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CROST FOR LONDON

CROST FOR LONDON. Presentation to GLA and TfL Thursday 4th Dec. By CROST Group. National Audit Office Report April 2004. UK projects twice as expensive as equivalent on Continent. TfL tramways after NAO. TOTAL = £685m ( £26million/km). West London Tramway.

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CROST FOR LONDON

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  1. CROST FOR LONDON Presentation to GLA and TfL Thursday 4th Dec. By CROST Group

  2. National Audit Office Report April 2004 • UK projects twice as expensive as equivalent on Continent

  3. TfL tramways after NAO TOTAL = £685m ( £26million/km)

  4. West London Tramway • Residents’ objections • 2 of 3 Labour Boroughs lost • Scheme abandoned

  5. Croydon Tramlink • 99 year Commercial Contract • Conflict over political objectives • Competition from buses ? • Court cases • Municipalisation

  6. Environmental Problems • Air quality poor: due to motor traffic • Exceeds UK & EU limits • ~ 5000 die pa from traffic fumes • Air quality 2006 • PM10 60days > EU 50µg/m3 • NO2 70 µg/m3 > EU 40 µg/m3 • Greenhouse emissions • Imported oil

  7. The GLUAS Project

  8. How GLUAS is funded • Privately • 50% from Corporate and • individual Equity investors • 50% commercial loan from EIB • www.GLUAS.com

  9. GLUAS Facts • Galway population = 85,000 • Network length = 21km • Number of Lines = 2 • Number of trams = 17 • First year patronage = 4 million • Total capital cost = €200million • Cost per km = €9.5million (£8m)

  10. TfL Cross River Tramway • Over 10 years gestation • Objectives ? • Link Waterloo and Euston/Kings X/St Pancras • Regeneration of Peckham etc • Etc.

  11. TfL CRT and Oxford St. • No public funding before 2018 • NEED NOT GONE AWAY • Environmental and traffic benefits not possible with bus only road system

  12. The London Travel Market • Large inward commuting • Large central London movement • Tourism (27million in 2006) • In 2006, • > one billion trip on Underground. • 4% car trips to public transport ( Congestion Charge ) • 8,600 buses: • 1.81 billion trips, with an • average 6.3 million daily trips • Average trips per bus =733 per day • 40% increase in total demand by 2024

  13. Travel in London 2006 (%trips)

  14. AM Central commuting(million trips)

  15. Personal Mode Choice(trips per week)

  16. CROST Capital Investment • Infrastructure only for tram operations • No civic/public space enhancements • Minimal relocation of utilities • Fully DDA compliant • Maximum priority over general traffic • Traffic signal pre-emption • Total Cost/km = £19million (GLUAS £8m)

  17. CROST Viability

  18. CROST Routes

  19. Achieving CROST (1) • Private promotion • Private investment • Open in less than 5 years • Commercial operation without grant aid ? • Track laid like kerbs, one rail at a time • Few utility diversions • Rapid progress: 100m pw completed

  20. Achieving CROST (2) • Agreement with Public Authorities • Set up implementation company • Apply for planning permission • Detailed engineering designs • Private capital raised (not on PSBR) • Construction and commissioning • Operation with agreed bus feeders • CROST same fare support as buses CROST is not a PFI or PPP

  21. Getting CROST on track • Agreement for progress • Implementation Company set up • Submits Planning Application • Consults with frontagers and community • Gets agreement for delivery timetable • Begins construction • Commissions and opens service • A Win - Win offer for TfL & the Councils

  22. Tram Tracks - 1 Sheffield Manchester

  23. Tram Tracks - 2 Sheffield since 1996 Maintenance free LR55 200mm deep 400mm wide

  24. Tram OHL : notWCML • Survived storms • Quick installation • Low cost • Low visual impact • Minimum poles • Maximum wall fixings

  25. City Class in Birkenhead

  26. 2022 or CROST ? • No public funds = • no TfL trams till 2022 • CROST delivers • Better travel choices • Improved air quality • Reduced congestion • Controlled budget • Better use of central area streets

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