Metro West Phase 2 LGA PT Consortium Visit

Metro. West Phase 2 LGA PT Consortium Visit 7 th September 2017 Janet Kings Strategic Public Transport Manager South Gloucestershire Council

Metro. West Phase 2 of a significant investment in local rail • North of Bristol • Reintroducing regular hourly passenger service on the Henbury line • 3 new stations 1 in Bristol 2 in South Gloucestershire • Increase to half hourly service to Yate • Under consideration- increasing to half hourly services to Gloucester • Access to employment • Linking Filton and Bristol Temple Quarter enterprise zones Coupled with national investment • Four tracking of Filton Bank • Electrification of Great Western route (through Bristol Parkway) • Enhanced Renewal of Bristol East Junction (proposed) • New platforms at Filton Abbey Wood and Parkway stations • Cascade of Thames diesels to the Wo. E

Metro. West Phase 2 existing rail network To Birmingham To South Wales Parkway station To South-west Bristol Temple Meads Existing Rail network in Metro. West 2 Area To London

Metro. West Phase 2

Metro. West Phase 2: New station catchments Passenger Forecasts

Filton Airfield Henbury & North Filton stations • Two stations on the Henbury line serving significant new development as well as existing communities • A new neighbourhood encompassing the Filton airfield and surrounding sites • Over 5, 500 new homes and 50 ha of employment land serving Filton Enterprise zone

Metro. West Phase 2 Infrastructure • Yate turnback • Henbury station • North Filton station • Ashley Down station Henbury – new site Ashley Down Yate Henbury – old site North Filton

Metro. West Phase 2 Trains Network Rail GRIP 2 Feasibility Study Train requirements (on top of Phase 1): Turn-back No. of Additional train A. Yate Turn-back B. Glos units (+. ) 1. Henbury Spur +1 • • +1 +2 +2 +3 Henbury Spur out & back within an hour. Yate & Glos services extend a service that currently terminates at Parkway.

Metro. West Phase 2 Funding City Deal: • £ 36 m (indicative) from 2021/22 Local Growth Fund: • £ 3 m from 2015/16 SGC & BCC: • £ 2 m from 2015/16 Developer: • £ 2 m plus land from ~2018 TOTAL: £ 43 m

Metro. West Phase 2 Developing the project • Network Rail – GRIP processes, design, cost, Business Case • GWR- Franchise holder- Operational advice • CH 2 M – Business Case, wider economic benefits • West Of England Funding Framework and Independent scrutiny • Locally provided contributions including development costs and 106 funding

Network Rail’s GRIP process

Metro. West Phase 2 Passenger Demand • Annual numbers of Passengers have been estimated from new and existing stations = total >600, 000 by 2031 • Access to employment in SGC to the north of Bristol • Access to employment in centre of Bristol • Access to colleges and University near Parkway station

Metro. West Phase 2 Business Case • West of England framework requires independent scrutiny and a Benefit to cost ratio greater than 2 • Metro. West phase 2 has met this criteria BCR of 2. 4 -3. 2 • The proposed rail services hourly on Henbury line and additional hourly on services to Yate are likely to require revenue support for 3 years • West of England Authorities will be working towards acceptance of Metro. West into the next Rail Franchise

Metro. West Phase 2 Programme The Network Rail Enhancement Delivery Plan Key Infrastructure • Preliminary Business Case – approved autumn 2015 • Outline Business Case – in progress GRIP 3/4 • Full Business Case – Early 2020 • Construction start – 2020 • Completion and trains running – 2021 • Filton Four tracking complete – Dec 18 station on the route • Electrification infrastructure complete to Parkway – Dec 18 • Bristol East Junction (tba)

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