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Action For Business – Tameside Friday 30th November 2012 action for business, by business Tameside Transport Forum 30th November 2012 Rail Update Mark Barker Client & Stakeholder Manager West Agenda • • • • • Northern Rail Northern Hub Electrification Timetable Improvements Station Improvements Northern-a big, complex railway… • 2,500 services per day, more than any other TOC – 13% of national PPM • 89.6m passenger journeys • 280 signal boxes (34% of the national total) • 2300 Drivers & Conductors (based at 20 train crew depots) • We run more trains by 06:45 than East Coast do all day • Our services call at 20% of UK stations – 5th biggest TOC and more than West Coast, East Coast, TPE and XC combined … with an old, diverse fleet • 14 types of train – different sizes (1,2,3 & 4 carriage sets) – 4 x electric types (41 x trains) – 10 x diesel types (272 x trains) • Age of fleet between 10 – 26 years old • Average age of diesel fleet 24 years old • 5 x depots & 7 servicing locations • 29 x overnight stabling locations • 75% improvement in fleet reliability • Over two thirds of the fleet refurbished • Expansion of fleet from 271 to 313 trains • 60 carriages implemented December 2011 Tackling Overcrowding • Negotiations with DfT since 2008 to secure additional carriages • Long and complex to secure VFM and robust plan • 60 additional carriages from December 11 • Additional maintenance depot at Allerton • Platform lengthening • 85 extra jobs Manchester Bottleneck Northern Hub Map BRADFORD INTERCHANGE Manchester Hub Interventions - Option 2 Route 8 New Railway BLACKBURN Euxton Jcn Loops / 4-tracking (including additional platforms) Blackrod Wigan Station Jcn Ince Newton-leWillows SEAFO RTH Hays Chemicals Pilkington Route 21 Roby Broad Green Huyton Greenfield Moston Westhoughton Crow Nest Jcn Pendleton Terminals Kearsley and GM Waste Clifton Windso r Bridge Salford Jcns Walkden Swinton Central Hag Fold Hindley Daisy Hill Moorside Atherton SALFORD CRESCENT 'Winds or Link' Patricroft Weaste branch Eccles Chassen Road Irlam Heaton Chapel Hunts Cross Sankey Ashley Route 21 Hunts Cross West Jcn Halewood Knutsford WARRINGTON BANK QUAY Plumley Lostock Gralam Northwich Oakleigh Brunner Mond Runcorn East Frodsham MANCHEST ER AIRPORT Gatley Heald Green Jcns CHEADLE HULME Styal WILMSLOW Hartford Jcns Middlewich Salt Terminal Bramhall Alderley Edge Chelford Poynton Adlington Holmes Chapel Route 22 MOULDSWORT H Route 18 Macclesfield CREWE Congleton Kidsgrove Route 14 Broadbottom Dinting Newton for Hyde Hattersley Hyde Central Woodley Middlewood Disley Romiley Jcn Marple Strines Romiley Marple Wharf Jcn NEW MILLS CENT RAL Chinley ROSE HILL MARPLE Edale New Mills Newtown Hope Furness Vale Whaley Bridge Dove Holes Hathersage Bamford Route 18 Longport STOKE-ON-TRENT Dinting Jcns GLOSSOP Hyde North Grindleford Route 11 Dore SHEFFIELD Route 11 Dore Jcns BUXTON Sydney Bridge Jcn CHESTER New Mills South Jcn Prestbury Sandbach Mickle Trafford Jcn ELLSMERE PORT Bredbury Chapel-en-le-Frith Goostrey Godley Bredbury Woodsmoor Hazel Grove Handforth Brunner Mond LostockWorks Northwich Jcns Delamere HELSBY Edgeley Jcns Heald Green Greenbank Cuddington GM Waste Davenport Northende n & GM Waste Flowery Field Brinnington Reddish STOCKPORT South Heaton Norris Jcn Route 11 NAVIGAT ION ROAD Mobberley Widnes Route 18 East Didsbury Partington Hale GUIDE BRIDGE AshburysWest Jcn ASHBU RYS Gorton Ashburys Hyde Ashburys East Fairfield Jcn Jcn BelleVue Denton Jcn Ryder Brow Denton Reddish North Levenshulme Slade Lane Jcn Mauldeth Road ALT RINCHAM WARRINGTON CENT RAL STALYBRIDGE HADFIELD Ardwick Burnage Urmston Padgate Route 18 Hough Green Ashton Moss North Jcn Philip s Park South Jcn Ardwick Jcn Flixton Glazebrook Birchwood Allerton West Jcn MANCHEST ER PICCADILLY Trafford Park Ashton-under-Lyne 'Castle field Corridor' Castlefield Jcn Humphrey Park Winwick Jcn Baguley Fold Jcn Philips Park West Jcn Manchester Oxford Road Ordsall Lane Jcn TRAFFORD PARK Rainhill West Allerton Mossley Brewery Jcn Miles Platting Jcn MANCHEST ER VICTORIA Hope Street DEANSGAT E Parkside Jcn Newton-leWillows Jcn Mossley Hill LIVERPOOL SOUT H PARKWAY Marsden Mills Hill EARLESTOWN St Helens Junction Lea Green Huyton Jcn Whiston BOLTON Farnworth Golborne Jcn Bamfurlong Jcn Route 21 Bootle Branch Jcn Castleton Corus Track Products Lostock WIGAN WALLGAT E Mirfield Deighton HUDDERSFIELD Slaithwaite Moses Gate WIGAN NORTH WESTERN Liverpool Coal Terminal Bolton Lostock West Jcn Jcn WAKEFIELD KIRKGAT E Route 8 Bradley Jcn Smithy Bridge ROCHDALE Hall i’ T h’ Wood Adlington Horwich Parkway Route 18 Station improvements Ravensthorpe Greetland Jcn Brighouse Walsden Bromley Cross Chorley Cottingley Morley Batley WAKEFIELD DEWSBURY WEST GAT E Dryclough Jcn Milner Royd Jcn Todmorden BlackburnYard Littleborough Headway improvement Edge Hi ll East Jcn Sowerby Bridge Mytholmroyd Entwistle Leyland LIVERPOOL Edge LIME ST REET Hill HALIFAX HEBDEN BRIDGE Route 23 Darwen Line speed improvement Hall Royd Jcn Route 23 Blackburn Bolton Jcn PRESTON Route 23 Wavertree Technology Park LEEDS Route 18 Route 11 Northern Hub Summary £500m package approved in full • • • • • • • Ordsall Chord linking Picc and Victoria Additional platforms at Man Picc (15/16) 4th platform at Man Airport Additional tracks Broad Green to Huyton Rochdale turn back/overtaking platform Line speed improvements Additional depot & stabling capacity North West Electrification TransPennine Electrification CONFIRMED CORE ROUTE Colton Junction Neville Hill LEEDS Depot Heaton Lodge Junction MANCHESTER VICTORIA STALYBRIDGE Phillips Park Junction Mirfield East Junction HUDDERSFIELD Copley Hill East Junction SELBY Micklefield Junction ECML CORE ROUTE TO BE ELECTRIFIED EXISTING ELECTRIFIED Ashburys West Junction GUIDE BRIDGE EXISTING NON-ELECTRIFIED Tameside rail connections • Timetable changes Dec 12 • New through trains Stalybridge & Ashton and Salford & Wigan • Half-hourly off-peak Hyde Central and Piccadilly • 4 tph off-peak Guide Bridge & Piccadilly Station Improvements • Stalybridge • Guide Bridge • Ashton-under-Lyne • Flowery Field • Mossley Manchester Victoria • iconic new roof • improved passenger facilities • new mezzanine floor • segregated access to MEN Arena • more retail • start on site early 2013 It’s an exciting time for rail in the North and we are at the very heart of it Transport for Greater Manchester Introduction to TfGM • Owns and manages bus stations, interchanges and Travelshops, and provides GM’s public transport information services • Owns the Metrolink network, which is operated by a franchisee • Provides concessionary fare schemes and supported bus services • Develops and delivers major schemes, e.g. Metrolink, expansion • Co-ordinates delivery by operators of public transport services • Co-ordinates strategic highway management functions, including management of traffic signals provision, road safety and active travel (cycling and walking) • Develops and co-ordinates forward transport strategy and investment priorities for Greater Manchester Transport in Greater Manchester today Well over 1 million peak-time daily commuters to support Non-car travel growth in past decade, particularly for travel to Regional Centre High demand at peak times on key sections of highway and public transport networks Largest investment programme outside London underway and work continues to secure further investment through central government, third parties and Greater Manchester City Deal Technology and smarter choices initiatives underway to better promote all travel options Key Initiatives and Programmes (1) Metrolink Expansion & GMTF Capital Investment Programme • Multi-modal investment programme - largest outside London – underway, including Ashton Northern Bypass and Ashton Metrolink line LSTF Investment Programme • £50 million programme of smarter choices, active travel and smart technology projects to support GMTF investment and current network • Includes Ashton Cycle Hub; local cycle access improvements; business travel planning services and job-seeker support programme Smart-Ticketing • Multi-modal roll-out starting with Metrolink in late 2013 • Review of ticketing and fares arrangements Key Initiatives & Programmes (2) Rail • Local station improvements, including Stalybridge, Hattersley and forthcoming Guide Bridge P&R • • Major investment, inc electrification, Northern Hub and HS2 Devolution of rail franchising control Freight • Development of a future freight strategy and establishment of a Freight Quality Partnership to identify and coordinate optimal public and private sector solutions Future Transport Priorities • Early planning review underway of future GMTF priorities • More consultation to follow in 2013 THANK YOU