Route Utilisation Strategy

Route Utilisation Strategy

Network Rail (NR) has an obligation, transferred from the abolished Strategic Rail Authority, to periodically produce Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) documents.[1] The current programme was approved by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) in June 2006 [2]; under an early version of the programme [3] all but two RUSs were scheduled to be completed by the end of Control Period 3 (CP3), 31 March 2009. The programme is reviewed by NR and ORR [4] at regular intervals [5]; despite this the delivery timescales have continually slipped. At the end of CP3 no fewer than 9 (almost half) remained incomplete (still in progress or not yet established), despite the fact that funding for infrastructure developments in CP4 was largely set [6].

One RUS, the Network RUS, was broken into four workstreams, with a fifth added, apparently, in 2011 [7]. As of mid-April 2011, 16 RUSs and two Network workstreams had been published and established, two RUSs were in draft (following the consultation period), and the other Network RUS workstreams were at an earlier stage, two with drafts supposedly expected in "Early 2011".

Late in 2009 NR announced a second generation of RUSs[8]. As of mid-April 2011 these are in draft, beyond draft consultation phase.

Contents

Approach and outputs

All but two RUSs are geographical, mainly regional, in nature. The exceptions are the Freight RUS and the Network RUS, which have the perspective of the network as whole. The non-regional geographical studies include the East Coast Main Line RUS and West Coast Main Line RUS, which penetrate Scotland and regions which have their own RUS. All RUSs consider the demands of freight transport, but the Freight RUS looks at the implications of major freight flows for Great Britain as a whole. The Network RUS is divided into four largely self-contained workstreams: long-distance traffic and generic cross-RUS issues; stations; rolling stock and depots; electrification.

The first stage of each strategy is the preparation and publishing of a scoping document, which is usually produced after a few months. The main part of the study takes place over a period of a year or two, and this concludes with the production and distribution of a draft strategy document. About 12 weeks are allowed for consultation and responses from rail industry and other entities, following which the final strategy is developed and a final version is published. This is later established by the ORR, unless they have reason to object to the final version.

The scoping document is usually fairly short, sometimes in the form of a presentation.

The strategy document itself normally consists of a fairly standard number of sections: an introduction and explanation of context; a fairly detailed presentation of current services; a forecast of future changes (overwhelmingly increases) in demand; gaps in resources; options for satisfying the demand; the recommended strategy. Other sections may be included, including a section on the consultation process itself specifically in the draft strategy.

The strategies developed so far are related to the Network Rail Control Periods (CP). Up to the publication of the Wales RUS (November 2008), 'short-term' strategy included those initiatives to the end of CP3; as this finished on 31 March 2009, the short-term activities mentioned in these strategies were mostly underway, at least in the planning process. In general strategies have an approximate 10 year timescale, taking them into a "long term" corresponding with CP5 (ending in 2019). Strategies from 2009 present specific initiatives towards the end of that period, and sometimes into the next; CP4 (ending in 2014) is the new short term perspective.

Network Rail has an obligation to maintain RUSs, even after establishment. This would be the case in one or more of the following situations: when there has been a change in circumstances; if ordered to by the ORR; when (for whatever reason) it is clear the recommendations are probably no longer valid. The RUS is revisited using the same methodology. However, in only one case, the East Coast Main Line, has an original RUS been supplemented by a further study. Nevertheless, a further generation of three RUSs are underway, two of them covering a much broader geographical area than the originals, together with an extended timescale.

Individual strategies

Published

These are listed in order of publication; they are all established:

In draft

These are listed in order of publication of the draft.

Scheduled for publication by summer 2011 [32]

These are listed alphabetically:

  • Network RUS ('final' remits published April 2008)


Second generation RUSs

The announced RUSs and dates of their latest puiblications are as follows:

  • Northern
    • Northern RUS draft for consultation (8 October 2010)[36] [37]
  • Scotland
    • Scotland RUS draft for consultation (14 October 2010)[38] [39]
  • London and the South East
    • London and the South RUS final(28 July 2011)[40] [41]

References

  1. ^ NR's introduction to the process
  2. ^ ORR letter approving the programme
  3. ^ NR letter to ORR on RUS programme
  4. ^ Network Rail letter to ORR on programme rescheduling
  5. ^ ORR letter approving the revised programme
  6. ^ NR CP4 Delivery Plan
  7. ^ Network RUS introductory page
  8. ^ NR introduction to second generation RUSs
  9. ^ South West Main Line RUS
  10. ^ Cross London RUS
  11. ^ Scotland RUS
  12. ^ Freight RUS
  13. ^ North West RUS
  14. ^ Greater Anglia RUS
  15. ^ East Coast Main Line RUS
  16. ^ East Coast Main Line 2016 Capacity Review
  17. ^ South London RUS
  18. ^ Lancashire and Cumbria RUS
  19. ^ Wales RUS
  20. ^ Merseyside RUS
  21. ^ Network RUS Scenarios & long distance forecasts
  22. ^ Network RUS Electrification
  23. ^ Yorkshire and Humber RUS
  24. ^ Kent RUS
  25. ^ Sussex RUS
  26. ^ East Midlands RUS
  27. ^ Great Western RUS
  28. ^ West Midlands & Chilterns RUS draft for consultation
  29. ^ West Midlands & Chilterns RUS final scope document
  30. ^ West Coast Main Line RUS draft for consultation
  31. ^ West Coast Main Line RUS final scope document
  32. ^ Letter from NR to ORR 14 December 2009
  33. ^ Rolling stock remit, March 2010
  34. ^ Depots remit, March 2010
  35. ^ Network RUS Working group 2 (stations) updated remit, March 2010
  36. ^ NR Northern RUS draft for consultation
  37. ^ NR Northern RUS generation 2 scoping document
  38. ^ NR Scotland RUS generation 2 draft for consultation
  39. ^ NR Scotland RUS generation 2 scoping document
  40. ^ NR London and South East RUS final
  41. ^ NR London & South East RUS generation 2 scoping document

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