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South West Main Line: Route Utilisation Strategy - Draft for Consultation
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Sample Quote "Improved use of rail capacity is a central element of the Government’s plans for effective delivery of its rail objectives. The key requirement is to make efficient use of the current route capacity and to develop this capacity where appropriate within the available funding.

Demand on the South West Main Line is dominated by the London commuter market, with around 85,000 people alighting at either Waterloo or Vauxhall every morning. Some routes experience serious overcrowding. Passenger kilometers on the route in the morning peak are forecast to grow by 14% over the 10-year period of this RUS. There is no easy way to deal with this demand: the analysis so far suggests that a significant volume of investment will be required to enhance the capacity and capability of the SWML railway system.

The South West Main Line (SWML) was chosen to be the pilot Network Rail led RUS for the following reasons:

  • To inform the development of the specification for the South Western franchise.
  • Overcrowding and growth issues on certain sections of the line need to be addressed.
  • The future of the Waterloo International Terminal after the expected withdrawal of Eurostar services in 2007 is being examined, and capacity at London Waterloo is critical to any future requirements for the SWML.
  • To inform the development of the Department for Transport’s High Level Output Specification for an area where there is significant congestion on parts of the route combined with substantial potential growth.
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Archivist's Summary Network Rail's first Network Utilisation Strategy, having taken over the work from the SRA.

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Category Consultations & petitions
Related Event N/A
Date of Publication 3rd November 2005
Author(s) Network Rail
Publisher Network Rail
Sourced? Yes
Source Network Rail
Original Document Link Click Here
Source Format PDF File
Document Copyright Network Rail
Permission Requested? No
Permission Granted? No
PDF Available? Yes
PDF File Copyright Network Rail
No. of Pages 41
Size of Download (Mb) 1.6
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  Timeline:
Focus on capacity & utilisation
 
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5th September 2002
Consultation: Capacity Utilisation Policy

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December 2002
Capacity Utilisation Policy: Responses to Consultation

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December 2002
Capacity Utilisation Policy: Statement of Principles

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June 2003
Capacity Utilisation Policy: Network Utilisation Strategy

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June 2003
Consultation: Midland Main Line East Midlands - Route Utilisation Strategy

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June 2003
Network Utilisation Strategy - Summary Of Consultation Responses

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March 2004
Brighton Main Line: Route Utilisation Strategy

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March 2004
Midland Main Line / East Midlands: Route Utilisation Strategy

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January 2005
Consultation: Great Western Main Line Route Utilisation Strategy

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February 2005
Consultation: West Midlands Route Utilisation Strategy

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June 2005
Great Western Main Line: Route Utilisation Strategy

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July 2005
West Midlands: Route Utilisation Strategy

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3rd November 2005
South West Main Line: Route Utilisation Strategy - Draft for Consultation

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28th November 2005
Cross London: Route Utilisation Strategy - Draft for Consultation

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