CP5 Enhancements Delivery Plan
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CP5 Enhancements Delivery Plan June 2015 Contents – Introduction 3 – Changes to the plan 9 – List of Projects Rolled from CP4 10 – Summary 11 – England and Wales CP5 enhancement programme – England and Wales – funds 13 – England and Wales – projects – Cross route projects 38 – Electric spine 52 – Anglia 59 – Kent 68 – Sussex 75 – Wessex 77 – Western 92 – Wales 110 – LNE 113 – East Midlands 127 – LNW 130 – Scotland CP5 enhancement programme – Scotland – funds 141 – Scotland – projects 147 CP5 Enhancements Delivery Plan Introduction Purpose The CP5 Enhancements Delivery Plan sets out the outputs, scope and milestones that we are committed to deliver in CP5. It has an entry for every project and ring-fenced fund funded through PR13. It is used both by the regulator, to hold us to account, and by our customers and funders, to give them visibility of our plans. As well as describing our commitments through the periodic review, it also sets out the deliverables for other government sponsored enhancement schemes funded through the Investment Framework. The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) published the Final Determination on 31 October 2013. Network Rail accepted the Final Determination on 7 February 2014. This document is part of Network Rail’s response to the Final Determination. We have continued to develop our plans for Control Period 5. As we have refined our plans, elements have changed and we set out the changes from the draft plan in the ‘changes to the plan’ chapter later in the document. Change control and updates This document will be updated on a quarterly basis to report progress and to update projects where appropriate. Changes to outputs, scope and regulatory milestones will be approved by the regulator through the change control process before being reflected in our plan. Changes from the March Enhancements Deliver Plan to this Enhancements Delivery Plan can be found on page 9. Network Rail 3 CP5 Enhancements Delivery Plan refine and add detail (where appropriate) to the scope obligation and to convert the GRIP 6 (infrastructure ready for use) milestone to be the regulatory obligation. Background In delivering the enhancement programmes funded from the periodic review, we have flexibility to determine the most cost-effective way of delivering the outputs. Enhancements Document development projects required to deliver outputs in accordance with the HLOS fall into different The Initial Industry Plans (IIP) were published in September 2011. Both the England & categories, described below. Wales and Scotland plans set out a series of possible enhancement projects for CP5. The enhancements proposed were informed by the Route Utilisation Strategies (RUSs). Committed projects A number of projects are specified in the HLOSs, including completion of the Thameslink The RUSs examined the rail network at a specific point in time and identified where it would and Crossrail and Reading programmes, East – West Rail, elements of the Northern Hub, not be able to accommodate forecast future demand. This was primarily in terms of Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvements Programme and Borders Rail. Delivery of these capacity, but the RUSs also considered performance and connectivity. Where the demand projects, with the outputs as specified by DfT and TS, will satisfy the HLOS. could not be accommodated, the RUSs sought to find appropriate and best value solutions. The general principle adopted was for simpler and lower cost interventions to be considered before turning to more complex and expensive solutions. In the first instance, optimising the Investment funds We have been provided with a number of funds in CP5 such as the Level Crossing Fund use of existing infrastructure was examined and timetabled solutions were usually sought as and Strategic Freight Network Fund. Our obligation is to agree robust governance of these preferable to infrastructure works (subject to there being no unacceptable performance funds with industry and deliver schemes authorised via this governance to draw down on the impact). The various options were then evaluated using the DfT and Transport Scotland fund. For a number of funds prospective projects have been identified. As the control (TS) appraisal criteria and recommendations made. period progresses, projects authorised for delivery will be described in the fund pages to a The High Level Output Specifications (HLOSs) were published by TS and the DfT on 21 level of detail appropriate to the materiality of spend. There are two types of fund, those ring June 2012 and 16 July 2012 respectively. These had been informed by the IIP and the fenced to deliver maximum benefit within a defined funding limit, and non-ring fenced funds RUSs. These set out the enhancements projects, funds and outputs that were required to where the outputs and scope of works are unclear at this stage and can be reviewed during be delivered by the industry in CP5. the control period. The Depots and Stabling fund and ETCS cab fitment fund fall into the latter category and Network Rail has the flexibility to develop the right solutions in these The Network Rail Strategic Business Plan, published on 7 January 2013 set out, in its areas with industry and funders without being at risk of changes in output specifications. accompanying enhancements document, the enhancements funds and programmes of work that would be necessary to deliver the HLOSs. ORR published their Final Determination in October 2013. This set out its assessment of the Strategic Business Plan and determined The Electric Spine The England and Wales HLOS specified an electrification programme intended to increase the funds and programmes of work it deemed necessary to delivery the HLOS. It also regional and national connectivity and support economic development by creating a high- contained a funding assumption for enhancements and set out guidelines for an capability 25kV electrified passenger and freight route from the South Coast via Oxford and Enhancements Cost Adjustment Mechanism (ECAM) to determine the efficient cost of the the Midlands to South Yorkshire. There are a number of schemes in the plan that contribute enhancements portfolio on a progressive basis. to this aim. We have continued to develop the programmes of work required to deliver the HLOSs and in this document provide a statement of the proposed output, scope and milestone Other electrification projects commitments of the CP5 enhancements portfolio. The plan also sets out the proposed There are a number of other electrification projects that have been specified in the England governance arrangements of funds in CP5. & Wales HLOS in order to deliver benefit in CP5. Network Rail’s obligations Airport and port access This document sets out the outputs and scope of each project at each stage, commensurate A number of schemes have been specified in order to deliver improved access to airports to its level of development, and the expected milestones for development and delivery of the and ports. projects. Network Rail’s initial obligation for each project is to develop it to GRIP 3 (Governance of Railway Investment Projects stage 3). At this stage there will be a further City capacity projects funding submission to ORR for each project (described further below). Once GRIP 3 is A number of schemes have been specified in order to deliver improved capacity on key completed and funding is established, the project definition page will be change controlled to areas of the network. Network Rail 4 CP5 Enhancements Delivery Plan The England and Wales HLOS also specified a level of capacity that DfT required to be Stakeholder engagement delivered in CP5. There are a number of schemes within the plan that, in total, have been Network Rail is the principal point of contact for customers and stakeholders (such as shown to deliver the required capacity within the range of assumptions set out within the developers and funders) wishing to invest in the rail network infrastructure. Network Rail plan (for example on rolling stock and timetables). The service changes associated with values its stakeholders and customers and aims to develop good, long-term working these projects have been captured in our capacity analysis to demonstrate that we have a relationships that are built upon openness, fairness and trust. As the owner and operator of plan to achieve the HLOS capacity metrics. Britain’s railway, Network Rail deals with a wide range of stakeholders. These include train operators (both passenger and freight); funding bodies such as DfT and Passenger Traction power supply Transport Executives; bodies that provide one-off funding, such as local authorities, In order to enable the changes in network capability described above, enhanced traction Transport Scotland, the Welsh Assembly Government and other regional bodies. power is required. Within CP5, Network Rail is committed to improving our approach to The LTPP provides the framework for engagement with a broad body of stakeholders on the traction power enhancements through the embodiment of National Traction Power System required outputs from the railway. The LTPP programme of work will develop proposals for Strategies (TPSS). the railway in a way which is flexible enough to take into account the views of the rail Any service change affects the traction energy demand and historically, traction power industry, funders, specifiers and customers on the requirements to develop the network to enhancements have focused on enabling specific timetable changes. These enhancements meet future demand. The LTPP has been designed to be as inclusive as possible with are value engineered to provide efficient solutions on a project by project basis. This can contributions encouraged both from the rail industry and wider stakeholders. Further lead to incremental enhancements where a longer term solution would be more optimal. information can be found here: Our plan is to take a national approach to the development of traction power strategies that Long Term Planning Process - Planning policies and plans are linked to the Long Term Planning Process (LTPP).