Jerry England Director, Digital Railway Network Rail
Jerry England Director, Digital Railway Network Rail 25 March 2015 Digital is a major driver… GB Productivity Investment and export Cost reduction Safety Carbon Customer experience “Digital Railway is a rail industry-wide programme designed to benefit Great Britain’s economy by accelerating the digital-enablement of the railway.” 25/03/2015 London Infrastructure Summit 2 Do we still have capacity to grow? 201% 171% 161% 168% 149% 154% Note: Number aligns to most overcrowded services and colour represents TOC 25/03/2015 London Infrastructure Summit 3 Heathrow Airport 1965-2015 Air Traffic Movements at Heathrow This chart shows the moving annual average from 19652013 *Source: Civil Aviation Authority Website & Annual Reports. Calculated between 1980 (294,614 aircraft) and 2013 (471,936 aircraft) resulting in 61% increase. 25/03/2015 London Infrastructure Summit 4 ETCS: At the heart of Digital Railway Capacity Benefits - Significant increase in capacity demonstrated in Wessex route study Bi-directional at minimum cost Reliability Benefits - 10% reduction in primary delay minutes Less disruptive construction work Safety Benefits 25/03/2015 Environmental Benefits - 80% reduction in trains passing red signals 50% reduction in trackside signal maintenance Energy savings: Trains that start/stop at stations, not signals and run more fluidly Speed - Allows better utilisation of maximum line speed London Infrastructure Summit 5 Digital train control: Capacity benefits 25/03/2015 London Infrastructure Summit 6 Digital journey benefits Electronic ticketing with open token interfaces for validation 25/03/2015 Fast and reliable phone and data services on trains and in stations London Infrastructure Summit 7 Digital journey benefits Less crowding through intelligent traffic flow 25/03/2015 Intelligent guidance from one mode to another London Infrastructure Summit 8 How fast could we go? 25/03/2015 London Infrastructure Summit 9 Building the case for change… Milestone July 14 Completed Nov 14 Completed Dec 14 Completed Jun 15 Oct 15 Sept 16 Jan 18 25/03/2015 Outcome • Digital Railway programme proposal endorsed by RDG • Industry Steering Board established • Digital Railway programme team mobilised with industry and NR resource. • Strategic Outline Case (SOC) for digital acceleration option established, outlining the opportunity and approach to building the business case. • First pass of HM Treasury Green Book Outline Business Case (OBC) completed, against range of market scenarios and options. Preferred option identified. • Full Business Case (FBC) for preferred Digital Railway acceleration option submitted as an investment option in the Initial Industry Plan (IIP) • Submit final Digital Railway plan as part of the industry Strategic Business Plan (SBP) for full integration of outcomes into CP6 HLOS London Infrastructure Summit 10 Thank You jerry.england@networkrail.co.uk digitalrailwaycomms@networkrail.co.uk
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