North Wales Main Line - linespeed increase delivers top speed of 90 mph in North Wales for first time Partnership funding £500k Welsh Assembly, circa £1m Railtrack Major investment in track, signalling , telecomms Journey time improvements Starts summer timetable 2001 – subject to HMRI approval 1

Railtrack investment in North Wales Second (ORR) control period Year £M 2001/2 7.45 2002/3 4.54 2003/4 7.18 2004/5 3.68 2005/6 5.22

The following slide is an example of Railtrack’s “modern facilities at stations” programme

Proposed property work for North Wales Llandudno Junction Key:- V P.A. CCTV Colwyn Bay CIS V Waiting rooms Abergele & Pensarn Shelters Toilets WCML work Rhyl V Other enhancement V Virgin enhancement Prestatyn V Telecomms renewals Maintenance work Extract of Route 12 Flint V Existing facility Shotton V

West Coast Main Line (WCML) WCML – busiest rail artery in the UK £6.3 billion investment over the next five years Last upgraded 40 years ago Will run trains at up to 140mph Double the number of trains per hour from Euston to Midlands, North West, North Wales and Scotland

Europe's busiest mixed traffic railway 2000 passenger and freight trains each day + 4000 trains pathed across route daily 120 train sets 114 stations, inc. 5 major stations 10000 bridge spans Holyhead Liverpool Glasgow Birmingham Chester Wolves London Euston Rugby Crewe Preston Northampton 641 route miles 1660 track miles 13 major junctions Edinburgh Manchester 15 TOCs/FOCs 15% of total revenue TENS route 65 signal boxes 133 interlockings 2825 signals and 2625 points

Progress update A very productive year for the whole programme Work completed Proof House Euston Ditton Willesden TWA inquiry launch Work in progress Line of route track and overhead line equipment South Manchester North Staffs Line speed enhancement & TPWS

Targets and journey time 1hr 59mins From June 2002 125mph railway 2hrs 26mins From January 2002 Indicative Journey Times Euston - Crewe New train introduction 2003 Will drastically reduce journey times to/from North Wales First trains on test 77 news trains built New safety systems will be fitted