress with the DfT to obtain sufficient vehicles in 2010 to replace these on short leases • A small number of additional vehicles may also be available to accommodate growth 15

Major Projects • Electrification • Reading remodelling • Resignalling • Rolling stock cascade • Crossrail • Cotswold redoubling 16