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Consultation Technical Report Making Meaningful Connections Consultation Technical Report East West Rail Consultation: 31 March – 9 June 2021 This document contains the full Consultation Technical Report, without the Appendices. To access the Appendices, please visit www.eastwestrail.co.uk 01. Introduction 18 - 26 07. Project Section B: Bletchley and the Marston Vale Line 100 - 229 1.1. Chapter Summary 18 7.1. Chapter Summary 101 1.2. East West Rail 19 7.2. Introduction 104 1.3. The Project 19 7.3. Service Concepts 109 1.4. Consultation 23 7.4. Bletchley Station 141 1.5. Technical Report 26 7.5. Fenny Stratford Additional Track 144 02. The Case for East West Rail 27 - 31 7.6. Level Crossings on the Marston Vale Line 146 2.1. Chapter Summary 27 7.7. Marston Vale Line Infrastructure Upgrade 228 2.2. The overall case for East West Rail 28 08. Project Section C: Bedford 230 - 299 2.3. Benefits of railways over road improvements 31 8.1. Chapter Summary 230 03. Project Objectives 32 - 42 8.2. Introduction 234 3.1. Chapter Summary 32 8.3. Bedford St Johns 238 3.2. Introduction 33 8.4. Bedford Station 250 3.3. Safety 34 8.5. North Bedford 268 3.4. Environment 34 8.6. Conclusion 297 3.5. EWR Services 34 09. Project Section D: Clapham Green to The Eversdens 300 - 371 3.6. Connectivity 36 9.1. Chapter Summary 301 3.7. Customer Experience and Stations 37 9.2. Introduction 303 3.8. Powering EWR Services 38 9.3. Option Development 306 3.9. Freight on EWR 38 9.4. Options Considered – Station Locations 310 3.10. Depots and Stabling 38 9.5. Options Considered – Nine Alignment Options 314 3.11. Telecommunications 42 9.6. Comparison of Nine Route Alignment Options 328 04. Additional Works and Construction 43 - 52 9.7. Conclusions - Alignment Short-list for Consultation 360 4.1. Chapter Summary 43 9.8. Conclusions - Emerging Preferred Options 369 4.2. Additional Works 43 10. Project Section E: Harlton to Hauxton 372 - 407 4.3. Construction 45 10.1. Chapter Summary 372 05. Approach to Developing the Designs 53 - 67 10.2. Introduction 373 5.1. Chapter Summary 53 10.3. Option Development 377 5.2. Assessment Factors 54 10.4. Options Considered 379 5.3. Developing Designs in Project Sections A and B: 58 10.5. Conclusions (Project Section E) 404 Identifying the need for upgrade works (Oxford to 11. Project Section F: The Shelfords to Cambridge Station 408 - 423 Bedford) 11.1. Chapter Summary 408 5.4. Developing Designs in Project Sections C, D and E: 58 11.2. Introduction 416 New railway development from Bedford to Cambridge 11.3. Proposed work in the Cambridge area 411 06. Project Section A: Oxford to Bicester 68 - 99 11.4. Hauxton Junction to Shepreth Branch Junction 412 6.1. Chapter Summary 69 11.5. Hauxton Road Level Crossing 413 6.2. Oxford Area 70 11.6. New Shepreth Branch Junction 415 6.3. Oxford Parkway Station 80 11.7. Four Tracking from Shepreth Branch Junction to 417 6.4. Bicester Village Station 82 Addenbrooke’s Road Bridge 6.5. Level Crossing at London Road, Bicester 84 2 | East West Rail Consultation: March – June 2021 Consultation Technical Report Consultation Technical Report East West Rail Consultation: March – June 2021 | 3 11.8. Four Tracking from Long Road Sixth Form College Area to 419 Cambridge Station and Cambridge Station Alterations 11.9. Cambridge Station 421 12. Next steps and ongoing work 424 - 426 4 | East West Rail Consultation: March – June 2021 Consultation Technical Report Consultation Technical Report East West Rail Consultation: March – June 2021 | 5 Glossary Term Description C Cambourne North Station Option for a new station to the north of Cambourne Term Description A A428 Improvement Scheme The scheme promoted by Highways England to upgrade the Cambourne South Station Option for a new station to the south of Cambourne A428 between Black Cat roundabout east of Bedford and Caxton Gibbet roundabout west of Cambourne Cambridgeshire A proposed transit system connecting Cambridge to Air Quality Directive European Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and Autonomous Metro Alconbury, St Neots, Mildenhall and Haverhill cleaner air for Europe Capital costs Cost incurred during delivery of a project in purchasing Air Quality Management An area designated by a local authority, where it believes buildings, land, construction works, and equipment Area the Government’s objectives for air quality will not be as opposed to the costs of operating, maintaining or achieved without additional interventions decommissioning the project Alternative In this report, ‘alternative’ is used when referring to a Clearance Space available around a moving train possible solution that has been considered but has been discounted and is not expected to be taken forward Clock-face timetable A timetable arranged so that trains arrive or depart at the Assessment Factors The factors used to assess and compare different options same times in the hour, every hour (for instance at 10, 30 for the Project and 50 minutes past the hour) Oxford-Cambridge Arc The area between Oxford and Cambridge, incorporating Code of Construction A public document which will provide contractors and (the Arc) the county areas of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Practice (COCP) suppliers with details of the measures, controls, and Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire standards of work that they must follow At-grade junction A railway junction where tracks cross at the same level. Also Conflicting movements A movement that requires a train to cross another route on known as a flat junction the railway, at the same level, or trains to travel in opposite directions on the same route, in order to continue a journey B Balancing pond A pond into which water drains, with the intention of ensuring that local watercourses are not overloaded during Congested Infrastructure An element of railway infrastructure for which demand for periods of heavy or prolonged rainfall infrastructure capacity cannot be fully satisfied during certain periods, even after coordination of different requests Ballast Stone or gravel used to form the bed of a railway track for capacity. Defined by The Railways (Access Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016 Biodiversity net gain An approach to development that leaves biodiversity in a Connection stage Work will be divided into three connection stages which better state than before the development took place relate directly to a full journey and not just a piece of track: Connection Stage 1 (CS1): Oxford - Bletchley and Milton Blockade The closure of a rail route for an extended period (typically Keynes (services may be first opened to Bletchley in a two- more than two to three days) phased approach) Connection Stage 2 (CS2) : Oxford - Bedford Bridleway A route over which the public have rights to pass on foot, Connection Stage 3 (CS3): Oxford - Cambridge cycle and on horseback Business case assessment An assessment to determine the justification for undertaking a project by considering benefits, costs and risks 6 | East West Rail Consultation: March – June 2021 Consultation Technical Report Consultation Technical Report East West Rail Consultation: March – June 2021 | 7 Term Description Term Description C Conservation Area An area of notable architectural or historic interest or E East West Rail Company Ltd Company set up by the Secretary of State for Transport to importance in relation to which change is managed by law (EWR Co) develop East West Rail Core Section The section of the Project between Clapham Green and The Embankment An earthwork construction that allows railway lines to pass Eversdens, also referred to as Project Section D in this report at an acceptable level and gradient above the surrounding ground that is generally composed of soil and rock Critical path The longest sequence of activities in a plan or programme which must be completed on time in order to achieve F Fare revenue Income generated from passenger fares completion of a project on a due date Crossovers A connection between two tracks where points/switches on Fill Earth and similar material that needs to be placed as part each track allow trains to pass from one track to the other of construction works (for example in new embankments) Culvert A tunnel carrying a stream or open drain First-mile journey The first part of a journey between the starting point and a railway station, regardless of its actual length Cut and cover Earth and similar material that needs to be excavated as Flat junction A railway junction where tracks cross at the same level. Also part of construction works (for example to form a cutting) known as an at-grade junction Cut Earth and similar material that needs to be excavated as Floodplain An area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, which is part of construction works (for example to form a cutting) subject to flooding D Development Consent Order Order made by the relevant Secretary of State to Ftph Freight trains per hour (DCO) authorise the construction, operation and maintenance of a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP). In relation to East West Rail, this would be the Secretary of G Gauging analysis Analysis to determine the space available (clearance) State for Transport between a moving train and surrounding infrastructure and Department for Transport Government department responsible for the English between two trains on adjacent tracks (DfT) transport network and a limited number of transport Generalised journey time A representation of the total time or cost of travelling, taking matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern
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