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30 West Midlands local routes continued<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are the route improvements we plan to deliver<br />

CAP<strong>AC</strong>ITY CHANGES TO MEET FRANCHISING DIRECTOR, PTE AND CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS AND DELIVER ROUTE VISION<br />

LOCATION PROPOSED SOLUTION YEAR REF<br />

West Midlands local routes None required<br />

Walsall–Stourbridge Capability changes to increase capacity Phase 2 of Midland Metro N/A<br />

CAPABILITY CHANGES TO <strong>AC</strong>HIEVE ROUTE VISION<br />

JOURNEY TIMES km STOPS CURRENT POSITION 2001 POSITION SUSTAINING THE ROUTE <strong>AC</strong>HIEVING ROUTE VISION<br />

Walsall–Rugeley 22 5 28mph (30min) No change No change No change<br />

Aston–Lichfield Trent Valley 26 7 33mph (29min) No change No change No change<br />

Birmingham–Stratford-Upon-Avon 40 14 32mph (47min) No change No change No change<br />

Birmingham–Redditch 24 9 27mph (33min) No change No change No change<br />

Birmingham–Droitwich Spa 35 2 47mph (28min) No change No change No change<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 20 20 20 20<br />

40–75mph 298 298 298 298<br />

80–105mph 0 0 0 0<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 318 318 318 318<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 167 167 167 180<br />

W7 83 83 83 83<br />

W8 38 38 38 38<br />

W9 0 0 0 0<br />

W10 0 0 0 0<br />

AXLE WEIGHT (km of track)<br />

Up to 20.3 tonnes 0 0 0 0<br />

20.4 tonnes to 23.4 tonnes 318 318 318 318<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 318 318 318 318<br />

280<br />

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