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8.5 Thameslink 2000 The primary objectives of Thameslink 2000 are to: • provide increased capacity on train services to central London. • give a substantially expanded range of cross-London journey opportunities which will minimise the need for passenger interchange. • alleviate congestion on parts of London Underground. • give an additional means of passenger dispersal from CTRL services at St Pancras. Major works include: • construction of a grade-separated junction at Bermondsey to separate Thameslink 2000 and Charing Cross-bound trains. • an additional two lines to increase capacity between London Bridge and Metropolitan Junction. • signalling works to provide the specified track capacity which will be integrated with renewals of signalling equipment and control systems approaching the end of their economic life. • a link to the East Coast Main Line to the north of King’s Cross. • extensive reconstruction and refurbishment of London Bridge, Blackfriars and Far ringdon stations. • construction of a St Pancras Midland Road Station which will provide interchange with the new international station,improved connections to St Pancras and King’s Cross domestic stations and London Underground.The basic construction of these will be undertaken by the CTRL promoter. In the outer areas,Thameslink 2000 will operate over an area extending to Peterborough, Bedford,King’s Lynn,Ashford, Brighton and other destinations in the South East. We are considering further capacity enhancements in the London Bridge area to enable both the existing level of service to Charing Cross and the full Thameslink 2000 service to operate.We are also considering improvements at stations to accommodate the forecast level of demand including the interchange with London Underground,at Farringdon. 8.6 Developments over the past 12 months The announcement in January 1998 that the promoter of the CTRL project was unable to proceed caused significant delay to Thameslink 2000.In conjunction with industry partners, we considered a range of options to establish the optimum means of progressing the project either with the CTRL scheme or as a separate project. As the review identified a number of design changes which are likely to be beneficial the Secretary of State has delayed an announcement regarding the possibility of a public inquiry into the project. We have continued development of those parts of the project unaffected by the proposed design changes.Her Majesty’s Railway Inspectorate responded positively to our proposals for a signalling system to deliver the specified capacity through the core section of the route, between Blackfriars and St Pancras. We have worked closely with the Franchising Director to develop the train service specification. Negotiations have been undertaken with a number of objectors to the Transport & Works Acts (T&WA) submission resulting in some objections being withdrawn. Progress has also been made with the significant objections to, for example, the designs for the Borough Market Viaduct and the Blackfriars Station roof,the level of train service into Charing Cross and interchanges with London Underground. Developments over the next 12 months During 1999, we will continue to work closely with the Franchising Director and the DETR to develop the detail of the project. Once the project scope has been refined and agreed, we intend to progress and submit a supplementary T & WA application in autumn 1999.We anticipate that the Secretary of State will be in a position to make a decision on the publ i c i n q u i ry which, if required, would take place during 2000.We will continue to prepare all supporting information in anticipation of the need to present the case for the pro j e c t at an inquiry. We will start to develop a full Thameslink 2000 t i m e t a ble integrated with all other opera t o rs ’s e rv i c e s . The timescales for completing the project will not be finalised until the timescale for Section 2 of the CTRL project is agreed. If we exercise our option to build Section 2 in 2 0 0 1 ,Thameslink 2000 should be operational in 2006. We will open a new station in 1999 at West Brompton offering good connections with London Underground services 103
London Construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link between Folkestone and London has started. . . 104 8.7 8.6 Other cross-London routes West London Line This route runs between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction and is used by a complex mix of international, intercity, regional and local passenger services,as well as domestic and international freight services.The route also provides the only access to Eurostar’s North Pole maintenance depot. Certain train paths are contractually protected for future growth in international passenger and freight business and many operators aspire to increase frequencies over the route. Developments over the past 12 months We have reinstated platform 3 at Kensington Olympia for all passenger trains,to improve reliability. Developments over the next 12 months We will open a new station in 1999 at West Brompton, offering good connections with London Underground services. Further developments As capacity constraints elsewhere on the network are relieved,demand for paths on the WLL will increase. A number of train operators have Franchise Plan commitments to run additional services. We are continuing to investigate whether significant capacity enhancement is a realistic possibility but we do believe that modest investment could create enough capacity to accommodate our existing customers’aspirations. However, the technical solution will largely depend on balancing their collective requirements.The provision of local trains with additional station stops will place the greatest demand on the route and it is unclear at the moment whether these services will maximise the benefit for all those who use or wish to use the line.We are particularly aware of the importance of this line to freight users who have plans for expansion (see Route 19 for more details). 8.7 Other developments • West Coast Main Line route modernisation This project will provide a step change in quality on London’s busiest intercity route. Full details are contained in Route 1. • Channel Tunnel Rail Link Construction of the CTRL between Folkestone and London has started.Full completion of the project will result in a reduction of some 25 minutes in London–Paris and London–Brussels journey time.The CTRL consortium have also expressed an interest in running as far as Heathrow, to provide direct connections to continental Europe. We are examining this with them. • We are discussing with London Transport,Docklands Light Railway (DLR),Silverlink and the Franchising Director the possibility of terminating existing NLL services at either Stratford or West Ham.From that point,the line will be operated by the DLR and will be diverted via City Airport to North Woolwich.A new tunnel will take the line under the Thames to a terminus at Woolwich Arsenal,giving easy connection to the North Kent Line services. • We have been working with the Croydon Tramlink project team as they prepare to start passenger operation later this year. Much of the Tramlink network uses existing rail corridors,and we have worked hard to ensure the success of this new light rail system. • The Watford–Croxley Green rail service remains suspended,because of the construction of a new road. An alternative road service is being funded by the local authority. We are continuing discussions with local authorities and London Underground about connecting the route to London Underground’s Metropolitan Line , Watford branch.In the meantime, we are progressing closure of the existing service, consistent with the long- term aims of developing the link.
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