Initial Industry Plan England and Wales
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Initial Industry Plan England and Wales Proposals for Control Period 5 and beyond September 2011 Contents Foreword......................................................................................................................4 Executive Summary .....................................................................................................6 1 Introduction.....................................................................................................13 1.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................13 1.2 Scope .........................................................................................................13 1.3 The current railway.....................................................................................13 1.4 Subsidy analysis.........................................................................................14 1.5 Further development of Control Period 5 plans..........................................14 1.6 Structure.....................................................................................................14 2 Context ...........................................................................................................16 2.1 Government policy .....................................................................................16 2.2 Understanding and improving user satisfaction..........................................19 2.3 Sustainable development ...........................................................................22 2.4 Long term planning.....................................................................................23 2.5 The railway today .......................................................................................24 3 Value for money .............................................................................................47 3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................47 3.2 The efficiency opportunity ..........................................................................47 3.3 Network Rail’s plans to improve value for money.......................................49 3.4 Passenger train operator’s plans to improve value for money ...................57 3.5 Rail freight ..................................................................................................60 3.6 The supply industry ....................................................................................60 3.7 The Rail Delivery Group’s plans to improve Value for Money....................61 4 The London and the South East sector..........................................................65 4.1 Strategic importance ..................................................................................65 4.2 What users want.........................................................................................66 4.3 Market analysis ..........................................................................................66 4.4 The current railway.....................................................................................67 4.5 Strategic options.........................................................................................69 5 The Long Distance sector ..............................................................................72 5.1 Strategic importance ..................................................................................72 5.2 What users want.........................................................................................72 5.3 Market analysis ..........................................................................................73 5.4 The current railway.....................................................................................73 5.5 Strategic options.........................................................................................75 6 The Regional sector .......................................................................................79 6.1 Strategic importance ..................................................................................79 6.2 What users want.........................................................................................79 6.3 Market analysis ..........................................................................................79 6.4 The current railway.....................................................................................80 6.5 Strategic options.........................................................................................81 7 The Rail Freight Sector ..................................................................................84 7.1 Strategic importance ..................................................................................84 7.2 What customers and potential customers want..........................................85 7.3 Demand for rail freight................................................................................88 7.4 The current railway.....................................................................................92 7.5 Strategic options.........................................................................................94 7.6 A value for money strategy.........................................................................98 8 Network strategies and plans .......................................................................100 8.1 Improving the customer experience .........................................................100 8.2 Systems issues ........................................................................................104 8.3 Rolling stock .............................................................................................112 8.4 Network Rail’s approach to asset management.......................................118 8.5 People Strategy........................................................................................123 9 Assessment of the plan ................................................................................126 9.1 Introduction...............................................................................................126 9.2 Assessment of investment choices ..........................................................126 9.3 Approach to delivering better outcomes...................................................128 9.4 The case for investing in better outcomes................................................129 9.5 Outputs delivered by the plan...................................................................142 9.6 Affordability of the plan.............................................................................146 9.7 Deliverability of the plan ...........................................................................148 9.8 Risks and uncertainty ...............................................................................148 10 Next steps ....................................................................................................150 10.1 Developing the High Level Output Specifications.....................................150 10.2 Consistency between the High Level Output Specifications and franchise outputs......................................................................................................154 10.3 Local outputs ............................................................................................155 10.4 Reform......................................................................................................155 10.5 Improving value for money .......................................................................155 10.6 Developing the Strategic Business Plan...................................................156 10.7 How you can contribute............................................................................156 3 Foreword Foreword This Initial Industry Plan (IIP) for England and Wales sets out how the industry can deliver a more efficient and better value railway and how the railway can play a key role in driving sustainable economic growth. The IIP examines the key choices and options facing funders in specifying the future outputs of the railway and the level of funding required. These choices will inform the development of the Government’s High Level Output Specification and Statement of Funds Available to be published in summer 2012 as part of the Periodic Review 2013 process as well as informing the programme of franchise re-letting. The development of the IIP has been overseen by the Planning Oversight Group (POG) which involves representatives of Network Rail, passenger and freight train operators and suppliers. This work has built on the successful cross-industry work on Route Utilisation Strategies and has sought input from cross-industry groups responsible for co-ordinating industry plans in relation to safety, performance, sustainability, capacity, access strategies, asset management, technology and innovation. The recently established Rail Delivery Group (RDG), made up of the Chief Executives of the passenger and freight train operating owning groups and Network Rail, has been established to provide leadership on cross-industry issues enabling a higher performing, more cost effective and sustainable rail network for Britain’s rail users and taxpayers. This plan has been produced under the aegis of the RDG and summarises the key priorities which RDG has identified where such a cross-industry group can effectively improve the value for money of the industry. The document is