Improving the Cardiff and Valley Railway More Trains, More Seats and a More Reliable Rail Service CASR Presentation

Today’s challenges Aged signalling system that was installed in the 1960s Inefficient track layout built in the 1930s, causing rail bottleneck and limiting capacity growth Limited infrastructure capability to meet burgeoning passenger demands: - growth comparable to increase in Manchester and Leeds with 8% growth per annum. Infrastructure not compatible with electrification CASR Presentation

Meeting tomorrow’s needs Modernise signalling infrastructure with new technology to improve rail performance Install electrification compatible computerised signalling system to pave way for the upgrades in the area, including the railway on Rhymney Valley Remodel track layout at Cardiff East Junction to remove bottleneck and enable trains to run bi-directionally Extra track on “Treforest Curve” (between Cardiff West Junction and Ninian Park, by Canton) to accommodate more trains Increase frequency of service of City Line for extra trains on Merthyr line Upgrade freight loop at Cogan for passenger trains to improve delivery reliability CASR Presentation

Meeting tomorrow’s needs Create four through platforms at Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Central stations to enable more Valley services to run. Extra bay platform at Cardiff Queen Street to facilitate more Valley services by accommodating the shuttle service to Cardiff Bay Extra bay platforms and tracks at Barry, Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Tir-phil to allow more trains to run more frequent services from Cardiff New station entrances at the south side of Cardiff Central and at Cardiff Queen Street, associated with the new platforms New lifts at Cardiff Central, Queen Street and Pontypridd Ramps at Tir Phil station CASR Presentation

A major transformation CANTON DEPOT Newport Bridgend Radyr Cardiff Central Queen Street Ninian Park Grangetown Cogan Jcn. Cardiff Bay Bridgend (via Vale of Glamorgan) Rhymney Landough Loops Penarth Curve South Jcn Penarth Curve East Penarth Curve North Penarth Note. Not to scale and not all points and crossings, and sidings shown for clarity. Cadoxton Barry Jcn. Barry Island. Cardiff Central: extra platform and track to serve the Valleys services and improved station south entrance Doubling Treforest Curve Cogan freight loop: improved for passenger trains use Barry Town station: extra platform and track Rhymney Valley: new bay platforms and track at Caerphilly and Tir-Phil Increase City Line frequency Canton Depot: Extra depot access/egress Pontypridd: New bay platform and turnback facilities Cardiff Queen St: Improved station entrance, extra platforms and tracks CASR Presentation

A better performing railway 33% boost in infrastructure capacity along the Central corridor, allowing a total of extra four trains per hour to/from the Valley area to run from/to Cardiff Longer platforms to enable 6-car trains to operate and potentially increasing seat capacity by a further 50% Improved accessibility and station environment at Pontypridd, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and Tir-Phil Improved reliability to rail service with a more robust rail infrastructure More cost-efficient to operate the railway CASR Presentation

Robust delivery strategy Aberthaw to Cowbridge Rd (2013) Bargoed Rhymney Rhymney to Queen St (2013) Barry to Ninian Park/Radyr (2014) Ystrad Mynach Cwmbargoed Marshfield to Newtown (2014) Cardiff Central (Christmas 2014) Coryton Leckwith to Llantrisant (2015) Heath To Pontypridd, R:C Radyr Cardiff :Newport Port Talbot :Cardiff R:C Cardiff Queen Street Bridgend SWCC Fords Aberthaw Barry Cardiff Bay PSB Cowbridge Road Cardiff Central Barry Island Penarth To Port Talbot / Swansea Cardiff Canton Depot CASR Presentation

“Hub and Spoke” contract management Target to award contracts for Signalling, E&P, Telecoms, Track and Civils (building and signalling) by end of 2011 CASR Presentation 8

Optimise delivery; minimum disruption Planning well ahead Optimise delivery by building on existing planned work Joint working with colleagues from Arriva Trains Wales and First Great Western and Freight Operators Avoid closing the railway during four major events: RBS Six Nations Rugby Summer period especially on Vale of Glamorgan and Barry lines Rugby Autumn Internationals Festive period leading up to Christmas and the sales afterwards! CASR Presentation

A cost-efficient investment Jointly funded by Network Rail, Department for Transport and the Welsh Assembly Government More than £200m, combining signalling, track and station improvement work Working to achieve cost efficiency targets set by ORR CASR Presentation

Immediate next steps Tendering for contractors Maintain support from Welsh Assembly Government, key local authorities and industry stakeholders Begin detailed signalling design and on-site preparatory work i.e. civil engineering works for equipment bases and track preparatory works. CASR Presentation

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