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

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November 2009

Julian Crow Regional General Manager West of England

West of England Partnership First Great Western Update

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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

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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%

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FGW PPM over the last two years

75% 80% 85% 90% 95% 100%

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 PPM ( % )

FGW FGW MAA

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PPM by Service Group

65% 70% 75% 80% 85% 90% 95% 100% 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 PPM

FGW HSS L&TV WEST FGW MAA

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High Speed Services London to Bristol

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

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Cardiff – Portsmouth Services

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

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Local services around Bristol

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

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Reduction in Cancellations

100 200 300 400 500 600 0901 0902 0903 0904 0905 0906 0907 0908 0909 0910 0911 0912 0913 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006

FGW HSS LTV West MAA

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Provision of Correct Formations

Short Formed: Period Graphs

60.00% 65.00% 70.00% 75.00% 80.00% 85.00% 90.00% 95.00% 100.00% P0912 P0913 P1001 P1002 P1003 P1004 P1005 P1006 P1007 P1008 P1009 P1010 P1011 P1012 P1013

Period Average % correctly formed Bristol

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Major Projects

• Electrification
• Reading remodelling
• Resignalling
• Rolling stock cascade
• Crossrail
• Cotswold redoubling