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Raileast Issue ISSUE 171 SEPTEMBER 2016 Internet at www.railfuture.org.uk/East+Anglia TWITTER at twitter.com/RailfutureEA. Abellio win the Anglia Franchise with a record number of new trains Stadler and Bombardier share the order At last we know - Abellio is awarded the nine-year WHAT’S INSIDE franchise. Franchise award; the details Just after 7am on Wednesday 10 and comment August our new Minister for Transport, Chris Grayling, announced from the Whittlesford Parkway Station: Bombardier factory in Derby, that Abellio an action-plan needed had been awarded the nine-year Anglia London-Stansted-Cambridge: franchise beginning in October this year. a rail-friendly report Some might argue that Abellio’s record does not justify the award (remembering Fourth East Coast Main Line especially autumn 2015 Leaf Fall track to be reinstated débâcle): maybe, but with two short Three-man survey of short franchises under its belt has always Cambridge to Bedford EWR been denied the opportunity to spend and route flourish. That has now been banished with this long franchise and quite the largest order of new trains East Anglia has ever been promised. Of these new trains Bombardier’s Aventra concept is the bigger order and to be built at their Litchurch Lane factory in Derby. A much welcome boost to morale there. This versatile design, based upon that currently under construction for Crossrail, is destined for outer suburban routes from Liverpool Street to Southend, Clacton, Walton and Ipswich and up to Cambridge on West Anglia. It is said this dual order is to replace all trains presently used on Greater Anglia routes although one wonders if this truly includes the five-year old Class 379 used on West Anglia? But all should mean all, and Railfuture thinks it does. The second tranche was probably a bigger surprise, as this represents the UK’s first order of main line trains from Swiss manufacturer, Stadler. Included are some three- and four-car bi-modes, or Electro-Diesel, as Stadler prefer to call them, in addition to 240 electric-only inter-city vehicles for Great Eastern Main Line (GEML)/Stansted Express and West Anglia ‘fastest service’ use, as can be seen from accompanying table. The Stadler units are based on the FLIRT design which is well established in continental Europe, and indeed on narrower gauge mountain railways, whose dimensions more accurately reflect the British loading gauge. In effect Stadler rolling stock will dominate the scene north of Colchester and Bishop’s Stortford, hopefully sparking (!) much new business, which is certainly necessary if only to pay for the trains and service a rather demanding financial package. With so much new kit Abellio ought no longer to be the source of unreliability; ‘extreme’ weather, tragic incidents and man/beast trespass excepted. www.railfuture.uk/East+Anglia 2 Issue 171 September 2016 But every franchise is only as successful as its partner allows: bringing a 19thC railway up to 21stC requirements is a merciless challenge at the best of times for Network Rail. They too carry our hopes and demand our best wishes: like the healthy human body depends on good blood flow, so the railway timetable has to rely on its track and signalling operating efficiently for vital train ‘flow’. So our Branch says, Norwich-in-90 is good but not if the overall East Anglia service crumbles because of infrastructure constraints. Thus the oft-requested second track at Trowse Swing Bridge, remodelling Ely North Junction, and loops along the Felixstowe branch remain essential, as does vastly increased robustness nearer to London. One hopes these new trains will accelerate noticeably quicker than current stock, use regenerative braking and safely brake more quickly. All very important factors given that East Anglia’s services tend to travel short distances between stops. The current Defensive Driving policy does no favours to our timetable. Ipswich and Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge routes are in dire need of shorter journey times. Anachronisms like the 12-year old ‘temporary’ speed restriction over Croxton level crossing north of Thetford, that saps fuel, wears out brakes, and adds significant travel time need to be removed. The branches out of Norwich and Ipswich too need sprightlier 21stC operation. And the service improvements promised? First: there is no mention of Felixstowe, London to Yarmouth trains, or reconnecting Wisbech (in fact Wisbech is altogether absent from the DfT website map!). According to the Financial Times “Abellio is promising a 10 per cent cut in average journey times across the network, which also includes services to Stansted Airport”, which is great if true. The Ipswich-Peterborough service at long last goes to hourly and will be extended to Colchester, an almost certain testament to active lobbying by Railfuture, and others. Services from Norwich to Cambridge are for the most part extended to Stansted Airport, another commendable move. Norwich-Ipswich-London is to go to three trains per hour, yet with pathing at a premium this suggests a current semi-fast to Ipswich being extended. But at least the patrons will never have long to wait for their train! All these proposals pretty well guarantee a completely re-written timetable in three to four years time. Again, good. As a further comment our Railfuture Director, Jerry Alderson, observes: “Interesting that free Wi-Fi on all trains is mentioned but no reference to power-points (especially USB ones). Passenger groups, Railfuture in particular, consider power-points to be potentially more important than Wi-Fi especially on longer journeys since most news apps cache stories. Not everyone wants to carry around a charged booster battery. …... the maintenance advantages of only having two sources of train for the entire franchise? It certainly reduces costs e.g. less staff training, fewer spares to hold, same equipment to service all trains and so on.” Inevitably there are many details about this franchise we have yet to learn, one of which is where will all these new trains be maintained and by whom, Bombardier and Stadler? It is rumoured that a site near Manningtree is being considered: it does at least have a www.railfuture.uk/East+Anglia 3 Issue 171 September 2016 triangle to hand, like Crown Point. And will Crown Point with its restricted access be retained? The future augurs well for passengers who might well feel a touch pampered by these new trains, even though four years will pass before they become widely evident. There is the caveat that maybe FLIRT 110mph electrics on GEML might take a bit of time persuading passengers that it is superior to present day Mark 3 refurbished coaches. But that aside, it’s probably likely that in time we will all fall in love with a FLIRT! So congratulations, Abellio, and let us hope the franchise bid proves realistic operationally and financially. CB/PS/JA Terrific for train enthusiasts but bad for the balance sheet: two locomotive hauled trains expensively substitute for unavailable diesel units at Norwich in early August. What can’t be seen are two further locomotives completing these top-and-tailed services totalling just six coaches but utilising no less than 11,100 horsepower! Apart from special events services, like Lowestoft Air Display, this sight ought to be consigned to the past with the new franchise. In fact even the foreground single-car Cl.153 unit should also become history by 2020. CB More campaigning needed though, despite good news Despite all the foregoing, our Committee Member, Phil Smart, reminds us that “We don’t yet know if all proposals in the bid were accepted by the Department for Transport in the current post-Brexit climate. Sources close to the bid teams suggest some infrastructure improvements were not taken up and we need to keep up the pressure for a ‘fast’ Ipswich-Cambridge/Peterborough service as well as the reopening to Wisbech.” To which we might add that MPs, government and Network Rail need to be continually lobbied about improving infrastructure, so, so crucial to a successful timetable, and to the Treasury actually receiving what it is promised by the franchisee, Abellio. Another significant aspect listed in the franchise commitments is this: “.....investment to improve the journey experience, including nearly £60m for stations, with major schemes at Broxbourne, Cambridge, Cheshunt, Harlow and Southend Victoria, digital information screens at all 131 stations, improved ticket offices and more ticket vending machines, nearly 1,800 additional car parking spaces and 4000 additional cycle parking spaces”. Quite a list, but dovetailing neatly with a deliberation at our last Branch meeting about running an “Easy Stations” competition in connection with PRM (Persons with Reduced Mobility). Therefore, while welcoming the new rolling stock, which will comply with PRM regulations by 2020, the same cannot be said of every station. A point made in Railfuture’s evidence to the Transport Select Committee in June 2016. In the light of this £60m to be spent on station improvements, Railfuture will run this ‘Easy Stations’ award scheme to encourage Abellio to invest in better access for www.railfuture.uk/East+Anglia 4 Issue 171 September 2016 everyone. There will be an annual award featuring a certificate and special plaque for the station which we adjudge has been made most effectively attractive to ‘PRM’ passengers. PS/CB Phil Smart, reflects on how the award process thought it was heading into port, when up sprang the Referendum storm and suddenly all bets were off....... Franchising Slips on ‘Leave’: East Anglia goes to extra time and penalties The invitation to tender (ITT) for the Anglia franchise, issued in 2015 encouraged significant investment in new trains and a challenge to achieve ‘Norwich in 90 minutes’ by 2019.
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