This Route Plan is part of a set. 2009 Plans Route Route Plans 2009 To view or download the others Route 5 visit www.networkrail.co.uk West Anglia Note Other documents in the Delivery Plan This Route Plan forms part of the Control Period 4 5 Route (CP4) Delivery Plan and supersedes the version can be found on the Network Rail website published in April 2008. www.networkrail.co.uk West Key to route diagrams Anglia 03 KEY Junction Station name Station Station 01 STATION Station name name name name 02 Junction KEY STATION Junction name A A name 1 B 04 KEY STATION KEY STATION Capacity and operational constraints Track descriptions A Location: capacity or operational constraint The colour of the line denotes the route classification Issues on the route 1 Primary Location: issue on the route London and South East commuter Secondary Key planned projects A Rural Location: planned project on the route Freight only Strategic route sections 01 The line shading indicates strategic route sections Listed in the appendix of the route plan which are numbered on the map The width of the line denotes the number of tracks Other symbols Multiple track Key station location Double track KEY STATION Key station on this route Single track KEY STATION Key station on another route Connecting local Other station location Other lines are shown as follows: Station name Other station on this route Line on other route Junction name Junction / other landmark Non Network Rail infrastructure Non operational line communities GRIP stages 1 Output definition 2 Pre-feasibility 3 Option selection 4 Single option selection 5 Detailed design 6 Construction, test and commission 7 Scheme hand back 8 Project close out Cover printed on box board which is both FSC and TCF. 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NET01 59_Route Plan fold outs.qxd:405 x 297 25/3/09 17:59 Page 9 Route 5 West Anglia scenarios of continuing growth in commuting to Today’s route the centre of London and Docklands and The principal elements of the West Anglia route continued growth to Stansted Airport. However, are described below. The relevant Strategic the current network is already operating at or Route Section is shown in brackets: close to capacity in terms of train paths. • the West Anglia Main Line (WAML) (05.01, The GA RUS has looked at options and 05.02, part of 05.05 and 05.06), which runs recommendations for accommodating future from Kings Lynn to London and includes the growth on the route and whilst some of these two routes between Liverpool Street and recommendations are being taken forward in Cheshunt, one via Tottenham Hale (the Lea Control Period 4 (CP4) to meet the capacity Valley) and one via Seven Sisters (the metrics set by the DfT in their High Level Output Southbury Loop). It also includes the branch Specification (HLOS) published in July 2007, to Stansted Airport others will be taken into further consideration • the cross country lines from Norwich to for future options of meeting additional growth Peterborough via Ely, and Haughley Jn (on through Control Period 5 (CP5). the Great Eastern route) to Cambridge and Ely (05.07, 05.08 and 05.09) • West Anglia inner and outer suburban branches, to Chingford (05.04), Enfield Town (part of 05.02), Hertford East (05.03) and to Hitchin (on the ECML – part of 05.05) • There is also a short freight line from Kings Lynn to Middleton Towers (05.10). Section 1: Today’s railway especially to Stansted Airport. The route provides an important corridor for freight services to and Route context from the East Coast Main Line (ECML) and to The West Anglia route carries main line services North East, especially from the Port of to the London terminals of Liverpool Street and Felixstowe. Kings Cross, supports a busy suburban network in North London, Essex and Hertfordshire, rural The route is included in the Greater Anglia Route services in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, Utilisation Strategy (GA RUS), which was and inter-regional services from East Anglia to published by Network Rail in December 2007 the Midlands and North of England. The main and established by the Office of Rail Regulation line south of Cambridge largely parallels the M11 on 18 February 2008. The GA RUS covers the and rail services penetrate right to the heart of period to 2021, but also includes a longer term London. The route serves one of the fastest view of the strategy for meeting continued growing regions in the country with densely growth. populated areas at its southern end and two significant traffic generators at Cambridge and The Eastern Regional Planning Assessment Stansted Airport. The main markets are (RPA), covering the period from 2011 to 2021, commuter travel to London, in particular to the was published by the Department for Transport city and the Docklands, and leisure travel, (DfT) on 16 February 2006. The RPA sets out NET01 59_Route Plan fold outs.qxd:405 x 297 25/3/09 17:59 Page 11 Route 6 North London Line Rail Regulation on 18 February 2008. The GA Today’s route RUS covers the period to 2021, but also includes The two principal elements of the NLL and and Thameside a longer term view of the strategy for meeting Thameside route are described below. The continued growth. relevant Strategic Route Section is shown in brackets: The Eastern Regional Planning Assessment (RPA), covering the period from 2011 to 2021, • the NLL which comprises the Richmond to was published by the Department for Transport Stratford route (06.01, 06.06, 06.07 and (DfT) on 16 February 2006. The RPA sets out 06.09), the Gospel Oak to Barking route scenarios of continuing growth in commuting to (06.03 and 06.05), the Dudding Hill lines (the the centre of London and Docklands. However freight route between Cricklewood, on the parts of the current NLL and Thameside route Midland Main Line (MML), and Acton Wells Jn are already operating at or close to capacity in – 06.10) and associated connections to all of terms of train paths. London’s main radial routes • the Thameside route comprises the main line The CL RUS looked at options and between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness recommendations for accommodating future (06.02), and the Tilbury Loop together with a growth, and options proposed by the CL RUS line connecting Chafford Hundred station have been further developed for implementation (adjacent to the Lakeside shopping complex) under the North London Route Improvement with Upminster and Grays (06.04). There is Project (NLRIP). The GA RUS has looked at also a freight only branch line to Thames options and recommendations for Haven (part of 06.08). accommodating future growth on the Thameside part of the route and these recommendations are being taken forward in Control Period 4 (CP4) to meet the capacity metrics set by the Department for Transport in their High Level Output Specification (HLOS) published in July 2007. Section 1: Today’s railway The main markets are commuter and leisure journeys into and around London, in particular Route context to the City, Docklands and North London from The North London Line (NLL) is a vital part of Essex and the Thames gateway (as well as the London’s transport infrastructure and a major link London boroughs). between key arterial routes to and from the capital. It is a nationally important freight route The NLL part of the route is included in the Cross and provides a key urban passenger service London Route Utilisation Strategy (CL RUS), around London with connections to/from every which was published by Network Rail in August arterial route north, east and west of London. 2006 and established by the Office of Rail Regulation on 30 October 2006. The CL RUS The Thameside route runs from London proposed a range of measures for meeting Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness, with a loop growth on London’s orbital routes up to 2016. line between Barking and Pitsea via Tilbury and a branch between Upminster and Grays, which The Thameside part of the route is included in carries a mixture of commuter and leisure traffic, the Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy (GA and substantial freight movements to and from RUS), which was published by Network Rail in North Thameside. December 2007 and established by the Office of NET01 59_Route Plan fold outs.qxd:405 x 297 25/3/09 17:59 Page 10 Route 5 West Anglia KINGS LYNN NORWICH Route 7 Trowse Jcn Route 8 10 Middleton Wisbech freight Towers Route 11 terminal (non operational) Watlington Wymondham Route 19 A Spooner Row PETERBOROUGH Whitemoor Harling Route 7 10 Downham S Crescent Jcn Yard Thetford Road Attleborough Market 06 P Whittlesea J March 09 Eccles Littleport L RN I A Brandon Road Manea Lakenheath 1 Q Shippea Hill S Ely Jcns H ELY 07 1 Chippenham M G Waterbeach Jcn Dullingham Kennett Thurston Coldham Lane Jcn Haughley Jcn