North Cotswold Line Task Force • Birmingham-Worcester-Hereford • Worcester Area • Next Projects to Progress…
WLEP Board Worcester - 21st March 2019
Delivering Worcestershire’s Rail Ambitions Agenda for Today
• Our objectives – a reminder • The industry climate • Worcestershire Parkway + Kidderminster • The North Cotswold Line Task Force • Birmingham-Worcester-Hereford • Worcester Area • Next projects to progress….. • Challenges Worcestershire’s Rail Objectives Economy Growth Connectivity Sustainability The key product Reminder Thames Valley - London Cross-Britain Glos – Bristol - Cardiff LEEDS MANCHESTER GVA GVA £56bn £60bn
WEST MIDLANDS EAST GVA £55bn MIDLANDS COUNCILS GVA £63bn WALES GVA £54bn WORCESTER- OXON CAMBRIDGE SHIRE BUCKS GVA £21bn 11.9bn N’HANTS GVA £46bn
THAMES WEST OF VALLEY ENGLAND GVA £27bn LONDON GVA GVA £338bn £26bn LEEDS MANCHESTER GVA GVA £56bn £60bn
WEST MIDLANDS EAST GVA £55bn MIDLANDS COUNCILS GVA £63bn WALES GVA £54bn WORCESTER- OXON CAMBRIDGE SHIRE BUCKS GVA £21bn 11.9bn N’HANTS GVA £46bn
THAMES WEST OF VALLEY ENGLAND GVA £27bn LONDON GVA GVA £338bn £26bn To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines
Birmingham Moor St CrossCity to Lichfield Curzon St HS2 Birmingham Snow Hl Birmingham New St
Stourbridge Jnc University
Kidderminster Bromsgrove
Redditch
Droitwich Spa
Worcester Shrub Hill
Worcester Foregate Street
Great Malvern
Local Birmingham To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines
Birmingham Moor St CrossCity to Lichfield Curzon St HS2 Birmingham Snow Hl Birmingham New St
Stourbridge Jnc University
Kidderminster Bromsgrove
Redditch
Droitwich Spa
Worcester Shrub Hill
Worcester Foregate Street
Great Malvern
Hereford
Tewkesbury Fast Birmingham To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines
Birmingham Moor St CrossCity to Lichfield Curzon St HS2 Birmingham Snow Hl Birmingham New St
Stourbridge Jnc University
Kidderminster Bromsgrove
Redditch
Droitwich Spa
Worcester Shrub Hill
Worcester Foregate Street Worcestershire Parkway
Great Malvern Pershore
Evesham Hereford Honeybourne
To Oxford East-West Rail London + Reading Heathrow Paddington To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines
Birmingham Moor St CrossCity to Lichfield Curzon St HS2 Birmingham Snow Hl Birmingham New St
Stourbridge Jnc University
Kidderminster Bromsgrove
Redditch
Droitwich Spa
Worcester Shrub Hill
Worcester Foregate Street Worcestershire Parkway
Great Malvern Pershore
Evesham Hereford Honeybourne Tewkesbury To To Oxford Cheltenham East-West Rail South-West Gloucester Reading Heathrow Cardiff/Bristol Paddington To Solihull/Shirley (Wythall) lines To Edinburgh To Manchester Birmingham Moor St CrossCity to Lichfield To Nottingham Curzon St HS2 Birmingham Snow Hl Birmingham New St
Stourbridge Jnc University
Kidderminster Bromsgrove
Redditch
Droitwich Spa
Worcester Shrub Hill
Worcester Foregate Street Worcestershire Parkway
Great Malvern Pershore
Evesham Hereford Honeybourne Cheltenham Spa Tewkesbury Gloucester Central To To Oxford To Cardiff Cheltenham East-West Rail National Gloucester Reading Heathrow To Bristol Cardiff/Bristol Paddington To Plymouth Rail Industry Climate
UK plc
Direct encouragement of Third Party investment and delivery
PLUS THIRD PARTY Open for Business
“Worcestershire’s direct access to Cross Country services is the core issue…”
Parkway and Kidderminster A transformative year
for Worcestershire
fereday pollard
COTSWOLD LINE PROMOTION GROUP Worcester Shrub Hill TO/FROM LONDON Birmingham Moor St Warwick Parkway Birmingham International Hanborough Oxford Parkway
2h 06m 1h 45m 1h 24m 1h 12m 1h 03m 0h 55m Cambridge Hereford Worcester Glos Oxford Heathrow 2 trains per hour Worcester-Paddington = 1 tph Great Malvern-PAD 1 tph Kidderminster-PAD
Faster journey times Sub 2 hour from Worcester Sub 1 hour 50m from Parkway
Connections to full 1tph from Hereford 2 trains per hour Worcester-Paddington = 1 tph Great Malvern-PAD 1 tph Kidderminster-PAD
Faster journey times Sub 2 hour from Worcester Sub 1 hour 50m from Parkway
Connections to full 1tph from Hereford 2 trains per hour Hanborough-Oxford + Future possibility of 4 tph To support ‘Oxford Metro’ concept
Longer-term Worcester-Evesham-Stratford Role of Stratford-Honeybourne (Both A46 Expressway Corridor) Quick Wins
Kidderminster-Droitwich-Paddington
Hanborough off peak 2 tph HEREFORD 5 x GWR services Ledbury Birmingham Moor St/Curzon St per day Colwall Stourbridge Junction GREAT MALVERN KIDDERMINSTER Malvern Link Droitwich Spa WORCESTER FOREGATE ST
WORCESTER SHRUB HILL Core GWR specification WORCESTERSHIRE PARKWAY GWR Hereford specification GWR extension options West Midlands Trains option Evesham Honeybourne STRATFORD-UPON-AVON MORETON-IN-MARSH Kingham Charlbury HANBOROUGH OXFORD Didcot Parkway LONDON PADDINGTON WORCESTER SHRUB HILL
To Long Marston Norton IBS Jnc
Wolvercot Jnc
Redoubling Wolvercot-Hanborough 4 miles OXFORD Norton-Parkway 1+ mile 2 new platforms + Signalling Capital £150m £175m
Operation NIL Subsidy
Benefit Cost Ratios 2.0+ preferred service
= High Value for Money
49 UK plc
Enhancements Pipeline
PLUS THIRD PARTY INVESTMENT UK plc
Enhancements Pipeline
PLUS THIRD PARTY INVESTMENT North Cotswold Line Transformation
STRATEGIC OUTLINE BUSINESS CASE ‘DETERMINE’ STAGE OF THE RAIL NETWORK ENHANCEMENTS PIPELINE PROCESS
March 2019 Birmingham Worcester Hereford
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Worcester Area Capability Birmingham Worcester Hereford Study
WORCESTER SHRUB HILL
Henwick Shelwick Jn HEREFORD Norton Jnc
Worcester Area Capability Next …..
Car Parks
Bristol Worcestershire Birmingham
A46 Expressway East Midlands-West Midlands-South West Bristol-Birmingham TASKFORCE Challenges Sub-National Transport Bodies
Birmingham
Cambridge Worcester
Hereford NCL
Chiltern
Bristol Oxford Sub-National Transport Bodies
Birmingham
MC
Cambridge Worcester
Hereford NCL EEH
Chiltern WECA WG Bristol Oxford Sub-National Transport Bodies
Birmingham
MC
Cambridge Worcester
Hereford NCL EEH
Chiltern WECA WG Bristol Oxford Questions and Discussion