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NAME ANDDESCRIPTION OF SCHEME<br />

Paddington Station<br />

Various enhancements to the station concourse and retail areas<br />

Oldham Loop<br />

Conversion to Metrolink operation<br />

King’s Cross Station<br />

Mezzanine retail development<br />

Sheffield-area capacity<br />

Increases in capacity between Dore Junction,Sheffield Station and Swinton<br />

Southern access to Heathrow<br />

Provide southern access to Heathrow<br />

Central Manchester capacity<br />

Increased capacity to reflect emerging customer and market needs<br />

CrossCountry capacity and journey-time improvements<br />

Infrastructure alterations to increase speeds and to permit operation of tilt trains<br />

Reopening of closed routes<br />

Provide new services in the West Midlands area<br />

North Trans-Pennine Route linespeed and capacity increases<br />

<strong>The</strong>se improvements will be through staged timetable changes in 1999,2000 and 2002.Opportunities to<br />

facilitate further journey-time reductions may be explored as part of a later phase of infrastructure<br />

enhancements by 2008.<br />

East Kent<br />

Renewal of signalling in North and East Kent with opportunities for improving capacity<br />

Glasgow Airport link<br />

New rail link from Paisley to the airport<br />

Leeds Station<br />

Major enhancement to station facilities including roof, footbridge, car park,subway and new platforms<br />

Walsall–Rugeley electrification<br />

Extension of electrification to this route and alterations to signalling equipment<br />

Glasgow Central signalling equipment renewal<br />

Renewal of signalling equipment.This will improve reliability and increase flexibility of the existing track<br />

layout<br />

Sunderland–Tyne & Wear Metro extension<br />

Extension of the Metro network from Pelaw to South Hylton along eight miles of our infrastructure.<strong>The</strong><br />

scheme will be undertaken with NEXUS and a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) grant<br />

*Total cost including renewal and enhancement expenditure<br />

TIMESCALE<br />

2003<br />

2001<br />

2007<br />

2009<br />

2007<br />

2005<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

1999–2008<br />

2009<br />

2005<br />

2001<br />

2005<br />

2003<br />

2002<br />

COST (£M)*<br />

122<br />

120<br />

101<br />

100<br />

100<br />

100<br />

80<br />

75<br />

55<br />

50<br />

50<br />

35<br />

35<br />

31<br />

31<br />

ROUTE STRATEGY<br />

3<br />

33<br />

2<br />

13<br />

23<br />

32<br />

7<br />

30<br />

8<br />

18<br />

39<br />

8<br />

30<br />

1<br />

39<br />

37<br />

79

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