Night Riviera Sleeper Service - The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

CreatingFuture
the Conditions
Economyfor Growth
Future Economy
Rail developing a public transport system
Devon
Cornwall
Key
The railway in Cornwall is crucial to our economic growth and providing access to employment and education opportunities
Transport strategy schemes
and connectingfor
businesses
to economic markets in Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol and London. This is part of
a wider system
of Growth
Conditions
Growth
Conditions
for
completed / committed
Local Growth Deal Ask
interventions that will link with buses at key interchanges to improve the capacity of the public transport system.
• Cornwall has proactively invested over £36m in
its local rail network since 2000 – funding new
services, stations improvements, new lines and
higher service standards.
Growth for Business
Project value: £10.18m
Year: 2015/16
•Funders:
Growth Fund £4.53m/Network Rail £3m/LTP £2.65m
Scheme includes:
• Parkway Station with 752 park and ride spaces.
• Improved A30 junction.
• Access for All step-free crossing.
• Refurbished and improved passenger facilities.
• Bus interchange.
6.5m Journeys per year
(2012/2013)
Schemes in progress
Hayle station
St Austell lift bridge
2013/14
Real time passenger information upgrade
2012/13
2011/12
2010/11
St Austell Transport Interchange £1.9m
2009/10
Truro - Falmouth rail improvement £7.8m
Night Riviera Sleeper Service
h
owt
r
eg
£53m
2017/18
£36.5m
2008/09
2007/08
0
Probus - Burngullow track dualling £14.5m
Liskeard station enhancements £840k
2005/06
2004/05
2003/04
2002/03
2001/02
2000/01
th
ow
Camborne station £320k
2006/07
2019/20
Redruth J34 £360k
2020/21
Start
2.7m
Journeys per year
(2000/2001)
2018/19
Traincare Centre, Penzance
Project value: £14m
Year: 2016/17
• Funders - Growth Fund £7m / EUSIF £7m
Scheme includes:
• Sleeper heavy maintenance relocated from
Old Oak Common to Penzance.
• Maintenance, re-fuelling and interior cleaning of rolling stock.
• New employment and training opportunities and job safeguarding
in Cornwall.
• Provide facility to maintain additional rolling stock required for half hourly
mainline service.
Mainline Signalling Improvements between
Plymouth and Penzance
Bodmin Parkway enhancement £540k
Penzance station £540k
Outcome
13.69m*
Journeys per year
(2020/2021)
* Based on 9% growth per annum to 2018.
17% growth per annum to 2020
The Offer
Upgraded station facilities and interchange at
WCTI to increase the accessibility of rail.
Removes problem of existing Traincare Centre for
HS2 and displacement costs.
Traincare Centre scheme allows £9.5m DfT funding
to be invested in the Night Riviera upgrade.
£8.9m of LTB prioritised major scheme funding
matched with £6.2m EU SIF for mainline signalling
improvements.
Improved journey time reliability and operational
savings of up to £1m per year.
Project value: £14m
Year: 2015/16
• Funders – GW franchise £2.5m / LEP £1.5m /
FGW £0.5m / HS2 £9.5m
Scheme includes:
• Increased capacity.
• Upgraded, refreshed sleeper berths and seating.
• Compliance with the needs of passengers with reduced mobility.
• Better facilities, sleeper berths, seating and lounge area.
• Space for cycle and surf board racks.
2016/17
Patrona
g
e
gr
Atlantic Coastline service enhancement
Patro
na
g
137%
BCR=1.5
GVA=£2.9m
2015/16
2014/15
£7m from Local Growth Fund is used to match with
£7m EU Strategic Infrastructure Fund for Traincare
Centre.
Network Rail’s resignalling scheme is brought
forward to CP5 to secure efficiencies.
Cascaded rolling stock is used to deliver the half
hour frequency mainline service in the new Great
Western franchise.
Growth for Business
How the Growth Deal builds on our investment
Current patronage
The Ask
West Cornwall Transport Interchange
• Cornwall Council is Network Rail’s largest local authority
client in England.
• Patronage has grown by 8% per annum since 2000, twice the
UK average.
• 6.5m passenger journeys by train in Cornwall each year.
Project value: £15.1m Year: 2018
BCR=2
• Funders – Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LTB £8.9m / EUSIF £6.2m
Scheme includes:
• Local investment in rail infrastructure to allow half hourly mainline service.
• Signalling improvement to coincide with Network Rail equipment upgrade.
• Shared development costs offering delivery and efficiency savings.
Rolling Stock Cascade
Year: 2017/18
Scheme includes:
• Cascade of suitable diesel multiple units to realise half
hourly frequency mainline service in Cornwall.
• Re-introduction of scheduled passenger services
between Bodmin Parkway and Bodmin General.
Growth Deal outcomes
Supports local plan housing growth of
47,500 homes
Supports delivery of 2,715 jobs.
Wider benefits
Generates 17% annual passenger growth.
Generates £73m of increased revenue generation
for the Great Western franchise.
Creates up to 60 new jobs in Cornwall and training
opportunities.
Facilitates delivery of HS2 and the redevelopment
of Old Oak Common.
Helps HS2 benefits reach as far as Penzance.
Delivers a half hourly mainline service for Cornwall.
Provides enhanced access to economic markets in
London.
Flexibility for businesses and leisure travellers.
Value for Money †
Government saves £4.5m on depot relocation cost.
Facilitates economic growth and enhanced GVA for
Cornwall.
Delivers rail services at a lower cost.
Deliverability
All required consents in place
†
Transport Annex report 1 Traffic Modelling and Economic Appraisal Methodology
March 2014
35606 03/14
Our experience so far
Isles of Scilly
3

Download Report