Blackpool Tramway Extension to South Fylde Outline Report (PUBLIC) January 2019 1 Trams to Lytham Outline Report PUBLIC VERSION January 2019 Contents Acknowledgements and Contributions........................................................................ 4 Wider Support ............................................................................................................ 24 Purpose of this Report ............................................................................................... 4 Local Planning ............................................................................................................ 25 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 5 6. The Next Steps ............................................................................................... 26 Introduction ...................................................................................................................6 South Fylde Project .................................................................................................... 27 2. Transport on the Fylde Coast ............................................................................. 7 Developing the Tramway ............................................................................................ 28 Tram Services ...............................................................................................................8 Planning for the Future .............................................................................................. 29 Highway Network ..........................................................................................................9 7. Conclusions ................................................................................................... 30 Rail Services ............................................................................................................... 10 Conclusions................................................................................................................ 31 Bus Services .............................................................................................................. 11 Appendix 1: Third Party Statements......................................................................... 34 3. The Vision ....................................................................................................... 12 Appendix 2: Petition Signatures .............................................................................. 38 The Case for Light Rail .............................................................................................. 13 Appendix 3: Petition Comments .............................................................................144 Tramway Alignment.................................................................................................... 14 4. The SINTROPHER Report................................................................................. 15 About SINTROPHER ................................................................................................... 16 The Costings .............................................................................................................. 17 The Options ................................................................................................................ 18 Option 1............................................................................................................................. 18 Options 2a, 2b & 2c .......................................................................................................... 19 Option 3............................................................................................................................. 19 The Data ..................................................................................................................... 20 5. The Community Voice ..................................................................................... 22 Public Support ........................................................................................................... 23 2 Trams to Lytham Outline Report PUBLIC VERSION January 2019 Figures Figure 1- A Blackpool Flexity 2 Tram at Tower. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Figure 2- The Tramway Celebrates Five Million Annual Passengers. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Figure 3- Tramway Construction on Talbot Road, Blackpool. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Figure 5- Map of the Highway Network Between Blackpool and South Fylde .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 4- Congestion on A584 Clifton Drive ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 6- The Current Fylde Rail Network (Northern Rail, 2008). ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 7- An Alexander Dennis Eviro400 City Bus in Blackpool. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 8- Buses Currently Serving St Anne's and Lytham. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 9- Manchester Metrolink at Victoria Station. .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 10- A Potential Tramway Alignment. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Figure 11- Guide to Rail Investment Process (GRIP) ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Figure 12- Valenciennes, France, a SINTROPHER partner region. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Figure 13- Shortlisted Options in the SINTROPHER Study. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Figure 14- Starr Gate Depot, part of the £100m upgrade. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Figure 15- Lytham Station. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Figure 16- A Flexity 2 Tram in Blackpool. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Figure 17- A Class 399 Citylink Tram-Train in Sheffield. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Figure 18- 500m Catchment Areas of Current South Fylde Line Stations. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 19- Blackpool Tramway Passenger Data Since 2000/01. .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................