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

MetroWest Phase 2 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 WoE

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

MetroWest Phase 2

MetroWest 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 50ha of employment land serving Filton Enterprise zone

MetroWest Phase 2 Infrastructure Yate turnback Henbury station North Filton station Ashley Down station Henbury – new site Henbury – old site Ashley Down Yate North Filton

MetroWest Phase 2 Trains Network Rail GRIP2 Feasibility Study Train requirements (on top of Phase 1): Henbury Spur out & back within an hour. Yate & Glos services extend a service that currently terminates at Parkway. No. of Additional train units (+.) A. Yate Turn-back +1 B. Glos Turn-back +2 1. Henbury Spur +1 +2 +3

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

MetroWest Phase 2 Developing the project Network Rail – GRIP processes, design, cost, Business Case GWR- Franchise holder- Operational advice CH2M – Business Case, wider economic benefits West Of England Funding Framework and Independent scrutiny Locally provided contributions including development costs and 106 funding

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MetroWest 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

MetroWest Phase 2 Business Case West of England framework requires independent scrutiny and a Benefit to cost ratio greater than 2 MetroWest 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 MetroWest into the next Rail Franchise

MetroWest Phase 2 Programme 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 The Network Rail Enhancement Delivery Plan Key Infrastructure 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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