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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
Cross River Oxford St.
TfL Plan £1300m £500m
CR less branch £870m £500m
After NAO £435m £250m
TOTAL = £685m ( £26million/km)
West London Tramway
Residents’ objections
2 of 3 Labour Boroughs lost
Scheme abandoned
Croydon Tramlink
99 year Commercial Contract
Conflict over political objectives
Competition from buses ?
Court cases
Municipalisation
Environmental Problems
Air quality poor: due to motor traffic
Exceeds UK & EU limits
~ 5000 die pa from traffic fumes
Air quality 2006PM10 60days > EU 50µg/m3
NO2 70 µg/m3 > EU 40 µg/m3
Greenhouse emissions
Imported oil
The GLUAS Project
How GLUAS is funded
Privately50% from Corporate and
individual Equity investors
50% commercial loan from EIB
www.GLUAS.com
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)
TfL Cross River Tramway
Over 10 years gestation
Objectives ?Link Waterloo and Euston/Kings X/St Pancras
Regeneration of Peckham etc
Etc.
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
The London Travel MarketLarge inward commutingLarge 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 anaverage 6.3 million daily tripsAverage trips per bus =733 per day
40% increase in total demand by 2024
Travel in London 2006 (%trips)
Mode Central Inner Outer GB
Car 11 31 63 71
Rail 40 16 14 8
Tube 28 19 5 2
Bus 12 16 14 8
AM Central commuting (million trips)
Year All Rail Tube Bus Car Other
1991 1042 426 347 74 155 21
2006 1114 491 380 124 85 33
Personal Mode Choice(trips per week)
Mode Male Female
Rail 1.2 0.8
Tube 1.7 1.2
Bus 3.1 3.2
Car 7.7 7.4
Walk 5.4 6.8
TOTAL 19.3 20.0
CROST Capital InvestmentInfrastructure only for tram operationsNo civic/public space enhancementsMinimal relocation of utilitiesFully DDA compliantMaximum priority over general trafficTraffic signal pre-emptionTotal Cost/km = £19million (GLUAS £8m)
CROST Viability
Option Ops Costs Pax
(million)
Revenue IRR %
Oxford St £6.0m 12.24 £30.6m 10.25
Cross River
£4.7m 9.98 £24.4m 9.58
CROST £9.8m 26.59 £66.5m 12.69
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CROST Routes
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
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
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
Tram Tracks - 1Sheffield Manchester
LR55 200mm deep 400mm wide
Sheffield since 1996
Maintenance free
Tram Tracks - 2
Tram OHL : not WCML •Survived storms
•Quick installation
•Low cost
•Low visual impact
•Minimum poles
•Maximum wall fixings
City Class in Birkenhead
2022 or CROST ?
No public funds = no TfL trams till 2022
CROST deliversBetter travel choicesImproved air qualityReduced congestionControlled budgetBetter use of central area streets
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