‘How can we make better use of existing rolling stock fleets?’

Tim Burleigh

Relationship Development Manager, Eversholt Rail Group

ACoRP ‘Radical approaches to Community Rail’ conference

2nd November 2011

Overview of presentation

· The UK rail environment and passengers’ needs

· Key influences on rolling stock deployment and cascades

· Opportunities offered by existing rolling stock

· Summary

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The UK rail environment: trends

The Department for Transport’s vision:

“…a transport system that is an engine for economic growth, but one that is also greener, safer and improves quality of life in our communities”

· Continuing passenger demand growth

– More rolling stock will be needed

– Initial Industry Plan for England and Wales indicates 570 to 640 additional vehicles in CP5 to meet ‘growth’ requirements

· Continuing planned investment in rail infrastructure, particularly electrification

– Proportionally more EMUs will be required

· Overarching Government imperative to ensure rail sustainability and demonstrable ‘value for money’

· Evolving rail franchising policy designed to encourage investment and longer-term thinking

Meeting passengers’ needs

Hence, rolling stock must be:

· Reliable

· Have good performance

· Have good capacity and provide ease of access/egress

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Influences on rolling stock deployment and cascades

· Major DfT/TfL-led rolling stock programmes will allow cascade of several existing fleets and support further electrification

– IEP – 600 new vehicles between 2015 and 2019

– Thameslink – 1200 new vehicles by 2018

– Crossrail – 600 new vehicles by 2018

· HLOS and other new-build opportunities

– London Midland and First TPE new EMUs

– Merseytravel new-build EMUs

· Refranchising may also generate further cascade opportunities

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Key benefits of existing rolling stock

· Cost-effectiveness compared with new-build

– Assists overall business case for electrification

– Facilitates secondary cascades

– Potential to reduce scope of infrastructure change and approvals

– Reduced impact on depot facilities and training

· Reduced risk

– Greater asset knowledge and service experience

– Proven in-service performance, reliability and maintenance regime

· Increased flexibility

– Interoperability with similar rolling stock

– ‘Go anywhere’

· Continuing targeted capital investment by rolling stock owners

– PRM TSI compliance

– Key system enhancements for continued service operation

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Targeted asset enhancement: PRM TSI compliance

Angel Trains Class 158

Eversholt Rail Class 320

Porterbrook Class 156

Targeted asset enhancement: passenger environment

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Targeted asset enhancement: performance and reliability

Last C6X (2003-2007)

Major performance and reliability enhancements, including:

• New traction control equipment

• New WSP system

• New PRM-compliant door system

• Rewiring

• Compressor modifications

Next C6 (2012-2014)

• Remaining PRM TSI compliance items

Class 315 EMU fleet investment

Maximising the opportunities for existing rolling stock

· Many of the major elements are already in place

· Planning is fundamental to success

· Key principles

– Consolidation of similar rolling stock wherever feasible

– Standardisation within fleets to maximise availability and operational flexibility

– Targeted asset enhancement and life extension work

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Summary

· Continued growth in rail demand will require more rolling stock

· Existing rolling stock has much to offer

· To achieve maximum benefit we must:

– Plan strategically and at a systems level

– Continue to invest in targeted improvements to mid-life fleets, both EMUs and DMUs

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Thank you

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