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High Speed UK Regional Mapping covering the East and West Midlands CC08 HSUK Potteries CC06 HSUK Trent Valley CC05 HSUK East Midlands CC04 HSUK West Midlands CC03 HSUK Rugby & Leicester Maps in reverse numerical order for enhanced screen viewing!! S009 WARRINGTON 21 3 STOCKPORT 10 3 MARPLE S004 WYTHENSHAWE HAZEL LYMM 4 CHEADLE GROVE ALTRINCHAM 5 HULME M6 S006 P032 8 S007 S005 7 S008 6 BRAMHALL 20 SOUTH MANCHESTER A6 A49 FREIGHT BYPASS TO NEW DIRECT RAIL M56 ACCESS TO AVOID PICCADILLY A34 P031 10 M56 & VICTORIA MANCHESTER NEW DIRECT RAIL AIRPORT FROM ACCESS TO ALTRINCHAM MANCHESTER LINE AIRPORT FROM P030 19 STOCKPORT LINE LONGPORT-CHEADLE HULME 09 WILMSLOW LINE SELECTIVELY 4-TRACKED KNUTSFORD TO PROVIDE INCREASED A556 CAPACITY FOR HIGH SPEED & LOCAL SERVICES P029 NORTHWICH MACCLESFIELD P028 PEAK P027 DISTRICT HOLMES NATIONAL CHAPEL P026 PARK 18 MIDDLEWICH M6 P025 WCML CONGLETON 17 P024 SANDBACH 8 A34 P023 8 LONGPORT-CHEADLE HULME LINE A534 SELECTIVELY 4-TRACKED TO LEEK P022 PROVIDE INCREASED CAPACITY FOR ALSAGER HIGH SPEED & LOCAL SERVICES CREWE P017 KIDSGROVE A53 P021 16 NEW STATIONS AT ETRURIA, NANTWICH P016 P015 BRITANNIA, TRENTHAM & A500 P014 A500 P012 BARLASTON ENABLED BY 4- P013 TRACKING OF LONGPORT- LONGPORT STONE ROUTE. RESITING OF NEW DIRECT CREWE- STOKE STATION AT ETRURIA LONGPORT LINE TO AS PER STOKE CITY COUNCIL FACILITATE WCML PLANS TO BE CONSIDERED REORIENTATION VIA ETRURIA A51 STOKE P011 DERBY-STOKE LINE UPGRADED STOKE AS CORE ELEMENT OF EAST MIDLANDS-POTTERIES-NORTH- P041 WEST INTERCITY CORRIDOR TO P010 FENTON REPLICATE A50 ROAD ROUTE P042 BRITANNIA 15 P043 SCALE in kilometres TRENTHAM 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 P009 BARLASTON A50 P044 FOR FURTHER INFO SEE HSUK A34 STONE-LONGPORT SECTION POTTERIES RAIL STRATEGY UPGRADED & QUADRUPLED A51 FOR HIGHER SPEED AND FOR EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS IN A53 P008 CAPACITY VIA STOKE ROUTE HSUK MAPPING SEE KEY PLAN K01 P007 WCML M6 P099 STONE HIGH SPEED UK : REGIONAL MAPS NEW TUNNELLED ROUTE NEW CURVE TO BYPASS TO AVOID STONE URBAN STONE STATION AREA & LEVEL CROSSINGS CC08 : POTTERIES P098 P006 06 © NETWORK MAPPING JULY 2018 NORTON 2020 BRIDGE BARLASTON 6 D062 P008 GREAT NORTHERN ROUTE 08 P044 P045 FROM DERBY TO EREWASH A34 A50 VALLEY RESTORED TO D061 MML NEW TUNNELLED ROUTE ALLOW DIRECT ACCESS TO P007 TO AVOID STONE URBAN HSUK FROM UPGRADED D001 A51 P046 XCML ROUTE VIA DERBY P099 STONE AREA & LEVEL CROSSINGS A38 DERBY M6 NEW CURVE TO BYPASS BIRMINGHAM-NOTTINGHAM D060 STONE STATION FOR UTTOXETER DIRECT HS ROUTE VIA ENHANCED BIRMINGHAM P047 P049 RESTORED DERBY TEARDROP XCML A6 WCML P098 -MANCHESTER TIMINGS P050 D059 P006 P048 A518 P051 NORTON P052 D058 A50 BRIDGE P053 P005 DERBY-STOKE LINE UPGRADED P054 AS CORE ELEMENT OF EAST P004 MIDLANDS-POTTERIES-NORTH- D057 TRENT VALLEY LINE UPGRADED WEST INTERCITY CORRIDOR TO TO FACILITATE WCML REPLICATE A50 ROAD ROUTE STENSON REORIENTATION VIA STOKE JUNCTION 14 P003 D056 D055 DERBY AVOIDING LINE BURTON UPGRADED AS CORE 05 P002 NEW COLWICH CUT-OFF BURTON STATION REMODELLED on TRENT ELEMENT OF EUROGAUGE- STAFFORD TO FACILITATE WCML FOR 4-TRACK ALIGNMENT & CAPABLE NORTH-SOUTH REORIENTATION VIA STOKE HIGH SPEED RUNNING FREIGHT ROUTE A518 D054 SWADLINCOTE WCML P001 A42 A51 A511 13 RUGELEY A38 D053 LOCAL 4-TRACKING AT CANNOCK ASHBY de PENKRIDGE TO OPTIMISE XCML UPGRADE BETWEEN la ZOUCH CAPACITY BETWEEN CHASE D052 WICHNOR & STENSON BUSHBURY JN & STAFFORD WICHNOR JUNCTIONS TO FACILITATE AONB JUNCTION EUROGAUGE-CAPABLE FREIGHT ROUTE A444 PENKRIDGE L051 SCALE in kilometres WALSALL – LICHFIELD ROUTE WATER ORTON – TAMWORTH – HEDNESFORD RESTORED AS PART OF 0 1 2 3 4 5 BURTON – DERBY XCML ROUTE STRATEGY TO DECONGEST LEICESTER-BURTON J012 UPGRADED & MOSTLY 4- BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET & ‘IVANHOE’ LINE UPGRADED L050 TRACKED AS PRIMARY HIGH RADIAL ROUTES, ALLOWING AS CORE ELEMENT OF EURO- D051 SPEED CROSSCOUNTRY ROUTE CANNOCK FREIGHT BYPASS & CIRCULAR 11 GAUGE-CAPABLE NORTH- A5 12 ‘MIDLANDS RING’ SERVICES L049 SOUTH FREIGHT ROUTE J011 D050 LICHFIELD XCML FOR FURTHER INFO SEE HSUK M6 T7 M42 M6(T) POTTERIES RAIL STRATEGY T8 T6 WCML 11 L048 D049 FOR EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS IN M54 J010 A51 HSUK MAPPING SEE KEY PLAN K01 L046 T5 A34 L047 TAMWORTH 2 1 HIGH SPEED UK : REGIONAL MAPS CODSALL 10A J009 D048 L045 A5 CC06 : TRENT VALLEY BUSHBURY WOLVER- WALSALL A38 04 NETWORK MAPPING JULY 2018 JUNCTION HAMPTON 6 10 © 2020 #17 A38 EUROGAUGE-CAPABLE NORTH- A61 HIGH SPEED UK : REGIONAL MAPS SOUTH FREIGHT ROUTE 0 ASHFIELD PARKWAY 07 1 ALFRETON T04 CC05 : EAST MIDLANDS KIRKBY in MML T069 2828 T05 214 ASHFIELD © NETWORK MAPPING JULY 2018 A6 2020 FOR EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS IN T068 M1 HSUK MAPPING SEE KEY PLAN K01 HSUK 27 A60 FOR FURTHER INFO SEE HSUK EAST MIDLANDS RAIL STRATEGY T067 NOTTINGHAM–BOTTESFORD–GRANTHAM ROUTE UPGRADED & BOTTESFORD–NEWARK A38 #16 HUCK 06 BELPER A610 ROUTE RESTORED TO ACCESS ECML TO 0T066 -NALL SOUTH & NORTH AND ENHANCE INTERCITY GREAT NORTHERN ROUTE FLOWS THROUGH NOTTINGHAM FROM DERBY TO 1 EASTWOOD BIRMINGHAM- EREWASH VALLEY NOTTINGHAM RESTORED TO ALLOW DIRECT HS DIRECT ACCESS TO HSUK NOTTINGHAM ROUTE VIA FROM UPGRADED XCML EXPRESS RESTORED ROUTE VIA DERBY D065 T065 DERBY 26 TRANSIT TEARDROP D064 NOTTINGHAM (NET) D063 T064 ILKESTON N161 N065 N068 PRIMARY HIGH D062 N162 N064 N067 SPEED INTERCITY HSUK & NORTH-SOUTH HUB AT DERBY N066 MIDLAND EUROGAUGE FREIGHT #15 D061 ROUTE VIA TOTON YARD & EREWASH VALLEY LINE, 0 T063 A52 A38 UPGRADED/RESTORED TO 1 N063 D001 4 TRACKS DERBY 25 T062 A46 D060 A52 N062 A453 A606 NOTE ONGOING D059 NET EXTENSIONS A6 MML T061 TO TOTON & XCML N061 PRIMARY HIGH SPEED CLIFTON INTERCITY HUB AT D058 NOTTINGHAM MIDLAND A50 T060 POTENTIAL FREIGHT YARD 5 D057 & TRAIN MAINTENANCE 5 24A #14 DEPOT AT TOTON 24 HSUK0 DIRECT HIGH SPEED ACCESS 1 TO NOTTINGHAM VIA NEW DERBY AVOIDING LINE UPGRADED AS EAST T059 ROUTE AVOIDING ATTEN- CORE ELEMENT OF EUROGAUGE- MML BOROUGH LEVEL CROSSINGS CAPABLE NORTH-SOUTH FREIGHT ROUTE MIDLANDS 23A #13 HSUK PASSES UNDER RIVER WATER ORTON – TAMWORTH TRENT IN TUNNEL FROM – BURTON – DERBY XCML 0T058 RATCLIFFE TO TOTON ROUTE UPGRADED & MOSTLY 1 A6 4-TRACKED AS PRIMARY HIGH T057 SPEED CROSSCOUNTRY ROUTE A42 M1 LOUGHBOROUGH T056 23 ASHBY de la ZOUCH MML COALVILLE T055 A511 HSUK T054 06 HSUK COMPRISES 4 TRACKS FROM BUNCEFIELD TO KILLAMARSH T053 NEW GRADE SEPARATION 22 A46 HSUK ROUTE NORTH TO ELIMINATE COALVILLE #12 OF LEICESTER ON 4- LEVEL CROSSING A50 TRACK ALIGNMENT OF 0 MIDLAND MAIN LINE 1 T052 LEICESTER-BURTON ‘IVANHOE’ 161 LINE UPGRADED AS CORE ELEMENT M1 OF EUROGAUGE-CAPABLE NORTH- SOUTH FREIGHT ROUTE 21A LEICESTER T051 PRIMARY HIGH SPEED INTERCITY HUB AT LEICESTER LONDON RD #11 SCALE in kilometres HSUK T0500 04 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 MML1 03 21 T049 T04 T05 WICHNOR JUNCTION 4 SCALE in kilometres LICHFIELD D050 HIGH SPEED UK : REGIONAL MAPS J011 06 L048 L049 XCML M42 T7 M6(T) 0 1 2 3 4 5 L047 WCML T6 CC04 : WEST MIDLANDS J010 11 A5 D049 M6 L046 A51 M54 T5 MAPPING JULY 2018 RESTORED WALSALL– TAMWORTH © NETWORK2020 2 1 A34 LICHFIELD LINE CUTS T4 A5 10A ORIGINAL MIDLAND MAIN LINE TO CONGESTION AT NEW FOR EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS IN D048 HAMPTON IN ARDEN RESTORED J009 L045 STREET & ON RADIAL BESCOT-WICHNOR A38 WITH NEW CURVES TO FORM HSUK MAPPING SEE KEY PLAN K01 RESTORATION/ ROUTES & ENABLES ‘MIDLANDS RING’ & ‘WEST MIDLANDS RING’ VIA NEW UPGRADE TO PERMIT M6(T) BIRMINGHAM - WATER FOR FURTHER INFO SEE HSUK FREIGHT BYPASS STREET, WALSALL, SUTTON PARK EUROGAUGE ORTON ROUTE UPGRADED LINE & BIRMINGHAM WEST MIDLANDS RAIL 10 FREIGHT FLOWS & MOSTLY 4-TRACKED D047 INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY GRAND PROJECTED HIGH SPEED LINE TO BIRMINGHAM J008 WATER ORTON JUNCTION WALSALL TO ADDRESS FUTURE CONGESTION & PROVIDE STATION REBUILT J006 10 L044 GRAND JUNCTION UPGRADE & EUROGAUGE ROUTE. 4-TRACKING OF RUGBY J007 TO SUIT NEW NEW SOHO JN – TAME BRIDGE COVENTRY-BIRMINGHAM & BIRMINGHAM- FLYING JUNCTIONS WOLVERHAMPTON LINK FOR HIGHER CAPACITY WATER ORTON – TAMWORTH – DERBY ROUTES IS INITIAL PRIORITY ACCELERATED ROUTE NORTH- T3 D046 BURTON – DERBY XCML ROUTE J005 9 UPGRADED & MOSTLY 4- STOUR WEST FROM NEW STREET VALLEY BESCOT TRACKED AS PRIMARY HIGH 7 SPEED CROSSCOUNTRY ROUTE LINES 8 T2 HINCKLEY TAME D045 WATER FREIGHT TERMINAL & POTENTIAL BRIDGE J004 9 ORTON HSUK TRAIN MAINTENANCE 2 M6 T1 DEPOT AT HAMS HALL D043 D044 03 J003 NUNEATON 1 1 HAMS WEST HAWTHORNS 6 8 T06 D040 5 4A HALL MIDLANDS D042 B055 B054 METRO 2 J002 COLESHILL M69 A5 SOHO JN B053 HSUK BEDWORTH BIRMINGHAM D041 R055 7 B052 NUNEATON-WATER ORTON J001 B153 LINE ELECTRIFIED AS DIVERS- PRIMARY HIGH M6 B050 IONARY ROUTES FOR RUGBY- SPEED INTERCITY R054 BIRMINGHAM B051 3 BIRMINGHAM 4-TRACKING HUB AT B’HAM B049 3 NEW STREET INTERNATIONAL STOURBRIDGE SOLIHULL 6 BEECHWOOD B046 R053 HAMPTON TUNNEL REBUILT B048 2 FOR 4 TRACKS B047 B152 in ARDEN A45 HSUK A46 B 045 STOURBRIDGE-WALSALL R051 LINE RESTORED TO M5 R052 R050 COVENTRY M6 PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE 5 L&B R049 WCML FREIGHT ROUTE TO M42 SOUTH-WEST, BYPASSING R048 CENTRAL BIRMINGHAM & R047 LICKEY INCLINE. NOTE COVENTRY-B’HAM XCML INTERNATIONAL-B’HAM NEW R046 ALSO PROPOSALS TO 4 4 R045 EXTEND WEST STREET ROUTE 4-TRACKED FOR R044 R043 BARNT MOST OF LENGTH TO OPTIMISE MIDLANDS METRO RUGBY ALONG THIS ROUTE GREEN 2 CAPACITY & (TOGETHER WITH A45 VIRTUAL 4-TRACKING ALONG 1 3 133 4A BIRMINGHAM-WOLVERHAMPTON A46 3A NEW DIVE-UNDER AT COVENTRY M42 ROUTE) IMPROVE SE-NW FLOWS STATION TO ELIMINATE CONFLICT LICKEY M40 THROUGH B’HAM NEW STREET BETWEEN N-S FREIGHT, NEW ‘NUCKLE’ INCLINE 16 4 KENILWORTH LOCAL FLOWS & E-W PASSENGER FLOWS 1 A46 05 M1 T052 05 T04 161 HSUK ROUTE NORTH OF LEICESTER-BURTON LEICESTER ON 4-TRACK T051 T05 ‘IVANHOE’ LINE ALIGNMENT OF UPGRADE D AS CORE 21A LEICESTER MIDLAND MAIN LINE ELEMENT OF EURO- 11 GAUGE-CAPABLE T050 # NORTH-SOUTH 0 A47 FREIGHT ROUTE 1 HSUK ROUTE SOUTH PRIMARY HIGH SPEED OF LEICESTER T049 INTERCITY HUB AT ALONG CORRIDOR 21 LEICESTER LONDON ROAD OF FORMER GREAT CENTRAL MAIN LINE MML T048 #10 0 1 HINCKLEY T047 MIDLAND MAIN LINE UPGRADED AS CORE MML M69 HSUK M1 ELEMENT OF EURO- T046 GAUGE-CAPABLE NORTH-SOUTH A6 1 FREIGHT ROUTE A5 HIGH SPEED UK COMPRISES T045 4 NEW-BUILD TRACKS FROM KILLAMARSH TO BUNCEFIELD LUTTERWORTH T044 MARKET HARBOROUGH 20 B046 HSUK T043 B045 09 B047 B043 # 0 M6 R144 T01 42 04 3 WCML B044 1 19 A14 R143 R042 NOTE PROXIMITY OF 5 PRIMARY B042 T041 NORTHWARD CONNECTION TRANSPORT CORRIDORS FROM RUGBY TO HSUK VIA 4 1.
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    November 2019 Welcome to the Rail User Express. RUX is published around the middle of each month. It may be forwarded, or items reproduced in another newsletter (quoting sources). Anyone may request RUX as an email attachment, or opt to be notified when it is posted on the Railfuture (Rf) website. There is no charge for either service. Following GDPR, Railfuture Membership now maintains both lists. Please advise if you no longer wish to receive the newsletter or link, or if you know of anyone who would like to be added. For further details of any of the stories mentioned, please consult the relevant website, or ask the editor for the source material. The DfT’s Autumn Update of the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) on the progress of schemes funded in CP6 (2019-2024) makes salutary reading, and the message is clear: don’t hold your breath! Even schemes buoyed by a visit from the S of S for Transport are still at an early stage, eg Skipton - Colne at Decision to Initiate, and Ashington - Blythe – Tyne at Decision to Develop. No scheme can proceed into delivery until it has a Decision to Deliver. So, taken at face value, even Phase 2 of the Western section of East West Rail (Bicester - Bedford) has yet to be confirmed. Roger Smith We continue with the usual roundup of news items from groups around the UK. Please keep your contributions coming: they are all gratefully received. Friends of the Far North Line As a member of the FNL Review Team, FoFNL is delighted that its Report confirms that infrastructure work essential to planned improvements to the FNL service pattern is to go through its final stages before financial approval.
  • Sustainability Appraisal for Northampton Local Plan Part 2 Appendices

    Sustainability Appraisal for Northampton Local Plan Part 2 Appendices

    Northampton Borough Council Sustainability Appraisal for Northampton Local Plan Part 2 Appendices Final report Prepared by LUC June 2020 Northampton Borough Council Sustainability Appraisal for Northampton Local Plan Part 2 Appendices Version Status Prepared Checked Approved Date 1. DRAFT FOR CLIENT REVIEW – J. Pearson J. Pearson QA to be 18.05.2020 NOT FOR ISSUE (Updated as a completed in S. Temple result of new/revised site parallel with allocations and policies since N. Collins client review, Proposed Submission Round 1) prior to E. Hynes consultation L. Meldrum E. Lendak C. Green 2. PROPOSED SUBMISSION J. Pearson J. Pearson J. Owen 16.06.2020 ROUND 2 - Final S. Temple E. Lendak C. Green Bristol Land Use Consultants Ltd Landscape Design Edinburgh Registered in England Strategic Planning & Assessment Glasgow Registered number 2549296 Development Planning Lancaster Registered office: Urban Design & Masterplanning London 250 Waterloo Road Environmental Impact Assessment Manchester London SE1 8RD Landscape Planning & Assessment Landscape Management landuse.co.uk 100% recycled paper Ecology Historic Environment GIS & Visualisation Contents SA for Northampton Local Plan Part 2 (Proposed Submission Rnd 2) June 2020 Contents Table C.3: Responses to consultation comments on September 2017 SA of Local Plan Part 2 Site Options paper C-19 Appendix A Table C.4: Regulation 19 Round 1 Consultation Review of other relevant policies, plans, Responses Relating to the Sustainability Appraisal C-25 and programmes A-1 Table E.1: Assessment criteria for