HSUK RAIL STRATEGY

The East Midlands conurbation is an urban agglomeration centred upon , and . Although its total population is somewhat less than the 2,500,000 of the , it is a similar distance from , and it would seem logical to have developed HS2 in a manner similar to the M1, choosing an alignment that enabled both West and East Midlands to be served upon completion of the first phase of the project. Yet Phase 1 of HS2 was exclusively focussed upon the West Midlands, and high speed rail will only extend to the East Midlands in the second phase of the project. The proposed HS2 route will completely bypass Leicester, and an ‘East Midlands Interchange’ will be located on the route at Toton, equally remote from both Derby and Nottingham. Unsurprisingly, there is much concern as to whether the proposed ‘East Midlands Interchange’, located remote from all 3 primary urban centres, will adequately serve the East Midlands, providing connectivity enhancements commensurate with the proposed multi-billion pound investment. The following diagrams define existing East Midlands rail connectivity, and assess the capability of both HS2 and the alternative High Speed UK proposals to effect the necessary connectivity improvements. 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. EMN1 : EAST MIDLANDS REGIONAL NETWORK – PRE-1923 GROUPING The East Midlands’ primary rail network was developed from 1840 onwards by a variety of companies that rapidly agglomerated into the . The system was focussed upon Derby, with routes extending northwards to and , southwards to Leicester and (ultimately) London, and south-westwards to and Bristol. Nottingham’s location was relatively peripheral until a secondary route to London via and was completed in 1878. The Midland’s monopoly remained largely intact until 1899, when the from Sheffield to London via Nottingham and Leicester was completed. EMN2 : EAST MIDLANDS REGIONAL NETWORK - CONTEMPORARY In the modern era, the Midland and CrossCountry Main Lines have developed from the original Midland Railway routes, offering a high quality of service to Derby; but with closure of the Great Central, and of the through route to Nottingham via Melton Mowbray, both Leicester and Nottingham have been left relatively isolated from the wider national intercity network. It is significant to note that despite the incursion of the Great Central, Great Northern and London North-Western into the territory first occupied by the Midland, the newer lines have generally not survived and the network has largely regressed to the original Midland Railway. EMN3 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO HS2 Under current HS2 proposals, the East Midlands will be served by a single ‘East Midlands Interchange’ located at Toton Yard on the . This is remote from the centres of all 3 city centres (of Leicester, Nottingham and Derby) and no local passenger services currently operate through Toton. No credible proposals have yet emerged, to demonstrate how Toton will be effectively integrated with the network. To provide any local rail connections, it will be necessary to divert existing services, considerably lengthening journey times; additionally, intercity services to the existing city centre stations are projected to be reduced. It is difficult to see how HS2 will bring any tangible benefit to the East Midlands. EMN4 : HIGH SPEED UK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS TO LOCAL RAIL SYSTEM EMN5 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO HSUK Far greater connectivity can be achieved with the High Speed UK proposals. The M1-oriented spinal route will pass through Leicester’s existing London Road Station, establishing that station as the primary hub for the entire South-East Midlands. HSUK will continue up the Soar Valley via . Its route via Toton Yard will be similar to that of HS2, but rather than build a parkway station there, high speed services will branch off onto the existing network to access the existing hubs at Derby and Nottingham. Northward connectivity for Derby will be achieved by restoration of the former to access HSUK in the Erewash Valley near Eastwood; and the ‘Derby Teardrop’ (ie the original Midlands Counties route running north of Pride Park) will be restored to permit Nottingham-Birmingham services to pass through Derby without the need to reverse. Nottingham’s relative isolation will be remedied by upgrading the Grantham line to intercity standard, and by restoration of the former Great Northern route from Bottesford to Newark Northgate. This will connect Nottingham to the in both northward and southward directions. EMN6 : FREIGHT NETWORK RECONFIGURATION AROUND LEICESTER HSUK’s routeing through Leicester, and northwards along the as far as Junction, will effectively preclude freight operation along this section of route. This will affect both north-south Midland Main Line flows, and east-west Felixstowe-Nuneaton container flows. Fortuitously, it is possible to divert both flows via Corby, requiring only the construction of new chords at Manton and Glendon Junctions. The diagram also identifies a potential north-south Continental Gauge freight route, to be linked to the and (locally) following Midland Main Line to Leicester, ‘Ivanhoe’ Line from Leicester to Burton and northwards via the Derby Avoider and the Erewash Valley Line. This meets the essential criteria of a) no critical usage (permitting blockades for construction works) and b) no major stations or tunnels. FULL COMPLEXITY OF RAILWAY NETWORK IN / NEWARK COALFIELD CASTLE NORTHGATE NOT ILLUSTRATED

NOTTINGHAM FRIARGATE

DERBY VICTORIA TEARDROP DERBY BOTTES MIDLAND TOTON -FORD LONG MIDLAND

EATON GRANTHAM

TRENT BURTON DERBY JUNCTION on TRENT AVOIDER EAST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 1

EAST MIDLANDS REGIONAL NETWORK – ASHBY de PRE-1923 GROUPING la ZOUCH

LOUGHBOROUGH DIAGRAM 1 NO INTERCHANGE EMN BETWEEN MIDLAND & © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 GREAT CENTRAL AT EITHER NOTTINGHAM OR LOUGHBOROUGH, DESPITE GREAT CENTRAL PASSING OVER BOTH MELTON COALVILLE MIDLAND STATIONS MOWBRAY

SYSTON JUNCTION BELGRAVE

WEST ROAD BRIDGE LONDON KEY ROAD GREAT NORTHERN CENTRAL MANTON MIDLAND JUNCTION LONDON NORTH-WESTERN LEICESTER GREAT CENTRAL NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE WIGSTON PRINCIPAL/SECONDARY JUNCTION TERTIARY/ LOCAL STATION

CORBY NUNEATON GLENDON

JUNCTION

COVENTRY RUGBY

CROSS- MIDLAND COUNTRY MAIN LINE NEWARK (XCML) (MML) CASTLE NORTHGATE

NOTTINGHAM EAST COAST MAIN LINE DERBY (ECML) CROSS- COUNTRY LONG MIDLAND (XCML) EATON GRANTHAM

TRENT JUNCTION BURTON EAST on TRENT MIDLANDS EAST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 2 PARKWAY OLD DALBY EAST MIDLANDS TEST REGIONAL NETWORK - ASHBY de CONTEMPORARY la ZOUCH LOUGHBOROUGH GREAT CENTRAL DIAGRAM EMN 2 ILLUSTRATED IN TWO © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 HALVES, WITH LINK ACROSS MIDLAND MAIN LINE YET TO BE GREAT REINSTATED CENTRAL MELTON COALVILLE (restored) MOWBRAY

SYSTON JUNCTION

OAKHAM LONDON ROAD MANTON LEICESTER JUNCTION

WIGSTON JUNCTION

CORBY HINCKLEY MARKET HARBOROUGH NUNEATON GLENDON

JUNCTION WEST COAST MIDLAND MAIN LINE KEY MAIN LINE (WCML) WEST COAST (MML) CROSSCOUNTRY MIDLAND MAIN LINE EAST COAST COVENTRY GREAT CENTRAL NOTTINGHAM TRAM KETTERING ABANDONED ROUTE RUGBY PRINCIPAL/SECONDARY TERTIARY/LOCAL STATION

MML XCML CROSSCOUNTRY NEWARK SERVICES DIVERTED CASTLE NORTHGATE VIA EREWASH VALLEY TO SERVE HS2’s EAST MIDLANDS INTER- CHANGE AT TOTON NOTTINGHAM ECML

10% 2% 0 0 DERBY TOTON LONG MIDLAND XCML EATON NOTTINGHAM TRAM SYSTEM GRANTHAM ASSUMED TO BE EXTENDED TO HS2 EAST MIDLANDS TRENT INTERCHANGE AT TOTON BURTON JUNCTION on TRENT HS2 REALIGNED AROUND EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT PARKWAY EAST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 3 NO INTERCHANGE PLANNED CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL ASHBY de NETWORK TO HS2 la ZOUCH HS2

DIAGRAM EMN 3 LOUGHBOROUGH © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018

MELTON MOWBRAY COALVILLE SYSTON JUNCTION

CONNECTIVITY OF SURROUNDING URBAN CONNECTIVITY DATA OAKHAM BASED UPON HSUK CENTRES TO HS2 AT ASSESSMENT OF HS2 LONDON PROPOSED TOTON / EAST SCHEME, ADDRESSING MIDLANDS INTERCHANGE 32 KEY HUBS OF ROAD DEPENDENT UPON UK RAIL NETWORK REORIENTATION OF MANTON LEICESTER LOCAL SERVICES WITH JUNCTION AVE. JOURNEY LIKELY INCREASE IN TIME REDUCTION 6% JOURNEY TIMES TO

No OF CITIES 0 WIGSTON DERBY AND NOTTINGHAM DIRECTLY LINKED JUNCTION

CORBY HINCKLEY MARKET HARBOROUGH NUNEATON GLENDON

JUNCTION

WCML KEY HIGH SPEED NETWORK & HUBS 9% WITH HS LINKS TO LONDON 0 STATIONS AT 20/40/60 MINUTES FROM HS HUB KETTERING MML RUGBY STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR COVENTRY REQG FURTHER CHANGE

#16 XCML MML 0 BOTTESFORD-NEWARK NORTHGATE HSUK ROUTE RESTORED TO PERMIT FORMER GREAT NORTHERN 1 NORTHWARD FLOWS FROM CASTLE NEWARK ROUTE RESTORED TO PERMIT NOTTINGHAM VIA ECML & TO NORTHGATE NORTHWARD CONNECTION CREATE REMOTE HIGH SPEED HUB FROM DERBY TO HSUK FOR LINCOLNSHIRE AT NEWARK

ECML DERBY-BIRMINGHAM LINE UPGRADED TO 4 TRACKS TEARDROP LOOP NOTTINGHAM & 250kph OPERATION RESTORED FOR #15 NOTTINGHAM- 0 BURTON STATION BIRMINGHAM THROUGH FLOWS 1 RECONSTRUCTED DERBY BOTTES -FORD LONG MIDLAND XCML EATON NOTTINGHAM-GRANTHAM GRANTHAM ROUTE UPGRADED TO 200kph INTERCITY STATUS WITH LEVEL TRENT CROSSINGS ELIMINATED JUNCTION BURTON RATCLIFFE-TOTON #14 on TRENT EAST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 4 TUNNEL PASSING NEW NOTTINGHAM SPUR UNDER 0 EAST AVOIDING ATTENBORO’ HIGH SPEED UK AND LEVEL1 CROSSINGS MIDLANDS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS PARKWAY CLOSE-SPACED LINKS TO LOCAL RAIL SYSTEM

BETWEEN HIGH SPEED UK 13 AND EXISTING NETWORK # DIAGRAM EMN 4 ASHBY de SHOWN # 13 0 LOUGHBOROUGH © NETWORK MAPPING 2018 la ZOUCH 0 1 2020 1

COALVILLE MELTON COALVILLE LEVEL CROSSING TO BE MOWBRAY ELIMINATED #12 SYSTON 0 JUNCTION DERBY AVOIDER & EXISTING LEICESTER 1 STATION & MIDLAND UPGRADED AS MAIN LINE TO NORTH OAKHAM UPGRADED AS 4-TRACK POTENTIAL EURO- #11 GAUGE NORTH-SOUTH HIGH SPEED LINE 0 LONDON MANTON FREIGHT ROUTE JUNCTION 1 ROAD NEW CHORDS PROPOSED AT MANTON LEICESTER AND GLENDON JUNCTIONS TO PERMIT DIVERSION OF FELIXSTOWE-NUNEATON FREIGHT FLOWS CLEAR OF LEICESTER WIGSTON FOR DETAILS OF PROPOSED JUNCTION UPGRADES IN COVENTRY/

NUNEATON AREA, SEE HSUK WEST MIDLANDS RAIL STRATEGY #10 MARKET 0 HARBOROUGH WCML HSUK CORBY 1POTENTIAL FUTURE DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE TO CENTRAL HINCKLEY BIRMINGHAM, FOLLOWING M6 LOOP FROM NUNEATON HSUK TO RUGBY UPGRADED TO GLENDON NORTHWARD CONNECTION 4 TRACKS, C/W NEW FLYOVERS JUNCTION #09 FROM RUGBY TO HIGH AT RUGBY STATION TO ACCESS SPEED UK ALONG FORMER 0 BIRMINGHAM LINE & WCML GREAT CENTRAL ROUTE 1 KEY DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE KETTERING UPGRADED EXISTING ROUTE COVENTRY NEW ROUTE & NEW STATION RESTORED ROUTE MML #08 RUGBY #24 LINK TO EXISTING NETWORK 0 0 1 1 RESTORATION OF BOTTESFORD- XCML MML HSUK NEWARK LINE CREATES VIABLE INTERCITY ROUTE NORTH-EAST FROM NOTTINGHAM TO ECML & CASTLE NEWARK ESTABLISHES NEWARK NORTH- NORTHGATE GATE AS HIGH SPEED HUB FOR MID-LINCOLNSHIRE ECML NOTTINGHAM- NOTTINGHAM BIRMINGHAM DERBY THROUGH FLOWS

VIA RESTORED 47% TEARDROP LOOP 27 LONG MIDLAND XCML EATON 56% GRANTHAM 27 TRENT BURTON JUNCTION on TRENT EAST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 5

EAST CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL MIDLANDS & INTERCITY RAIL PARKWAY ASHBY de NETWORK TO HSUK la ZOUCH

DIAGRAM EMN 5 LOUGHBOROUGH © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 NEW LEICESTER -BURTON- DERBY LOCAL SERVICE VIA IVANHOE LINE, TO CALL AT COALVILLE, MELTON ASHBY AND OTHER MOWBRAY COALVILLE LOCAL STATIONS TO BE REOPENED SYSTON JUNCTION

AVE. % JOURNEY OAKHAM 62% TIME REDUCTION LONDON No OF CITIES ROAD 27 DIRECTLY LINKED MANTON LEICESTER CONNECTIVITY DATA JUNCTION BASED UPON HSUK

TIMETABLE COVERING WIGSTON 32 KEY HUBS OF UK JUNCTION RAIL NETWORK

WCML

HINCKLEY CORBY HSUK

MARKET NUNEATON HARBOROUGH GLENDON JUNCTION POTENTIAL FUTURE DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE TO CENTRAL BIRMINGHAM, FOLLOWING M6 KEY HIGH SPEED NETWORK & HUBS 48% WITH HS LINKS TO LONDON KETTERING 24 STATIONS AT 20/40/60 MINUTES FROM HS HUB MML RUGBY STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR COVENTRY REQG FURTHER CHANGE

XCML MML HSUK EREWASH VALLEY LINE UPGRADED AS COMBINED NORTH-SOUTH FREIGHT HIGH SPEED PASSENGER & NEWARK ROUTE CONTINUES TO CONTINENTAL GAUGE SOUTH VIA CASTLE NORTHGATE FREIGHT ROUTE & CHESTERFIELD- ROTHERHAM ‘OLD ROAD’ 4-TRACKING OF XCML ECML THROUGH BURTON PROVIDES CAPACITY FOR NOTTINGHAM CONTINENTAL GAUGE FREIGHT ROUTE

TOTON DERBY YARD LONG MIDLAND XCML EATON GRANTHAM

TRENT JUNCTION BURTON POTENTIAL MAJOR on TRENT RAILFREIGHT FACILITY EAST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 6 AT TOTON EAST FREIGHT NETWORK MIDLANDS RECONFIGURATION PARKWAY ASHBY de AROUND LEICESTER la ZOUCH DERBY AVOIDER AND IVANHOE DIAGRAM EMN 6 LINE UPGRADED AS POTENTIAL LOUGHBOROUGH NORTH-SOUTH CONTINENTAL © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 GAUGE FREIGHT ROUTE

MELTON MOWBRAY COALVILLE SYSTON JUNCTION

MIDLAND MAIN LINE FREIGHT FLOWS OAKHAM DIVERTED CLEAR OF LEICESTER VIA LONDON CORBY & OAKHAM MANTON ROUTEING OF HSUK HIGH SPEED LINE ROAD JUNCTION VIA MIDLAND MAIN LINE THROUGH NEW CHORDS AT MANTON & LEICESTER REQUIRES DIVERSION OF LEICESTER GLENDON TO ENABLE FREIGHT FLOWS TO OTHER ROUTES DIVERSION OF FELIXSTOWE TO NUNEATON FREIGHT FLOWS

WIGSTON CLEAR OF LEICESTER JUNCTION

WCML MARKET HARBOROUGH HSUK CORBY HINCKLEY MIDLAND MAIN LINE (WITH EXPRESS PASSENGER FLOWS DIVERTED TO HSUK)

NUNEATON UPGRADED AS POTENTIAL NORTH-SOUTH GLENDON CONTINENTAL GAUGE FREIGHT ROUTE JUNCTION

KEY DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE TRUNK FREIGHT ROUTE & YARD KETTERING DIRFT NEW FREIGHT CHORD COVENTRY FREIGHT ROUTE CAPABLE OF UP- GRADE TO CONTINENTAL GAUGE MML RUGBY RESTORED/NEW/UPGRADED ROUTE