HSUK LONDON-BIRMINGHAM RAIL STRATEGY & COMPARISONS These diagrams focus on the first stage of UK high speed rail construction between London and the West Midlands. They aim to make structured and quantified comparisons between a) the Chiltern-aligned HS2 proposals as currently published, b) the alternative M1/M6-aligned High Speed UK proposals, and c) the representation of an M1-aligned high speed line as set out in the January 2012 HS2 Ltd report Review of HS2 London to West Midlands Route Selection and Speed. The diagrams also set out the opportunity for vastly enhanced rail services along the M1 corridor, with Milton Keynes becoming a key hub in a transformed national intercity network. For precise details of the core High Speed UK proposals (as included in the cost estimates), see the HSUK Regional Maps on www.highspeeduk.co.uk. LBC1 : SOUTH-EAST MIDLANDS REGIONAL NETWORK – PRE 1923 GROUPING The rail network in the South-East Midlands area between London and Birmingham has been dominated by the London-centric main lines. First to be established was the London and Birmingham (1837), which became the core route of the London North-Western (LNW) and latterly the West Coast Main Line. In the absence of other northern main lines, it became by default the primary route to the North, linking to the Midland Railway firstly at Hampton in Arden, and then at Rugby to give onward connection to the North-Eastern Railway at York. Only with the 1851 opening of the Great Northern route from Kings Cross to West Yorkshire were the separate West and East Coast systems established, that still dominate the modern UK rail network. The LNW developed several offshoots including the Oxford-Cambridge ‘Universities’ line (now the East-West Link, currently under restoration) and the Nene Valley line from Northampton to Peterborough via Wellingborough. The LNW’s regional monopoly was broken with the progressive southward construction of the Midland Railway, reaching St Pancras in 1868; regrettably, effective connections with the pre-existing LNW system were never established. Further intrusion came in the late nineteenth century, with the construction of the Great Central; again, the priority was fast main line links to London. As a result, an effective regional network never developed, and with the Beeching rationalisations of the 1960’s, almost all the ‘offshoot’ lines were shut down, along with the Great Central. Only the West Coast and the Midland Main Lines survived, and some vestigial elements of the Universities Line. LBC2 : SOUTH-EAST MIDLANDS REGIONAL NETWORK – CONTEMPORARY The rail network in the South-East Midlands area, through which the first stage of any high speed line between London and Birmingham must pass, is essentially London- and Birmingham-centric, dominated by the radial Midland, West Coast (and Chiltern) Main Lines. Whilst major population centres such as Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Coventry and Leicester (all 250k plus) are efficiently interlinked by the modern motorway system, they are split between Midland and West Coast routes; this leaves Luton and Milton Keynes effectively disconnected by rail, and Northampton/Coventry and Leicester linked only by a circuitous change of trains at Nuneaton. Restoration of the East-West rail route between Cambridge and Oxford will provide significant cross-connectivity enhancements but will not improve rail links between disconnected communities along the M1 corridor. The diagram also illustrates the poor rail connectivity of Heathrow Airport. Despite being at the fulcrum of the motorway system, and being situated in the densely populated Thames Valley, Heathrow’s rail connectivity is almost exclusively London-centric. All journeys to Midlands, Northern and Scottish destinations must be routed via the central London Tube system. LBC3 : HS2 PROPOSALS AS PER 2011 CONSULTATION Heathrow’s poor rail connectivity has had a profound influence on the routeing of HS2. To meet the political requirement for high speed rail links to the national airport, the route has been drawn westwards from the traditional M1 alignment (followed by Roman road builders, canal navvies, railway and motorway builders alike) onto a much more difficult and controversial Chiltern route. This has massive impacts in terms of increased lengths of tunnelling (and therefore cost), imposition of an inefficient ‘Y’ configuration on the entire national high speed system, and intrusion of a major interconurbation transport system onto local communities that will see no benefit. HS2 was always an inefficient intervention in terms of links to Heathrow, and potentially entirely redundant if Heathrow’s hub airport function were to be transferred to another location, probably in the Thames Estuary. But with the cancellation in March 2015 of the proposed HS2 spur to Heathrow, most if not all of the primary political logic in the proposed HS2 route through the Chilterns and rural areas further north has now been lost. HS2 also bypasses the major communities along the M1 corridor, and overall, only 4 HS2 stations are proposed in the area covered by this series of plans; 2 in London, 2 in the West Midlands, and nothing whatsoever that might serve the major intermediate communities of Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Leicester and Oxford. LBC4 : HIGH SPEED UK DEDICATED NEW LINES, UPGRADES & ASSOCIATED NEW BUILD The M1 provides an ideal corridor for high speed rail construction. Constructed with few curves, and creating major environmental nuisance that has consistently deterred construction of adjacent housing, there is generally a clear corridor alongside the motorway that will be exploited by High Speed UK. This is proved by HSUK’s comprehensive route mapping at 1:25,000 scale. The requirement for tunnelling and other environmental mitigation is minimised, and hence controversy and cost are also minimised; but with close-spaced links to the major communities along the M1 corridor, connectivity benefits and commercial opportunities are maximised. LBC5 : HIGH SPEED UK AND WIDER INTEGRATED INTERCITY NETWORK Whereas HS2 proposes 4 stations only in London and the Midlands, High Speed UK will connect to 16 stations, spread evenly along the M1/M6 corridor, plus Oxford and Reading in the Thames Valley. HSUK’s proximity to the major population centres along the M1 corridor will bring huge benefits in terms of improved rail connectivity, effectively integrating Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Leicester et al into a national intercity rail system, without the false divisions of ‘West Coast’, ‘Midland’ etc. The M1 alignment also permits a massively more efficient ‘spine & spur’ configuration of the national rail system, with all regional communities far more effectively interconnected than under either the present system or the HS2 ‘Y’. LBC6 : HIGH SPEED UK AND ‘COMPASS POINT’ NETWORK FOCUSSED UPON HEATHROW AIRPORT A ‘Compass Point’ network based upon the existing Heathrow Express system will transform the airport’s rail connectivity, with links to the north, south, east and west extending to regional hubs on the national rail network. Allied with the wider efficiencies of High Speed UK, it becomes possible to achieve widespread direct airport rail links across the South-East Midlands area, as well as to all principal UK regional centres of the Midlands, the North and Scotland. In terms of effective regional access to Heathrow, this vastly outperforms HS2, and thus eliminates any logic for routeing HS2 close to Heathrow, and onwards through the Chilterns. LBC7 : HIGH SPEED UK : INTERCITY/REGIONAL NETWORK FOCUSSED UPON LUTON & MILTON KEYNES An integrated high speed line along the M1 corridor, combined with the restored East-West route, will transform the rail connectivity of Luton, Milton Keynes and Northampton. Luton will enjoy direct connections to Birmingham and along the MML corridor to Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds, and onward connections to all other primary centres; while Milton Keynes and Northampton will be directly connected to all primary cities of the Midlands, the North and Scotland. Major benefits for Chiltern communities will be achieved through northward links to Milton Keynes that will be created by the current East-West project, and by changing at Milton Keynes for HSUK’s national intercity services. LBC8 : M1 ALTERNATIVE AS REPRESENTED BY HS2 Ltd IN JANUARY 2012 REPORT REVIEW OF ROUTE SELECTION AND SPEED The attempts by HS2 Ltd to dismiss any possibility of an M1-aligned high speed line rely on forcing such a route to conform with the proposed terminal at Old Oak Common and with the proposed Birmingham Interchange station. This imposes around 30km of unnecessary tunnelling on the route to Euston, and thus most of the advantages of a motorway-aligned route are lost. It must be noted that no overwhelming connectivity benefits are achieved at either Old Oak Common or at Birmingham Interchange; indeed, High Speed UK’s London and Birmingham integration strategies far outperform those of HS2. LBC9 : DIRECT COMPARISONS BETWEEN HS2 AND HIGH SPEED UK This diagram illustrates both HS2 and High Speed UK, appropriately colour-coded, to allow direct comparisons to be made. On any comparator, HSUK’s M1-aligned route appears to perform far better, and this must call into question the processes by which the current HS2 route proposals have been developed. LBC10 : HIGH SPEED UK AND ASSOCIATED FREIGHT DEVELOPMENTS With High Speed UK established as the primary route between London and the East Midlands, all intercity traffic linking London-Luton-Leicester-Nottingham/Derby- Sheffield can be diverted away from the existing Midland Main Line. This effectively ‘decriticalises’ this route; and with the Midland Main Line comprising 4 tracks (either existing or abandoned) for most of its length, with very few tunnels, this is an ideal corridor to develop as a ‘prime user’ freight route with the potential for Continental Gauge operation. Connection to the West Coast Main Line at Watford via an upgraded St Albans Abbey branch allows freight flows to be diverted away from critical sections of the Midland Main Line south of the M25. WALSALL LEICESTER LICHFIELD MARKET HIGH SPEED RAIL: WOLVER- HARBORO’ HAMPTON TAMWORTH LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM WATER CORBY ORTON REGIONAL NETWORK BSH NUNEATON – PRE-1923 GROUPING BNS KETTERING ROW BMS COVENTRY PRIMARY WEST RUGBY MIDLANDS HUB AT BIRMINGHAM SOLIHULL NORTHAMPTON HUNTINGDON NEW STREET WELLINGBOROUGH St NEOTS

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WALSALL M6(T) M42 LEICESTER LICHFIELD MARKET HIGH SPEED RAIL: WOLVER- HARBORO’ HAMPTON TAMWORTH LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM M69 M1 PRIMARY WEST WATER CORBY MIDS HUB AT M6 ORTON REGIONAL NETWORK B’HAM NEW BSH NUNEATON STREET M6 – CONTEMPORARY BNS KETTERING BMS M5 COVENTRY EAST COAST MIDLAND MAIN LINE B’HAM INTERNATIONAL RUGBY MAIN LINE M45 NORTHAMPTON HUNTINGDON WELLINGBOROUGH SOLIHULL GREAT WEST PROJECTED RESTORATION CHILTERN CENTRAL COAST OF EAST-WEST RAIL LINK St NEOTS MAIN LINE MAIN LINE M42 M1 (abandoned) WARWICK CAMBRIDGE SANDY CROSSCOUNTRY K LEAMINGTON BEDFORD MAIN LINE STRATFORD MILTON FLITWICK BIGGLESWADE KEYNES BNS = BIRMINGHAM NEW ST TOWCESTER BSH = BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL M40 HARLINGTON CHILTERNS BMS = BIRMINGHAM MOOR ST BRACKLEY BLETCHLEY AONB HITCHIN CROSSCOUNTRY BANBURY MAIN LINE LEIGHTON DUNSTABLE LUTON STEVENAGE BUZZARD BERKHAMSTEAD ONGOING WELWYN GC RESTORATION HEMEL AYLESBURY M1 St ALBANS OF EAST-WEST BICESTER HEMPSTEAD M25 HATFIELD RAIL LINK AMERSHAM THAME RADLETT WATFORD OXFORD HIGH WYCOMBE BEACONSFIELD CHILTERN GERRARDS CROSS CHILTERNS DIDCOT SOUTH RUISLIP WEMBLEY AONB M40 KEY MARLOW M4 EAST COAST MAIN LINE HENLEY UXBRIDGE MIDLAND MAIN LINE EUSTON HS1 HAYES & WEST COAST MAIN LINE READING SLOUGH W. DRAYTON HARLINGTON CHILTERN LINE BROADW CROSSCOUNTRY MAIN LINE GREAT WESTERN AY M4 HEATHROW EXPRESS GREAT WESTERN MAIN LINE MAIN LINE PICCADILLY SOUTHERN NETWORK HEATHROW CROSSRAIL THAMESLINK T1,2,3 M25 under CROSSRAIL (under construction) WINDSOR T5 construction HEATHROW EXPRESS CROSSCOUNTRY AIRPORT THAMES EAST-WEST RAIL (projected) MAIN LINE PROJECTED LINKS -LINK FROM HEATHROW T4 PRIMARY/SECONDARY/ TO WEST & SOUTH STAINES TERTIARY/LOCAL STATION DIAGRAM LBC 2 SOUTHERN CLOSED RAILWAY & WOKINGHAM DISCONNECTED TOWN © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018

PROJECTED EXTENSIONS TO MANCHESTER WALSALL M6(T) M42 # LEICESTER 6% & LEEDS IN ‘Y’ FORMAT, BYPASSING HIGH SPEED RAIL: LICHFIELD LEICESTER, COVENTRY, NORTHAMPTON, WOLVER- 0% MILTON KEYNES & LUTON. CONNECTION HAMPTON TAMWORTH 0 TO WCML SHOWN LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM 0 M69 M1 CORBY # 2% CONNECTIVITY DATA M6 BCS NUNEATON BASED UPON HSUK HS2 PROPOSALS AS 0 TIMETABLE COVERING M5 BNS PER 2011 CONSULTATION C.6 M6 KETTERING 31 KEY HUBS OF UK BMS 5% RAIL NETWORK 23% KEY B’HAM COVENTRY 0 AVE. % JOURNEY 8 B’HAM RUGBY HIGH SPEED NETWORK & HUBS PRIMARY WEST I’NAT’L TIME REDUCTION I’CHANGE M45 NORTHAMPTON WITH HIGH SPEED SERVICES MIDS HUB AT SOLIHULL No OF CITIES B’HAM CURZON STATIONS AT 20/40/60 20% 9% DIRECTLY LINKED STREET MINUTES FROM HS HUB M42 6 C.5 0 M1 STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR REQG FURTHER CHANGE BEDFORD SCHEDULE OF TUNNELS STATION WITH DIRECT SERVICE LEAMINGTON MILTON TO HEATHROW Ref Name Length (km) Total KEYNES C.1 HS1 - OOC (6.0) 6.0 1% BLETCHLEY N/A CHILTERNS C.2 Euston - OOC 8.7 0 N/A AONB C.3 OOC – M25 13.7 EAST-WEST RAIL C.4 Chiltern 16.1 LINK ASSUMED TO LUTON HS2 CONNECTIVITY GAINS 50.2 68.2 BANBURY C.5 Southam 1.4 BE COMPLETED FOR LUTON NOT ASSESSED DUE TO CONTINUED C.6 Bromford 2.8 AYLESBURY ROUTEING OF MOST C.7 ‘Green’ tunnels 7.5 M1 INTERCITY JOURNEYS TO BICESTER CHILTERNS St LUTON VIA LONDON C.8 Heathrow spur (12.0) 12.0 AONB ALBANS

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Tunnel length excl HS1 link (km) 15 43 41 TO HEATHROW S. RUISLIP Extra ‘green’ tunnels (km) 1 7 1 cancelled 2015 Direct access to Heathrow terminals? Y N N MARLOW M40 Extra route length to Heathrow (km) 6 N/A N/A M4 C.3 Extra tunnel length to Heathrow (km) 2 N/A N/A HENLEY UXBRIDGE Total tunnelled length (km) 18 50 42 C.8 C.1 London-Birmingham distance (km) 179 175 187 READING SLOUGH HAYES & H C.2 Journey time @ 360kph (min) 56 49 54 BROADW 33% Extra time for New St-Curzon St (min) N/A 10 10 AY OLD OAK Total journey time (min) 56 59 64 0 COMMON **COMPARATIVE COST M4 4-track capacity in north-south spine? Y N N ESTIMATES EXCLUDE HEATHROW No of connections to classic network 10 1 1 HSUK PROPOSED LINKS T1,2,3 Main line corridors accessed 2 1 1 TO HEATHROW & M25 T5 Intrusion into Chilterns AONB N Y Y ‘WESTLINK’ CONNECT- WINDSOR AIRPORT Y-format predetermined? N Y Y ION FROM EUSTON TO T4 L&SE regional network integration? Good Fair Fair CHARING CROSS PROJECTED LINKS FROM Tube/Metro lines accessed (No) 5 5 5 HEATHROW TO WEST & STAINES HS2 HYBRID LONDON TERMINAL SOLUTION W.Mids regional network integration? Good Poor Poor DIAGRAM 3 SOUTH ASSUMED TO BE COMPRISING AN EXPANDED EUSTON (BUT LBC IN PLACE FUTURE OF T4 & WITH NO CHANGE TO TUBE LINKS) & OLD M42/M6(T) ring stations accessed 40 16 16 © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 HEATHROW EXPRESS OAK COMMON CONNECTED TO CROSSRAIL, Estimated cost (£ billion) ** £15bn £22bn £?? LINK TO BE DETERMINED HEATHROW EXPRESS & WEST LONDON LINE

M6(T) M42 FUTURE DEDICATED HIGH SPEED ROUTE TO NORTH WALSALL HS ROUTE TO B’HAM – LEICESTER LICHFIELD & SCOTLAND CONTINUES HIGH SPEED RAIL: SEE WEST MIDLANDS #10 NEW EAST TO NORTHWARDS FROM LEICESTER WOLVER- RAIL STRATEGY IN ‘SPINE & SPUR’ FORMAT HAMPTON N.6 0 WEST CURVE AT LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM TAMWORTH GLENDON M69 M1 1 CORBY CLOSE-SPACED LINKS WATER BETWEEN HIGH SPEED UK HIGH SPEED UK M6 ORTON NUNEATON #09 BSH AND EXISTING NETWORK 0 RESTORED RUGBY- SHOWN #08 DEDICATED NEW LINES, UPGRADES BNS NEW LINK TO NW 1 LEICESTER LINK KETTERING 0 & ASSOCIATED NEW BUILD TO IMPROVE BMS M6 VIA FORMER FLOWS THROUGH COVENTRY GREAT CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON1 LOOP UPGRADED TO ENABLE THROUGH HIGH SPEED B’HAM NEW ST B’HAM RUGBY #08 KEY I’NAT’L FLOWS ON NEW SOUTH COAST- M5 B’HAM NEW ST. M45 0 NORTHAMPTON YORKSHIRE-SCOTLAND AXIS DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE SOLIHULL #07 (BNS) PRIMARY 4-TRACKING OF RUGBY- 1 UPGRADED EXISTING ROUTE 06 NEW EAST TO WEST MIDS HUB FOR BIRMINGHAM AS PRIMARY HS 0 # NORTH CURVE NEW ROUTE & NEW STATION HIGH SPEED UK ROUTE TO WEST MIDLANDS. NEW1 0 AT BLETCHLEY M42 FLYOVERS AT RUGBY & FREIGHT 1 M1 RESTORED ROUTE DIVEUNDER AT COVENTRY #24 LINK TO EXISTING NETWORK SCHEDULE OF TUNNELS 4-TRACK HSUK ON CLOSE MILTON BEDFORD PARALLEL ALIGNMENT TO 0 CONNECTION TO MML LEAMINGTON KEYNES 05 Ref Name Length (km) Total M1, FROM LEICESTER TO # 1 FAST LINES VIA ‘M10’ N.1 Hampstead 3.4 A414 AT J7 BUNCEFIELD N.5 0 CHILTERNS ALLOWS EFFECTIVE N.2 Edgware 3.0 BLETCHLEY 1 4-TRACK ROUTE TO M40 EAST-WEST RAIL AONB EXTEND TO CENTRAL N.3 Aldenham 0.7 12.1 LINK ASSUMED TO LONDON N.4 Luton 4.1 BE COMPLETED LUTON 16.6 BANBURY #04 STEVENAGE N.5 Ridgmont 0.3 N.6 ‘Green’ tunnels 0.6 0 St ALBANS N.7 Leicester 2.5 2.5 AYLESBURY 1 N.4 M1 BICESTER CHILTERNS N.8 Yeading 2.0 2.0 #03 AONB

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UK HS2via Chilterns ‘M1 HS2 via corridor’ High Speed High TO CROSSRAIL VIA INTERCHANGE 0 HSUK/HS1 LINK HAYES - RUISLIP NEW BUILD NEW CHORD Link to HS1? Y N N DLAND MAIN LINE & SECTION & NEW NEASDEN 1 01 # St PANCRAS Tunnel length excl HS1 link (km) 15 43 41 CHORD ENABLES HEATHROW S.RUISLIP WEMBLEY Extra ‘green’ tunnels (km) 1 7 1 LINK TO HIGH SPEED UK M40 0 Direct access to Heathrow terminals? Y N N 1 N.1 MARLOW N.8 Extra route length to Heathrow (km) 6 N/A N/A Extra tunnel length to Heathrow (km) 2 N/A N/A M4 HENLEY Total tunnelled length (km) 18 50 42 M25 UXBRIDGE EUSTON London-B’ham distance (km) 179 175 187 OLD OAK READING SLOUGH W.DRAYTON HAYES & H COMMON Journey time @ 360kph (min) 56 49 54 BROADW Extra time for New St-Curzon St (min) N/A 10 10 AY CROSSRAIL ASSUMED Total journey time (min) 56 59 64 M4 TO BE COMPLETED **COMPARATIVE COST 4-track capacity in north-south spine? Y N N ESTIMATES EXCLUDE HEATHROW NEW STATION AT No of connections to classic network 10 1 1 HSUK PROPOSED LINKS WINDSOR T1,2,3 DIVERGENCE OF Main line corridors accessed 2 1 1 TO HEATHROW & T5 GW & WC CROSS- Intrusion into Chilterns AONB N Y Y ‘WESTLINK’ CONNECT- RAIL BRANCHES Y-format predetermined? N Y Y ION FROM EUSTON TO AIRPORT L&SE regional network integration? Good Fair Fair CHARING CROSS HEATHROW RAIL LINKS T4 TO SOUTH & WEST AS PER STAINES Tube/Metro lines accessed (No) 5 5 5 NEW ‘WESTLINK’ TUNNEL BETWEEN CURRENT PLANS ASSUMED W.Mids regional network integration? Good Poor Poor EUSTON AND CHARING CROSS TO DIAGRAM LBC 4 TO BE ALREADY IN PLACE M42/M6(T) ring stations accessed FUTURE OF T4 & RELIEVE FUTURE CONGESTION OF 40 16 16 DIRECT LINK TO GATWICK Estimated cost (£ billion) ** £15bn £22bn £?? © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 HEATHROW EXPRESS COMMUTER SERVICES AT EUSTON LINK TO BE DETERMINED (TUNNELS NOT SHOWN)

WALSALL M6(T) HIGH SPEED ROUTE TO NORTH & SCOTLAND CONTINUES LICHFIELD M42 LEICESTER 62 HIGH SPEED RAIL: WOLVER- NORTHWARDS FROM LEICESTER IN ‘SPINE & SPUR’ FORMAT HAMPTON 59% TAMWORTH 27 LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM M69 M1 CORBY CONNECTIVITY DATA 47% 18 WATER BASED UPON HSUK HIGH SPEED UK AND M6 ORTON NUNEATON 27 BSH TIMETABLE COVERING WIDER INTEGRATED M5 32 KEY HUBS OF UK BNS INTERCITY NETWORK M6 KETTERING RAIL NETWORK 36% BMS 60% AVE. % JOURNEY KEY B’HAM COVENTRY 18 TIME REDUCTION 29 I’NAT’L 43% RUGBY HIGH SPEED NETWORK & B’HAM NEW ST. 48% M45 NORTHAMPTON No OF CITIES SOLIHULL HUBS WITH HIGH SPEED (BNS) PRIMARY 24 DIRECTLY LINKED SERVICES WEST MIDS HUB FOR 24 HIGH SPEED UK STATIONS AT 20/40/60 M42 M1 MINUTES FROM HS HUB BEDFORD STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR REQUIRING FURTHER CHANGE CONNECTIVITY DATA MILTON NEW BUILD LINK FROM BASED UPON HSUK LEAMINGTON KEYNES RADLETT TO HATFIELD TIMETABLE COVERING 46% PROVIDES EAST ANGLIA 32 KEY HUBS OF UK 62% CHILTERNS CONNECTIONS TO RAIL NETWORK M40 22 BLETCHLEY AONB BRENT CROSS AND 17 HEATHROW LUTON AVE. % JOURNEY BANBURY STEVENAGE TIME REDUCTION No OF CITIES AYLESBURY St ALBANS DIRECTLY LINKED M1 BICESTER CHILTERNS HATFIELD AONB M25 WATFORD RADLETT

OXFORD WCML COMMUTER HSUK/HS1 LINK VIA 38% SERVICES DIVERTED BRENT CROSS INTERCHANGE MIDLAND MAIN LINE 21 HAYES TO RUISLIP NEW TO CROSSRAIL & St PANCRAS BUILD SECTION ENABLES DIDCOT HIGH SPEED & COMPASS S.RUISLIP WEMBLEY POINT LINKS TO NORTH M40 MARLOW M4 HENLEY M25 UXBRIDGE EUSTON READING SLOUGH W.DRAYTON HAYES & H BROADW AY 50% M4 HEATHROW OLD OAK COMMON 22 T1,2,3 (OOC) INTERCHANGE BETWEEN GW & WC T5 WINDSOR AIRPORT CROSSRAIL BRANCHES HEATHROW RAIL LINKS T4 TO SOUTH & WEST AS PER STAINES CROSSRAIL 2 INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENT PLANS ASSUMED PROVIDES EUSTON-KX/StP LINK. DIAGRAM LBC 5 TO BE ALREADY IN PLACE FUTURE OF T4 & NEW ‘WESTLINK’ PROVIDES LINK © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 HEATHROW EXPRESS ONWARD ROUTE TO FROM EUSTON TO CHARING LINK TO BE DETERMINED GATWICK & BRIGHTON CROSS & SOUTHERN NETWORKS HIGH SPEED ROUTE TO NORTH WALSALL M6(T) LICHFIELD LEICESTER & SCOTLAND CONTINUES HIGH SPEED RAIL: M42 NORTHWARDS FROM LEICESTER WOLVER- TAMWORTH IN ‘SPINE & SPUR’ FORMAT, HAMPTON CORBY ALLOWING DIRECT HEATHROW LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM M69 M1 LINKS TO ALL PRIMARY CITIES. PRIMARY WEST WATER MIDS HUB AT ‘COMPASS POINT’ NETWORK M6 NUNEATON B’HAM NEW BSH ORTON FOCUSSED UPON HEATHROW STREET BNS M6 KETTERING M5 BMS KEY B’HAM COVENTRY RUGBY STATIONS WITH DIRECT I’NAT’L SERVICES TO HEATHROW M45 NORTHAMPTON SOLIHULL STATIONS WITH NO DIRECT SERVICES TO HEATHROW M42 M1 NEW BUILD LINK FROM CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BEDFORD RADLETT TO HATFIELD HIGH SPEED UK & EXISTING TO CONNECT MML & LEAMINGTON NETWORK ALLOWS MILTON ECML CORRIDORS FOR M40 HEATHROW HIGH SPEED KEYNES EXTENDED COMPASS SERVICES TO ACCESS S.E CHILTERNS POINT OPERATION MIDLANDS COMMUNITIES BLETCHLEY AONB HITCHIN

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WELWYN GC St ALBANS AYLESBURY M1 BICESTER CHILTERNS HATFIELD AONB

M25 WATFORD RADLETT OXFORD HIGH WYCOMBE DIRECT HIGH SPEED BEACONSFIELD SERVICES TO HEATHROW BRENT CROSS VIA COMPASS POINT INTERCHANGE GERRARDS CROSS NETWORK COMPASS POINT LINKS TO NORTH ENABLED BY HAYES S.RUISLIP WEMBLEY TO RUISLIP NEW BUILD M40 MARLOW SECTION M4 HENLEY KEY M25 UXBRIDGE EUSTON HSUK LONG DISTANCE SERVICE READING SLOUGH W.DRAYTON HAYES & H TO HEATHROW BROADW COMPASS POINT LOCAL NETWORK AY M4 AT HEATHROW AIRPORT: LINKS TO NORTH HEATHROW OLD OAK COMMON LINKS TO EAST WINDSOR T1,2,3 (OOC) INTERCHANGE LINKS TO SOUTH BETWEEN GW & WC T5 CROSSRAIL BRANCHES LINKS TO WEST AIRPORT DIRECT LINK TO GATWICK PROJECTED LINKS FROM T4 HEATHROW TO WEST & DEVELOPMENT OF ‘COMPASS CROSSRAIL SOUTH ASSUMED TO BE IN POINT’ NETWORK TO EAST, DIAGRAM 6 PLACE TO COMPLEMENT STATION WITH DIRECT LBC SOUTH, WEST & NORTH NEW LINKS TO NORTH STAINES CONNECTION TO HEATHROW © NETWORK MAPPING 2018 ONWARD ROUTE TO PERMITS DIRECT HIGH SPEED 2020 GATWICK & BRIGHTON SERVICES TO HEATHROW TERMINALS WALSALL M6(T) NORTH WEST HIGH SPEED ROUTE TO LICHFIELD M42 LEICESTER NORTH & SCOTLAND HIGH SPEED RAIL: WOLVER- NORTH CONTINUES NORTHWARDS TAMWORTH HAMPTON WEST CORBY FROM LEICESTER IN LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM WATER M69 M1 ‘SPINE & SPUR’ FORMAT PRIMARY WEST HIGH SPEED UK : INTERCITY & M6 ORTON FULL REOPENING OF EAST-WEST MIDS HUB AT BSH NUNEATON REGIONAL NETWORK FOCUSSED B’HAM NEW RAIL ROUTE ANTICIPATED STREET BNS ALIGNMENT & LOCATION OF UPON MILTON KEYNES & LUTON M6 KETTERING ECML INTERCHANGE TO BE M5 BMS DETERMINED KEY B’HAM COVENTRY RUGBY SUGGESTED EAST-WEST/ I’NAT’L MIDLAND MAIN LINE STATION ON HIGH SPEED LINE M45 NORTHAMPTON INTERCHANGE AT OR WIDER NETWORK DIRECTLY SOLIHULL ELSTOW PARK & RIDE LINKED TO MILTON KEYNES OTHER STATION M42 BEDFORD MIDLAND St JOHNS St NEOTS HIGH SPEED UK NEOTSANDY CONSTRUCTED ON CAMBRIDGE SANDY LEAMINGTON CLOSE PARALLEL M40 ALIGNMENT TO M1 M1 BIGGLESWADE MILTON CHILTERNS KEYNES FULL REOPENING OF BLETCHLEY AONB HITCHIN EAST-WEST RAIL DIAGRAM LBC 7 BANBURY ROUTE ANTICIPATED LUTON STEVENAGE © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 WELWYN GC St ALBANS AYLESBURY M1 KEY TO S.E.MIDLANDS HIGH SPEED BICESTER HATFIELD INTERCITY & REGIONAL SERVICES M25

South Coast/Oxford/MK/Northampton/East WATFORD POSSIBLE XRAIL RADLETT Midlands/S.Yorks/W.Yorks/North-East/Scotland EXTENSIONS LINKING OXFORD OOC TO CHILTERN LINES BRENT CROSS South Coast/Oxford/MK/Northampton/East INTERCHANGE Midlands/S.Yorks/Manchester/Liverpool WESTLINK Euston/MK/Rugby/Stoke/Manchester & Liverpool CHILTERNS S.RUISLIP WEMBLEY Euston/(N’ton)/Rugby/Coventry/B’ham/N-West AONB M40 Euston/Luton/MK/Rugby/Coventry/B’ham MARLOW HENLEY Euston/Luton/Leicester/East Midlands M4 M25 UXBRIDGE EUSTON Birmingham/Coventry/Rugby/Leicester/Derby/ Burton/Lichfield/Walsall/B’ham ‘Midlands Ring’ READING SLOUGH W.DRAYTON HAYES & H BROADW MK/Bedford/ECML interchange/Cambridge AY M4 Marylebone/Amersham/Aylesbury/MK HEATHROW OLD OAK COMMON Heathrow/High Wycombe/Aylesbury/MK (& other WINDSOR T1,2,3 (OOC) INTERCHANGE northward services from Heathrow) BETWEEN GW & WC T5 CROSSRAIL BRANCHES Central London ‘CrossRail’/Old Oak Common/ SOUTH COAST AIRPORT Watford/MK (& OOC/Heathrow/Slough/Reading T4 CROSSRAIL EXTENSION ‘Westlink’ connecting Euston to Charing Cross TO RICHMOND STAINES HSUK dedicated high speed line RICHMOND NEW ‘WESTLINK’ PROVIDES ONWARD ONWARD ROUTE THROUGH ROUTE FROM WCML TO TO GATWICK SOUTHERN NETWORKS M6(T) PROJECTED EXTENSIONS TO MANCHESTER & LEEDS IN WALSALL M42 LEICESTER ‘Y’ FORMAT, BYPASSING NOTTINGHAM, LEICESTER, HIGH SPEED RAIL: LICHFIELD COVENTRY, NORTHAMPTON, MILTON KEYNES & LUTON TAMWORTH LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM PRIMARY WEST M69 M1 CORBY MIDS HUB AT WATER M6 B’HAM CURZON BCS ORTON NUNEATON M1 ALTERNATIVE AS STREET BNS REPRESENTED BY HS2 Ltd IN M.6 M6 KETTERING M5 BMS ‘REVIEW OF ROUTE & SPEED B’HAM COVENTRY SELECTION’ Jan 2012 I’NAT’L B’HAM RUGBY I’CHANGE M45 NORTHAMPTON REPORT SOLIHULL KEY HIGH SPEED NETWORK & HUBS WITH HS LINKS TO LONDON M42 M1 STATIONS AT 20/40/60 BEDFORD MINUTES FROM HS HUB MILTON STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR LEAMINGTON SCHEDULE OF TUNNELS KEYNES REQUIRING FURTHER CHANGE Ref Name Length (km) Total M.5 STATION WITH DIRECT SERVICE BLETCHLEY M.1 HS1 - OOC (6.0) 6.0 TO HEATHROW M.2 Euston - OOC 8.7 M.3 Hemel - OOC 24.8 LUTON BANBURY CHILTERNS HS2/HS1 LINK VIA 6km M.4 Luton 4.1 47.6 41.6 TUNNEL FROM OLD OAK M.5 Ridgmont 0.3 AONB COMMON TO KILBURN, M.6 Bromford 2.8 AYLESBURY M.4 THEN ON SUR-FACE VIA M1 St CAMDEN ROAD BICESTER M.7 ‘Green’ tunnels 0.9 ALBANS Now cancelled in 2014 Higgins review

M25 RADLETT

SCHEME WATFORD OXFORD via M1 via M.3

COMPARISONS

High Speed High UK HS2via Chilterns ‘M1 HS2 via corridor’ Link to HS1? Y N N CHILTERNS Tunnel length excl HS1 link (km) 15 43 41 S. RUISLIP Extra ‘green’ tunnels (km) 1 7 1 AONB M40 Direct access to Heathrow terminals? Y N N MARLOW Extra route length to Heathrow (km) 6 N/A N/A M4 Extra tunnel length to Heathrow (km) 2 N/A N/A HENLEY UXBRIDGE Total tunnelled length (km) 18 50 42 M.1 London-Birmingham distance (km) 179 175 187 READING SLOUGH W.DRAYTON HAYES & H M.2 Journey time @ 360kph (min) 56 49 54 BROADW Extra time for New St-Curzon St (min) N/A 10 10 AY OLD OAK Total journey time (min) 56 59 64 COMMON **COMPARATIVE COST 4-track capacity in north-south spine? Y N N ESTIMATES EXCLUDE HEATHROW No of connections to classic network 10 1 1 HSUK PROPOSED LINKS T1,2,3 Main line corridors accessed 2 1 1 TO HEATHROW & T5 Intrusion into Chilterns AONB N Y Y ‘WESTLINK’ CONNECT- WINDSOR Y-format predetermined? N Y Y ION FROM EUSTON TO AIRPORT L&SE regional network integration? Good Fair Fair CHARING CROSS PROJECTED LINKS FROM T4 Tube/Metro lines accessed (No) 5 5 5 HEATHROW TO WEST & STAINES HS2 HYBRID LONDON TERMINAL SOLUTION W.Mids regional network integration? Good Poor Poor DIAGRAM LBC 8 SOUTH ASSUMED TO BE COMPRISING AN EXPANDED EUSTON (BUT M42/M6(T) ring stations accessed 40 16 16 IN PLACE WITH NO CHANGE TO TUBE LINKS) & OLD OAK COMMON CONNECTED TO CROSSRAIL, Estimated cost (£ billion) ** © NETWORK MAPPING 2018 £15bn £22bn £?? 2020 HEATHROW EXPRESS & WEST LONDON LINE

WALSALL M6(T) PROJECTED HS2 EXTENSIONS TO MANCHESTER & LEEDS M42 LEICESTER IN ‘Y’ FORMAT, BYPASSING LEICESTER, COVENTRY, HIGH SPEED RAIL: LICHFIELD NORTHAMPTON, MILTON KEYNES & LUTON & ALL OTHER WOLVER- ‘SECOND-TIER’ COMMUNITIES FURTHER NORTH HAMPTON TAMWORTH N.6 HIGH SPEED UK CONTINUES NORTHWARDS LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM M69 FROM LEICESTER IN ‘SPINE & SPUR’ FORMAT, HS2 WEST MIDS M6 M1 ACCESSING AND INTERLINKING ALL MAJOR HIGH SPEED UK & HUB AT B’HAM BCS C.6 NUNEATON COMMUNITIES OF EAST MIDLANDS, YORKSHIRE, CURZON STREET DEDICATED HSL TO NORTH-WEST, NORTH-EAST & SCOTLAND WITH ACCESS B’HAM DEVELOPED BNS HSUK PRIMARY WEST MIDS HUB AT HS2 COMPARISONS TO 16 LOCAL M6 SUBSEQUENT TO BMS B’HAM NEW STREET (BNS) WITH STATIONS VIA COVENTRY INITIAL ROUTE VIA SUBSIDIARY HUBS AS SHOWN . HSUKCONSU SCHEDULELTATION OF TUNNELS MOOR STREET M5 B’HAM COVENTRY RUGBY & ACCESS TO 40 LOCAL Ref Name Length (km) Total (BMS) I’NAT’L B’HAM STATIONS WITHIN N.1 Hampstead 3.4 HSUK WEST MIDS I’CHANGE M45 NORTHAMPTON M42/M6(T) RING HUB AT B’HAM N.2 Edgware 3.0 NEW STREET N.3 Aldenham 0.7 12.1 (BNS) N.4 Luton 4.1 M42 C.5 HSUK HIGH SPEED SERVICES M1 16.6 FULLY INTEGRATED WITH SE N.5 Ridgmont 0.3 MIDLANDS COMMUNITIES BEDFORD N.6 ‘Green’ tunnels 0.6 HS2 SCHEDULE OF TUNNELS ALONG M1 CORRIDOR N.7 Leicester 2.5 2.5 NO INTEGRATION MILTON N.8 Yeading 2.0 2.0 Ref Name Length (km) Total BETWEEN HS2 AND KEYNES CHILTERN COMMUNITIES HSUK TUNNELS IN LEICESTER C.1 HS1 - OOC 6.0 6.0 INTERMEDIATE LINKED TO HSUK NETWORK N.5 CHILTERNS COMMUNITIES REQUIRED ONLY FOR PHASE 2. C.2 Euston - OOC 8.7 VIA MILTON KEYNES AONB NOT INCLUDED IN CURRENT C.3 OOC – M25 13.7 COMPARISON EXERCISE C.4 Chiltern 16.1 LUTON 50.2 68.2 WCML LOCAL FLOWS C.5 Southam 1.4 DIVERTED TO CROSSRAIL C.6 Bromford 2.8 TO IMPROVE COMMUTER C.7 ‘Green’ tunnels 7.5 N.4 M1 JOURNEYS & AVOID HS2 CHILTERNS REQUIREMENT TO C.8 Heathrow spur (12.0) 12.0 AONB M25 EXPAND EUSTON

HSUK AIPORT SERVICES

SCHEME C.4 ACCESS HEATHROW N.3 HS2/HS1 LINK (cancelled OXFORD VIA COMPASS POINT 2014) REQUIRES 6km

via M1 via N.2

COMPARISONS NETWORK LONG TUNNEL

UK HS2via Chilterns High Speed High HSUK/HS1 LINK Link to HS1? Y N HS2 TUNNELLED SPUR VIA MML & St PANCRAS Tunnel length excl HS1 link (km) 15 43 TO HEATHROW Extra ‘green’ tunnels (km) 1 7 cancelled 2015 Direct access to Heathrow terminals? Y N M40 N.1 MARLOW N.8 Extra route length to Heathrow (km) 6 N/A M4 Extra tunnel length to Heathrow (km) 2 N/A HENLEY UXBRIDGE Total tunnelled length (km) 18 50 C.8 C.3 C.1 London-Birmingham distance (km) 179 175 READING SLOUGH HAYES & H C.2 Journey time @ 360kph (min) 56 49 BROADW Extra time for New St-Curzon St (min) N/A 10 AY OLD OAK EUSTON Total journey time (min) 56 59 COMMON **COMPARATIVE COST M4 4-track capacity in north-south spine? Y N ESTIMATES EXCLUDE HEATHROW HEATHROW EXPRESS No of connections to classic network 10 1 HSUK PROPOSED LINKS T1,2,3 / CROSSRAIL ALONG Main line corridors accessed 2 1 TO HEATHROW & M25 T5 GWML CORRIDOR Intrusion into Chilterns AONB N Y ‘WESTLINK’ CONNECT- AIRPORT Y-format predetermined? N Y ION FROM EUSTON TO CHARING CROSS T4 L&SE regional network integration? Good Fair PROJECTED LINKS FROM HS2 HYBRID LONDON TERMINAL SOLUTION Tube/Metro lines accessed (No) 5 5 HEATHROW TO WEST & STAINES COMPRISING AN EXPANDED EUSTON (BUT W.Mids regional network integration? Good Poor DIAGRAM SOUTH ASSUMED TO BE WITH NO CHANGE TO TUBE LINKS) & OLD LBC 9 IN PLACE M42/M6(T) ring stations accessed 40 16 OAK COMMON CONNECTED TO CROSSRAIL, HEATHROW EXPRESS & WEST LONDON LINE. Estimated cost (£ billion) ** £15bn £22bn © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 108 STATIONS WITHIN M25 RING ACCESSED.

EUROGAUGE ROUTE TO WEST MIDLANDS, NORTH & WALSALL M6(T) M42 LICHFIELD LEICESTER SCOTLAND BYPASSES LEICESTER STATION, RUNNING HIGH SPEED RAIL: VIA IVANHOE LINE TO BURTON & 4-TRACKED WOLVER- CROSSCOUNTRY MAIN LINE HAMPTON BESCOT HAMS LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM TAMWORTH HALL CORBY WATER M69 M1 NEW CHORD AT GLENDON JUNCTION TO HIGH SPEED UK AND M6 ORTON NUNEATON ALLOW FELIXSTOWE-NUNEATON FREIGHT FLOWS TO BE DIVERTED VIA CORBY BSH GLENDON ASSOCIATED FREIGHT BNS M6 JUNCTION KETTERING DEVELOPMENTS M5 BMS DAVENTRY COVENTRY B’HAM INTERNATIONAL I’NAT’L RUGBY NORTHAMPTON MIDLAND MAIN LINE FROM M45 BEDFORD TO GLENDON SOLIHULL MIDLAND GRADE SEPARATION JUNCTION RESTORED TO REQUIRED AT COVENTRY MAIN LINE 4 TRACKS BETWEEN HIGH SPEED WEST M1 M42 AND FREIGHT FLOWS COAST BEDFORD EUROGAUGE ROUTE 4-TRACKING FROM MAIN LINE MILTON CONNECTION FROM ACCESSES BESCOT VIA RUGBY TO LEAMINGTON KEYNES MIDLAND TO WEST RESTORED LICHFIELD- ADDERLEY PARK AS M40 COAST MAIN LINES VIA WALSALL LINE. PRIMARY HS ROUTE CHILTERNS NEW ROUTE ALONG- RESTORATION OF TO BIRMINGHAM. EAST-WEST RAIL BLETCHLEY SIDE M25 & St ALBANS WALSALL-DUDLEY- FREIGHT TO BE AONB ABBEY BRANCH STOURBRIDGE DIVERTED CLEAR LINK ASSUMED TO CONTINUES AS OF THIS CORRIDOR BANBURY BE COMPLETED LUTON STEVENAGE BIRMINGHAM BYPASS FOR FREIGHT TRAFFIC AYLESBURY M1 St ALBANS BICESTER RADLETT M25 (projected) RADLETT WATFORD OXFORD EUROGAUGE ROUTE NOT SCHEMED BRENT CROSS BEYOND WILLESDEN INTERCHANGE

CHILTERNS S.RUISLIP WEMBLEY AONB M40 MARLOW WILLESDEN M4 HENLEY M25 UXBRIDGE EUSTON READING SLOUGH W.DRAYTON HAYES & H DIAGRAM LBC 10 BROADW NETWORK MAPPING 2018 AY OLD OAK © 2020 M4 COMMON HEATHROW WINDSOR T1,2,3 KEY CONTAINER ROUTE FROM SOUTHAMPTON T5 DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE AIRPORT TRUNK FREIGHT ROUTE & YARD T4

FREIGHT ROUTE CAPABLE OF UP- STAINES GRADE TO CONTINENTAL GAUGE RESTORED/NEW/UPGRADED ROUTE Handsacre

MML MML 11 WCML Syston 6 WCML 1 Birmingham Birmingham Leicester Curzon St Coleshill Leicester 9 Nuneaton Jns Nuneaton

Birmingham Birmingham 3 New St New St Birmingham 10 12 Interchange Birmingham Birmingham International International 7 Coventry

Coventry 13 Rugby Rugby LONDON- 2 Crick Jn MIDLANDS 8 2 HSUK HS LINES HS2

7 Milton Milton 4 HSUK Keynes Ridgmont Keynes Jn MML & HS2 WCML WCML MML 6 PERFORMANCE 2 Chiltern 3 COMPARED Chiltern Brent Cross Old Oak CHILTERNS 14 CHILTERNS Common 8 AONB 15 AONB 2 1 HS1 9 5 1 HS1

Heathrow Marylebone Heathrow Marylebone 4 Euston St P Euston St P

Project Element Cost Cost Performance Checklist HSUK HS2 Project Element Cost (all costs in £ billion) (2-track (4-track No of homes demolished? <10 >100 (all costs in £ billion) (2-track spine) spine) spine) Ancient Woodlands damaged? 0 31 1 Euston – Brent X 0.99 1.46 1 Euston – OOC 1.24 Intrusion into Chilterns AONB? N Y 2 WCML – Crossrail link 0.10 0.10 2 OOC – B’ham I/change 13.60 Direct journey times (in mins) 3 Brent X – Ridgmont 3.60 4.43 3 I/change – Curzon St 1.36 Birmingham – London 4 Ridgmont – Milton K 0.21 0.21 Euston rebuild 1.88 (## HS2 journey time includes 10 mins 57 59## 4 5 Euston Reconstruct 1.13 1.13 walking time to New Street) 5 Old Oak Common 1.50 6 St Albans Loop N/A 0.43 Coventry – London 38 FR/JTI 6 Coleshill – Handsacre 1.98 7 Ridgmont – Crick HSL 2.39 3.12 Milton Keynes – London 32 FR/JTI 7 B’ham I/change link 0.16 Crick – Rugby HSL 0.54 0.54 HS2 –HS1 Link 8 Leicester – London 37 FR/JTI 8 N/A 9 Nun – B’ham electrify 0.22 0.22 Birmingham – Heathrow 98 NDJP cancelled Heathrow Spur N/A 10 Rugby – B’ham 4-track 2.05 2.05 Coventry – Heathrow 79 NDJP 9 cancelled 11 Soho – Tame Br. link 0.50 0.50 Milton Keynes – Heathrow 46 NDJP Total £21.7bn Total – for comparison Leicester – Heathrow 80 NDJP £11.7bn £14.2bn with HS2 Phase 1 Birmingham – Leicester 37 NDJP Coventry 48% 24 9% 0 12 HSL Crick – Syston N/A 2.62 Coventry – Leicester 19 NDJP HSUK’s Connectivity Assessment is 13 Rugby GC link N/A 1.55 Milton Keynes – Leicester 32 NDJP derived from the HSUK timetable 14 HSUK – HS1 link N/A 0.002 Connectivity Assessment tabulating ave %age based on 32 key towns, cities & 15 Brent X – Heathrow N/A 0.91 journey time reductions & cities directly linked: Total – for full regional airports. This shows Coventry N/A £4.4bn London 31% 27 19% 11 network functionality enjoying 48% average journey time Birmingham 36% 29 20% 6 £11.7bn £18.6bn reductions and direct (no change of Grand Total Coventry 48% 24 9% 0 trains) links to 24 out of 32 other Milton Keynes 46% 22 1% 0 towns/cities/airports. By contrast Leicester 62% 27 6% 0 KEY HS2 offers no direct links to Heathrow 52% 22 33% 0 Existing route Coventry and the 9% reduction in HSUK 4-track/2-track route Other project features: average journey times is achieved HSUK upgraded route 4-track UK high speed spine? Y N by connection to HS2 services at the Need to expand Euston? Y N HS2 new build 2-track route nearby Birmingham International/ Through Birmingham station? Y N Tunnel (only tunnels >3km Interchange. Predicted HS2 journey Intermediate cities served? Y N long illustrated) times are derived from HS2 Ltd info Walking time to central and the national rail website Station served by HSUK 0 mins 10 mins Birmingham (ie New St station) www.nationalrail.co.uk. Station served by HS2 Links to other West Mids cities Good Poor NDJP No direct journey possible Capacity relief/link to MML? Y N Frequency reduced/ DIAGRAM LBC 11 FR/JTI Direct link to HS1? Y N journey time increased Parallel freight strategy? Y N © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018

MML MML WCML WCML Birmingham Birmingham Leicester Leicester Nuneaton Nuneaton

Birmingham Birmingham New St New St Birmingham Birmingham International International

Coventry Rugby Coventry Rugby FOR KEY 8 SEE Crick Jn DRAWING HSUK LBC11 7 Milton Milton 4 Keynes 4 Keynes Ridgmont Jn HSUK : Cost Ridgmont Jn HSUK : Cost Phase 1A (£ bn) WCML MML Phase 1B (£ bn) WCML MML Euston – Euston 1 1.46 5 1.13 6 Brent Cross Chiltern 3 Reconstruct Chiltern 3 WCML – St Albans 0.10 HSUK 0.43 2 Crossrail link CHILTERNS 6 Loop CHILTERNS Brent Cross – AONB Brent Cross Ridgmont – AONB Brent Cross 4.40 3.11 3 Ridgmont 7 Crick HSL Ridgmont – Crick – 0.21 0.53 4 Milton K 2 1 HS1 8 Rugby HSL 2 1 HS1 Total (Ph 1A) £6.2bn Total (Ph 1B) £5.2bn Heathrow Marylebone Heathrow Marylebone 5 Cumulative cost Cumulative cost £6.2bn Euston St P £11.6bn Euston St P Tunnel length 11.5km Tunnel length 11.5km Completion date 2021 Completion date 2024

LONDON-MIDLANDS HS LINES DIAGRAM LBC 12 HSUK STAGING DIAGRAMS © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018

MML MML 11 WCML 11 WCML Syston 1 Birmingham 1 Birmingham Leicester Leicester 9 Nuneaton 9 Nuneaton

Birmingham Birmingham New St New St 10 10 12 Birmingham Birmingham International International Coventry Completion of HSUK Phase 1C Coventry Rugby gives equivalent core 13 8 functionality to HS2 Phase 1B Rugby ie London-Birmingham HS Crick Jn Crick Jn link & onward link to WCML 8 HSUK Completion of HSUK Phase 1D HSUK represents HSUK’s transformation 7 from uniaxial high speed line into 7 Milton 4 Milton 4 Keynes multi-dimensional network Keynes HSUK : Cost Ridgmont Jn HSUK : Cost Ridgmont Jn Phase 1C (£ bn) WCML MML Phase 1D (£ bn) WCML MML Nuneaton – HSL Crick – 6 12 3.44 6 9 Birmingham 0.22 Chiltern 3 Syston Chiltern 3 electrification Rugby GC 0.18 Rugby – CHILTERNS 13 link CHILTERNS Birmingham 2.04 AONB Brent Cross HSUK – HS1 AONB Brent Cross 10 0.002 4-tracking 14 link 14 Soho – Tame Brent Cross 0.50 0.91 15 11 Bridge link 2 1 HS1 15 – Heathrow 2 1 HS1 Total (Ph 1C) £2.8bn Total (Ph 1D) £4.6bn Heathrow Marylebone 5 Heathrow Marylebone 5 Cumulative cost £14.1bn Cumulative cost Euston St P £18.7bn Euston St P Tunnel length 13.3km Tunnel length 16.0km Completion date 2026 Completion date ????

Handsacre

MML MML WCML 6 WCML Birmingham Birmingham Curzon St Leicester Curzon St Coleshill Leicester Nuneaton Jns Nuneaton

Birmingham 3 Birmingham 3 New St Birmingham New St Birmingham Interchange 2 Interchange Birmingham Birmingham International Coventry International 7 Coventry

Rugby Rugby FOR KEY 2 SEE 2 2 DRAWING 2 HS2 LBC11 HS2 Milton Milton Keynes Keynes MML MML HS2 : Cost WCML HS2 : Cost WCML Phase 1A (£ bn) Phase 1B (£ bn) Euston – Old Coleshill – 1.24 2 CHILTERNS 1.98 2 CHILTERNS 1 Oak Common 6 Handsacre AONB AONB OOC – B’ham B’ham Inter- 13.38 0.16 2 Interchange Chiltern 7 change link Chiltern Interchange – HS2 –HS1 0.91 Old Oak N/A Old Oak 3 Curzon St Common 8 Link cancelled Common 8 Heathrow 4 Euston rebuild 1.88 9 N/A 5 1 HS1 Spur cancelled 9 5 1 HS1 Old Oak 5 2.18 Total (Ph 1B) £2.1bn Common Heathrow Marylebone 4 Heathrow Marylebone 4 Cumulative cost £21.7bn Total (Ph 1A) £19.6bn Euston St P Euston St P Tunnel length 50km Cumulative cost £19.6bn Completion date Tunnel length 50km 2026

Completion date 2024 LONDON-MIDLANDS HS LINES DIAGRAM LBC 13 HS2 STAGING DIAGRAMS © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018