Toby Rackliff - Rail Development Manager (February 2012)

HS2: New Connectivity for

the West Midlands

Toby Rackliff

Rail Development Manager

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HS2:

Putting West Midlands

at heart of new UK

High Speed Rail

Network

HS2 Connectivity:

London and beyond

But is a limited capacity, single track connection to HS1 “Fit for Purpose” ??

Crossrail Interchange Maximises London Connectivity

HS2: Shrinking the Economic

Geography of the UK

Paris: Circa 3 hrs

(Closer than Glasgow)

Canary Wharf: 70 mins

(currently 2 hrs +)

Need to secure direct

services between HS2

WM Interchange &

the North

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HS2:

Catalyst for Development

West Midlands Regional Rail Forum

Draft Rail Vision

To develop the rail network to promote job creation,

sustainable economic development and social cohesion

in the wider West Midlands Travel to Work area through:

• enhancing connectivity between economic centres

• providing capacity for rail freight and passenger growth

• improving access to major transport hubs

(Birmingham Airport, Birmingham New St / Moor St & HS2 Stations)

• maximising the capacity released by HS2

• providing an affordable, accessible and low carbon rail network

• offering real modal choice

WM HS2 Package

is based on....

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Local Connectivity Package to

Maximise Benefits of HS2

Access to Skills:

HS2 Connectivity Package

“Good Connectivity provides Business access to a larger employment pool inc. access to greater range of specialist skills which itself attracts people and businesses to locate in an area”

Table 1: Working Age Population Catchment of

Birmingham City Centre HS2 Station

Time Catchment Do-Minimum Do-Something Difference (%)

< 15 mins 10,887 26,330 +15,443 (142%)

15 – 30 mins 390,721 461,088 +70,367 (18%)

30 - 45 mins 538,466 549,943 +11,477 (2%)

< 45 mins 940,074 1,037,361 +97,287 (10%)

Table 2: Working Age Population Catchment of

West Midlands Interchange HS2 Station

Time Catchment Do-Minimum Do-Something Difference (%)

< 15 mins 376 376 0

15 – 30 mins 3,871 17,528 +13,657 (353%)

30 - 45 mins 241,085 335,825 +94,740 (39%)

< 45 mins 245,332 353,729 108,397 (44%)

HS2 Released

Capacity

New Cross Regional

Connectivity

Improved Local

Service Frequencies

New long distance

journey opportunities

More capacity for local

demand

Conclusions

HS2 provides significant connectivity benefits for WM

Providing the right connectivity to HS2 will:

Ensure effective access to both the HS2 Network and

associated development from the across

Support growth across the wider region

Improve intra-LEP connectivity between towns and cities to

favour access to employment and services

Better match labour supply/demand across the West

Midlands thanks to greater mobility

Make best use of capacity released by HS2 on the existing

rail network

Release capacity on the road network by transferring

passenger and freight trips to rail and public transport links

Longer, Wider and Taller Trains Possible

Pendolino 9 Car 447 Seats 11 Car 589 Seats

TGV Duplex 2 x 8 Car 1024 Seats 1200+ Seats Possible

ICE3 (Velaro D) 2 x 8 Car 920 Seats

HS2: High Capacity transport in

ADDITION to existing network