Delivering a Rail Revolution for Communities
Malcolm Holmes, Executive Director
West Midlands Rail Executive is a movement for change, driving a revolution in rail services for West Midlanders • Increasing local influence over our rail network through: • A strong role in the specification and procurement of the 2017 West Midlands franchise • Leading the local management of the franchise • A role in specification of other franchises that operate in the region • A fully devolved West Midlands rail franchise WMRE Strategic Focus
Single Network Vision West Midlands Rail Investment Strategy
West Midlands West Midlands Rail Franchising Rail Programme Stations Alliance & Partnerships WMRE Strategic Focus
Single Network Vision West Midlands Rail Investment Strategy
West Midlands West Midlands Rail Franchising Rail Programme Stations Alliance & Partnerships Franchises in WMRE Area
Crewe Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands Franchise - WMSBU West Midlands Franchise - WCSBU Derby Cross Country Nottingham Stafford Chiltern Railways
Rugeley Trent Valley Wales & Borders (Arriva Trains Wales) Burton-on- Rugeley Town Trent Inter City West Coast (Virgin Trains) Cannock Lichfield Trent Lichfield City Valley Great Western (First Great Western) East Midlands Walsall Tamworth Shrewsbury Sutton Coldfield Tame Bridge Pky
Wolverhampton Nuneaton Birmingham Aston
Snow Hill Hinckley Leicester Telford Telford Central Smethwick Galton Bridge New St
Rowley Regis
Birmingham International Cradley Heath Birmingham Moor St University Coventry Rugby Stourbridge Solihull Long Buckby Town Stourbridge Jn Northampton Shirley Dorridge
Kidderminster Longbridge Leamington Warwick Warwick Bromsgrove Parkway Spa Droitwich Spa Worcester Foregate St
Worcestershire Worcester Redditch Great Shrub Hill Parkway Malvern Stratford-upon-Avon Hereford WMRE Strategic Focus
Single Network Vision West Midlands Rail Investment Strategy
West Midlands West Midlands Rail Franchising Rail Programme Stations Alliance & Partnerships Rail Investment Strategy • 30-year strategy • Consultation closed on Monday • Outlines a line-by-line strategy for developing services based on economic evidence • Will be adopted by both WMRE and TfWM
WMRE Strategic Focus
Single Network Vision West Midlands Rail Investment Strategy
West Midlands West Midlands Rail Franchising Rail Programme Stations Alliance & Partnerships West West Midlands Midlands Rail Railway Executive
Network Rail
West Midlands Stations Alliance
WMRE Strategic Focus
Single Network Vision West Midlands Rail Investment Strategy
West Midlands West Midlands Rail Franchising Rail Programme Stations Alliance & Partnerships Overview of West Midlands Station Investment Proposals Crewe
Stoke-on-Trent Local Passenger Route Route without local passenger service
Stafford Proposed new rail line Disused former freight route Rugeley TV Burton-on-Trent Alrewas Rugeley Town Former freight route being used for Metro Penkridge Cannock Lichfield TV Station Station with major redevelopment scheme Telford Central Walsall Aldridge Sutton Tamworth Proposed future station Shrewsbury Darlaston Coldfield Wolverhampton Kingsbury Willenhall Tame Bridge Principal Freight terminal Perry Barr
Dudley Port Nuneaton Leicester Sandwell & Dudley Snow Hill 12 Galley Smethwick GB Curzon St Common
New St Stechford Rowley Regis Moor St Brierley Hill Canal St University Birmingham Birmingham Interchange Rugby Brierley Hill Town Cradley Heath International Parkway Hazelwell Moseley Balsall Coventry Stourbridge Town Heath Tile Rugby Stourbridge Jn Kings Heath Solihull Hill Coventry South Parkway Northampton Kings Norton Dorridge Whitlocks End Kenilworth Kidderminster Longbridge Warwick Warwick Leamington Spa 1 Fort Parkway Safari Park Bromsgrove Parkway Droitwich Spa 2 Castle Bromwich Worcester Foregate St Worcester Worcestershire Shrub Hill Parkway Great Redditch Malvern Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway PS 10/04/18 Hereford Stratford-upon-Avon New Stations – Package 2
•Camp Hill Line • New stations at Moseley, Kings Heath and Hazelwell • On a highly congested road corridor into Birmingham but an underutilised rail line • Significant commuting into Birmingham by car and bus currently which could transfer to rail. • No car parking provision •Current programmes indicate delivery in 2021/22 •Active development work on train services to serve stations underway
University Station
• Current station cannot handle growth • Major rebuild planned • Links with UoB regeneration and Commonwealth Games
University station – Our collaborative partnership
Moor Street Station
•Major interchange with Curzon Street •Will be at capacity in the next few years •Substantial intervention required •Initial concept study undertaken •Includes ‘One Station’ •Development funds required
Original 1914 station elements 1980’s through platforms 2002 Station unification
WMRE Strategic Focus
Single Network Vision West Midlands Rail Investment Strategy
West Midlands West Midlands Rail Franchising Rail Programme Stations Alliance & Partnerships
Separable Business Units Liverpool Crewe Alsager Kidsgrove West Midlands Separable Business Unit Lime St Stoke on Trent Wedgwood
Pky Barlaston
Stone West Coast Separable Business Unit
Runcorn Hartford Winsford Norton Bridge
Acton Acton Bridge Stafford West Coast Separable Business Unit (WMR area)
Liverpool Liverpool South Rugeley Trent Valley WMSBU Station Rugeley Town Hednesford Penkridge Lichfield Trent Cannock WCSBU Station Landywood Lichfield City Valley Shenstone Bloxwich North Other Station Bloxwich Blake Street
Butlers Lane
Albrighton Codsall Bilbrook
Wellington Oakengates Telford Central Cosford Shifnal Walsall Four Oaks Tamworth Bescot Stadium Sutton Coldfield Shrewsbury Tame Bridge Pky Wylde Green Wolverhampton Hamstead Chester Road Polesworth Coseley Witton Erdington Wilnecote Atherstone Tipton Gravelly Hill
Dudley Port Perry Barr Coleshill Pky Quarter
Jewellery Jewellery Nuneaton Hawthorns The The Aston Sandwell & Dudley Birmingham Water Orton Smethwick Galton Bridge Snow Hill Duddeston New St Adderley Park Bermuda Park Langley Green Smethwick Stechford Rowley Regis Rolfe St Birmingham Bordesley Lea Hall Bedworth Moor St Small Heath Marston Green Old Hill Five Ways Tyseley Birmingham International Cradley Heath University Acocks Green Hampton-i-A Coventry Arena Stourbridge Spring Road Olton Rugby Lye Selly Oak Coventry Long Buckby Town Hall Green Solihull Stourbridge Jn Bournville Yardley Wood Widney Manor Northampton Shirley Dorridge
Hagley Kings Norton Canley Whitlocks End Lapworth TileHill Kenilworth Blakedown Northfield Wythall Berkswell Earlswood Hatton Kidderminster Longbridge Hardwick
The Lakes Leamington Spa Guise Hartlebury Barnt Green Wood End Warwick Warwick Claverdon Brickhill Danzey Parkway Wolverton
Droitwich Spa Alvechurch Henley-in-Arden Milton Keynes Central
Fenny Fenny Stratford Bow Woburn Sands Apsley Ridgmont Lidlington Millbrook Stewartby Kempston Bedford StJohns Bedford Worcester Foregate St Bromsgrove Wootton Wawen Bearley Bletchley Wilmcote Malvern Link Leighton Buzzard Worcester Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Cheddington Colwall Great Shrub Hill Redditch Tring Ledbury Malvern Stratford-upon-Avon Berkhamsted
Hemel Hempstead Wood Hereford Apsley
Kings Langley
Watford Watford North Garston Bricket HowWood Park Street Watford Junction St Albans Bushey Abbey Harrow and Wealdstone Wembley Central London Euston
In Summary
•An exciting time for rail in the region •Unprecedented investment •Never before had such influence over our network wmre.org.uk [email protected]