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