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Borough of Oadby & Wigston Borough of Oadby & Wigston Scrutiny Panel 4th December 2007 New Rail Franchises Report of: Chief Executive Report Number: 4 (b) Author: Legal & Admin Officer NON-EXEMPT This report is likely to be considered while the meeting is open to press & public Summary: This report places before Members, details of the new rail franchises affecting our region. Recommendations: Members are asked to note the report and provide appropriate guidance to Officers. Level of delegation: Committee Wards affected: All Comments of Statutory Officers: Head of Paid Service: Own report Proper Officer for Financial Affairs: None Monitoring Officer: Appendices Attached: Appendices 1 And 2 Impact Assessments: Health: ) Environment: ) No Community Safety: ) direct Human Rights: ) impact Equal Opportunities: ) Risk Assessment ) 1. Background: Members will recall from the Annual Report of Scrutiny that new rail franchises were awaited as part of the ongoing Local Transport Review. These were awarded in August 2007 and came into effect on 11 November. For the purpose of the new franchises, travel to and from Leicester is again provided by more than one Train Operating Company (TOC), relative to the actual routes. However, these are not the same companies that previously served Leicester. The bid for the franchise previously operated by Midland Mainline providing services south to London St Pancras and north to Sheffield, has been won by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stagecoach, called East Midlands Trains. This company is promising a seamless transformation with no timetable changes until 8 December when the Winter timetable becomes operative. No major changes are predicted until December 2008, after a period of public consultation. It is not clear at this stage how the company proposes to deal with the impact on services at Market Harborough of the opening of a station at Corby which is scheduled to take place in December 2008. A new station at East Midlands Parkway, near to Ratcliff on Soar, is also scheduled to open in that month and this additional stop will have to be timetabled in. The franchise for services between Leicester and Birmingham westbound and Leicester and Cambridge/Stanstead east bound, formerly operated by Central Trains, has been won by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arriva, called CrossCountry. Again, apart from the enforced change from Summer to Winter timetables on 8 December, no major changes are planned until December 2008. This means therefore that the current timetable as it affects services to and from South Wigston will remain unchanged for the next 12 months, with one train an hour at peak times and every two hours, off peak. Both franchises will run from 11 November 2007 until 31 March 2016, with the last two years and five months of the franchises conditional upon having achieved agreed performance targets. A summary of the major franchise changes appears at Appendix 1 of this report. CrossCountry Trains are well advanced in their plans for 2009 and have produced a very detailed document called “2009 Timetable Consultation”. An extract from this document, covering the Birmingham to Leicester services, is attached as Appendix 2 to this report. From this, it can be seen that they are planning to introduce an half hourly service to Leicester out of which, every other train will call at South Wigston during peak times. This means that there is a proposed hourly service at South Wigston supplemented by four additional trains per day during peak times but every two hours during off peak times. Off peak is defined as after 10.00 and before 16.00 hours. These proposals are scheduled for June 2009. The document includes the contact details for the consultation. Members may wish to consider the situation further since, whilst there are some minor timetable improvements during peak times, the service remains effectively the same as at present during off peak times, and does not meet with the objectives set by the Multi Agency Working Group, as illustrated in the Annual Report of Scrutiny for 2006/07. Background Papers referred to in compiling this report: RAILNEWS ONLINE, CrossCountry Press Releases. APPENDIX 1 At a glance guide to the new Train Operating Companies Previous TOC Key Points on route New TOC Central Trains (East) Nottingham, Derby, East Midlands Trains from th Matlock, Lincoln, 11 November 2007 Cleethorpes, Skegness, Norwich, Cambridge th Central Trains (West) Birmingham, Walsall, London Midland from 11 Wolverhampton, November 2007 Shrewsbury, Redditch, Kidderminster, Worcester, Hereford, Stratford-on- Avon, Leamington Spa, Coventry, Nuneaton, Lichfield, Rugeley, Stafford th Central Trains Nottingham, Birmingham CrossCountry from 11 New Street, Chepstow, November 2007 Newport, Cardiff; Peterborough, Ely, Cambridge, Stansted Airport GNER London Kings Cross, National Express East th Peterborough, Doncaster, Coast from 9 December York, Hull, Leeds, 2007 Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness MidlandMainline London St Pancras, East Midlands Trains from th Bedford, Leicester, 11 November 2007 Loughborough, Derby, Nottingham, Chesterfield, Sheffield th Silverlink County London Euston, Watford London Midland from 11 Junction, Milton Keynes November 2007 Central, Northampton, St Albans Abbey, Bletchley, Bedford Silverlink Metro Barking, Richmond, LondonOverground from th Stratford, Gospel Oak, 11 November 2007 London Euston, Watford Junction th Virgin Trains Cross Country Birmingham New Street, CrossCountry from 11 Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, November 2007, except for Penzance, Bournemouth, services between Southampton, Reading, Birmingham & Glasgow via Crewe, Manchester Preston, which will be Piccadilly, Derby, Sheffield, operated by Virgin Trains York, Newcastle, West Coast, and services Edinburgh, Glasgow, between Manchester and Aberdeen Glasgow via Preston which will be operated by TransPennine Express from 9th December 2007 Detailed information about the new TOCs follows: National Express East Coast Replaces: GNER Routes affected:London Kings Cross, Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Newcastle, Edinburgh & Glasgow/Aberdeen/Inverness; also London Kings Cross, Peterborough, Doncaster & Leeds/Bradford/Skipton/ Harrogate/Hull National Express East Coast will replace current TOC GNER from 9th December 2007. This is the simplest of the TOC changes as there are no changes of the route affected or stations managed, everything will be a straight transfer from GNER to National Express East Coast on Sunday 9th December (the date of the change from Summer to Winter timetables). Staff previously employed by GNER will be transferred to National Express East Coast, and the head office will remain in York . The website for National Express East Coast can be viewed at www.youreastcoast.co.uk Other than changes to the customer information notices displayed at stations and on trains, there should be no immediate change noticeable to passengers. Changes to ticketing, train services and train & station facilities will be introduced as National Express East Coast develop the route over the next few years. East Midlands Trains Replaces: Midland Mainline, and Central Trains from Derby , Nottingham & Lincoln Routes affected: - London St Pancras, Bedford, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby & Burton-on-Trent - London St Pancras, Bedford, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby/Nottingham & Sheffield/Barnsley/Leeds - Derby, Stoke-on-Trent & Crewe and Derby, Belper & Matlock - Nottingham, Grantham, Peterborough, Ely & Cambridge - Nottingham, Grantham, Sleaford & Skegness - Nottingham, Newark, Lincoln & Cleethorpes - Nottingham, Mansfield, & Worksop - Peterborough, Sleaford, Lincoln, Gainsborough & Doncaster - Norwich, Ely, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester Piccadilly & Liverpool Lime Street East Midlands Trains will replace the current TOC Midland Mainline, as well as taking over parts of the Central Trains route from Sunday 11th November 2007. East Midlands Trains will be replacing the Central Trains services that previously operated on routes from Nottingham, Derby and Lincoln , as well as the cross-country Norwich to Liverpool service. Staff previously employed by Midland Mainline and Central Trains will be transferred to East Midlands Trains, and their head office will be in Derby . The website for East Midlands Trains can be viewed at www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk Other than changes to the customer information notices displayed at stations and on trains, there should be no immediate change noticeable to passengers. The current timetable will continue to operate from Sunday 11th November until Sunday 9th December 2007 (when the timetable changes from Summer to Winter version). East Midlands Trains do not expect to make any major timetable alterations until December 2008. Changes to ticketing, train services and train & station facilities will be introduced as East Midlands Trains develop the route over the next few years. London Midland Replaces: Silverlink County, and Central Trains services around Birmingham Routes affected: , London Euston, Watford Junction, Milton Keynes Central, Northampton, Rugby, Coventry, Birmingham International & Birmingham New Street - London Euston, Watford Junction, Milton Keynes Central, Northampton, Rugby, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Lichfield, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent & Crewe - Birmingham New Street, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Crewe & Liverpool Lime Street - Watford Junction & St Albans Abbey - Bletchley & Bedford - Nuneaton & Coventry - Redditch, Birmingham New Street and Lichfield - Birmingham New Street, Bescot
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