Capacity Capability Connectivity The Midlands: Opportunities in Rail 2 Capacity Capability Connectivity The Midlands at a Glance 3
Contents The Midlands at a Glance
The Midlands at a Glance 3
Welcome to the Midlands 4 £222bn 200 making £ GVA YEARS trains The Midlands Opportunity 6 - Capacity, Capability, Connectivity - Leading Rail Cluster - Mapping the Midlands Rail Capability 11.5m population 250+ UK Rail Infrastructure and Rolling Stock Project Timeline 14 rail companies
The Midlands – A Great Place to Live and Work 16 Rail and Support for Investors 18 31% under Engineering 25 years old 9 Specialist Colleges
27 Rail Test universities 5 Facilities
2.2m Rail educated to centres of degree level 20 excellence 4 Welcome to the Midlands Capacity Capability Connectivity 5
Welcome to the Midlands
The Midlands is one of the most dynamic areas in the UK. Located The region’s 27 universities support a world-class science and at the heart of a connected transport network, it has close innovation base making the region a global centre of excellence in proximity to London, and access to 75% of the UK within 2 hours. areas such as advanced manufacturing, engineering, low carbon technology, healthcare, life sciences and agri-food and drink. Home to over 11.5 million people and 780,000 businesses, the region includes the cities of Birmingham and Nottingham A high quality of life also attracts people to live, work, study and alongside Coventry, Derby, Hereford, Leicester, Lincoln, Stoke-on- invest here, with the Midlands region blessed with five Areas of Trent, Wolverhampton and Worcester. Outstanding Natural Beauty, 60 historic houses, two UNESCO World Heritage Sites and a thriving culture of sport, music and the arts. With the local economy worth more than £220 billion generating 13% of the UK’s Gross Value Added (GVA), employing 18% of the Lincoln Immingham & Grimsby UK population and generating 16% of UK exports to 178 countries, Manchester Airport HS2 the Midlands is an engine of growth at the heart of the UK. Stoke-on-Trent Nottingham M6 Derby M1 The home of Shakespeare, Robin Hood, JRR Tolkien and Sir Isaac East Midlands Newton is today at the centre of plans for a new high speed rail HS2 Airport
network and an innovation hub for advanced manufacturing, Shrewsbury automotive, life sciences, digital technologies and rail technologies. M54 M6 M42 Leicester TOLL
Wolverhampton Birmingham Airport handles over 10 million passengers across 140 M5 M1 Birmingham routes annually, while East Midlands Airport is the UK’s second Birmingham Solihull M6 Int. Airport largest cargo handler. In total, 45% of British rail freight and 33% Coventry of heavy road freight goes to, from or through the Midlands. M42 Northampton
M5 The region has the fastest improving rail network in Europe and Worcester M40 London by 2033 will be the hub of the country’s new HS2 high speed rail Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted Airports network – expanding capacity and connecting to London in less HS2 than 50 minutes. M50 M5 London Luton Airport 6 The Midlands Opportunity Capacity Capability Connectivity 7
The Midlands Opportunity
Capacity, Capability, Connectivity
The Midlands is at the heart of UK advanced engineering, home to a global cluster of aerospace, automotive and rail companies. Aston Martin Lagonda, BMW, Bombardier, Jaguar Land Rover, Geely, GKN, JCB, Rolls-Royce, Siemens and Toyota UK are just some of the OEMs here designing and manufacturing the transport solutions of today and tomorrow.
Our highly skilled workforce, world-class training facilities and internationally renowned universities and innovation centres, combined with excellent connectivity by rail, road and air and a superb quality of life, has made the Midlands the first choice for advanced engineering and manufacturing in the UK.
We’ve been building trains and railways for 200 years, and today we are on the fast track for a new rail revolution, driven by exciting opportunities and technologies such as high speed rail, light rail and digital technologies. 8 Why the Midlands? Capacity Capability Connectivity 9
The Midlands is a hotspot for R&D activity in transport technologies. Our rail supply chain includes expertise in rolling stock design, development and manufacture; infrastructure and consultancy services; systems and signalling; and light and very light rail technologies.
The University of Birmingham is a world-leading centre for rail research, and a new High Speed Rail College will open shortly in Birmingham. Derby is the UK home of Bombardier and continues to be a major centre of rail technology in the UK. The Midlands Metro and Nottingham Metro showcase the latest tram and light rail technology. The Midlands has five rail test centres, including Rail Innovation and Development Centres at Melton and Tuxford. The Quinton Rail Technology Centre is a leading centre for the deployment and testing of light rail technology; and a proposed very light rail innovation centre at Dudley, in association with WMG at the University of Warwick will showcase light rail technologies.
High Speed 2 (HS2), at £55bn, is one of the world’s largest live global investment programmes in high speed rail. The UK is also investing heavily in conventional and light rail renewal and expansion, as well as improved stations and infrastructure.
The Midlands is seeing large investment in existing and new rail projects, such as Midland Mainline, Midlands Metro and the Midlands Connect programme.
Our Midlands location provides the best access to the HS2 opportunity and other Midlands rail investments, and our leading supply chain and central location makes this an excellent base to access rail projects elsewhere in the UK.
Capacity, capability and connectivity … the Midlands Engine is on track to provide the best rail investment opportunities for your business. 10 Leading Rail Cluster Capacity Capability Connectivity 11
HTA Group Ltd Onyxrail Ltd Siemens Transportation Systems Huber + Suhner Optical Coating Technologies Silentbloc UK Ltd HYDRO Systems UK Oxford Plastic Systems Ltd SNC Lavalin IM Kelly Rail Ltd Parker Hannifin Solo Rail Solutions Ltd ID Computing Ltd PAULEY (Interactive) Southco Manufacturing Ltd Idom Merebrook Penso Sperry Rail International iLine Technologies Permafast Limited Structural Fabrications Ltd Leading Rail Cluster Impreglon UK Ltd Phoenix Contact Ltd Sulzer Dowding & Mills Inside Out Group (Europe) Ltd Pilz Automation Technology SWA Fortis Ltd Institute of Materials Finishing Plastic Coatings Ltd Sydac Limited INTEG Solutions Ltd Polypipe Civils Tarmac Intertek NDT Porterbrook Leasing Co Ltd TBAT Innovation The Midlands’ rail supply chain includes some of the world’s leading engineering, ISS Labour Ltd Powdertech (Corby) Ltd Tecforce Ltd consultancy, design, technology and manufacturing companies. Station your business in Jacobs Engineering Power System Services Ltd Telent Technology Services Ltd Europe’s most dynamic rail cluster. Jobson James Insurance Brokers Premier Pits TEW Control & Display Limited Jonathan Lee Group Primasil Silicones Tidyco Ltd A Bratt & Son Ltd Bodyguard Workwear Elite KL KM & T Ltd PRS Total Training Company (UK) Ltd AB Hoses & Fittings Bombardier Transportation Enscite Knorr-Bremse PSV Wipers Ltd TQ Catalis Limited ABB Limited Bridgeway Consulting Ltd Entire Engineering Ltd Komplete Group Qualitrain Limited Tracsis Plc ABG Construction & Mineral Tools Brush Traction ESG Rail Laser Process Ltd Racon Management Services Ltd Train FX Abtec Engineering Ltd BTRoS Electronics ESSEMPY LB Foster TEW Plus Radar Finance and Leasing Ltd Transport Design International Achilles Information Ltd C A P Productions Ltd Fabrikat (Nottingham) Ltd Learning Unlimited Derby Rail Operations Group Transport KTN Advanced Building Composites CAF Rail UK Ltd Federal Mogul Lindhurst Engineering Ltd Rail Safety Solutions Trelleborg Aecom Capula Ltd Flip Up Seat Ltd Lista UK Ltd Rail Vision Europe Ltd Turnell and Odell Limited Aegis Engineering Systems Ltd Carillion Flotec Industrial Ltd Lloyds Somers Railcare Sweden Ltd TXM Projects (Group) Allied Insulators Ltd Cembre Ltd Ford & Stanley Rail Recruitment LORAM UK Ltd Railway Brake Services Limited UK Tram Ltd Alstom Transportation Centre for Railway Research & Ed Fosroc Ltd Marlec Engineering Co Ltd RE Cooke Limited UKRL Ltd Altrans CH2M Hill FP McCann Ltd Masters Rail Ltd Resonate Ultra Electronics PMES Alumasc Water Management Collis Engineering Ltd FPA Consulting Ltd McGeoch LED Technology Revaluetech Ltd Uni-Lite International Ltd Amphenol (Nottingham) Limited CoMech Metrology GAI-Tronics MCL Group Industries Ltd Ricardo Rail Limited Unilathe Ltd Angel Trains Common Time Ltd Garrandale Ltd Mendip Rail Aggregate Industries Rockwell Automation Universal Fabrications Ltd Anglia Metal Ltd Coriel Ltd GEW 2 Limited Michael Evans & Associates Ltd Roger Bullivant Limited Van Elle Limited Apex Engineers Ltd Creactive Design Graybar Ltd Millenium Site Services Rosehill Rail Vidiwave Ltd Applied Inspection Ltd Cytec Industrial Materials Ltd Grayson Thermal Systems Morgan Advanced Materials Plc RTC Group Visul Systems Ltd Arbil Ltd Data Acquisition & Testing Services Great Central Railway Morris Lubricants Samuel Taylor Ltd Viva Rail Arrowvale Electronics Data and Process Advantage Ltd Guidance Automation Motorail Logistics Sapa Profiles UK Ltd Von Roll UK Arthur Flury (UK) Ltd Datum Harting Mott Macdonald Scott Bader Co Ltd Vossloh Kiepe UK Ltd ARUP Daventry Bus. & Consultancy Ltd HaslerRail MRX Technologies SDC Manufacturing UK Ltd VTG Rail UK Ltd Aspin Group DCA Design Consultants Hayley Rail NAL Ltd Selectequip Ltd Wabtec Rail ATA Recruitment Ltd Dellner Limited Health & Safety Laboratory Neterson Holdings Ltd Serco Rail Technical Services Ward Recycling Atkins Depe Gear Co Ltd Heanor Haulage Limited Network Certification Body SET Ltd Webro Cable and Connectors B Hepworth & Co Design and Analysis Limited Heinrich Georg (UK) Ltd Network Rail Severn Lamb WG Tanker Services Limited Bakerbellfield Ltd Destec Engineering Limited High Speed Two (HS2) Nottingham Trams Ltd Severn Valley Railway plc WMG Centre HVM Catapult Balfour Beatty Rail Services Donfabs & Consillia Hitachi Nuns Street Plating Ltd Shorterm Limited WOR-Lifts WOR-Rail Battery Service Hub DWG Timber Components Ltd Holemasters Demtech Ltd OLEO International Ltd Siemens plc XEIAD Bernstein Ltd Elastacloud Limited HORIBA MIRA Ltd OnSite Siemens Rail Automation 12 Mapping the Midlands’ Rail Capability Capacity Capability Connectivity 13
Leeds Hull
Manchester Airport Doncaster Manchester Grimsby She eld Mapping the Midlands’ Doncaster She eld Airport Chester eld Rail Capability M6
Stoke on Trent Nottingham Derby
East Midlands East Midlands Parkway Airport Loughborough
M54 M42 Leicester Peterborough Wolverhampton M69 Birmingham Market Harborough A1 Coventry Warwick Birmingham Stratford- M1 Key Airport upon-Avon Northampton
M40 Bedford Light Rail Motorways Cheltenham Spa Strategic She eld HS2 Milton Keynes Chester eld Development Sites M6 Ambergate Stoke on Trent Belper Du eld Nottingham Derby M5 Attenborough East Midlands Airport East Midlands Parkway Loughborough Melton Mowbray Sileby M54 Syston Norwich Airport M42 Leicester Oakham Peterborough Wolverhampton M69 Market Birmingham Harborough Corby New Street A1 Coventry Kettering
Wellingborough Birmingham M1 Train lines Airport Northampton Motorways Tram lines M40 Bedford Flitwick Cheltenham Spa Harlington Milton Keynes Central M5 Leagrave Luton Luton Luton Innovation Stanstead Airport Oxford Airport Training Centres London Southend Airport St. Pancras International Centres Luton Stanstead Airport Oxford Airport Key OEMs Major Projects
London Heathrow Airport
Gatwick Airport 14 UK Rail and Infrastructure Opportunities Capacity Capability Connectivity 15
UK Rail and Infrastructure Opportunities - pipeline of over £100bn
Deep tube £116.42bn
Rail Investment strategy £38.3bn
Cross Rail 2 £30bn
HS2 Phase 2 £29bn
HS2 Phase 1 £27bn (forecast)
Cross Rail 1 £14.8bn
Thameslink £6.5bn
Class 800/801 trains introduced £5.7bn (total project)
Great Western Main Line electrification £2.8bn
London Bridge Station £1bn
Wessex Programme £1bn
Electric Spine £800m
Edinburgh-Glasgow improvement programme £ 742 m
Northern Hub £530m
Midland Mainline Electrification Phase 1 £500m (total project)
Heathrow Rail Link £500m
Infrastructure works East Midlands Gateway £500m (total project)
Midland Mainline Electrification Phase 2 £500m (total project)
Farringdon Station £375m
Manchester-Selby electrification £290m
East West Rail Western Section £190m
Gospel Oak to Barking electrification £133m
Coventry Station £82m
Dudley VLR demonstrator vehicles £4.2m
Worcestershire Parkway £22m
West Midlands Rail Interchange Planning decision due £8m (total project)
Rugby Parkway £11m
DIRFT III Rail Terminal To be confirmed
NUCKLE 1 & 2 To be confirmed
East Midlands Gateway To be confirmed
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 16 The Midlands - A Great Place to Live and Work Capacity Capability Connectivity 17
The Midlands – A Great Place to Live and Work
From small independent shops, to iconic retail stores and designer outlets, the towns and cities in the Midlands provide a distinctive experience, packed with modern attractions, great restaurants, pubs, bars and green spaces. It’s not just the eleven Michelin-starred restaurants that makes the Midlands a great place to eat and drink, its vibrant food and drink scene will suit most tastes. There is so much to experience from Artisan cheeses, to food festivals and craft beers and ciders.
Enjoy classic performances by the celebrated Royal Ballet, or experience vibrant contemporary productions alongside modern artists at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
The Midlands has some of the finest living and working landscapes in the UK with five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and over 33 nature reserves. 1 From ancient deer parks to the 10,000 acre Sherwood Forest, which is home to over 1000 ancient oak trees and the legend of Robin Hood, whether it’s walking, Derbyshire Peak District abseiling, or cycling, the Midlands offers a great environment to enjoy physical activity and a wide range of sporting experiences.
We’re home to major football clubs Aston Villa, Leicester City, Nottingham Forest, West Bromwich Albion, and 6 of the 12 clubs who founded The Football League in 1888. As the birthplace of Rugby, the Midlands has a strong affinity with the game, and hosted the Rugby World Cup in 2015.
This is an excellent place to play golf, with courses throughout the Midlands, including The Belfry, a former host of the Ryder Cup.
Home to many of the F1® teams, F1® racing has been thrilling an international audience at Silverstone for 65 years, providing a world-class motorsport experience at one of the fastest racing circuits in the world. Meanwhile Formula-e, the low carbon alternative, is based locally at Donington Park. 2 3 And the Midlands offers a range of options for schools and study, including a number of the finest private schools in the UK. Royal Shakespeare Company, Nottingham City Centre Stratford-upon-Avon 18 Support for Investors Capacity Capability Connectivity 19
Support for Investors
The Department for International Trade (DIT) helps businesses export and grow into global markets. We also help overseas companies locate to and grow in the UK.
We can help with information on how to set up in the UK, provide sector specific information about the rail industry in the UK, and support you to identify the right location here for you and introduce you to local partners and supply chains.
Our network of UK specialists includes a team who are based in the Midlands, providing expert local knowledge of projects, potential public and private sector partners and other local business support.
For more information on rail opportunities in the Midlands, please contact: [email protected] 20 Capacity Capability Connectivity
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