1. Developing Devon’s rail network - new stations and beyond
Andrew Ardley
Transportation Manager (Policy)
Devon County Council

2. Contents Devon Metro – setting the scene Strategy overview
Exeter as a network hub
New stations
Station improvements and access to them
Services & line capacity
Promotion, marketing and intelligence

3. Setting the scene Devon Metro objectives: Enabling local growth
Ensuring local rail network is on a sustainable financial footing
Reducing transport’s impact of growth on local and national environment
Improving social mobility in Devon

4. Setting the scene

5. Setting the scene
Past growth – a guide to the future?

6. Setting the scene 2018 – a major opportunity but challenge too..
Next stage in a long term plan – incremental improvements
Looking to refresh Devon Metro strategy in line with new growth challenges and the door to door journey

7. Strategy Overview Infrastructure improvements Service improvements
New stations
Improvements to existing ones
Access to and from stations
Line capacity
Service improvements
Frequency
Capacity
Quality
Awareness and confidence
Marketing and publicity
Business and personal travel planning

8. Greater Exeter

9. Rail one part of the jigsaw..
bus
walk
cycle
Private car
Shared mobility inc car club, e-bike
No travel..

10. Greater Exeter

11. Greater Exeter Rail Access to city centre
Barnstaple
Access to city centre
Cross city e.g. east of Exeter to University and Marsh Barton
Connections to other destinations, local and national via St Davids and Central
Taunton
Crediton
Paignton
Exmouth
St Davids / Central
Axminster
Waterloo

13. New Stations Long development period Very expensive
1994/95
2015
2017
Longer term ?
Ivybridge
Digby and Sowton
Newcourt
Cranbrook
Marsh Barton
Cranbrook 2
Monkerton
Cullompton
Okehampton East
Tavistock
Edginswell (Torbay)
Long development period
Very expensive
Very complex to deliver
Not always the best solution – can they be served effectively?

14. Station Improvements & Access
Recent / Current
Exeter Central
Exmouth
Honiton
Dawlish
Bus real time information
E-bikes and Car club cars
Lots of smaller improvements including shelters / cycle parking

15. Station Improvements & Access
Future
Exeter St Davids forecourt
Pinhoe interchange
Newton Abbot station footbridge
Polsloe Bridge?
Others?

16. Station Improvements & Access

17. Station Improvements & Access: Dawlish
900+ new dwellings

18. Services / Line Capacity
Exmouth Sundays
Citizen’s Rail (Newton Abbot –Paignton)
Tarka Line / Okehampton
Honiton / Axminster & Exmouth
Exe Rail

19. Services / Line Capacity

20. Promotion / Marketing Key role of D&CRP
Supplemented by Devon CC’s successful travel behaviour programmes:
Local Sustainable Transport Fund ( )
Sustainable Transport Transition Year (2016/17)
Access Fund 2017/18 to 2020/21?

21. And finally…… Rail = the ultimate partnership! Funding by opportunity
Have a plan
Exciting opportunities ahead

22. Thank you Questions?