Airport Connectivity Better rail access to , UK Central and Birmingham Airport, from across the UK

July 2020 1 Sir John Peace, chairman 5 mins to of Midlands Connect UK Central Hub by bus connected to by automated “As we work to recover from the economic 4 < Birmingham impacts of COVID-19; embarking on an Birmingham ambitious and successful path post Brexit, our Business Park international connections and relationships HS2 Interchange with other UK regions will become more 3 3 mins to important than ever. Providing a step change by automated people mover National 5 in rail connectivity to the city of Coventry and Exhibition Birmingham International railway station, our Centre Arden Cross proposals will enhance access to Birmingham 1 Airport, the ’ gateway to the world, Birmingham as well as the nearby NEC, Resorts World and Airport Jaguar Land Rover. Integrating these upgrades into the existing , with the arrival of HS2 9 mins to by bus at the adjacent Interchange station, will generate 2 unparalleled investment and growth, creating Jaguar jobs, thousands of new homes and more places Birmingham Land Rover to work, live and relax. Our proposals will benefit International > workers, residents and travellers, bringing two million more people to within a direct rail journey M42 0 0.25 0.5 m of these exciting destinations.” 1:10

1 Birmingham Airport 3 National Exhibition Centre 5 Arden Cross • 7,000 employees • Supports 29,000 jobs • 140 hectares (full time equivalent) • 5.95 million ft2 of State of play commercial space 2 Jaguar Land Rover 4 • 1,600 new homes planned Birmingham International railway station is at With more people living and working close by, • 10,000 employees • 150+ businesses • 7,000 new jobs the epicentre of a number of nationally-important steps must urgently be taken to improve rail • 10,000 employees (masterplan being developed) assets including; Birmingham Airport, the access to Birmingham International station. second busiest airport in the UK outside London, Midlands Connect’s Birmingham Airport which last year connected more than 13 million Connectivity scheme will support growth, passengers to over 150 destinations worldwide; promote sustainable transport choices and open Once complete this scheme will: the National Exhibition Centre; Resorts World up the airport, UK Central and the NEC, as well arena and shopping park; and Jaguar Land as the city of Coventry to a number of towns and Rover’s plant. Close by, the arrival of cities in the Thames Valley, East Midlands and Enhance connectivity to the Midlands from across the UK the HS2 Interchange station is stimulating huge North East. Without these enhancements, the investment and regeneration. To realise the full already full rail network will struggle to cope benefits of this transformational opportunity, the with demand and more passengers will turn Urban Growth Company is promoting investment to polluting and congestion-creating private Widen access to HS2 Increase network capacity in 140 hectares of mixed-use development at ‘UK vehicles to reach their destinations. Central’, set to create up to 5,000 new homes, 650,000 square metres of commercial space and Support business and support 70,000 new and existing jobs. Boost reliability and resilience employment growth

2 3 Birmingham Airport The scheme It will also create a new direct rail link between Direct rail access Birmingham Moor Street, Parkway to Birmingham Connectivity Our improvement plans will enhance access to Solihull and Oxford. Birmingham Airport, UK Central and Coventry International by rail, utilising the extra network capacity The scheme will provide new access to the and Coventry for To Scotland airport by rail for a number of locations across created by the arrival of HS2, as well as double 2.2 million people tracking sections of the route south of the airport the country which don’t currently have a direct Newcastle service. This will make access to the airport between Leamington and Coventry to drive Durham immediate capacity and reliability benefits. vastly more convenient for business travellers and those with luggage in tow, increase the Darlington This intervention, combined with modest attractiveness of flights from Birmingham timetable changes, will enhance connections to Airport to a host of new passengers and bring New connections Coventry and Birmingham International from millions of people closer to UK Central’s to Derby, Sheffield, York the Thames Valley, East Midlands, Yorkshire leisure, business and tourism destinations by Doncaster, York, and the North East; increasing the frequency public transport. As well as promoting better Darlington, Durham Doncaster of services from Leamington, Banbury, Oxford connectivity across the UK, these plans will and Reading from one to two trains per hour and and Newcastle also provide crowding relief to local passengers Sheffield opening up new direct paths to and from Derby, and commuters travelling on the congested Sheffield, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham Birmingham to Coventry rail corridor. and Newcastle. This scheme is the most developed of seven projects collectively known as Midlands Engine Twice as many Rail, a £3.5 billion package of improvements to services revolutionise the region’s rail network, creating to Leamington, Benefits of double tracking space for more than 700 extra passenger trains Derby each day. Banbury, Oxford Upgrading the single track railway line and Reading between Leamington and Coventry, one of (one -> two trains per hour) the last remaining single track stretches in the region, will hugely enhance the Birmingham Birmingham International reliability and punctuality of journeys across New direct service BHX the Midlands and beyond. At present, delays Birmingham Moor Coventry to one service impact trains along the whole Solihull length of the track, which in turn causes a Street -> Solihull -> domino effect of hold ups, disruption and Warwick Parkway congestion across the network. Removing Councillor George Duggins, leader of -> Oxford this bottleneck will drive significant Coventry City Council Banbury performance benefits, reducing delays and “There’s no doubt that Coventry as a improving network resilience. business and leisure destination has a The core scheme will involve double- huge amount to offer. This project will +32 extra trains tracking the southern end of the route, create direct rail links between Coventry per day Oxford however Midlands Connect and West and the cities of Derby, Sheffield, York Midlands Rail Executive are examining the and Newcastle, linking over two million case for double tracking this entire stretch more people to the city’s sports venues, museums, workplaces and tourism of railway - an intervention that would allow Double tracking for better local services to stations such as hotspots. As we move towards a carbon- and increased freight capacity. zero economy and bounce back from the the railway between Reading impact of COVID-19, it is vital that these Leamington and improvements go ahead.” Coventry Route based on current business case and subject to change/amends at a later stage

4 5 Midlands Engine Rail Next steps

Birmingham Airport Connectivity is To Scotland Midlands Connect submitted an Outline Business Case for the Birmingham Airport Connectivity rail one of the seven schemes that make up scheme to the Department for Transport in June 2020, the business case was produced in partnership Key Midlands Engine Rail, a transformational with Network Rail. enhancement plan designed to vastly HS2 Newcastle We now ask that the Government provides the £20million needed to create a full business case for improve rail connectivity across the HS2 Conventional Compatible Services Midlands, as well as maximising the the project, which will include detailed design, planning and costings. Once the full business case MC Conventional Compatible Services is finalised, approved by Government and funding is made available, delivery can begin. benefits of HS2. Durham MC Wider Rail Programme When completed, this scheme can begin delivering benefits straight away, by allowing an additional Darlington Midlands Rail Hub service each hour to Birmingham Airport and Coventry from Oxford, Banbury and Leamington, and Electrification easing crowding on the corridor. After Phase One of HS2 is completed, the additional capacity created on the network will be utilised To North West / Scotland to introduce direct services to Birmingham Airport and Coventry to and from Derby, Sheffield, York Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle, as well as a new direct connection between Leeds Birmingham Moor Street, Solihull, Warwick Parkway and Oxford.

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Sheffield Liverpool Strategic Outline Outline Business Case Macclesfield Feasibility study Business Case Lincoln (OBC) Chesterfield Automated (SOBC) Runcorn People Mover East Midlands Interchange Hub (Toton) Birmingham Crewe Newark Castle Airport Stoke-on-Trent Nottingham Full Business Case Derby Birmingham Delivery International (FBC) Uttoxeter Stafford Burton To Wales upon Loughborough Wellington Trent EMA Telford Tamworth Shrewsbury Nuneaton Birmingham & Market Harborough Immediate Delivery: Coventry University from 2024 onwards BHX funding ask: Bromsgrove Solihull Droitwich Spa Estimated Leamington Spa £20 million Worcester Worcestershire Bedford capital cost: Parkway Hazelwell £125m-£180m* Hereford Banbury Kings Norton Ledbury

Cheltenham Spa Full business case

Oxford to begin in Old Oak Common 2020 Heathrow Newport Airport Bristol Parkway Cardiff London *Full cost to be refined as part of Full Business Case Bristol Reading 6 7 Immingham • • Grimsby

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• Buxton • Chesterfield • Lincoln

• Matlock • Mansfield Skegness • • Newark-On-Trent • Stoke-On-Trent Boston • • Nottingham • Derby • Grantham • Oswestry • Staord • Burton upon Trent • Loughborough • Shrewsbury • Telford • Lichfield • Oakham • Tamworth • Leicester Wolverhampton • • Nuneaton • Dudley • • Oldbury • Birmingham Kidderminster • Solihull • • Coventry • Ludlow • Redditch Warwick • Worcester • Stratford- • Upon-Avon

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• Ross -On-Wye

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