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The Train to the Plane Lessons from international best practice

The Train to the Plane Lessons from international best practice. Michael Schabas, Partner, FCP Runways UK Surface Access Conference 2 June 2014. Surface Access to Airports. Many types of airport rail links (tram/metro/shuttle/regional/intercity ) Wide range of functions and effect

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The Train to the Plane Lessons from international best practice

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  1. The Train to the PlaneLessons from international best practice Michael Schabas, Partner, FCP Runways UK Surface Access Conference 2 June 2014

  2. Surface Access to Airports • Many types of airport rail links (tram/metro/shuttle/regional/intercity) • Wide range of functions and effect • Need to be understand in context of competition and regulatory framework • Many myths and misunderstandings

  3. My experience Frequent traveller: 150,000 air miles/year Over 50 years, have used • 174 airports • 47 airport-rail links • hubbed at 30 airports Consulted on airport access for DfT, BAA, Canary Wharf, VIA Rail Canada, Bombardier, HS1

  4. Key Features of airport rail links Connectivity Speed / frequency /reliability Price Capacity/Traffic/Profits . . . Other features Pretty much in this order of importance . . .

  5. Piccadilly Line to Heathrow Connectivity: Good across London Speed: Not competitive with taxi or minicab Frequency: Not great; up to 15 minute off-peak, because three branches Price: Cheap!! Comfort: not great About 10% mode share - used mostly by price conscious travellers and airport workers Very profitable operation (has even covered infrastructure capex)

  6. The loop was a mistake!

  7. Heathrow Express Connectivity: Only to Paddington; Change trains to T4 Speed: Every 15 minutes; Faster than any other mode, but not always after adding connecting time Price: £21 (one-third the taxi fare . . . ) Capacity: 10m per year, 12% of pax De facto pre-condition for T5 . . . Quality: High 10% mode share; Profitable Marketing: Very good! Return fares, carnets, First Class . . .

  8. DLR City Airport Connectivity: Direct service to Canary Wharf and the City; single change to West End, and most other tube lines Speed: Competitive with taxi or minicab to Central London, especially in peak hours. Pleasant?? FUN?? Frequency: Every 6 – 8 minutes Comfort: adequate for business travellers without luggage 50% airport mode share, among highest in the world Popular with price conscious travellers and workers, but also many business passengers Key part of the airport “offer”??? Airport valued at about £1billion . . . .

  9. Frankfurt S-Bahn Connectivity: Direct service across Rhine-Main region; single, SAME PLATFORM change to most other S-Bahn lines; direct to Frankfurt Main Station Speed: Competitive with taxi or minicab to city centre Frequency: Every 10 minutes Capacity: Plenty Price: Cheap!! Comfort: adequate Mode share: not known S Bahn seems to serve mostly price-conscious or transit-savy local passengers

  10. Frankfurt InterCity Connectivity: Direct hourly high speed service to Rhine-Ruhr (Cologne) and Rhine-Neckar (Mannheim) SAME PLATFORM change at Mannheim, Cologne, Stuttgart, etc. to many other destinations Speed: Competitive with car or connecting flights Frequency: Every 60 minutes on most routes Capacity: Plenty Price: Competitive with car; cheaper than taxi Comfort: very good Mode share: not known Rail access key part of airport offer Makes it Western Germany’s main airport Without rail, airport might need another Autobahn???

  11. Frankfurt Intercity

  12. Cologne - Bonn Loop too long to divert all ICE trains – adds 10 minutes to trip time for through passengers so only 6 per day Half of S-Bahn trains diverted, so 30 minute interval Would a shuttle link to a “hub” station have worked better?

  13. Shuttle links Dusseldorf, Newark Frequency, reliability are more important than speed

  14. Shuttle links Dusseldorf, Newark Frequency, reliability are more important than speed

  15. Shanghai Hongqiao2006

  16. 2010

  17. 2012

  18. Shanghai Hongqiao • 2 runway airport • 15 platform HSR station • But they get two big things wrong . . .

  19. Shanghai Hongqiao

  20. Shanghai Pudong

  21. Shanghai Pudong

  22. 4 “World Cities” already have more than one “hub” airport. • In New York, United, after merging with Continental, left JFK creating its own hub at Newark with 35 mppa • Moscow, Shanghai and Tokyo are all developing multi-hub airport systems • All have direct rail links to the city with links across the region “You can’t have two hubs. . . it’s either Heathrow or it is another.” Colin Matthews, Heathrow Chief Executive We disagree – for a big city, 2 or even 3 hubs may be better for passengers (although perhaps not for the incumbent airlines or the airport owner!)

  23. The roads are pretty full already . . .

  24. The numbers are very large . . .

  25. Lessons? Connectivity? Essential. Without it, few will use rail. Each change has perceived cost of £20. Speed / frequency /reliability? Needs to be competitive - Every 10-15 minutes for regional passengers; hourly for longer distance connections Quality? Different services for different markets, but need to be pragmatic (commuters can mix with airport travellers) Price? Up to 3x taxi fare for express services. Rail can be self-funding Each rail service can substitute for a Motorway lane (or two) Be wary of loops

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