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Dft Rail Franchise Consultation APPENDIX B FINAL Clr PDF 494 KB APPENDIX B SOUTH EAST LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP’S RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT’S COMBINED FRANCHISE CONSULTATION 17 August 2012 Prepared by Kent County Council on behalf of the South East Local Enterprise Partnership INTRODUCTION 1 The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) welcomes the opportunity to provide a comprehensive response to the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Combined franchise consultation. 2 In devising this response, the SELEP has drawn substantially on the evidence base provided in Kent County Council’s (KCC) Rail Action Plan for Kent : https://shareweb.kent.gov.uk/Documents/council-and- democracy/have%20your%20say/rail-action-plan-for-kent.pdf The Rail Action Plan encapsulates all the consultation responses received by KCC from their stakeholders at every level of governance in Kent, including Rail User Groups and interested individuals, and through the KCC Rail Summits held annually with key stakeholders and rail users. 3 This document also incorporates responses from East Sussex County Council (ESCC) and Medway Council, which are referenced in the text. The other authorities within SELEP, Essex County Council, Southend Council and Thurrock Council, were content with KCC’s initial draft response and had no further observations to make. 4 The vision supporting KCC’s Rail Action Plan for Kent is encapsulated in Chapter 5 – Towards the New Franchise: 2014+: “This Rail Action Plan for Kent (RAPK) therefore sets out the objectives that KCC wishes to see incorporated in the new franchise. In doing so KCC does not profess to be expert in the operation of the rail network, nor proficient in the most economic allocation of rolling-stock and crew resources. Rather we seek to represent the aspirations of the people of Kent for a new rail service which reflects the needs of our county, drives economic growth, meets the targets of our Growth Areas at Ashford and Thames Gateway (Kent) and of our Growth Points at Dover and Maidstone, and ensures the provision of a reliable, useful, safe, clean and punctual railway which meets the current and future business, education, employment and leisure needs of the people of Kent.” Source: Rail Action Plan for Kent, paragraph 5.2 5 The Rail Action Plan for Kent has been adopted by KCC as a key part of their broader transport policy, and builds on KCC’s transport delivery plan Growth without Gridlock, Kent County Council, December 2010: http://www.kent.gov.uk/your_council/priorities,_policies_and_plans/pri orities_and_plans/growth_without_gridlock.aspx SOUTH EAST LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP CONTACT OFFICER David Freestone Transportation Manager Planning & Transportation Thurrock Council Civic Offices New Road Grays Essex RM17 6SL T: 01375 652091 E: [email protected] W: www.thurrock.gov.uk RESPONSES TO CONSULTATION QUESTIONS The Department for Transport (DfT) consultation questions are shown in bold throughout The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) responses are shown in normal font throughout The Rail Action Plan for Kent quotations are shown in italics throughout Q1 What improvements do stakeholders believe could be made on the Combined franchise through partnership working between Network Rail and the new operator? The new operator of the Combined franchise will need to develop a high degree of partnership working with Network Rail. The new franchisee will operate rail services over several designated Network Rail route areas, only one of which will be the Kent area. Closer partnership working is necessary to deliver a more reliable, co- ordinated rail network, especially given the constraints that will be imposed by the re-building of London Bridge station between 2015 and 2018 and by the operation of 24tph through the central core from 2018 onwards. Q2 Do consultees have any specific aspirations for the new franchise that they wish to bring to the Department’s attention? KCC’s Rail Action Plan for Kent proposes 15 key recommendations (paragraph 5.4) for the new franchises in Kent. These recommendations are included specifically in our responses to Q4 (Community Rail Partnership routes), Q7 (Mainline Services), Q10 (Jointly Operated Services) and Q16 (Airport Services). Q3 Are consultees aware of any other rail or non-rail development schemes that might affect the new franchise? SELEP is aware of the aspiration of Transport for London (TfL) and the Mayor of London to transfer the existing Metro services (which form part of the South Eastern franchise) to their London Overground franchise. These services operate either wholly within Greater London or as cross-boundary services (e.g. to Dartford and to Sevenoaks) between Greater London and Kent. While the TfL Metro proposals do not have any direct bearing on the planned Combined franchise operation, it would be important for any expansion of the Combined franchise (by taking over some of the existing South Eastern franchise services) to take account of the TfL Metro proposals in any final decision. ESCC has made the following observations: There are concerns that the Mayor of London / Transport for London (TfL) proposal to take control of other suburban services coming into London from north Kent and north Surrey would have a detrimental impact on East Sussex rail services coming into London, The County Council would not wish for additional stopping services in the London area to be made on services from East Sussex (namely the Uckfield line and Hastings-Tonbridge line) as this will increase journey times and exacerbate existing congestion on these services. Medway Council will be mentioning the existing Rochester to Bedford service in their individual response as the service crosses several franchise areas. Q4 What increments or decrements to the specification would stakeholders wish to see and how would these be funded? “KCC also calls on the DfT to require the new franchisees for the Southeastern and Southern operating areas to be required as part of the new franchise agreements to work with their respective CRPs, in order to ensure the development of these rural lines in Kent and their continued increase in patronage.” Source: Rail Action Plan for Kent, paragraph 2.11 SELEP supports the Rail Action Plan for Kent’s specific recommendations for increments to the specification for two of its Community Rail Partnership (CRP) lines which would be operated by the Combined franchise from 2015. The delivery of these increments would be dependent either on their inclusion in the new Combined franchise specification, or by external funding which is not identified at present. The Ashford-Hastings line, which is part of the Sussex CRP supported by KCC, would have an increase to 2tph during peak periods between these towns if some of the smaller stations were removed from peak services and if there were further easement of some speed restrictions. The reason for these proposed increases in service is that there has been a significant rise in travel during the peaks on the Ashford – Hastings line, largely driven by further education travel between colleges in Ashford, Ore and Hastings. This line is used extensively by school and college pupils resident in Kent, and by commuters and leisure travellers needing to reach Ashford for access to employment or onward travel via High Speed services to London. The Tonbridge-Redhill line, which is also part of the Sussex CRP, would have an increase to 2tph in the off-peak periods, in addition to the proposed hourly Gatwick service. The proposed increase on this service between Tonbridge and Redhill is made in response to the request from Rail User Groups and local authorities for an improvement in this off-peak service, which is currently only hourly, so as to improve east-west connectivity between West Kent and Surrey for all travellers during the off-peak periods. The tables below, extracted from the Rail Action Plan, set out the proposed increments to the service specifications for these two CRP lines serving south-east and west Kent. TRAINS PER HOUR (tph) PEAK PERIODS Ashford-Hastings line (PEAK DIRECTION) Terminus / Via: Ashford Rye Hastings Brighton Departure Station Ham Street 2 2 2* 1 Appledore 2 2 2* 1 * 2tph to/from Hastings would be dependent on removal of stops at some of the smaller stations and further easing of some speed restrictions TRAINS PER HOUR (tph) OFF-PEAK PERIODS Tonbridge-Redhill line London East Terminus / Via: Bridge Croydon Redhill Gatwick** Departure Station Ashford 1 1 Tonbridge 2 2 3 1 Leigh 2 2 2 Penshurst 2 2 2 Edenbridge 2 2 2 1 ** Gatwick service is key requirement in Rail Action Plan for new franchise Source: Rail Action Plan for Kent, Appendix 2, Kent County Council ESCC has made the following observations: o A suggested decrement to the Hastings-London (via Tunbridge Wells) service is to omit stopping services at Orpington and Sevenoaks on one of the existing 2tph off-peak service. o Provide an additional fast train per hour on the East Coastway calling at main stations only: Brighton, Lewes, Polegate, Eastbourne, Bexhill, Hastings and Ashford. o These changes would be funded by the DfT and/or the TOC. Medway Council will also ask that Medway is considered as a terminus for Thameslink. Q5 Which aspects of the specification, other than those services operating through the Thameslink core route, would stakeholders wish to see mandated and which aspects of the specification could be left to the discretion of the operator? The service level on all the trunk Thameslink routes in Kent should be mandated for both peak and off-peak operation. The level of passenger demand, even in the off-peak periods, is now at such a level that to do otherwise would risk a serious loss of service for the off-peak passenger were any of these services to be discretionary. However, the additional services proposed above in the response to Q4 could be provided on a discretionary basis.
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