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6.8 6.9 6.8 Timetabling With an increasing demand for use of the network, we must ensure that the existing,and future, capacity is efficiently allocated through an effective timetabling process.The Rail Regulator has recently approved our proposals for change to Access Condition D which governs this. With the development of the May 2000 timetable planned for this year, we move away from the potentially combative bid and offer process where train operators’bids are kept secret until the last minute . In the past this gave us a limited window to assess the implications for identifying optimal solutions and the true performance impact of options available. Instead, we will move towards a more collaborative approach starting with a National Train Planning Conference which will operate along the lines of the International Air Transport Association airline-slot allocation meeting.Over a period of three-days,train operators will discuss with us their aspirations for the following year.We have also developed a code of practice detailing the mechanism for the handling of requests for access rights prior to the commencement of the timetabling process. At the Conference, all of our Zones will be represented.We plan to convene multi-Zone line of route discussions with train operators in order that we can identify, at a very ear ly stage, likely ‘hot spots’.The teams will then jointly develop a plan to produce a fully operable ‘draft’ timetable over the following 14 weeks.At agreed milestone dates, we will present standard-hour models to demonstrate how the development work is progressing.In the case of new services,this will be accompanied by appropriate results from network congestion models. This new collaborative approach will enable operational planning teams to develop a range of timetabling options rather than the present one solution,offering more optimal paths and potentially reduced journey times including the impact of scheduled engineering work on the availability of the network for train services and assesses the true performance impact of the whole timetable package. Our aim will be to minimise both the impact of engineering work on our customers services and minimise the performance risk of the timetable. During the 14-week drafting stage, our Area Delivery Groups will be involved in reviewing the timetable options,and account teams in agreeing with customers commercial terms for any new access rights. 6.9 Investment packages How this Plan is structured to meet industry vision and needs The ten-year plan set out in this Statement is structured to meet our vision,and that of our customers,funders and other partners.It provides a bold agenda to deliver step changes in the capacity and capability of the network.It sets out our funding assumptions,and provides a summary of the main schemes which we propose. More details of the schemes,and how they have been set within the context of customer-reasonable requirements and the Route Strategies, are then set out in the route sections of this document. Risk and return As part of his current periodic review, the Regulator has provided a challenge to Railtrack to indicate not only what we believe the right strategic plans are for developing the industry, but also how we could share more of the demand risk involved.We welcome this opportunity.This Network Development Plan sets out our proposals in the investment area. All investments involve various types of risk. • Construction risk – the risk that the costs of the project will exceed the budget and/or forecast completion date. • Counter-party risk – the risk that the party funding the project will not be able to meet its obligations for reasons not related to the project. • Functionality risk – the risk that,even though completed, the investment is incapable of delivering its intended outputs. • Demand risk – risk that the demand generated by the project will not meet forecast levels. • Regulatory risk – risk as to how the investment will be treated by the Rail Regulator at future reviews of access charges. We will move towards a more collaborative approach starting with a National Train Planning Conference 73
developing We are ready to invest the significant capital needed to deliver the outputs, and to take on the associated market risks 74 6.9 continued In establishing a categorisation of schemes for discussion with partners and other stakeholders, we have considered two fundamental issues. • Whether we expect to be sufficiently in control of the sale of outputs,with the value of sales linked to end-user demand. If so, we propose that the arrangements we enter into with the user should be capable of reflecting a transfer of an appropriate amount of the demand risk to us,and that we should be able to earn a corresponding higher return on the capital invested,subject to the overall success of the scheme . Where this is not possible, either because the transaction costs of establishing a satisfactory risk transfer outweigh the benefits of such an ar rangement,or because of the nature of the outputs is such that it is difficult for us to effectively control their use, we propose a 'contractor' model in which we continue to invest and retain construction risk, but recognise that we would earn a standard rate of return. • Whether we and our customers are likely to be able to establish a financially viable business case for each investment without public sector funding. Where we believe this to be the case, this Plan assumes that we will conclude an agreement based on the features described in the paragraph above.We plan to deliver such schemes without the need for agreements with public sector funders to provide additional financial support.Where a viable business case cannot be established on this basis, but the proposal provides outputs which enhance the capability or capacity of the network to meet our forecasts of underlying volume growth potential and/or customer- and funder-reasonable requirements, we will need to agree the funding of the commercial deficit.However, the need for additional funding does not of itself lead to a position where we could not take demand risk.On a scheme-by-scheme basis,the features described under the first criteria will still apply to varying degrees and the partnership arrangement involved in each case will be established to allocate appropriate shares of risk. Explaining the packages On the following page, we give a summary of the enhancement proposals that we intend to deliver to achieve our vision.These represent a significant increase in investment,compared to our previously published plans. These schemes,and the public sector implications,require us to conclude arrangements with the Government and the Regulator about the framework which allows us to share more in long-term demand risk and which also reflects the choice of options for network enhancement that require additional funding. We look forward to its completion during 1999 so the results can be reported in the 2000 NMS. The costs set out in this Plan are our current best view but will be subject to refinement during the detailed scheme development stages. To simplify presentation, we have categorised proposed schemes as described opposite .These categories represent our view of how each sits against the criteria of risk-sharing and funding requirements.The categories are carried through into the relevant part of the routes section of this document. Way forward We believe all of the enhancements set out in this Plan are a part of the total necessary to deliver our vision and our customer- and funder-reasonable requirements.Further schemes for later years of the ten-year plan will be developed as our understanding of the growth profile emerges. We are ready to invest the significant capital needed to deliver the outputs,and to take on the associated market risks. We shall work with the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority and the Rail Regulator to devise the frameworks necessary to allow this all to happen.
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