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HSUK WEST RAIL STRATEGY

There is little if any dispute, that a high speed line from to the must be a core element of any future UK high speed . But cannot be the exclusive aim of high speed rail planners; it is only the primary urban centre of the much larger West Midlands conurbation. This is acknowledged in HS2’s core remit, which defines a high speed rail link from London to the West Midlands (rather than Birmingham) as the initial objective of the HS2 project. For the benefits of HS2 to spread beyond the extent of the new build (which in practical terms must finish in central Birmingham) optimum integration with local transport systems must be achieved. The following diagrams define existing West Midlands rail connectivity, and review the capability of both HS2 and the alternative High Speed UK proposals to integrate with the local rail system and improve existing connectivity. 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. WMN1 : WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL NETWORKS – PRE 1923 GROUPING It is essential to understand the historical development of the West Midlands rail network. This started in 1838 with the arrival of both the London & Birmingham and the (from Lancashire) at the Curzon Street terminus. By the 1850s the region was crisscrossed by a burgeoning network of new lines. These coalesced into 3 principal systems; Great Western, and London North-Western (LNW), the latter of which subsumed the London & Birmingham and the Grand Junction railways. All were trunk routes that spanned the region, and peripheral original terminus stations such as Curzon Street were superseded by more central through stations (eg New Street), after less than 15 years’ operation. The Midland and London North-Western systems merged at New Street Station, but the Great Western remained a separate through route with its city centre station at Snow Hill. WMN2 : WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL NETWORKS – CONTEMPORARY Even today, there is little connection, and little integration between the Midland/LNW and Great Western systems, which continue to operate from disconnected city centre stations. The LNW and Midland systems now comprise the West Coast and CrossCountry main lines, a local network of 40 suburban stations and a wider regional network, all converging upon New Street. The Great Western system, now truncated north-west of Birmingham, comprises the Chiltern route to London Marylebone and a much smaller local network focussed upon Moor Street and Snow Hill stations. Within Birmingham, interchange between the two systems is only possible by . WMN3 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO HS2 HS2’s proposed Curzon Street terminus in Birmingham will be contiguous with Moor Street Station, and as such will offer reasonable connectivity to the Great Western system. But with the local networks primarily converging upon New Street, HS2 will be effectively disconnected from most of the West Midlands conurbation, with only 2 access points (at Curzon Street and – both of which lack any local rail links). When considered alongside the bypassing of and other major regional centres, it is fair to question whether HS2 is fulfilling its remit, to serve the West Midlands. Of almost equal concern is Curzon Street’s configuration as a terminus station. As such it lacks capacity, it cannot offer effective through routeings (for instance on CrossCountry axes) and hence it would seem to be in a dysfunctional 2-tier relationship with New Street, from where the majority of services will continue to operate. WMN4 : HIGH SPEED UK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS TO LOCAL RAIL SYSTEM This diagram details an M6-aligned dedicated West Midlands spur from the M1-aligned spine of High Speed UK. However, HSUK’s primary strategy is to enhance the existing Rugby-Coventry-Birmingham route, with 4-tracking between Rugby and Birmingham. The main impediment to this scheme will be the difficulty of undertaking such works on a railway that is already highly congested; hence electrification of both Coventry-Nuneaton and Nuneaton-Birmingham lines is proposed, to create a viable diversionary route. Concentration upon the existing Coventry corridor will achieve far greater connectivity benefits than a dedicated spur (which would only be constructed later as dictated by capacity requirements and possible Eurogauge operation) and will still enable London-Birmingham journey times below 1 hour. Operations at New Street will be rationalised to eliminate terminating trains, and thus maximise capacity; as part of this strategy, the route north-westwards towards will be effectively 4-tracked by means of a new link from Soho Junction to Tame Bridge, to access the faster Grand Junction lines. This will considerably accelerate services to and Liverpool, extensions of high speed services from London operating on the classic network. This will also improve intercity access to , and will harmonise with proposals to re-establish the Wichnor-Walsall- freight corridor. 4-tracking is also proposed along the existing CrossCountry route from Birmingham to , with line speeds generally enhanced to 250km/h (possible with the favourable near-straight alignment). WMN5 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO HIGH SPEED UK Far greater connectivity can be achieved with the High Speed UK proposals, fully integrated with the existing network and accessing 11 existing regional centres (as against the 2 new stations proposed for HS2). New Street would remain the primary regional hub, but its operations would be streamlined through the elimination of terminating services, and 4-tracking of the approaches to south-east and north-west which could then operate far more efficiently as intercity routes, allowing Coventry, Walsall and Wolverhampton to become hub stations integral to the high speed network. Faster journey times and a greater range of destinations give greater connectivity; 4-tracking of New Street’s approach routes offers much greater capacity for intercity and local services. Overall, HSUK creates a more diversified and higher capacity model of local to intercity connectivity, less reliant on primary hubs such as New Street. The enhancements introduced by High Speed UK will also deliver major benefits to the Midlands regional network. The proposed new Soho-Tame Bridge link, the restoration of the Walsall- route and the creation of a north-facing connection from Rugby to the 4-track HSUK trunk route all combine to establish a ‘ring’ of connectivity around the West and . This ring would directly connect Birmingham-Birmingham International-Coventry-Rugby--Loughborough-Derby- Burton-Lichfield-Walsall-Birmingham; and with short extensions, Wolverhampton, Northampton and Nottingham could also be included in the system. This diagram, employing a traffic light system to illustrate proximity of any local station to the intercity/high speed network, clearly demonstrates the superior connectivity achieved by High Speed UK’s more integrated and diverse system, when compared with the segregation of HS2. WMN6 : PROPOSED ‘MIDLAND RING’ SERVICES IN ASSOCATION WITH HIGH SPEED UK WMN7 : MIDLANDS CONNECTIVITY TABULATION The establishment of High Speed UK, fully integrated with the existing network, requires a suite of interventions including the following: 1. 4-tracking of existing Rugby-Coventry-Birmingham International-Birmingham New Street route; 2. New link between Soho Junction and Grand Junction lines at Tame Bridge (to create enhanced 4-track corridor north-west from Birmingham New Street); 3. Restored route between Walsall and Lichfield (essential for improved network access to the regional freight hub at ); 4. Upgrade of Birmingham-Derby route to 4 tracks; 5. Restoration of north side of ‘Derby Teardrop’ to allow through running between Burton-Derby line and onward route to Nottingham and Loughborough; 6. New high speed line creating new link between at Leicester and West Coat Main Line at Rugby. These interventions, essential for creating a balanced high speed intercity network around Birmingham, also permit a new ‘Midlands Ring’ regional service connecting Birmingham New Street – Birmingham International (BHX) – Coventry – Rugby – Leicester – Loughborough – East Midlands Parkway (EMAP) - Derby – Burton – Lichfield – Walsall – Hawthorns – Birmingham, and also extending to Wolverhampton, Northampton and Nottingham. The extent to which this will transform connectivity between West and East Midlands centres is demonstrated in the tabulations in Diagram WMN7. An empirical calculation of Connectivity Index indicates that the HSUK national interventions will result in a 40% improvement in local/regional connectivity. By contrast, the intervention of HS2 creates no local connectivity benefits, and instead requires major distortion of the local networks to conform with HS2. WMN8 : HIGH SPEED UK AND ASSOCIATED FREIGHT DEVELOPMENTS This diagram illustrates the High Speed UK strategy for development of railfreight corridors clear of congested intercity and commuter routes. Along these corridors, freight becomes ‘prime user’, no longer subject to the congestion at bottlenecks of the classic network which often renders it impossible to establish new interregional freight flows. This strategy would see existing freight flows routed via central Birmingham diverted to more peripheral routes – for instance, WCML container flows to Bescot diverted via Nuneaton and the , and CrossCountry flows diverted onto a restored Stourbridge-Wichnor route. The latter would require restoration of the abandoned Stourbridge--Walsall, and Walsall--Lichfield lines. For the section via Dudley, competing aspirations for extensions of the must be taken into account. Restoration of the Stourbridge-Wichnor route harmonises well with wider aspirations for the development of a Continental Gauge freight network oriented parallel with High Speed UK. The north-south spine of this system would be routed via the Midland Main Line and the Ivanhoe Line, joining the 4-tracked CrossCountry Main Line at Burton on Trent; the restored Walsall-Lichfield section would offer direct access to , and possibly other industrial areas. LONDON LOUGHBOROUGH LONDON NORTH- WICHNOR GREAT WESTERN NORTH- JUNCTION TRENT ASHBY de WESTERN VALLEY LINES WESTERN MIDLAND BUSHBURY la ZOUCH (MAIN JUNCTION LINE)

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WYLDE GREEN HAMSTED WEST COAST GREAT WESTERN MAIN CHESTER SOUTH WIGSTON LINE TO BIRKENHEAD PERRY ROAD NOW WEST MIDLANDS BARR ATHERSTONE NARBOROUGH METRO

GRAVELLY HILL DUDLEY PORT WITTON HINCKLEY HAWTHORNS SMETHWICK ASTON PROJECTED METRO GB WATER EXTENSION ALONG & DUDLEY NUNEATON JEWELLERY ORTON STOURBRIDGE- LANGLEY GREEN QUARTER WALSALL ROUTE COLESHILL SMETHWICK SNOW WEST COAST ROWLEY ROLFE ST HILL MAIN LINE REGIS STOURBRIDGE NEW ST BEDWORTH STECHFORD TOWN LYE CONNECTING CHORDS AT ADDERLEY STOURBRIDGE FIVE WAYS LEA HALLMARSTON SMETHWICK & SALTLEY/St MOOR PARK JUNCTION ST GREEN B ANDREWS ALLOW ACCESS TO BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY SMALL HAMPTON NEW STREET FROM MOST BIRMINGHAM TILE SEVERN HAGLEY OF SURVIVING GREAT HEATH in ARDEN INTERNATIONAL HILL COVENTRY VALLEY WESTERN NETWORK SELLY BERKSWELL CANLEY RAILWAY BLAKEDOWN NEW STREET STATION COMPRISES RUGBY LEA (restored) PRIMARY WEST MIDLANDS SPRING ROAD INTERCITY HUB, AT FULCRUM OF TH HALL KIDDERMINSTER MIDLAND/LNW NETWORK, AND KINGS NORTON B WITH ACCESS ALSO TO GREAT WIDNEY MANOR CROSS- WESTERN NETWORK SHIRLEY DIAGRAM 2 NORTHFIELD DORRIDGE COUNTRY WMN WHITLOCK’S END CHILTERN LAPWORTH KEY NETWORK MAPPING 2018 THE © 2020 WYTHALL HATTON WEST COAST LAKES CLAVERDON EARLSWOODL WARWICK CROSSCOUNTRY L PARKWAY CROSSCOUNTRY WEST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 2 L DANZEY MIDLAND MAIN LINE BARNT GREEN WOOD END L BEARLEY CHILTERN HENLEY inL ARDEN WEST MIDLANDS L WARWICK WEST MIDLANDS METRO BROMSGROVE ALVECHURCH WOOTTON WAWENL LEAMINGTON ABANDONED ROUTE REGIONAL NETWORKS – WILMCOTE PRINCIPAL/SECONDARY STRATFORDL L CONTEMPORARY REDDITCH TERTIARY/LOCAL STATION L

CONNECTIVITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON & SECOND PHASE EXTENSION LOUGH- TO MANCHESTER TO HS2 SECOND VIA CANNOCK WEST COAST ASHBY de PHASE CROSSCOUNTRY MAIN LINE la ZOUCH EXTENSION TO LEEDS MIDLAND FIRST PHASE CONNECTION MAIN TO CROSSCOUNTRY LINE WOLVER- LICHFIELD HAMPTON COALVILLE HS2 WALSALL 0% 2% CONNECTIVITY OF 0 LOUGHBOROUGH & LEICESTER 0 TAMWORTH LEICESTER TO HS2 HS2 DEPENDENT UPON NEW/ SUTTON COLDFIELD REORIENTED LOCAL SERVICES VIA NEW ‘EAST 6% MIDLANDS INTERCHANGE’ AT TOTON 0 AVE. JOURNEY TIME REDUCTION No OF CITIES WEST DIRECTLY LINKED COAST HAWTHORNS CONNECTIVITY DATA SANDWELL BIRMINGHAM WATER BASED UPON HSUK NUNEATON ASSESSMENT OF HS2 & DUDLEY ORTON

SCHEME, ADDRESSING DEDICATED SHUTTLE LINK 32 KEY HUBS OF CURZON UK RAIL NETWORK BETWEEN INTERCHANGE AND SNOW HILL ST INTERNATIONAL/NEC/AIRPORT. HS2 CURZON STREET TERMINUS NEW ST 20% EXTRA 10 MINUTES ADDED FOR CONTIGUOUS WITH MOOR STREET TRANSFER WEST COAST BUT REQUIRING FOOT OR TRAM MAIN LINE STOURBRIDGE 6 BIRMINGHAM CONNECTION TO NEW STREET FOR 23% INTERCHANGE WIDER WEST MIDS CONNECTIVITY. MOOR ST 8 EXTRA 15 MINUTES ADDED FOR BIRMINGHAM TRANSFER INTERNATIONAL COVENTRY

DIRECT LOCAL CONNECTIONS TO HS2 ONLY ALONG FORMER 9% RUGBY GREAT WESTERN ROUTES KIDDERMINSTER SOLIHULL 0 B HS2 CROSSCOUNTRY DIAGRAM WMN 3 © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 KEY CROSSCOUNTRY WEST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 3 HIGH SPEED NETWORK & HUBS WITH HS LINKS TO LONDON CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL WARWICK STATIONS AT 20/40/60 MINUTES BROMSGROVE FROM HS HUB LEAMINGTON & INTERCITY RAIL STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR STRATFORD NETWORK TO HS2 REDDITCH REQG FURTHER CHANGE L

UPGRADES/NEW ROUTES MARKED # TO PENKRIDGE GRAND JUNCTION LINE ENHANCED # BE CONSTRUCTED TO ACCOMMODATE LOUGHBOROUGH FOR CIRCA 160km/h AS PRIMARY BUSHBURY CONTINENTAL-SIZED INTERCITY ROUTE FROM CANNOCK JUNCTION ‘EUROGAUGE’ ROLLING STOCK # BIRMINGHAM TO NORTH-WEST. BROWNHILLS ROUTE # ASHBY de LOCAL 4-TRACKING AT EXISTING & RESTORED FOR XCOUNTRY la ZOUCH NEW INTERMEDIATE STATIONS LINKS VIA WALSALL AND CROSSCOUNTRY ROUTE POTENTIAL EUROGAUGE FROM WATER ORTON TO FREIGHT ROUTE TO BESCOT LICHFIELD # DERBY GENERALLY WOLVER- YARD UPGRADED TO 4 TRACKS BROWNHILLS HAMPTON &250/300km/h RUNNING COALVILLE

# # WALSALL IVANHOE LINE UPGRADED AS 12 # TAMWORTH POTENTIAL EURO- LEICESTER 0 # GAUGE NORTH-SOUTH SUTTON PARK LINE FREIGHT ROUTE, ALSO 1 SUTTON TAME BRIDGE UPGRADED TO ACCESSING BESCOT #11 BESCOT COLDFIELD PASSENGER USE AS YARD WEST MIDLANDS LINES 0 ELECTRIFIED ‘INNER RING’ ROUTE GRADE SEPARATION 1 TO BIRMINGHAM TO PROVIDE REQUIRED AT COVENTRY AIRPORT DIVERSIONARY TO SEGREGATE FREIGHT ROUTE FOR & HS PASSENGER FLOWS 10 NEW LINK FROM SOHO JN TO # WATER ORTON UPGRADE WORKS TAME BRIDGE VIA HAWTHORNS STATION REBUILT TO BIRMINGHAM- 0 TO CREATE VIRTUAL 4-TRACK IN ‘VEE’ OF DERBY COVENTRY LINE CORRIDOR FROM BIRMINGHAM HAWTHORNS & LEICESTER LINES 1 TO WOLVERHAMPTON/WALSALL SANDWELL WATER NUNEATON BIRMINGHAM FROM HSUK TO RUGBY & DUDLEY BRIDGE ORTON FREIGHT ROUTE VIA DUDLEY UPGRADED TO 4 TRACKS,

RESTORED AS BYPASS TO SNOW POTENTIAL FUTURE C/W NEW FLYOVERS AT CENTRAL BIRMINGHAM SOHO JN WASHWOOD # # RUGBY STATION TO HILL HEATH EUROGAUGE HS SPUR TO BIRMINGHAM VIA M6 ACCESS BIRMINGHAM NEW ST # & WEST COAST CORRIDOR C/W WCML #09 HIGH SPEED UK BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM LINK NEAR BRINKLOW MAIN LINE STOURBRIDGE TERMINAL AT NEW STREET. INTERNATIONAL 0 CURZON STREET SITE TO BE SAFE- MOOR 1 GUARDED AS POTENTIAL THROUGH ST BIRMINGHAM STATION INTERCHANGING WITH 4-TRACKING ALONG INTERCHANGE GREAT WESTERN NETWORK AND BIRMINGHAM TO COVENTRY CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING COVENTRY & DERBY HAMPTON EUROGAUGE TRAFFIC CORRIDORS in ARDEN RUGBY

FORMER MIDLAND ROUTE TO HAMPTON IN ARDEN #08 COVENTRY-LEAMINGTON LINE KIDDERMINSTER SOLIHULL RESTORED AS PART OF ENHANCED TO DOUBLE TRACK 0 B UPGRADES/NEW ORBITAL ROUTE TO #07 # ROUTES MARKED # FOR FULL LENGTH, WITH 1 DIAGRAM 4 WMN TO BE CONSTRUCTED RESTORED STATION AT KENILWORTH0 KENILWORTH © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 TO ACCOMMODATE 1 CONTINENTAL-SIZED UPGRADE OF EXISTING KEY WEST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 4 ‘EUROGAUGE’ ROUTES TO TAKE DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE ROLLING STOCK # PRIORITY OVER UPGRADED EXISTING ROUTE HIGH SPEED UK AND BUILDING DEDICATED WARWICK EUROGAUGE HS SPUR NEW ROUTE & NEW STATION BROMSGROVE TO BIRMINGHAM LEAMINGTON OTHER DEVELOPMENTS RESTORED ROUTE

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47% WALSALL ALDRIDGE 59% WILLENHALL STREETLY 27 18 LEICESTER DARLASTON TAMWORTH SUTTON TAME BRIDGE COLDFIELD 62% POSSIBLE SPLITTING POINT FOR 400m 27 LONG HIGH SPEED WALMLEY SERVICES AT RUGBY AVE. JOURNEY TIME REDUCTION No OF CITIES HAWTHORNS MINWORTH DIRECTLY LINKED WATER SANDWELL BROMFORD BIRMINGHAM ORTON NUNEATON CONNECTIVITY DATA & DUDLEY BRIDGE

BASED UPON HSUK SNOW TIMETABLE COVERING WASHWOOD POTENTIAL FUTURE SOHO JN HILL HEATH 32 KEY HUBS OF UK EUROGAUGE HS SPUR

RAIL NETWORK NEW ST TO BIRMINGHAM VIA HIGH SPEED UK BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM M6 CORRIDOR INTERNATIONAL STOURBRIDGE TERMINAL AT NEW STREET. CURZON STREET SITE TO BE SAFE- 36% MOOR GUARDED AS POTENTIAL THROUGH ST 29 BIRMINGHAM STATION INTERCHANGING WITH INTERCHANGE GREAT WESTERN NETWORK AND 44% COVENTRY CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING HAMPTON FUTURE EUROGAUGE TRAFFIC 24 in ARDEN 48% RUGBY CONNECTIONS FROM NEW STREET COVENTRY GRADE KIDDERMINSTER TO WEST MIDS GREAT WESTERN SOLIHULL 24 SEPARATION PERMITS NETWORK VIA EXISTING SPURS AT B THROUGH SERVICE SMETHWICK AND SALTLEY / St B’HAM-KENILWORTH DIAGRAM WMN 5 ANDREWS KENILWORTH © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 KEY

WEST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 5 HIGH SPEED NETWORK & HUBS WITH HS LINKS TO LONDON CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & WARWICK STATIONS AT 20/40/60 BROMSGROVE LEAMINGTON MINUTES FROM HS HUB INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR REDDITCH STRATFORD G TO HIGH SPEED UK REQ FURTHER CHANGE L

GREAT DERBY HAYWOOD BT 47% SF LF DE NG STAFFORD HT WS 27 DE NOTTINGHAM

EM COLWICH 56% NG WV THE BURTON LB 27 MIDLANDS on TRENT EAST PENKRIDGE EAST RING MIDLANDS SD BT MIDLANDS LE PARKWAY REGIONAL ‘MIDLANDS BI AIRPORT EM RING’ SERVICES ROUTED BUSHBURY BHX VIA RESTORED LICHFIELD NN ‘MIDLANDS RING’ JUNCTION CANNOCK CV RB LOUGHBOROUGH – WALSALL LINE SERVICES ROUTED VIA RESTORED LB LF ASHBY de ‘DERBY TEARDROP’ la ZOUCH MELTON WOLVER- LICHFIELD HAMPTON BROWNHILLS MOWBRAY

WS ALDRIDGE COALVILLE WALSALL WV 59% WILLENHALL STREETLY 47% TW DARLASTON 18 TAMWORTH LEICESTER 27 SUTTON TAME BRIDGE COLDFIELD 62% WEST MIDLANDS ‘INNER LE RING’ SERVICES ROUTED 27 ALONG SUTTON PARK LINE, WALMLEY RESTORED MIDLAND ROUTE TO HAMPTON IN ARDEN & HT LIMITED NEW BUILD ALONG SD HAWTHORNS MINWORTH FUTURE HS ALIGNMENT NU

BROMFORD ‘MIDLANDS RING’ SANDWELL BIRMINGHAM NUNEATON MARKET BRIDGE SERVICES ROUTED & DUDLEY VIA RESTORED HARBOROUGH SNOW WATER GREAT CENTRAL SOHO JN HILL ORTON ROUTE TO RUGBY REGIONAL ‘MIDLANDS RING’ NEW ST SERVICES ROUTED ALONG STOURBRIDGE REGIONAL ‘MIDLANDS RING’ 44% ‘SLOW’ TRACKS OF 4-TRACK SERVICES ROUTED VIA NEW HIGH SPEED LINE BI SOHO –TAME BRIDGE LINK MOOR 24 BIRMINGHAM 36% INTERCHANGE ST AVE. JOURNEY 29 BIRMINGHAM CV COVENTRY TIME REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL No OF CITIES HAMPTON BHX in ARDEN KI DIRECTLY LINKED 48% RUGBY KIDDERMINSTER SOLIHULL RB CONNECTIVITY DATA 24 BASED UPON HSUK 60% B DIAGRAM WMN 6 TIMETABLE COVERING 18 32 KEY HUBS OF UK SH KENILWORTH © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 RAIL NETWORK KEY NORTHAMPTON

WEST MIDLANDS RAIL NETWORK : 6 HIGH SPEED LINE ‘MIDLANDS RING’ NN HIGH SPEED UK AND WARWICK BROMSGROVE SERVICES & HUBS ‘MIDLANDS RING’ LEAMINGTON WEST MIDS ‘INNER RING’ REDDITCH STRATFORD REGIONAL SERVICES LM SERVICES & STATIONS

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CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN MIDLANDS COMMUNITIES DIAGRAM WMN 7 © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 Stafford Direct train linking community pair 78 x4 312 Stafford Direct train linking community pair 147 x4 588 Walsall RY GB Connection for community pair link 51 x3 153 Walsall WV GB Connection for community pair link 64 x3 192 Wolverhampton BI BI Connection via Birmingham New St 40 x2 80 Wolverhampton BI Connection via Birmingham New St 10 x2 20 Sandwell&Dudley BI BI Walking connection via Birmingham 36 x1 36 Sandwell&Dudley BI BI Walking connection via Birmingham 10 x1 10 Hawthorns BI BI GB GB 2 changes of trains required 26 x0 0 Hawthorns GB 2 changes of trains required 0 x0 0 Birmingham Total connections/connectivity score 231 581 Birmingham Total connections/connectivity score 231 810 International BI BI International Coventry BI BI Number of connections Coventry Number of connections Rugby BI CV CV BI Weighting factor Rugby CV Weighting factor Northampton BI CV CV BI Weighted connectivity score Northampton BI CV CV CV Weighted connectivity score Leicester NU BI BI BI BI BI NU NU NU Leicester NU BI Loughborough 581 Loughborough RB CV 810 Connectivity index = 2.5 Connectivity index = 3.5 East Mids Airport 231 East Mids Airport RB CV 231 Nottingham TW BI BI BI BI BI BI TW TW Nottingham LF CV Derby TW BI BI BI BI BI BI TW TW Derby LF BI Burton on Trent TW BI BI BI BI BI BI TW TW DE DE DE Burton on Trent LF BI TW Lichfield AS BI BI BI BI NU NU TW TW TW Lichfield BI Tamworth BI BI BI BI BI NU NU DE DE Tamworth LF LF BI LF BI NU NU DE DE Nuneaton BI BI BI BI CV LE LE LE LE TW Nuneaton LF LF BI LF CV LE LE LE LE TW Leamington BI CV CV BI BI BI BI CV Leamington CV CV CV CV CV CV CV BI CV Solihull BI BI GB GB BI LM BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI Solihull HT HT GB GB BI LM BI BI BI BI BI HT HT HT HT BI BI Kidderminster BI BI GB GB GB GB BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI Kidderminster HT HT GB GB GB GB HT HT HT HT HT HT HT HT HT BI BI SF WS WV SD HT BI BHX CV RB NN LE LB EM NG DE BT LF TW NU LM SH KI SF WS WV SD HT BI BHX CV RB NN LE LB EM NG DE BT LF TW NU LM SH KI

EXISTING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN MIDLANDS COMMUNITIES HSUK ENHANCEMENTS TO MIDLANDS CONNECTIVITY (refer to Plan WMN2) (refer to Plans WMN5 & WMN6)

AS Aston BI Birmingham New St NOTE THAT HS2 WILL DELIVER BHX Birmingham International BT Burton on Trent NO SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENTS TO CV Coventry DE Derby CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE EM East Midlands P/way/Airport WEST AND EAST MIDLANDS REGIONS GB Smethwick Galton Bridge HT Hawthorns (refer to Plan WMN3) LM Leamington LE Leicester LF Lichfield LB Loughborough NG Nottingham NN Northampton NU Nuneaton RB Rugby KI Kidderminster SD Sandwell & Dudley SF Stafford TW Tamworth WS Walsall WV Wolverhampton

RUGELEY BURTON PENKRIDGE WICHNOR on TRENT WALSALL-RUGELEY LINE JUNCTION DEVELOPED AS ALTERNATE LOUGHBOROUGH NORTHWARD FREIGHT ROUTE FROM WEST MIDLANDS, CLEAR OF BUSHBURY CANNOCK ASHBY de JUNCTION POTENTIALLY CONGESTED BUSHBURY-STAFFORD GRAND BROWNHILLS ROUTE la ZOUCH CROSSCOUNTRY ROUTE JUNCTION LINE RESTORED FOR XCOUNTRY ALL MIDLAND FREIGHT LINKS VIA WALSALL & FROM WATER ORTON TO MAIN LINE DUDLEY AND POTENTIAL EUROGAUGE DERBY VIA WICHNOR JN FREIGHT FLOWS FREIGHT ROUTE TO BESCOT YARD GENERALLY UPGRADED TO DIVERTED WOLVER- LICHFIELD 4 TRACKS PROVIDING CLEAR OF HAMPTON CAPACITY FOR FREIGHT ON LEICESTER BROWNHILLS ‘SLOW’ TRACKS COALVILLE ALDRIDGE IVANHOE LINE WALSALL UPGRADED AS WILLENHALL STREETLY POTENTIAL EURO- LEICESTER DARLASTON BESCOT GAUGE NORTH-SOUTH TAMWORTH FREIGHT ROUTE, ALSO SUTTON ACCESSING BESCOT TAME BRIDGE SUTTON PARK LINE COLDFIELD YARD COMPONENT OF PRIMARY NORTH-SOUTH ALTERNATE ROUTE FREIGHT ROUTE (WITH FROM WCML TO EUROGAUGE POTENTIAL) BESCOT CLEAR OF VIA MIDLAND MAIN LINE WALMLEY COVENTRY–B’HAM CORRIDOR

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SNOW GRADE SEPARATION DIVERTED CLEAR OF SOHO JN WASHWOOD HILL HEATH REQUIRED AT COVENTRY LEICESTER VIA CORBY NEW ST TO SEGREGATE FREIGHT & HS PASSENGER FLOWS BIRMINGHAM FREIGHT ROUTE VIA DUDLEY STOURBRIDGE STECHFORD INTERNATIONAL RESTORED AS BYPASS TO MOOR CENTRAL BIRMINGHAM, ST RELIEVING MORE CENTRAL ROUTES HAMPTON FREIGHT FLOWS VIA in ARDEN STECHFORD DIVERTED COVENTRY VIA NUNEATON & SUTTON PARK RUGBY BIRMINGHAM TO COVENTRY-NUNEATON & COVENTRY CORRIDOR COVENTRY-LEAMINGTON LINES KIDDERMINSTER SOLIHULL ENHANCED TO DOUBLE TRACK DAVENTRY AS PART OF SOUTH COAST - INTERNATIONAL B WCML FREIGHT UPGRADE DIAGRAM WMN 8

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