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THE UK RAIL REPORT 2020

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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION 6

2. THE MEDIA VIEW OF THE YEAR 11

3. ECONOMIC BACKDROP 13HS2 14Crossrail – The Elizabeth Line 15Transpennine route upgrade 16 Electrification 16Midland Mainline Improvement Programme 17East West Rail 17Finance and Planning 18

4. FOCUS ON SAFETY 19

5. GOVERNMENT 21National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 21National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) 21Rail Delivery Group 22Scotland and Wales 23Transport for the North (TfN) 24Rail North 25West Midlands Rail 25Northern Ireland 25Regulation 25Control Period 6 (2019-24) (CP6) 26Passenger Transport Executives 27

6. RAIL INDUSTRY EVENTS 28

7. MAIN LINE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE 29Network Rail 29Long Term Planning Process (LTPP) 31Control Period 6 (2019-24) (CP6) 32Enhancement Projects 33Network rail procurement 35 High Speed 1 (HS1) 35High Speed 2 (HS2) 36High Speed 3 (HS3) 38Greengauge 21 38Including Scotland in the network 38

8. MAIN LINE TRAIN OPERATING COMPANIES 39Passenger Franchise Structure 40Passenger train operating company website URLs 43Rail freight operators 46

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9. RAILWAYS IN NORTHERN IRELAND 48Government 48Organisation 48Development 49

10. TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TFL) 50Organisation 50London Underground 51London Overground 54Docklands Light Railway 56Crossrail: The Elizabeth Line 57Crossrail 2 59

11. LIGHT RAIL, TRAM AND LIGHT METRO SYSTEMS 60Blackpool 60Edinburgh Tram 60Glasgow Subway (light metro) 61London Tramlink 61Manchester Metrolink 62Midland Metro 62Nottingham Express Transit (NET) 63Sheffield: Stagecoach Supertram 63Sheffield-Rotherham tram-train pilot project 63Tyne & Wear Metro (light metro) 64

12. ROLLING STOCK PROCUREMENT 65Passenger Vehicles 65

12.1 FUTURE ROLLING STOCK ORDERS 70Freight Traction and Rolling Stock 71

13. ROLLING STOCK LEASING 72

14. THE RAILWAY SUPPLY INDUSTRY 74Rolling stock, rolling stock components and subsystems 75Track products 77Track maintenance and renewals equipment, products and services 78Signalling and communication systems 80Vehicle maintenance equipment and services/refurbishment 82Revenue collection, access control, passenger information systems and station equipment 83Traction power supply and electrification systems 85Civil engineering and construction/infrastructure maintenance 86

15. REFERENCES 87

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9. RAILWAYS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

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GovernmentResponsibility for railways in the devolved Northern Ireland government rests with the Department for Infrastructure. Its website is: www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk.

The railway is managed and operated by NI Railways, a subsidiary Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHC). NITHC is a public corporation established under the Transport Act (NI) 1967 to oversee the provision of public transport in Northern Ireland and is also the holding company for Metro (formerly Citybus) and Ulsterbus. Collectively the three operating companies are branded Translink (www.translink.co.uk).

The Department for Infrastructure provides capital grants to Translink for Northern Ireland Railways to operate rail services. The funding helps maintain and develop the rail infrastructure and rolling stock. The Public Transport Services Division of the Department with a body called Transport NI approves and monitors the capital grants allocated to Translink.

In October 2015 Translink commenced a five-year contract to provide public transport services in Northern Ireland, the first time such a contract has been placed.

NI RAILWAYS Website: www.translink.co.uk

Organisation Unlike the railway in Great Britain, NI Railways is vertically integrated, responsible both for infrastructure and operations. Its track is of the broader 1,600 mm gauge in common with the network of the neighbouring Irish Republic, with which it connects south of Newry. NI Railways is diesel-operated and carries mainly passenger traffic, with just occasional freight services between Belfast and the Republic. NI Railways works closely with its counterpart in the Republic, Iarnród Éireann, notably on the joint operation of the high-frequency ‘Enterprise’ express service linking Belfast and Dublin. Passenger traffic overall has grown steadily, reflecting the economic growth that resulted from an improved political environment and investments in the network.

The recent increases in rail passenger numbers have continued, with passenger journeys during the year reaching 15.8 million, the highest in NI Railways’ 50-year history, representing growth of 11.3% over two years.

RAILWAYS PASSENGER USAGE2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Passenger journeys (million)

13.2 13.4 13.5 14.2 15 15.8

NETWORK LENGTH

338 ROUTE-KM

(211 ROUTE-MILES)

22 STATIONS

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5

10

15

20

Passenger journeys (million)

2018-192017-182016-172015-162014-152013-14

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DevelopmentA significant recent development was the introduction in 2011-12 of 20 three-car C4K DMUs supplied by the Spanish company CAF against a £105 million contract under Translink’s ‘New Trains 2’ programme. They replaced 13 older units, increasing service frequencies and capacity in the greater Belfast area and on the Belfast-Londonderry line. CAF had earlier supplied 23 similar three-car C3K DMUs. There is an option with CAF, exercisable up to 2018, to procure additional intermediate cars under the ‘New Trains 3’ proposal.

Infrastructure projects include the second phase of the renewal of the 33½-mile Coleraine-Derry-Londonderry section, provision of a passing loop and resignalling. Work on the £30 million first phase of this scheme was completed in 2013. Subsequent phases will see completion of the project, costed at around £75 million overall, by 2021. In 2015 Babcock Rail was awarded a second phase contract valued at £30 million to provide signalling and telecommunications systems for the line.

Rolling stock expenditure is mainly focused on overhauls of the Class 3000 and 4000 CAF-built DMUs. In December 2018, Northern Ireland Railways announced that 21 additional carriages would be purchased from CAF at the cost of £50m, via an option in the existing Class 4000 train procurement contract. They are scheduled to be delivered during 2021, with all the sets in service by autumn 2022.

Other longer-term plans and aspirations include upgrading signalling, ongoing work to create a Belfast Transport Hub to raise capacity, more track renewals and reopening the (Lisburn)-Knockmore-Antrim line, which is currently out of use.

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