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delivers top speed of 90 mph in North Wales for first time Partnership funding

This major investment project aims to increase the linespeed on the North Wales Main Line, delivering a top speed of 90 mph for the first time. Partnerships with the Welsh Assembly and Railtrack have provided funding of £500k and £1m respectively. The investment includes improvements to track, signalling, and telecomms, resulting in significant journey time improvements. The project is set to start in the summer timetable of 2001, subject to HMRI approval.

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delivers top speed of 90 mph in North Wales for first time Partnership funding

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  1. North Wales Main Line - linespeed increase • delivers top speed of 90 mph in North Wales for first time • Partnership funding • £500k Welsh Assembly, circa £1m Railtrack • Major investment in track, signalling , telecomms • Journey time improvements • Starts summer timetable 2001 – subject to HMRI approval

  2. Railtrack investment in North Wales Second (ORR) control period Year £M 2001/2 7.45 2002/3 4.54 2003/4 7.18 2004/5 3.68 2005/6 5.22

  3. The following slide is an example of Railtrack’s “modern facilities at stations” programme

  4. V V V V V V V Proposed property work for North Wales Llandudno Junction Key:- P.A. CCTV CIS Colwyn Bay Waiting rooms Shelters Abergele & Pensarn Toilets WCML work Rhyl Other enhancement Virgin enhancement Prestatyn Telecomms renewals Maintenance work Extract of Route 12 Flint Existing facility Shotton

  5. West Coast Main Line (WCML) • WCML – busiest rail artery in the UK • £6.3 billion investment over the next five years • Last upgraded 40 years ago • Will run trains at up to 140mph • Double the number of trains per hour from Euston to Midlands, North West, North Wales and Scotland

  6. Europe's busiest mixed traffic railway 2000 passenger and freight trains each day + 4000 trains pathed across route daily 120 train sets 114 stations, inc. 5 major stations 10000 bridge spans Holyhead Liverpool Glasgow Chester Birmingham Wolves London Euston Rugby Preston Crewe Northampton 641 route miles 1660 track miles 13 major junctions Edinburgh Manchester 15 TOCs/FOCs 15% of total revenue TENS route 65 signal boxes 133 interlockings 2825 signals and 2625 points

  7. A very productive year for the whole programme Work completed Proof House Euston Ditton Willesden TWA inquiry launch Progress update • Work in progress • Line of route track and overhead line equipment • South Manchester • North Staffs • Line speed enhancement & TPWS

  8. Indicative Journey Times Euston - Crewe From January 2002 2hrs 26mins From June 2002 125mph railway 1hr 59mins Targets and journey time • New train introduction 2003 • Will drastically reduce journey times to/from North Wales • First trains on test • 77 news trains built • New safety systems will be fitted

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