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Investment in the
North’s rail network
Martin Jurkowski
Principal Sponsor, LNW North
Forum for the Built Environment
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Currently Network Rail is investing almost £2bn in
new rail infrastructure in the North West over the
next 5 years
Infrastructure interventions to unlock capacity and
help deliver economic growth
Foster the ability to link the cities of the north as one
economic entity
Enable hundreds more trains to run each day, and
millions more passengers to travel by rail each year
…..and this excludes any HS2 or TransNorth works
Forum for the Built Environment
6. /Junel 2015 6
Some of those investments are……
Manchester Victoria
Northern Hub
NW Electrification
Liverpool Lime Street
Forum for the Built Environment
7. /Junel 2015 7
But enough of current commitments….
Future prospects
► Oxford Road redevelopment
► Further electrification
► Transpennine
► Merseyrail expansion
► HS2 enabling works
► TransNorth etc
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Merseyrail expansion
► New rolling stock
► New stations
► New lines
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HS2 enabling works
► Upgrades to lines north of
Handsacre Junction
► Preston
► WCML north of Preston
► Depots
► Power upgrades
► etc
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And finally TransNorth…
► New East-West connections and upgrades
► Reduced journey times
► Interfaces to existing railway network
Forum for the Built Environment
53. Agenda
• Local Growth Deal
• TfGM-led schemes
• Future Interchanges
• Bolton-Salford Quality Bus Network
• Salford Central Station
• Metrolink Improvement Package
• District-led schemes
• Trafford Park Line
• The Devolution Programme:
• Highways
• Rail Devolution
• Bus Franchising
54. GM Local Growth Deal (And Beyond)
• Confirmed July 2014.
• 2015/16-2020/21 Capital Programme.
• £350 million major schemes programme
(bus priority expansion, new interchanges,
rail station improvements, Metrolink
improvments and highway schemes).
• Substantive minor works and LSTF
programme.
• Proposed programme of work with DfT on
bus and highway reforms, alongside Rail
North partnership.
• Ongoing discussions with Government
regarding second round of Growth Deal
Funding.
• Further investment opportunities via the
GM Devolution Agreement (eg Trafford
Park Metrolink Extension).
55. Local Growth Deal – TfGM-led Schemes
• Future Interchanges
• Wigan Hub
• Ashton Town Centre Interchange
• Stockport Interchange
• Bolton – Salford Quality Bus Network (Formerly Route 8)
• Salford Central Rail Station
• Metrolink Improvement Package
56. Wigan Hub
• New Bus Station on the site of the existing facility.
• Need to integrate scheme with potential redevelopment
of adjacent New Market Street / Market Street area.
• Concept design produced. Need to undertake further
feasibility work, evaluate site options and develop
scheme to RIBA Stage 3 in advance of submission of
detailed planning application.
• Scheme budget c£16 million, including risk and
contingency. (Subject to final approval.)
• Concept design with capacity for 194 bus departures per
hour and 6 layover spaces.
• Retail facilities, Operator Facilities, Travel Shop, Toilets,
Single Concourse Building, Cycle Storage Facilities.
• Operational Issues - maintaining of bus facilities during
construction
57. Ashton Town Centre Interchange
• New Interchange located partially on the existing Bus
Station Site
• Need to integrate scheme with new Metrolink terminus
and safeguard future expansion of Metrolink network.
• Detailed feasibility study and concept design produced.
Need to evaluate site options and develop scheme to
RIBA Stage 3 in advance of submission of detailed
planning application
• Concept design with capacity for 152 bus departures per
hour and 4 layover spaces.
• Retail facilities, Operator Facilities, Travel Shop, Toilets,
Single Concourse Building, Cycle Storage Facilities.
• Scheme budget c£33 million, including risk and
contingency. (Subject to final approval.)
• Strategic outline business case produced. Further
business case development work required.
• Operational Issues - maintaining of bus facilities during
construction.
• Interfaces with operational Metrolink network during
construction.
58. Stockport Interchange
• New Interchange on the existing Bus Station Site.
• Enhanced public realm, new bridge across River Mersey,
enhanced links to A6 and Rail Station, safeguarding of future
Metrolink terminus.
• Detailed feasibility study and concept design produced. Concept
design with capacity for 194 bus departures per hour, 9 layover
spaces and 2 coach stands.
• Retail facilities, Operator Facilities, Travel Shop, Toilets, Single
Concourse Building, Cycle Hub.
• Budget c£42 million, including risk and contingency. (Subject to
final approval.)
– Probable construction in phases to enable current site to be used
by existing bus services during this period.
– Interfaces with Stockport town centre accessibility package.
59. Future Interchanges – Current Position
• Multi-disciplinary design teams engaged.
• Initial commissions up to and including RIBA Stage 3.
• Main contractor procurement route under review.
• Commencement of procurement – late 2015 / early 2016. (Dependent
upon route.)
• Delivery 2016 – 2018.
60. Bolton-Salford Quality Bus Network
• Scheme budget £39.7m, including risk and contingency. (Subject to final approval.)
• Package of local transport network interventions and interchange schemes in the Bolton
– Farnworth – Walkden – Salford Corridor.
• Strong emphasis on bus benefits, centred on solving punctuality and reliability of the
routes of the radial services 8, 36,37 and 38 and feeder/orbital 12, 22, 501 and 68.
• Builds on and connects with the ‘Busway’ and Cross City Bus Package.
• Delivered as a TfGM programme with on-highways work to be designed and delivered by
Bolton Council and Salford City Council (as joint scheme promoters).
61. Salford Central
• Scheme budget £20.5 million. (Subject to final approval.)
• Three additional platforms to serve the new Ordsall Chord and existing
lines.
• Improved passenger facilities.
• Aimed at maximising benefit of Northern Hub investment.
• Designed to double the number of trains able to stop at the station.
62. LGD – Major Schemes - District Led Schemes
DISTRICT LED SCHEMES
South Heywood M62 J19 Link Road
c£19.5m
1km link road, tie-in to the M62, works to the Manchester Road junction and
widening
Wigan A49 Link Road
c£25m
Connection from M6 to Wigan Town Centre and strategic sites
Wigan M58 Link Road
c£12.7m
New link road into west Wigan. 2km single carriageway between M6 and A571.
Inner Relief Road Route Improvements – Regent Road
c£15m
Major reconfiguration at the western gated to the Regional Centre to reduce delays
on the most congested point of the Inner Relief Road
Inner Relief Road Route Improvements – Gt Ancoats
Street
c£10m
Package of interventions to reduce congestion around eastern section of the IRR
Stockport Town Centre Major Scheme
c£73.2m
Package of transport schemes to improve access for more sustainable modes of
transport. Rationalised traffic movement through additional capacity on some routes
Procurements via existing local frameworks; NWCH Civils and Infrastructure framework (to be implemented)
or HE Frameworks.
63. – Proposals for new 5.5km line
from Pomona to the Trafford
Centre
– Connecting to key employment
areas in Trafford Park including
the Trafford Centre
– Connecting to leisure
opportunities Trafford Centre
and Old Trafford for shopping
and football
– 6 new stops:
Wharfside
Imperial War Museum North
Village Way
Parkway Circle
Event City
Trafford Centre
Trafford Park line
66. Highways - Context
• MoU signed with HE
• Joint GM Highways Investment and Strategy Board
• Joint long-term infrastructure planning in support of growth priorities
• Management of the Key Route Network by TfGM on behalf of GMCA
• Shared services opportunities for highway authorities
67. Highways Reform
• GM largest economy in the UK, outside of London
• Well managed network is vital to growth – 1.6 billion trips each year by
car, bus, taxi, cycles, motorbikes, pedestrians
• Over 10,000km of highway in GM (A & B roads 1,200km)
• 2,250 traffic signals, including 985 pedestrian crossings
• 10 highway authorities and one Highways Agency (motorways)
• Congestion costs GM £1.3bn/yr
68. • Management of KRN by TfGM
• The proposed KRN
encompasses about 650km of
network,
• 7% of all local authority roads,
• 48% of A and B roads in GM,
but carries 64% of all traffic on
A and B roads.
• KRN supports the critical mass
of daily commuting and
logistics movements,
• KRN has a greater strategic
economic importance of this
network at a GM level
Proposed Key Route Network (KRN)
70. HS2 - Stations• Building the case for stations that stand the test
of time:
• Commitment to “one station design”,
transformational integrated transport and
regeneration scheme.
• Capacity for integrated growth.
• Maximising the growth potential:
• “Single dedicated partnership” – to champion the
transport and regeneration Growth Strategy.
• Effective & robust local governance and delivery
solutions that are supported by a national
framework.
71. Enhancing Connectivity between the North’s city regions, within the North’s city regions and
to international gateways and London needs as an integral part of our strategy to accelerate
the North’s economic growth.
• High speed trans-Pennine connections and European style cross city networks.
• New freight and logistics terminals.
• Highways investment to complete the national network in the North.
HS2 – One North (HS3)
72. Procurement at TfGM
• Approach to Market - Frameworks, OJEU, and
the Chest. Use market sounding where possible. Will consider
consortia.
• Selection criteria – normally Most Economically
Advantageous. Clear on selection evaluation.
• Form of Contract – normally NEC 3, tending
towards D&B, consider lump sum or target cost.
• Risk – Prefer it sits where most appropriate/best managed.