Greater Manchester’s South East Rail Corridor Study 2020 Continuous Modular Strategic Planning January 2020 02 Contents 01: Executive Summary 03 02: Context: Greater Manchester’s South East Rail Corridor 05 03: Methodology: Study Development 09 04: Results: Identification of Railway Investment Packages 13 05: Summary and Recommendations 19 06: Appendices 21 A train driver and guard swap ends at Hadfield station Greater Manchester’s South East Rail Corridor Study 2020 January 2020 03 01 Executive Summary Study scope Study aims • A rail corridor located to the south east of The South East Manchester Corridor Study seeks to Manchester with electrified services running address the Strategic Question “What interventions between Manchester Piccadilly and Hadfield/ are required to meet future growth forecasts on the Glossop, and diesel services to Rose Hill and Marple Hadfield/Glossop corridor by 2024, 2033 and 2043?”. The available capacity has been analysed in light of • A key commuter corridor for Greater Manchester and Derbyshire with passenger services provided by the future forecast demand scenarios, and a series of the Northern Rail franchise potential interventions have been identified which together will enable funders to make decisions about • Some freight services operating along the route, planning the network in years to come. mainly involving aggregates and waste The bigger picture Study approach In the next 20 years, Greater Manchester is forecast to • A Continuous Modular Strategic Planning (CMSP) continue its rapid economic and population growth. module, part of Network Rail’s Long-Term Planning This is expected to lead to an increase of 600,000 trips Process (LTPP)1 taken per day on the region’s transport network by 2 • One of four current CMSP modules in the Greater 2035 . The railway and its key corridors (including the Manchester region Hadfield/Glossop line) are expected to play a crucial role in accommodating these additional journeys as Strategic interventions: 2024 and 2033 Transport for Greater Manchester strives to achieve forecast growth the forecast growth in transport with no increase in • Platform lengthening at Godley, Bredbury, New Mills car traffic. Central and Rose Hill Marple to support train lengthening Study format A Continuous Modular Strategic Planning (CMSP) • Increase in peak service frequency from 10 to 11 approach has been adopted for this Study. This is the trains per hour (tph) based on the Network Rail method through which Network Rail meets its Licence System Operator growth scenario Obligations with regard to Long Term Planning, and by Strategic advice: 2043 forecast growth which it plans the future capability of the Rail Network • Future further review of capacity requirements and in the UK. The Study has employed both Government- potential interventions required to meet them endorsed and local aspirational growth forecasts to following the completion of the four Manchester identify the potential intervention options required to CMSP Studies (due in 2021) meet future forecast demand. 2 Transport for Greater Manchester’s “Greater Manchester Transport 1 Network Rail’s Long Term Planning Process Strategy 2040 Executive Summary” A train arrives at Romiley station January 2020 Greater Manchester’s South East Rail Corridor Study 2020 04 Stakeholder engagement Updated recommendations Collaboration of industry stakeholders has been key to The introduction of 4-car services with a slightly revised the development of the Study and its outputs. All timetable has been shown to meet the forecast growth involved have contributed significant amounts of local until at least 2033. The Study concludes that no further knowledge and expertise that have proved invaluable action is required in this period once the franchise throughout the process. commitments that would deliver this additional capacity are met. However, since the start of the Study, Key assumptions it has become apparent that 4-car Class 331s cannot The Study has assumed Northern Rail services and the be introduced until the stabling capacity for trains is full delivery of its current franchise commitments as increased in Manchester. the baseline position. The Study area has been limited to the rail corridor between Ardwick and Hadfield/ In the meantime, the Study recommends reviewing the Glossop and its feeder corridors. need for an increase in service frequency utilising the current 3-car Class 323 trains. Summary of outcomes: • With 4-car services in operation and a slightly Further study revised timetable, growth can be accommodated on The Study recommends further development of the corridor until 2033 intervention options to be explored in conjunction with the outputs of other CMSP modules impacting the • To accommodate 4-car services, some platforms will Greater Manchester area in order to meet demand for need to be lengthened the railway beyond 2033. Potential intervention • To meet 2043 forecast growth, larger scale options should also seek to align with the outputs of infrastructural interventions become necessary in the NPR Programme which may also impact the Study order to increase passenger capacity. This area. requirement is contingent on the impact and outputs of major programmes such as NPR • The Study recommends a further review of the potential interventions required to meet forecast 2043 demand. This should be completed in conjunction with the outputs from both the other CMSP modules (due in 2021) and the planned transformational schemes (NPR) that will impact the Greater Manchester area Dinting Station Greater Manchester’s South East Rail Corridor Study 2020 January 2020 05 02 Context: Greater Manchester’s South East Rail Corridor Introduction to the network • A section of electrified suburban railway running south east of Manchester • Rail predominantly delivers services for commuter and local markets • Passenger services are operated by Northern Rail with low levels of freight on the line Figure 1- South East Rail Corridor location / Moston 0 0.75 1.5 3 Miles Mossley MVN2 MPR2 MVL3 MPR1 Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2020. BPP MVM Licence No: 0100040692 PPP1 Manchester AMJ Ashton-under-Lyne [email protected] MVL1 Salford Victoria Crescent PPA1 Salford DJO2 Central SAJ Moston 0 0.75 MVL21.5 3 Miles SOUTHEAST MANCHESTER OLW Stalybridge MVE1 Manchester OCD CMSP STUDY AREA DSE Piccadilly GBS1 PPA2 GBN Deansgate DJO1 / COL Ashburys Fairfield CLIENT: Mossley Guide SYSTEM OPERATOR Manchester AYS Gorton Bridge MAJ MVN2 Manchester Oxford Rd Ardwick Hyde JOB NO.: Utd Fc North 11148.100 Ground Belle Vue Hollingworth SCALE: Flowery Field 1:100,000 @ A4 Hadfield Denton USE TYPE: PROD. BY: MPR2 MVL3 [OFFICIAL] AS Ryder Hyde Reddish Newton Manchester Brow TTA2 Central Godley VERSION: QA BY: DATE: MPR1 North (Greater Contains Ordnance Survey 01data © SD 08/01/2020 Manchester) Dinting CrownGDW copyright and database right 2020. Levenshulme RYH2 BPP Hattersley Glossop LEGEND MVM HAJ Licence No: 0100040692Stations Broadbottom PPP1 Manchester AMJ Ashton-under-Lyne Reddish [email protected] Study Area MVL1 South Salford Victoria Mauldeth Glossop Rail Network CMP2 Road HNS Crescent Brinnington Building Salford PPA1 DJO2 Urban Central SAJ Heaton MVL2 Chapel Woodley SOUTHEAST MANCHESTERNational Park OLW Stalybridge GMC MVE1 Manchester OCD Burnage CMSP STUDY AREA DSE Piccadilly GBS1 RYH1 PPA2 GBN Bredbury Deansgate DJO1 COL Romiley Peak District Ashburys Fairfield East CLIENT: Guide Didsbury National ParkSYSTEM OPERATOR Manchester AYS Gorton Bridge Manchester MAJ Oxford Rd Ardwick Hyde Stockport JOB NO.: NMC2 Utd Fc North 11148.100 Rose Marple Ground Belle WJP1 MRH Hill Vue Hollingworth SCALE: EJN Flowery Field Marple 1:100,000 @ A4 Gatley TTA1 Denton Marple Hadfield Davenport USE TYPE: PROD. BY: [OFFICIAL] AS Ryder Hyde Woodsmoor Reddish STY Newton Manchester Brow TTA2 Central Godley VERSION: QA BY: DATE: North (Greater 01 SD 08/01/2020 Manchester)Cheadle Dinting Hulme Hazel GDW Levenshulme RYH2 HattersleyGrove Glossop LEGEND Heald HAJ Low Stations Green CMP1 Broadbottom Strines Leighton Manchester CMSP Study Area Reddish NMC1 Airport New Mills South MIA MCH Mauldeth Glossop Central Rail Network CMP2 Bramhall Road HNS Middlewood SMA Building Brinnington New Mills Corporate GIS data is subject to frequent updates therefore any Disley Newtown data exported from the corporate GIS system is a static BEJ Urban representation of the data at the time of export, and should be Heaton treated as such. No warranty or guarantee is given as to the Woodley Poynton Furness National Park absolute accuracy or completeness of this information. 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