The Role of Stations18th February 2015

The Role of Stations

Places

Gateways

Regeneration

Intermodal Transport

Hubs

Stations

Stations as Places

Places

Gateways

Regeneration

Intermodal Transport

Hubs

Stations

2011 Index of Multiple Deprivation

Euston - Historical

Charles Booth, 1898-99, Maps Descriptive of London Poverty

St Pancras

Kings Cross

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Stations as Places• No longer just a place to

catch a train• Not all about Burger King

and Whistlestop!• Lifestyle centres: places to

eat, drink, shop, work, exercise

• Community hubs

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Stations as Places – ‘Meet me at St Pancras’

• St Pancras International• 60 stores• 1 million visitors / week• 25% visitors not travelling

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Stations as Places – Leisure & Retail

• Canary Wharf Crossrail Station• £500m value• 4 levels of retail / leisure• Rooftop garden

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Stations as Places – Community Hubs

• Grindleford Station Café• Sheffield Station Tap• Carnforth Station Café

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Stations as Places – Managing our Time

• Amazon Locker, London Underground• Regus Office, Amersfoot, NL• Smart wall grocery shopping, Seoul

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Economic Case for Investment• ‘Traditional’ business case centres

on generalised journey time savings and the value of time.

• We now use our time differently and more productively when we travel.

• The wider economic benefits warrant inclusion; we should view things more holistically.

Generalised Journey Time

Savings

Wider Benefits

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Stations as Revenue Generators• In 2 years Network Rail has increased retail space by 20%.

• By 2019 it plans to have 850,000sq ft.

• Network Rail collected £700m in retail income over the five years from 2009 to 2014.

•• This is forecast to rise to

£1.2bn in the next five years.

Station Led Regeneration

Places

Gateways

Regeneration

Intermodal Transport

Hubs

Stations

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Driving Growth• Desire for higher value

knowledge-based jobs in city centres.

• This means greater specialisationin key sectors.

• Specialisation means more movement, longer trips, more congestion.

• To connect business with their labour markets you need good connectivity.

• To retain staff you need them to be willing to travel.

• Agglomeration benefits: In space but also in time.

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Increasing Importance of City Centres

Distribution of Private Sector Jobs in Leeds. (Source: Centre for Cities)

• Face-to-face contact in city centres becoming more important.

• Importance of: • Near Connectivity (high

job densities in knowledge functions)

• Far Connectivity (access to labour and markets)

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Rail Patronage Growth

• Growth in Northern Rail Patronage 2003 – 2013 = 108%• National projection for next 10 years = 30%

108% increase

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Station Led Regeneration• The case for station expansion and

development

• Strategic positioning of new rail lines and stations to maximise regeneration

• Stations as the lynch pin for regeneration

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Strategic Regeneration – High Speed 1

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Strategic Regeneration - Ebbsfleet

“Rail at the heart of a new Garden City”

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Strategic Regeneration - Stratford

“…the station at the heart of event led change”

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Strategic Regeneration – King’s Cross

“… a magnet for culture, business and creativity”

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Strategic Regeneration – High Speed 2

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Strategic Regeneration – UK Central

• 100,000 jobs• £15bn output by 2040

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Strategic Regeneration – Leeds Southbank

• Up to 6,000 jobs on the Southbank• A major extension of the city; integration is key

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Strategic Regeneration – York Central

Intermodal Transport Hubs

Places

Gateways

Regeneration

Intermodal Transport

Hubs

Stations

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Barnsley Interchange

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Sheffield Meadowhall HS2

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Sheffield Meadowhall HS2

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Sheffield Meadowhall HS2

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Station Capacity• Yorkshire Rail Network

Study: 2 fast tph, 75% of car journey times.

• 30 trains per hour across Leeds West junction alone, and an extra 6 trains per hour from Sheffield.

• HS2 and One North proposals will add to the demand for rail travel from city stations, requiring increased capacity.

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Station Capacity

• More passengers means more trains and a need for bigger stations.• Services through northern stations are already crowded.

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2011 2012 2013

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Leicester

Liverpool

Manchester

Newcastle

Nottingham

Sheffield

Overall PiXC Crowding on Services Through Northern Stations

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Station Capacity• Rail fares cover 62% of

the operating costs of the railway

• For 10 years fares have risen above inflation

• But passengers aren’t seeing the benefit – only 4/10 are satisfied they get value for money – not a sustainable model!

• The only way forward is growth.

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CrossCountry East MidlandsTrains

FirstTransPennine

Express

Northern Rail

3 Hour AM Peak

3 Hour PM Peak

Percentage of Passengers Standing on Services Using Sheffield Station

Gateways

Places

Gateways

Regeneration

Intermodal Transport

Hubs

Stations

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Gateways

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Gateways

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Gateways

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Gateways

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Looking to the Future

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• Ticketing• Densification of cities• Alignment of land use and stations (HK model)• Integration / automation / pick up on Future of Rail strands

Looking to the Future

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Discussion