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Innovation at stationsRichard Watts
Rail Development Team ManagerLancashire County Council &Community Rail Lancashire
What is innovation?Stage 1:Idea
Stage 2:Development
Stage 3: and crucially It is implemented
So my working definition is: “INNOVATION IS A GOOD IDEA MADE INTO REALITY
Innovation requires the implementation of the Inventive act..
A CHALLENGE –Whilst listening to this presentation think
about what you would do to bring newlife to these semi derelict station
buildings
With apologies to the Auvergne RegionTurenne, Auvergne Boussay Penhoet
Innovation at stationsEvolution in ticket retailing
C19th century – standard booking office design used in thousands of small, medium and even some large stations
This is how it has changed in the C21st century –compare & contrast / similarity & difference
BUT WILL TECHNOLOGY CHANGE THE RETAIL FACE OF THE RAILWAY?
The first Retail Wall in the UK will shortly be installedat Manchester Victoria
Photo courtesy Northern Rail
Innovation at stations:Serving the community?
What do users of the future want?Citizens’ Rail invited students from 4 countries to do just that in a special Master Class
Some insights:•Imaginative design•Safe environment – but not just CCTV•Activity (plenty of)•Connectivity with other modes•Links to local area – highlight local features
What follows are some ideas they are by no means exhaustive
Idea 1:Le Pallet, Pays de la LoireTurn an old goods shed into a creche for commuters!
IDEA 2 – ‘THE CABOSSE’ A LOW COST BUILDING FOR BASIC STATIONS
COULD THIS HELP CREATE NEW ENTERPRISES IN RURAL AREAS?
Low cost - £20k (ish) – Prototype at Llandeilo Station;
Possible uses shop, gallery, ticket office, bike hire, hot desk/Wi-Fi, TIC, travel concierge
WAKEFIELD KIRKGATE• Dubbed by Hall and Green as one of the worst stations in the UK
• But it is a grade II listed structure
• £5.6m refurbishment providing: Retail space Café Offices Meeting Rooms Incubator units for new business start ups.
Formerly (re-)opened by Andrew Jones MP14th September, 2015
Idea 3Creative use of redundant space
Idea 4:Creating the right environment – making people welcome
(An impromptu|) Champagne receptionDutch visitors at a well known heritage station
Good morning!Celebrating a new train service
18th May 2015
Accrington Eco Station•Sustainable design – active & passive•Community usage•Coffee Kart•Recycling books & raising money for charity•Rising patronage
Idea 5: Bringing the
community to the station
I wonder what is through
the door?
IDEA 5 Welcoming the community
to the station (cont)Through the door
you enter a new worldNarnia style!And find hard
working 9,10 and 11 schoolpupils.
Idea 6Building from scratch – Clitheroe Bus and Rail Interchange•Operated by Lancashire County Council•Staffed booking and information office•Local information•Links to tourist office in council offices
Connecting networksBus & train -
although not always with the expected
outcome!
Idea 7Burscough Bridge Interchange
Is this a community hub?
•Rail booking and information office•Library
•Free Wi Fi•Touch down computers
•Tea/coffee vending machine•Bus interchange
Innovation at stationsModular design
Idea 1:La Haye FouassiereSmall flexible modular design
Idea 2:Burnley Manchester Rd Modular station based on a flexible design depending onoutputs required
Idea 3Buckshaw Parkway –
based on Networks Rails Modular Design
Idea 4Station Green in Germany
Is based on a modular concept
Innovation at stationsSustainable design
Idea 1: Antrim - A green roof
Idea 2: Making space for ‘nature’ -Swift holes at Antrim.
Idea 3Renewable energy
at stations
Utrecht Centraal - the Netherlands
Horrem, near KolnGermany
Idea 4Local materials
Stone from Steptoe's field 2 kms from
the station
Some concluding comments•I hope you have been inspired! •There has been plenty of innovation in the way stations are used and this presentation has only scratched the surface.•How will technology shape the future station?•I hope you will share your good ideas via the ‘Community Rail Café – as my team know I am always looking for my next ‘big idea’.•Join the Stations Workshop this afternoon led by Paul Salveson called ‘goodbye station hello community hub’ of•Join the ‘Working with Schools’ workshop led by Brian and Kai to find out more about what takes place at Accrington Eco Station.
So back to the beginning
Remember the challengeSo what would you to do breathe new life
into these semi derelict stations?
With apologies to the Auvergne RegionTurenne, Auvergne
Boussay Penhoet
Batz sur Mer
