DOCSLIB.ORG

North Cotswold Line Transformation

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
North Cotswold Line Transformation North Cotswold Line Transformation STRATEGIC OUTLINE BUSINESS CASE Final Issue December 2019 CONNECTING GROWING ECONOMIES HEREFORDSHIRE WORCESTERSHIRE GLOUCESTERSHIRE WARWICKSHIRE OXFORDSHIRE Page 1 Page 2 Contents Foreword Lord Faulkner 4 Scheme Summary 5 “This is an output driven scheme, Executive summary 8 seeking to radically transform and Context setting 12 extend the role the North Cotswold Strategic case 24 Line plays in meeting and stimulating Economic case 54 sustainable population and economic Financial case 68 growth across five counties stretching from the borders of Wales and the Commercial case 74 south Midlands to the western end of Management case 81 the Oxford to Cambridge Arc.” Summary and next steps 95 Page 3 Foreword from Lord Faulkner of Worcester Chair, North Cotswold Line Task Force The North Cotswold railway line between Hereford, Worcester, and Oxford plays a vital role in supporting the economies and connectivity of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire. As we face the increasing challenges of climate change it provides sustainable public transport helping to protect beautiful, precious and internationally important rural environments stretching from the Marches and the Malverns and the Cotswolds, the cathedral cities of Hereford and Worcester, the university city of Oxford, the Blenheim Palace World Heritage Site, and a host of attractive market towns such as Pershore, Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Chipping Norton, Charlbury and Woodstock. The five counties it serves generate a combined £73 billion (2016) in Gross Value Added (GVA) to the UK economy, larger than the Greater Manchester Combined Authority area or the metropolitan authorities of the West Midlands Combined Authority. Their 2.6 million population is set to grow by 21% by the 2030s, some 558,000 people, equivalent to more than five cities the size of Worcester or three times the size of Oxford. Such a scale of change is dramatic, and will be powerfully challenging to the infrastructure supporting movement – people getting to work and education, businesses working with each other, residents accessing retail and leisure facilities, as well as the 90 million UK and internationally-based tourists trips already made across the region each year. The North Cotswold Line will need to make a yet greater contribution. Established in 2017, the North Cotswold Line Task Force is determined to drive the change needed to enable the railway to make that transformative contribution. The Task Force brings together the five county local authorities, five Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Great Western Railway, Network Rail and the Cotswold Line Promotion Group, and has had the benefit of supportive general advice from the Department for Transport and the West Midlands Rail Executive. I am grateful for their combined contributions of financial support and expertise that have enabled us to complete this Strategic Outline Business Case setting out the compelling case for change. Prepared within the guidelines of the Department for Transport’s ‘Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline’ this document forms a key step in garnering the widest support for our proposals, assembling funding for the detailed development work now required, and setting an investment and delivery programme to make change happen. Page 4 The North Cotswold Line Transformation 2 TRAINS PER HOUR BUSINESS CASE Worcestershire Cotswolds Capital Cost—£199m Oxford London New passengers—400,000 p.a. Benefit Cost Ratio—4.46 MORE REGULAR SERVICES ‘Very High Value for Money’ Great Malvern—London hourly Kidderminster—London hourly Direct & connecting from Hereford ECONOMIC BENEFITS £33m Gross Value Added p.a. Supporting over 64,000 new homes TRACK DOUBLING from 2020 to 2041 Wolvercot—Hanborough—4 miles Evesham—Pershore—5 miles FASTER JOURNEYS Hanborough—London 1 hour OXFORD METRO SERVICES Worcester — London < 2 hours Up to 4 trains per hour Hereford—London < 3 hours Hanborough—Oxford NEXT STEPS STATION WORK SOBC to Government —Oct 2019 Hanborough—2nd Platform ‘Develop’ OBC —2020/21 Pershore—2nd Platform Third Party Delivery Page 5 The North Cotswold Line The arched bridge over the expanded A4440 Worcester Southern Link Road was installed by Worcestershire County Council in July 2019 and illustrates the range of integrated transport scheme being completed across the Task Force area, with the jointly-funded County Council/Worcestershire LEP A4440 scheme enhancing access to the new Worcestershire Parkway station due to open in early 2020. Great Western Railway Intercity Express (IET) operating the 15.22 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington with Worcester Cathedral in the back-drop. Introduced in 2017 the IETs form the basis of the North Cotswold Line service, offering modern passenger facilities and capacity to accommodate the major growth in patronage forecast by the rail industry and within this SOBC. Page 6 The North Cotswold Line Page 7 Executive Summary The North Cotswold Line Task Force 1. Sustainable Economic Growth — The purpose of North Cotswold Line Taskforce (NCLTF) is to radically transform and extend the role the North Cotswold Line plays in meeting and stimulating sustainable economic growth, new populations and employment and enhanced productivity across five counties stretching from the borders of Wales and the south Midlands to the western end of the Oxford to Cambridge Arc, and its contribution to addressing the developing challenges of climate change. 2. Who We Are — Chaired by Lord Faulkner of Worcester, the NCLTF is a partnership of five local authorities/transport authorities, five Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Cotswold Line Promotion Group. It is supported by attendance from the Department for Transport (DfT), West Midlands Rail Executive, Network Rail and the Great Western Railway. District Councils are engaged via sub-groups across the geography of the 5 counties. Formal Terms of Reference were agreed in July 2017. The Need 3. A Fast Growing Region — The five counties - Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire - are set to grow on current forecasts by 368,000 people by 2030, and yet there is poor connectivity through the centre of this area by all modes of travel. 4. Poor Transport Connectivity — The core west-east road network is characterised by slow and congested single carriageway roads such as the A44 and A40. The North Cotswold Line offers only an hourly off-peak service, with some enhanced peak frequencies, and journey times are slow. Worcester to London, for example, has an end-to-end journey speed of 57 mph, and Hereford of 47 mph. This compares to the journey to London from places on the periphery: Leamington Spa 76 mph, Bath 77 mph, Swindon 84 mph, and Rugby at 99 mph. 5. Constraints on Growth—This connectivity deficit limits the economic development in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, as well as the competitive potential of the rural population in the Cotswolds. For Oxford and its world-leading University it limits the ability to attract workers and academic staff who cannot afford to live in the City itself. Page 8 Executive Summary The Case for Change 6. Assessing the Options — An enhanced service of two trains per hour on the route, with faster journeys would generate at least £33m in additional Gross Value Added each year to the UK economy, in addition to the potential for better commuter services supporting Oxford’s economic and environmental sustainability. At this stage in the scheme’s maturity options have been identified and appraised which have the potential to deliver Value for Money in the “Very High” category. 7. The Preferred Train Service — The NCLTF’s preferred option involves the provision of 2 trains per hour (TPH) between Worcester, Oxford and London Paddington (extensions of Oxford-London services) operating on a skip-stop pattern so that the optimum balance of journey time and frequency improvement can be delivered across the route. One of these services is extended to/from Great Malvern (and Hereford in some hours), and the other to/from Kidderminster. 8. Enhanced Infrastructure — To enable reliable delivery of this solution, infrastructure options have been identified that involve the reinstatement of 4 miles of double track between Wolvercot Junction (Oxford) and Hanborough Station, 5 miles between Evesham and Pershore, and second platforms at Hanborough and Pershore stations. The capital cost estimate with optimism bias applied is £199m. 9. A Compelling Business Case — More frequent, faster services will generate nearly 400,000 new passenger trips each year. The scheme will deliver a Benefit Cost Ratio of 4.46, representing ‘Very High’ value for money for the £199m investment, and £33m of new Gross Value Added (GVA) per annum to the UK economy together with 750 new jobs. 10. Supporting the Future — These infrastructure options also facilitate provision of an additional 2TPH shuttle between Hanborough and Oxford/Didcot Parkway, offering the potential for an overall 4TPH ‘metro’ style service supporting Oxford’s economic and environmental sustainability. Development of the case for this forms the key task of the NCLTF ‘Hanborough Sub-Group’, established in summer 2019. Page 9 Executive Summary Next Steps and Delivery 11. Determining the NCLTF Scheme — This Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) summarises the NCLTF’s work to complete the ‘Determine’ stage of the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) process, announced by the DfT in March 2018. 12. Moving to Scheme Development — Having proactively adopted the RNEP process and received DfT encouragement to continue the scheme’s development in response to its July 2018 Market-Led Proposal (see Appendix C), the NCLTF is now seeking to move the project forward into the ‘Develop’ stage, leading towards an Outline Business Case, Single Option Report and ‘Decision to Design’ with DfT by March 2022. 13. Funding the Next Step — The NCLTF partners have identified a budget of £3m for the ‘Develop’ stage, and by way of this SOBC is asking the DfT both to accept the proposed scheme onto the Pipeline and allocate 50% of the £3m cost, with £1.5m being provided by the NCLTF’s local authority and LEP partners.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Long Marston
    THIS IS CALA AT FERNLEIGH PARK LONG MARSTON BEAUTIFUL HOMES IN AN INSPIRATIONAL SETTING Computer generated image of Fernleigh Park Local photography Local photography Set in a brand new village community just a 10 minute drive from Stratford-upon-Avon, with abundant green spaces, cycle paths and Stock photography countryside walks on your doorstep, CALA at Fernleigh Park is a wonderful place to call home. Stock photography Local photography Local photography A HOME TO SUIT YOU Whether you’re setting up your own place for the first time or looking for more space for a growing family, you’ll find everything you are looking for at Fernleigh Park. There’s a wide range of carefully thought out and crafted designs to choose from, all with beautifully laid-out, light and spacious interiors. Stock photography Flexible floorplans enable you to tailor your choice to your lifestyle, whether it be a home office with the assurance of consistent speed and connectivity with a full fibre hyperoptic connection, a playroom or a den. The charming, characterful exteriors incorporate distinctive architectural features in brick, timber and stone to give each home a personality all of its own. CALA at Fernleigh Park is more than buying a new home, you will become part of a greater vision for a whole new community and way of life. Enjoy the best of both worlds with green and restful surroundings on your doorstep and easy access to a wealth of amenities in the wider area. Just reimagine… Stock photography FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE FUTURE THE VISION STRETCH OF
    [Show full text]
  • Third Party Funding
    THIRD PARTY FUNDING IS WORKING IAN BAXTER, Strategy Director at SLC Rail, cheers enterprising local authorities and other third parties making things happen on Britain’s complex railway n 20 January 1961, John F. Kennedy used being delivered as central government seeks be up to them to lead change, work out how his inaugural speech as US President more external investment in the railway. to deliver it and lever in external investment Oto encourage a change in the way of into the railway. It is no longer safe to assume thinking of the citizens he was to serve. ‘Ask DEVOLUTION that central government, Network Rail or not what your country can do for you,’ intoned So, the theme today is: ‘Ask not what the train operators will do this for them. JFK, ‘but what you can do for your country.’ the railway can do for you but what However, it hardly needs to be said, least of Such a radical suggestion neatly sums up you can do for the railway’. all to those newly empowered local railway the similar change of approach represented Central government will sponsor, develop, promoters themselves, enthusiastic or sceptical, collectively by the Department for Transport’s fund and deliver strategic railway projects that the railway is a complex entity. That March 2018 ‘Rail Network Enhancements required for UK plc, such as High Speed 2, applies not only in its geographical reach, Pipeline’ (RNEP) process, Network Rail’s ‘Open for electrification, long-distance rolling stock scale and infrastructure, but also in its regularly Business’ initiative and the ongoing progress of replacement or regeneration at major stations reviewed post-privatisation organisation, often devolution of railway planning and investment like London Bridge, Reading or Birmingham New competing or contradictory objectives, multiple to the Scottish and Welsh governments, Street.
    [Show full text]
  • As a Largely Rural District the Highway Network Plays a Key Role in West Oxfordshire
    Highways 8.9 As a largely rural district the highway network plays a key role in West Oxfordshire. The main routes include the A40 Cheltenham to Oxford, the A44 through Woodstock and Chipping Norton, the A361 Swindon to Banbury and the A4260 from Banbury through the eastern part of the District. These are shown on the Key Diagram (Figure 4.1). The provision of a good, reliable and congestion free highway network has a number of benefits including the provision of convenient access to jobs, services and facilities and the potential to unlock and support economic growth. Under the draft Local Plan, the importance of the highway network will continue to be recognised with necessary improvements to be sought where appropriate. This will include the delivery of strategic highway improvements necessary to support growth. 8.10 The A40 is the main east-west transport route with congestion on the section between Witney and Oxford being amongst the most severe transport problems in Oxfordshire and acting as a potential constraint to economic growth. One cause of the congestion is insufficient capacity at the Wolvercote and Cutteslowe roundabouts (outside the District) with the traffic lights and junctions at Eynsham and Cassington (inside the District) adding to the problem. Severe congestion is also experienced on the A44 at the Bladon roundabout, particularly during the morning peak. Further development in the District will put additional pressure on these highly trafficked routes. 8.11 In light of these problems, Oxfordshire County Council developed its ‘Access to Oxford’ project and although Government funding has been withdrawn, the County Council is continuing to seek alternative funding for schemes to improve the northern approaches to Oxford, including where appropriate from new development.
    [Show full text]
  • 5. Proposed Development of a New Rail Station and Associated Infrastructure
    Planning and Regulatory Committee 25 August 2015 5. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW RAIL STATION AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE APPLICATION COMPRISES OF NEW PLATFORMS ON THE BIRMINGHAM - BRISTOL RAILWAY LINE AND ONE PLATFORM ON THE COTSWOLD RAILWAY LINE, A NEW STATION BUILDING, A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOOTBRIDGE OVER THE BIRMINGHAM - BRISTOL RAILWAY LINE, CAR PARKING, FLOOD ATTENUATION AND A NEW ROUNDABOUT ON THE B4084 ON LAND TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CRUCIBLE BUSINESS PARK, NORTON, WORCESTER, WORCESTERSHIRE Applicant Worcestershire County Council Local Councillor Mr R C Adams Purpose of Report 1. To consider a planning application under Regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 for a proposed development of a new rail station and associated infrastructure. The application comprises of new platforms on the Birmingham - Bristol railway line and one platform on the Cotswold railway line, a new station building, a Public Right of Way footbridge over the Birmingham - Bristol railway line, car parking, flood attenuation and a new roundabout on the B4084 on Land to the east and south of The Crucible Business Park, Norton, Worcester, Worcestershire. The Proposal 2. The proposed development comprises the provision of a new railway station at the intersection of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway line (Cotswold railway line) and the Birmingham and Bristol railway lines at Norton, near Worcester, Worcestershire. 3. In summary the proposed development would comprise of the following: A single platform
    [Show full text]
  • Radical Regeneration Manifesto
    Radical regeneration manifesto Inspirational policy ideas for a future Oxford-Cambridge Arc powerhouse, stepping up delivery and sparking knowledge industry-led regeneration and truly sustainable economic growth across the UK Time to think BIG Patrick McMahon Senior Partner, Bidwells 2 Radical regeneration manifesto | 2019 FOREWORD This region is home to world leading businesses Some of the biggest and academics searching for the technological and scientific solutions to our global problems. and best ideas are A strong consensus is building for rapid action to decarbonise our economies and our leaders are happy accidents being increasingly challenged to deliver Good Growth – health, housing affordability and a high On a day in 1941, an entrepreneurial Swiss engineer quality environment – rather than simply jobs, skills, with a passion for walking returned home from incomes and a rise in GDP. Places such as Oxford the Alps to investigate the tiny seeds stuck to his and Cambridge are leading the way on this. trousers. In 2018, his Velcro business was worth $500m. The Arc’s Industrial Strategies also set out a commitment to enhancing the region’s natural Many of the hundreds of science and technology resources and the recently announced Environment businesses located in the Oxford-Cambridge Bill will embed biodiversity net gain in the UK Arc are springing from serendipity collaborations development process, with the already high-quality Patrick McMahon borne out of cutting-edge sectors being brought Arc environment having the potential to become Senior Partner, Bidwells together in innovation clusters across the region. the UK’s exemplar biodiverse region. [email protected] The world’s biggest tech firms are partnering But more must be done, and the UK economy with life science researchers in an effort to solve transformed.
    [Show full text]
  • Hydroflex Takes to the Main Line
    News Front HydroFlex on the main line: No 799001 passes year (p88, July 2019 issue), the Clayfield level crossing en-route from Evesham to University received grant funding Long Marston on 25 September 2020. Philip Sherratt through the Department for Transport’s First of a Kind (FOAK) competition in conjunction with Innovate UK towards the start of main line testing. The trial has seen Class 319 EMU No 319001 rechristened as No 799001. On board the train space within one of the four carriages houses batteries, a hydrogen fuel cell and hydrogen tanks. The two batteries are supplied by Denchi and work in hybrid with the fuel cell from Canadian firm Ballard, which is controlled by software written by the University. The hydrogen tanks are supplied by Luxfer. AUTOMATION Dr Stuart Hilmansen, Reader in Railway Traction Systems at the University of Birmingham, told Modern Railways work over the last year has concentrated on automating functions within the train to reduce human input, including further development of HYDROFLEX TAKES the university’s control software. An important factor in moving trials from Long Marston onto the main line was technical robustness TO THE MAIN LINE and reliability improvements. In particular, work has focused CLASS 799 MAKES DEBUT RUN ON COTSWOLD LINE on the amount of power provided HYDROFLEX, THE UK’s first Secretary Grant Shapps travelled and the University of Birmingham, by the fuel cell and batteries full size hydrogen train, made on the train and announced that which have together invested to avoid the possibility of an its debut on the main line on the Tees Valley would host the more than £1 million in the project.
    [Show full text]
  • Worcestershire Rail Investment Strategy Supporting Development of Worcestershire’S Local Transport Plan 4
    Worcestershire County Council Worcestershire Rail Investment Strategy Supporting Development of Worcestershire’s Local Transport Plan 4 Autumn 2017 Contents An Evidenced Rail Vision For Worcestershire 4 1. Executive Summary 7 2. Introduction 12 3. Stage 1 – Current Travel Markets, Train Services & Accessibility 15 4. Stage 2 – Review of Worcestershire’s Development Proposals 39 5. Stage 3 – Rail Industry Plans & Gap Analysis 52 6. Stage 4 – Economic Testing Of Connectivity Options 78 7. Stage 5 – The Prioritised Conditional Outputs 84 8. Stage 6 – Making It Happen 96 An Evidenced Rail Vision For Worcestershire Worcestershire is an attractive, thriving County of The Rail Industry’s Plans 566,000 people, set to grow by 47,200 new homes 2030 and 25,000 new jobs by 2025 which will result The industry forecasts up to 97% growth in in a £2.9bn growth in Gross Value Added (GVA) passenger volumes on Worcestershire routes by from £9bn to £11.9bn per annum 1. The County’s rail 2043 2 . services will not match these ambitions without signifcant earlier development and investment The industry has an emerging vision, shared in beyond that committed by the rail industry. Worcestershire, for a faster 2 trains per hour (tph) Worcestershire to London service, supported by The Challenge enhancements to the North Cotswold Line, the Great Western electrifcation scheme and new Connectivity to London is slow and of limited Intercity Express Programme (IEP) trains. frequency, with many Worcestershire passengers using the M5-M42-M40 to access better Birmingham However its planning processes do not include International and Warwick Parkway services.
    [Show full text]
  • Planning for Growth.Pdf
    ENGLAND’S ECONOMIC HEARTLAND Planning for Growth A position statement from England’s Economic Heartland’s Transport Forum PLANNING FOR GROWTH A position statement from England’s Economic Heartland’s Transport Forum www.englandseconomicheartland.com 1 FOREWORD The England’s Economic Heartland (EEH) Strategic This document sets out our current position with Transport Forum brings together the strategic local regard to the transport priorities of the EEH area. authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) It has been developed by building on the evidence that sit at the heart of the corridor of growth from base that underpins our Strategic Economic Cambridge through Milton Keynes and Northampton Plans and Local Transport Plans. It also builds on to Oxford – the UK’s global cluster at the heart of the evidence that was submitted to the National science based innovation and technology. Infrastructure Commission’s call for evidence on the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford ‘Growth This area contains some of the fastest growing Corridor’ by the Strategic Alliance. towns and cities in the country with a forecast 01296 387124 growth in overall population of around 25% by 2050. This document is a starting point for our ambition [email protected] The area has nationally significant specialisms to develop a forward looking longer term www.englandseconomicheartland.com in high performance engineering, advanced transport strategy as we move towards our goal manufacturing, life sciences and pharmaceuticals of establishing a statutory Sub-National Transport and high value knowledge intensive activities. Body for this area. This work will be taken forward by the Transport Forum working with our partners and October 2016 In order to realise the full potential for economic stakeholders, nationally, sub-nationally and locally.
    [Show full text]
  • Greater Birmingham HMA Strategic Growth Study
    Greater Birmingham HMA Strategic Growth Study Greater Birmingham & the Black Country A Strategic Growth Study into the Greater Birmingham and Black Country Housing Market Area February 2018 Prepared by GL Hearn 280 High Holborn London WC1V 7EE T +44 (0)20 7851 4900 glhearn.com Wood Plc Gables House Leamington Spa CV32 6JX T +44(0)1926 439000 woodplc.com GL Hearn Page 2 of 276 Contents Chapter Page 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 11 2 INTRODUCTION 41 3 HOUSING NEED 47 4 HOUSING LAND SUPPLY BASELINE 61 5 POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL URBAN LAND SUPPLY 93 6 INCREASING URBAN DEVELOPMENT DENSITIES 101 7 REVIEW OF NON-GREEN BELT LAND OUTSIDE URBAN AREAS 119 8 STRATEGIC GREEN BELT REVIEW 155 9 REVIEW OF POTENTIAL STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT LOCATIONS 205 10 CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS 267 List of Figures FIGURE 1: PARAMETERS FOR HOUSING NEED ACROSS BIRMINGHAM HMA, 2011-2031 13 FIGURE 2: PARAMETERS FOR HOUSING NEED ACROSS BIRMINGHAM HMA, 2011-2036 14 FIGURE 3: MINIMUM HOUSING SHORTFALL ACROSS BIRMINGHAM HMA 17 FIGURE 4: DISTRICT AREAS BEYOND THE GREEN BELT (EXCL. URBAN AREAS) 23 FIGURE 5: GREEN BELT STUDY APPROACH 25 FIGURE 6: CONTRIBUTION TO GREEN BELT PURPOSES 26 FIGURE 7: AREAS OF SEARCH WITHIN GREEN BELT 27 FIGURE 8: AREAS OF SEARCH – BEYOND GREEN BELT & GREEN BELT 32 FIGURE 9: INFLUENCES ON SHORTLISTING AND PRIORITISATION 33 FIGURE 10: BIRMINGHAM HOUSING MARKET AREA GEOGRAPHY 42 FIGURE 11: PARAMETERS FOR HOUSING NEED ACROSS BIRMINGHAM HMA, 2011-2031 54 FIGURE 12: PARAMETERS FOR HOUSING NEED ACROSS BIRMINGHAM HMA, 2011-2036 55 GL Hearn Page 3 of 276 FIGURE 13: INDICATIVE NEED FIGURES ARISING FROM GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSED STANDARDISED METHODOLOGY 57 FIGURE 14: MINIMUM HOUSING SHORTFALL ACROSS BIRMINGHAM HMA 91 FIGURE 15: URBAN SUPPLY (NOT ALLOCATED OR WITH PLANNING PERMISSION) 95 FIGURE 16: MIX OF SALES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES, 2016 106 FIGURE 17: DISTRICT AREAS BEYOND GREEN BELT (EXCL.
    [Show full text]
  • Stratford to Honeybourne Railway Re-Instatement Business Case Study by Arup 1
    ED.4.7.8 Stratford on Avon District Council Stratford to Honeybourne Railway Reinstatement - Business Case Study Final Report Issue | 25 September 2012 This report takes into account the particular instructions and requirements of our client. It is not intended for and should not be relied upon by any third party and no responsibility is undertaken to any third party. Job number 224132-00 Ove Arup & Partners Ltd The Arup Campus Blythe Gate Blythe Valley Park Solihull B90 8AE United Kingdom www.arup.com Stratford on Avon District Council Stratford to Honeybourne Railway Reinstatement - Business Case Study Final Report Contents Page Executive Summary 5 1 Introduction 8 1.1 Background 8 1.2 Purpose of the Study 8 1.3 Objectives of the Study 9 1.4 Study Scope Definition 9 1.5 Previous Work in the public domain 10 1.6 Study Approach 12 2 Outline Project Operational and Functional Requirements 15 2.1 Line Speed Requirements 15 2.2 Gauge Requirements 15 2.3 Axle Loading Requirements 15 2.4 Stations 15 2.5 Theoretical Capacity (TPH) 16 2.6 Proposed train service provision (TPH) 16 2.7 Existing Train Service Performance (by TOC Routes) 16 2.8 Level Crossing and Grade separation requirements 16 2.9 Utilities 17 2.10 Safety 17 2.11 Noise and Vibration 17 2.12 Environment 18 3 Train Service Options 19 3.1 Medium term (with no additional infrastructure) 19 3.2 Longer term (with additional infrastructure) 19 3.3 Service options 19 4 Design Issues and Construction Options 21 4.1 Introduction 21 4.2 Structural Assessment 21 4.3 Route Option Development
    [Show full text]
  • Stratford-Upon-Avon Station
    STATIONS AS PLACES Opportunity Prospectus Integration, Community and Delivery: A Masterplan for Stratford-upon-Avon station STRATFORD-UPON-AVON STATION May 2020 FOREWORD Introducing the concept of Stations as Places The Stations as Places (SAP) programme is a process to help put railway stations at the heart of local communities. It is designed to help create a vision for the future and to identify opportunities for delivering improvements to the local environment and create a welcoming ambience. The aim is to work in partnership with others to unlock potential and to meet shared objectives and aspirations. Railway stations are more than access points to the rail network; they can be hubs of activity that are rooted in the locality with the potential to support regeneration and development opportunities. They can also host community and business activities and offer facilities/infrastructure to encourage sustainable, multi modal travel with a view to reducing car dependency and improving local air quality. The Vision “We will develop stations as quality gateways between communities and the railway, supporting the changing needs of our passengers, residents and visitors. Stations in the West Midlands will be community assets, supporting the wellbeing and development of the areas they serve through involving local community and business.” West Midlands Station Alliance (WMSA) Mission Statement What does this prospectus do for Stratford-upon-Avon Station? There is an important role for the railways to play in both the economic and social regeneration of the local areas which our stations serve. This Opportunity Prospectus sets out the economic, social and geographic landscape of the area around our station and highlights some of the opportunities for commercial development, partnership working, inward investment and community regeneration.
    [Show full text]
  • So Long, Farewell
    CASSINGTON & WORTON NEWS News and views from the parish of Cassington and Worton February 2008 – Issue 368 From the team It looks as though the winter lull is over – So long, farewell ... there’s plenty going on in this issue. We’d like to add our best wishes to John It was a very full house at The Red Lion on Saturday 5th January as and Julie as they leave the Red Lion and friends old and new gathered to say a fond farewell to John and Julie settle into their new home. It will be quite a change for them, but Julie says she is Perrin who first took over the pub 13 years and 2 months ago. Carl looking forward to getting to bed on the Osgathorp spoke on behalf of everyone when he thanked the Perrins for same day she got up for the first time in 13 all of their support with the Sports and Social Club, the Post Office, the years. And of course we’d like to welcome Gill and Paul with best wishes for their various fetes, VE day celebrations and of course the many bike nights. future in the Red Lion - I’m sure they will He was able to fill us in with a few of their many adventures in his be pleased to see you. speech and also came up with a few interesting statistics: based on Until next month ... educated ‘guesstimation’ one villager has made 4, 725 visits to the Lion! 5 hats and 1 Guinness Book of Hit Singles have found their primrose Advertising rates way to the open fire, and 2 vegetarians have converted to the dark side Local ‘what’s on’ and fund-raising stuff is free.
    [Show full text]