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THE UK RAIL REPORT 2020 B R O O K S M A R K E T I N T E L L I G E N C E R E P O R T S
THE UK RAIL REPORT 2020 Brooks Events Ltd © 2020. All rights reserved. A Brooks Reports Publication No guarantee can be given as to the correctness and/or completeness of the information provided in this document. Users are recommended to verify the reliability of the statements made before making any decisions based on them. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any binding, cover or electronic format other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser /borrower. B R O O K S M A R K E T I N T E L L I G E N C E R E P O R T S
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION 6
2. THE MEDIA VIEW OF THE YEAR 11
3. ECONOMIC BACKDROP 13
HS2 14
Crossrail – The Elizabeth Line 15
Transpennine route upgrade 16
Electrification 16
Midland Mainline Improvement Programme 17
East West Rail 17
Finance and Planning 18
4. FOCUS ON SAFETY 19
5. GOVERNMENT 21
National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 21
National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) 21
Rail Delivery Group 22
Scotland and Wales 23
Transport for the North (TfN) 24
Rail North 25
West Midlands Rail 25
Northern Ireland 25
Regulation 25
Control Period 6 (2019-24) (CP6) 26
Passenger Transport Executives 27
6. RAIL INDUSTRY EVENTS 28
7. MAIN LINE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE 29
Network Rail 29
Long Term Planning Process (LTPP) 31
Control Period 6 (2019-24) (CP6) 32
Enhancement Projects 33
Network rail procurement 35
High Speed 1 (HS1) 35
High Speed 2 (HS2) 36
High Speed 3 (HS3) 38
Greengauge 21 38
Including Scotland in the network 38
8. MAIN LINE TRAIN OPERATING COMPANIES 39
Passenger Franchise Structure 40
Passenger train operating company website URLs 43
Rail freight operators 46
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CONTENTS
9. RAILWAYS IN NORTHERN IRELAND 48
Government 48
Organisation 48
Development 49
10. TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TFL) 50
Organisation 50
London Underground 51
London Overground 54
Docklands Light Railway 56
Crossrail: The Elizabeth Line 57
Crossrail 2 59
11. LIGHT RAIL, TRAM AND LIGHT METRO SYSTEMS 60
Blackpool 60
Edinburgh Tram 60
Glasgow Subway (light metro) 61
London Tramlink 61
Manchester Metrolink 62
Midland Metro 62
Nottingham Express Transit (NET) 63
Sheffield: Stagecoach Supertram 63
Sheffield-Rotherham tram-train pilot project 63
Tyne & Wear Metro (light metro) 64
12. ROLLING STOCK PROCUREMENT 65
Passenger Vehicles 65
12.1 FUTURE ROLLING STOCK ORDERS 70
Freight Traction and Rolling Stock 71
£ 13. ROLLING STOCK LEASING 72
14. THE RAILWAY SUPPLY INDUSTRY 74
Rolling stock, rolling stock components and subsystems 75
Track products 77
Track maintenance and renewals equipment, products and services 78
Signalling and communication systems 80
Vehicle maintenance equipment and services/refurbishment 82
Revenue collection, access control, passenger information systems and station equipment 83
Traction power supply and electrification systems 85
Civil engineering and construction/infrastructure maintenance 86
15. REFERENCES 87
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9. RAILWAYS IN NORTHERN IRELAND RETURN TO
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Government
Responsibility 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
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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
ROUTE-KM Northern Ireland, the first time such a contract has been placed.
(211 ROUTE-MILES)
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
22
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.
STATIONS 20
Passenger journeys (million)
15
10
5
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
RAILWAYS PASSENGER USAGE
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Passenger 13.2 13.4 13.5 14.2 15 15.8
journeys
(million)
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Development
A 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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