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Tring Station: a Need for Integrated Cross-County Planning Tring Station: a need for integrated cross-County planning Dear Mr Gordon and Mr Tett, The attached note describes the significant modal interchange capacity issues being faced at Tring railway station today. In essence the station is already operating to capacity and beyond in its ability to effectively function as a hub. Future planned developments in West Hertfordshire and South Buckinghamshire will exacerbate the problems unless an holistic approach is taken to housing and the associated transport infrastructure development. We recommend that an integrated transport strategy is developed for the West Dacorum / Southern Vale areas, coordinated and facilitated by Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire County Councils working together and in collaboration with the several other parties involved. I am writing to you as Leaders of the Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire County Councils, and copying your Chairs (and other relevant parties) as our senior elected representatives with responsibility for ensuring the continuing wellbeing and economic prosperity of our communities. I and my fellow Councillors would be very grateful if you would take ownership of this major cross- County strategic issue. We would be delighted to meet with you in order to provide more detail, answer questions and understand your positions. Yours sincerely, Duncan Eggar Duncan Eggar Chair, Aldbury Parish Council Tring Station: a road / rail interchange that needs integrated cross-County planning Tring station lies in Hertfordshire and is a passenger transport hub for the surrounding areas that lie in both Dacorum / Hertfordshire and Aylesbury Vale / Buckinghamshire. Given the drive to create more homes in the south east of the UK, there is a consequent need to develop a cross-County integrated transport strategy that recognises the impact of this housing increase on the local infrastructure. Rail transport is an important element of the transport strategy but is only truly effective if there is effective provision for modal interchange at station hubs. Tring station is already operating to capacity and beyond in its ability to effectively function as a hub. Action is required to meet the growing demand for this road / rail interchange. The situation today The number of people travelling to or from Tring and adjacent stations in 1997/98 and 2013/14 is shown in the table below1; of interest is the significant increase in passenger numbers over the 15 year period – approximately 3.68% p.a. for Tring. %age increase 1997/98 2013/14 1997/98 to 2013/14 Cheddington 75,940 75,250 -1 Tring 458,394 789,238 72 Berkhamsted 991,866 1,659,838 67 Hemel Hempstead 1,198,186 1,924,504 61 Car parking provision at Tring station has increased over this period and there are now 498 spaces with 7 spaces for the disabled2. However, this is woefully inadequate to the extent that it is often impossible to park after 0930; there are signs at the booking office that read: ‘we are sorry but when the car park is full, we are unable to advise customers on alternative parking. Any parking issues should be discussed with Meteor directly on 0870 060 4416. Thank you, Booking Office Team’. This results in parking on the surrounding roads wherever possible with consequent blockages to other traffic and inconvenience to the residents of Tring station hamlet. Any car parking restrictions that are applied merely shift the problem to other locations. London Midland hold the franchise for the train operation and through Meteor Parking, the parking at Tring (and other) stations. Their franchise has been extended by the Department for Transport from April 2016 to run until October 20173; the extension includes incentives for increased parking at Watford, Hemel Hempstead and Tamworth. It is far from certain that post October 2017 the franchise will be renewed in its current form. It has been suggested in the railway press and hinted at in the Department for Transport December 2015 West Midlands Rail Franchise consultation document4 that a new West Midlands franchise will be let which would be separate from a new commuter services franchise to cover the Northampton / Milton Keynes services running to London Euston. It is of course always possible that Transport for London (TfL) will make a bid for all or part of those services. 1 Abstracted from Office of Rail and Road, ref: http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates 2 London Midland, ref: https://www.londonmidlandparking.com/consumer/find-and-book/carparks/tring 3 DfT Press Release https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-contract-to-make-journeys-better-for-west-midlands-rail-passengers 4 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486503/west-midlands-rail-franchise.pdf As a result, without subsidy from the Department for Transport, there is no incentive for London Midland or Meteor Parking to invest in additional parking provision at this time; it is noted that they enhance their income through heavy fines on those who are unable to park within the prescribed white lines and cause no obstruction to other station users. This despite the feeling that they make a more than considerable return on their investment; the daily charge per car is currently £6.70. Access to the station by private car with the resultant need for parking should not be seen as the only solution to the provision of an inter-modal train hub. Four alternative access modes currently in place are: pedal and motor cycle. Facilities are provided for these modes and they are well used. There is little spare capacity. walking. For most station users this is impractical as other than Tring station hamlet, the nearest habitation (Aldbury) is one mile distant with no pavements on a narrow winding road, and footpaths across fields that for most onward travellers are only useful in dry weather. bus. The bus service is poor, serves a limited group of travellers and does not operate after 1741 to Aldbury and 1943 to Tring. There are no cross County bus services between Tring Station and Aylesbury Vale. taxi. John’s Taxis operate a service from the Tring Station forecourt. There is also a problem with access to Fog Cottages across the station forecourt which is regularly obstructed, in turn also leading to back up on the road through Tring Station hamlet, especially in the evening rush, by cars present to collect rail passengers arriving at the station. Cheddington station might be seen as an alternative to Tring but it is little used. This is possibly due to Cheddington only having one regular train service per hour and limited parking facilities. Looking forward The Dacorum Core Strategy 2006-20315 indicates that it is planned that Tring should have around 480 new homes and that the surrounding Small Villages will have local affordable housing and other very limited development that will help sustain the villages. The Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 2013-2033 Issues and Options Consultation Document6 identifies nine options for providing between 29,300 and 33,300 new homes. Of these, between 4,200 and 5,600 would be in the Southern Vale area that includes Ivinghoe, Pitstone and Aston Clinton. While some of the new residents in the surrounding areas will find employment locally, it is reasonable to expect that a significant number will want to commute both to Watford / London and Milton Keynes / Birmingham. This will put further demand on Tring station and its supporting infrastructure. It is understood that there is a possibility that Crossrail might be extended with a north-west arm from somewhere west of Paddington to Tring or Bletchley via Watford. The primary purpose of this would be to remove demand on Euston during the construction of the HS2 terminus. It has been suggested that extending Crossrail to Tring would result in a more frequent and/or more attractive train service from Tring to central London. If this were to come about it would very probably put further pressure on Tring station as a transport hub. 5 http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/docs/default-source/strategic-planning/adopted-core-strategy-2013-(pdf-7-66mb).pdf?sfvrsn=2 6 http://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/page_downloads/VALP%20consultation%20document%20FINAL.pdf It is also reported that National Rail are developing plans to upgrade Tring station in 2017 with a new ticket office, lifts, toilets etc. The benefit of such an upgrade would be seriously diluted if other developments were not carried out in parallel. What is needed Tring station serves the surrounding areas in Dacorum / Hertfordshire and Aylesbury Vale / Buckinghamshire. The supporting transport infrastructure is already stretched beyond theoretical capacity. We are reasonably confident that an uncounted but significant proportion of the users of Tring station come from Aylesbury Vale, i.e. from outwith Hertfordshire. There are plans to increase housing provision in both Aylesbury Vale and Tring. There is the possibility that Crossrail will be extended to Tring station. Either or both of these factors will put further pressure on the infrastructure supporting Tring station. Further the management and operation of the rail service and station will likely change in 2017 and there are also plans to upgrade the station facilities that year. This provides an opportunity to work with the Department for Transport and National Rail to make Tring (and other) stations more accessible to the travelling public. There may be an opportunity to increase the passenger throughput at Cheddington station through the provision of additional train services and associated road transport provision to and from the station. This could be investigated as a way of relieving the pressure on Tring station. What is needed is an integrated transport strategy for the West Dacorum / Southern Vale areas, developed by Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire working together in collaboration with the several other parties involved – much along the lines of the Connected Counties approach to the provision of Broadband.
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