HLOS train delivery blueprint updated by government
Transport Briefing: 04/08/08
Delivery of the 1,300 new carriages as part of the government's High Level Output Specification (HLOS) for Britain's rail network is to be split into three phases.
The move, revealed in an update to the Department for Transport's High Level Output Specification (HLOS), is designed to facilitate a complex plan to cascade existing carriages within and between train operating franchises which will be unleashed by the arrival of new rolling stock.
Train operators expected to gain new rolling stock under phase one include National Express East Anglia, TransPennine Express and First Capital Connect.
The three phases cover vehicles that will be delivered through variations in the terms of existing franchises. In addition, 'other' vehicles will be procured separately. These include trains for the Thameslink Programme, vehicles for the new yet-to-be-awarded South Central franchise, and the 106 Pendolino carriages recently ordered for the West Coast Main Line and due to enter service by 2012.
According to the DfT the plans are not fixed and the progress of rail infrastructure projects or supply chain constraints among train manufacturers or rolling stock leasing companies could lead to adjustments in the phasing.
Previously the DfT has agreed orders for 317 new carriages (Southern 92, London Midland 217 and Chiltern 8) which are due to be delivered between 2009 and 2011.
High Level Output Specification (HLOS) Plan Update July 2008
Phase TOC/Scheme Additional Vehicles Routes
1 National Express East Anglia 188 London to Stansted, Cambridge, Ipswich, Norwich and Essex suburbs
1 TransPennine Express 42 Newcastle and Middlesbrough to Liverpool via Leeds and Manchester; Manchester to Cleethorpes via Sheffield; Blackpool to Manchester
1 First Capital Connect 1 61 London to Cambridge and Herts
1 London Midland 1 16 London to Milton Keynes and Northampton
2 First Great Western 52 Bristol area; London to Thames Valley
2 c2c 40 London to south Essex
2 South West Trains 105 London to SW suburbs, Windsor, Reading, Surrey & Hants
2 London Midland 2 51 Birmingham area
3 Northern Rail 182 Manchester , Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool & Newcastle local services
3 First Capital Connect 2 24 London to N London and Herts suburbs
3 London Midland 3 26 Birmingham area
3 Arriva Cross Country 6 Birmingham to Leicester
3 East Midlands Trains 3 East midlands
Other First Capital Connect KO1 44 Brighton to London to Bedford
Other First Capital Connect KO2 126 Sussex & Kent to London to Beds & Cambs
Other South Central 106 London to South London, Surrey and Sussex coast
Other Southeastern 110 London to SE London & north Kent
Other Chiltern Railways 12 London to Bucks & Birmingham
Other Virgin West Coast 106 London to Birmingham, Manch, Liverpool & Glasgow
TOTAL 1300