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The Kent Route Study examines options to PLANNING FOR GROWTH improve the railway in the Kent Area, setting out Midland Main LineKEast Coastent Main Line Rail Network Map a long term strategy to meet growing passenger STRATFORD Tilbury Line North London Line INTERNATIONAL HS1 and freight demand from 2019 onwards. Dock Jns LONDON ST PANCRAS KINGS INTERNATIONAL CROSS Angerstein Wharf LONDON Cannon BLACKFRIARS Street Freight Only Line CANNON Branch LONDON STREET North The Route Study sets out a vision for the next Kent Westcombe Woolwich CHARING WATERLOO LONDON Spa Woolwich CROSS EAST Metropolitan Road East GREENWICH Park ABBEY WOOD Jn BRIDGE Jn Jn Dockyard Charing Cross Line HS1 10 to 30 years of a much busier railway, with South West Main Line and Borough Belvedere Windsor Lines Deptford Maze Charlton WOOLWICH Plumstead LONDON Market Jn Hill LONDON WATERLOO New Cross ARSENAL Erith South New North Kent or Woowich Line VICTORIA ELEPHANT & London Cross St Johns investment enabling faster, longer, more CASTLE Line Gate London Slade Green Corridor Bridge Route B Lines LEWISHAM Kidbrooke Falconwood BEXLEYHEATH Lewisham Blackheath Eltham Welling Barnehurst Crayford frequent and more reliable journeys. It presents Loughborough DENMARK Line Creek Jn THAMESPORT Factory Junction Parks -on-sea Jns HILL RYE Bridge Courthill Shepherds Lane Jn Loop Jns Wandsworth Jn North Kent East London Line Road Crofton HITHER Stone Freight Only Branch choices for funders to meet this future demand. to Clapham Junction Crofton Clapham Brixton Road Jn Park GREEN Mottingham SIDCUP Bexley Crossing Ridham Dock High Sreet Catford Loop Northfleet Swale Atlantic & Catford Ladywell Lee New Eltham Albany Park Crayford DARTFORD Freight Only Branch HERNE HILL WestChatham Sidcup Line EBBSFLEET Sheerness Branch Lines Main Line Lower Catford Bridge HS1 Sydenham INTERNATIONAL Hoo Jn Chestfield & Birchington Bellingham Grove Park Portsmouth Lines Higham Rochester Gillingham Newington Teynham Swalecli”e -on-Sea The benefits of these potential investments will Sydenham Sundridge Hill New Beckenham Park Elmstead Woods Beckenham HillBromley North CHATHAM Rainham Westgate-on-Sea Branch Chislehurst Sole flow far beyond the railway, leading to: Sydenham Spurs Ravensbourne Street Kent Coast Penge St Mary East North Bickley Cray Road HS1Connection - WaterlooMeopham Dumpton Park Kent Selling Sturry • Economic growth House Longfield Shortlands BROMLEY Halling Main Line Eynsford Jn HS1 Crystal Palace BECKENHAM SOUTH Chatham Main Line Minster Single Clock JUNCTION Petts Wood • Reduced environmental impact House Shoreham New Hythe WEST Lines Hayes Branch or Line Valley Sandwich ORPINGTON Borough CANTERBURY EAST Elmers End Mid Kent Green West East EAST Bekesbourne • Regeneration of communities. Otford & Malling Malling Chelsfield Canterbury East Line Deal Eden Park West Wickham Kemsing Maidstone East Line Maidstone East Line Adisham Knockholt Maidstone Hollingbourne Chilham HAYES Bat & Ball Barracks Aylesham Dunton Bat & Ball Line Maidstone West Harrietsham Snowdown Sandwich Line Metro Area Green Canterbury West Line Shepherds Well Martin The Route Study forms part of a suite of Studies HS1 Wye Kearnsey Mill Charing CHANNEL HS1 for the UK rail network, which represent a crucial TONBRIDGE Pluckley Sandling CENTRAL Line PRIORY Paddock Westenhanger Continental Folkestone High Brooms Marden Tonbridge Main Line ASHFORD component of the railway’s Long Term Planning Wood INTERNATIONAL Jn West Over TUNBRIDGE WELLS Folkestone Line Ham Street Process. Line Appledore 100 people Stonegate Etchingham MarshlinkRye Robertsbridge The choices set out in the Route Study have been from various Battle Doleham / Crowhurst Three Oaks Freight Only Branch Bo Peep East Coastway West St Leonards Jn Ore developed together with industry partners to organisations were BEXHILL St Leonards HASTINGS East Coastway Warrior Square deliver a railway that offers value to taxpayers, involved in the users and funders. Route Study

New Annual New Annual Local Authority households growth Local Authority households growth Choices for Funders London & South East by 2031 rate by 2031 rate Challenges & constraints Ashford 14,000 1.29% Lewes 6,900 0.76% Market Study These have been prioritised using the Bexley 30,733 1.15% Maidstone 18,560 1.29% Anticipated passenger growth following criteria: Services These are a mix of Bromley 10,065 0.39% Medway UA 22,100 0.95% • accomodating passenger and 2011-2023 2011-2043 network and train Canterbury 16,200 1.19% Rother 5,700 0.77% freight demand to 2024 London Bridge Metro 15% 47% capacity constraints, Dartford 18,551 1.92% Sevenoaks 3,600 0.37% London Victoria Metro 15% 47% • taking advantage of any potential conflicting movements at Dover 10,000 0.95% Shepway 8,600 0.84% London Blackfriars 11% 21% Number of vehicles required synergies with planned renewals Swale 11,300 0.93% junctions, signal positions, Eastbourne 5,022 0.66% London St Pancras High Speed 61% 105% Numberto caterof vehicles for required forecast to cater for growthforecast growth • aligning capacity with major Ebbsfleet 14,000 Thanet 12,000 0.92% number of tracks, London Bridge & Victoria Main Line 15% 47% programmes Gravesham 7,100 0.81% 13,300 1.23% timetable rules etc. London Orbital 178% 407% • affordability Greenwich 40,095 1.77% Tunbridge Wells 6,000 0.60% Baseline no. Additional Additional Strood - /Tonbridge These are shown on the maps • value for money Hastings 3,400 0.47% Wealden 9,440 0.88% 15% 47% of vehicles vehicles vehicles Sittingbourne - Sheerness on the following pages The ‘Metro’ area covers the suburban services into London Bridge, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, Victoria and Blackfriars. The East London Line services between and Clapham Junction are also included in this category.

Types of constraints on the Kent network Number of vehicles required to cater for forecast growth Crossover/Junction Speed restriction Platform length/availability Station capacity enhancement by 2023

Infrastructure restriction/route access Single line section Service pattern/journey time Station capacity enhancement post-2023

Lack of spare capacity/conflicts Freight tra€c Two-track section Blue stations Possible platform extensions Baseline no. Additional Additional or Selective Door Opening of vehicles vehicles vehicles Empty train movements/berthing/sidings issues Location Name Key constraint location Orange stations } Westbound

To City Thameslink Eastbound LONDON Crossrail BLACKFRIARS CANNON To Canada Water STREET LONDON When Crossrail Woolwich CHARING LONDON Woolwich CROSS To Angerstein ABBEY WOOD BRIDGE Wharf Dockyard opens in 2018, it is

WATERLOO GREENWICH WOOLWICH expected that many LONDONLONDON EAST ARSENAL VICTORIAVICTORIA ELEPHANT & passengers between CASTLE LEWISHAM BEXLEYHEATH Dartford and Woolwich To Dockyard will change Clapham Loughborough DENMARK Junction Junction HILL their route to work Nunhead Crofton HITHER PECKHAM Park GREEN SIDCUP RYE Catford HERNE GRAVESEND Gillingham HILL West Dulwich DARTFORD To Tulse Hill Bellingham Shepherds Lane Jn to Nunhead Jn Beckenham Ebbsfleet STROOD Hill CHATHAM Brixton to Shortlands Jn Ravensbourne Southern Link Penge BROMLEY NORTH East SWANLEY Kent Catford Loop House Bickley BECKENHAM Shortlands JUNCTION BROMLEY SOUTH* Victoria ORPINGTON MAIDSTONE EAST Blackfriars OTFORD

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SEVENOAKS By 2024: lengthen peak hour (08:00-08:59) arrivals at: By 2044: further work will be required to develop the following schemes: London Bridge to 12-car London Bridge Corridor • Platform extensions or Selective Door Opening (SDO) may be required • Capacity improvements required at Cannon Street and Charing Cross at Woolwich Dockyard (pale blue on the map) • Possible junction reconfiguration at pinch-points • Signal moves may be required at Erith Triangle, Crayford Triangle, London Victoria Corridor Choices Grove Park Sidings, Gillingham and Waterloo East • Capacity improvements required at and on approach to Victoria for London Victoria to 8-car • Possible junction reconfiguration and platform lenghtening for 12-car trains • Reconfigure existing or procure new high-density trains London Blackfriars to 12-car (should it be required north of London) funders London Blackfriars (via Elephant & Castle) to 8-car • Platform extensions at shown in orange on the above map • Most trains will be new high-density trains by 2018 • Possible Metroisation of the Metro area and extension of Crossrail to Gravesend

METRO Freight connection to Angerstein Wharf & freight gauge clearance Possible passing track between and Nunhead MAIN LINE & BRANCHES The ‘Kent Main Line & Branches’ area covers the Main Line services into London Bridge, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, Victoria & Blackfriars as well as the Sheerness Branch (Sittingbourne - Sheerness-on-Sea) and Medway Valley Line (Strood - Maidstone West - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge) services.

Green lines - predominantly 12-car services Types of constraints on the Kent network Blue lines - predominantly 8-car services Crossover/Junction Speed restriction Platform length/availability Station capacity enhancement by 2023 Red line - frequent 5-car services Infrastructure restriction/route access Single line section Service pattern/journey time Station capacity enhancement post-2023 Black line - 3-car services Orange line - 2-car services Lack of spare capacity/conflicts Freight tra€c Two-track section Blue stations Possible platform extensions Purple line - proposed Ebbsfleet Southern Link or Selective Door Opening Empty train movements/berthing/sidings Level crossing issues Location Name Key constraint location Orange stations } Yellow line - proposed Canterbury Curve Dark green line - proposed North Kent - South Kent Link

LONDON The new BLACKFRIARS CANNON STREET LONDON housing and CHARING CROSS LONDON BRIDGE jobs created at

WATERLOO Ebbsfleet could be LONDONLONDONLONDON EAST VICTORIAVICTORIA VICTORIA ELEPHANT & supported by a new CASTLE rail link to Swanley, DENMARK PECKHAM HILL RYE Bromley South & SHEERNESS-ON-SEA

HITHER beyond GREEN

HERNE Ebbsfleet Gillingham HILL Southern Link Shepherds Lane Jn to FAVERSHAM MARGATE Nunhead Jn STROOD CHATHAM SITTINGBOURNE Brixton to Shortlands Jn SWANLEY Catford Loop North Kent - BECKENHAM RAMSGATE JUNCTION BROMLEY South Kent Link A 12-car SOUTH CANTERBURY WEST ORPINGTON CANTERBURY EAST OTFORD MAIDSTONE train carries EAST around 1,000 passengers which is MAIDSTONE WEST SEVENOAKS

roughly equivalent TONBRIDGE DOVER PRIORY to 13 double- ASHFORD FOLKESTONE INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS decker bus Canterbury Curve The Canterbury Curve would only The North By 2024: be required should Kent - South • 12-car berthing siding at Cannon Street Curve to potentially HASTINGS the line be closed Choices enable an additional train per hour Kent Link was between Dover and • Freight gauge clearance from to West London looked at as a long Folkestone for Line via Maidstone East/Farningham Road and Catford Loop term connection By 2044: between Faversham funders • Further work required to develop solutions on the London Bridge and Victoria corridors (see Metro area) and Ashford • Potential additional link lines (shown on the map) International The High Speed services operate between London St Pancras International and Faversham/Ramsgate (via Medway, Canterbury West and Folkestone Central). The also requested that High Speed services to Hastings and Bexhill be explored.

By 2024: High Speed - all peak services to be formed of 12-car trains plus an The Ebbsfleet LONDON ST PANCRAS Southern Link utilises additional 12-car train to Ashford International - requires more rolling INTERNATIONAL the former Waterloo stock, platform extension at Maidstone West, possible power supply STRATFORD INTERNATIONAL enhancements and timetable alterations on HS1. Connection from HS1 to the Chatham Main Line with a By 2044: High Speed One new link line to Ebbsfleet High Speed - connection to Hastings (may require additional International pathways on HS1) EBBSFLEET GRAVESEND INTERNATIONAL FAVERSHAM Potential additional link lines (shown on the map) Ebbsfleet MARGATE ViaSTROOD Ashford SITTINGBOURNE Southern Link Via Medway CHATHAM Marshlink High Speed: Swanley From Maidstone West The connection of Marshlink to requires new sets of North Kent - Fawkham points at Ashford International to enable trains to cross from Platform Jn South Kent Link RAMSGATE

2 to HS1 but that is just the beginning... CANTERBURY WEST

High Speed One CANTERBURY EAST ...there are some questions that need answering: Via Ashford Via Medway • should the line be electrified and if so, to 25kV AC overhead or Via Ashford From Maidstone West Canterbury 750V DC ? Via Medway MAIDSTONE WEST • which trains are going to use it? From Maidstone West Curve High Speed One CHANNEL • where are the trains going? Hastings, Bexhill and Eastbourne were High Speed One TUNNEL High FOLKESTONE looked at CENTRAL DOVER Speed PRIORY ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL ...but there are some Choices for Funders that could be carried out services to More with or without High Speed services: Marshlink could Ham Street freight could • linespeed improvements between Eastbourne and Hastings 70 to reduce journey Appledore be carried from the 90 mph times by up to Rye Channel Tunnel to the • linespeed improvements between Ore and Doleham 40 to 60 mph Winchelsea 13 minutes Doleham Midlands if the gauge is • linespeed improvements between Doleham and Ashford Three Oaks DUNGENESS Bo Peep Ore expanded to cater for 9ft International 60 to 90 mph Route B Jn

BEXHILL 6in shipping containers • junction improvements Appledore St Leonards HASTINGS • junction improvements and platform extensions at Rye. Warrior Square on regular wagons EASTBOURNE Some of the schemes, such as the linespeed improvements, may be funded by local authorities, LEPs or other funders. It will need the Green lines - predominantly 12-car services Number of vehicles required to cater for forecast growth assistance of local land owners, level crossing users etc. to develop Blue lines - predominantly 8-car (6-car High Speed) Orange line - 2-car services a strategy of closures, mergers or other solutions for the many level Red line - potential Marshlink High Speed service from Ashford International crossings between Ore and Ashford International. Purple line - proposed Ebbsfleet Southern Link Yellow line - proposed Canterbury Curve Baseline no. Additional Additional Dark green line - proposed North Kent - South Kent Link of vehicles vehicles vehicles The competition is being consulted on at Types of constraints on the Kent network the same time as the Route Study so now is a good time to share Crossover/Junction Speed restriction Platform length/availability Station capacity enhancement by 2023 your views on this scheme - further information on the scheme can Infrastructure restriction/route access Single line section Service pattern/journey time Station capacity enhancement post-2023

be found in the Route Study and Technical Appendix. Details of the Lack of spare capacity/conflicts Freight tra€c Two-track section Blue stations Possible platform extensions or Selective Door Opening franchise process can be found on the back cover of this document. Empty train movements/berthing/sidings Level crossing issues Location Name Key constraint location Orange stations } HIGH SPEED & MARSHLINK CHOICES FOR FUNDERS By 2024 2024 - 2044 Conditional Conditional Significant Berthing Significant Berthing Choice for Funders More Longer Platform Station Linespeed Power Supply More Longer Platform Station Linespeed Power Supply Output no. Output Infrastructure Siding Infrastructure Siding trains trains extensions improvements Improvements Enhancement trains trains extensions improvements Improvements Enhancement Enhancement Improvements Enhancement Improvements 12-car services:     Dartford Lines Further 12-car services: London Bridge   development  CO1 & CO7 Hayes Line Metro work 12-car services: required Orpington &    Sevenoaks Further development CO2 & CO8 Victoria Metro 8-car trains  work required 12-car services:    Medway 12-car services:      CO3 & CO9 High Speed Maidstone 12-car services: Ashford      International

CO4 & CO10 Blackfriars 12-car services     

Further development 12-car services       work London Bridge & CO5 & CO11 required Victoria Main Line Ashford - Ramsgate    additional services TfL's Bakerloo  Line Extension CO1, 2, 4, 5, 7, Third Party TfL's Metroisation    8, 10 & 11 Proposals Crossrail towards    Gravesend CO13 Various CO15 Marshlink High Conditional  Option    Option   CO17 Speed Outputs CO18 Ebbsfleet   North to South Southern Link CO18 Kent Connectivity North Kent to   South Kent Angerstein Wharf   Connection Nunhead Passing   CO20 Freight Loop Howbury Park  Freight Terminal Gauge Clearance   Lewisham  Denmark Hill  Peckham Rye  Improved Bromley South  passenger Brixton  CO21 circulation at Beckenham  stations Junction Dartford  Chatham  Tonbridge  CO28 Resilience Canterbury Chord   CONSULTATION & NEXT STEPS Closing date: 30June 2017 SE1 2QG London Cottons Lane Cottons Centre Senior Strategic Planner (SouthEast) Study Consultation South EastRoute: Kent Area Route Or by postto: [email protected] consultation pleaseemail: To respond totheRoute Study consultation. consultation andnottheRoute Study addressed through theDfTfranchise on trains andlengtheningoftrains are comments regarding passengercapacity avoid duplication it isrequested thatany To provide claritytorespondents and it can befound atwww.dft.gov.uk. consultation document isalsoreviewed - for Transport’s SouthEastern Franchise It isalsosuggested thattheDepartment Rail website. Appendix can befound ontheNetwork document andtheassociated Technical The full version oftheKent Route Study

OTHER MILESTONES KENT ROUTE STUDY SOUTH EASTERN FRANCHISE expression of interest franchise Issue of Consultation March -June March -June March Consultation Consultation Final version to shortlisted published 2017 published Draft for (ITT) issued September Autumn March Invitation To Tender period period bidders Bridge station Thameslink Open tothe End ofcurrent completed timetable 2018 Start ofnew Contract Crossrail agreement agreement December London August Award franchise franchise recast Major public A further onereporting period extension isavailable atSecretary ofState’s discretion An extension ofsixreporting periodstoDec18assumed 2019 2020 New Network Railfunding period 2021 2022