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+ Expect Network Rail to take a more business-focused approach as ORR determines the compa- ny’s income for Control Period 5. Whereas the 2008 Periodic Review centred on arguments between rival consultancies over efficiency benchmarking (p7), in the current PR13 NR will be looking to nego- tiate a final settlement based on outputs and prices.
+ Tests with a five-car Class 222 DEMU running at 125 mile/h through Ampthill Tunnel between Bedford and Flitwick are planned for July 1. This forms part of work to develop line speed upgrade proposals for the Midland Main Line.
+ Following ‘a series of major contract wins’, freight operator DRS has launched a recruitment campaign as it looks to fill 24 driver posts. There are also ‘a wide range of opportunities’ at the company’s Carlisle headquarters and at its new depot in Daventry.
+ Industry insiders report that the Department of Transport will not be seeking to renew its effective control of the ITSO Ltd board when current governance arrangements expire at the end of 2012 (RBI410 p1).
+ Following the launch of
megabus.com services from London to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam by Stagecoach last month, SNCF is planning to serve all four capitals with a fleet of 46 coaches operating from a hub at Lille. ‘We hope to be ready for the Olympic Games in London’, said Barbara Dalibard who heads the long-distance passenger business at the French national operator.
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Commercial close slips as IEP numbers dwindle
Financial close on the Intercity Express Programme has now slipped from the latest DfT deadline of May 31 to the end of June. Hitachi Rail Europe Managing Director Keith Jordan told the Northern Echo on April 21 that, as leader of the Agility Trains consortium which holds preferred bidder status for IEP, the company was working towards closing the contract ‘within the current quarter’. Industry insiders suggest that
one reason for the slippage has been the introduction of further changes to scope and strategy by DfT. This is understood to include depot locations for the East Coast IEP fleet. According to DfT, finan- cial close for the East Coast tranche of trains is not now expected until 2013 (RBI412 p3). Of greater concern than the con-
tinuing delay is the falling number of vehicles required. When the ITT was published in 2007, bidders were told that up to 1 600 vehicles could be ordered. But with the requirement now limited to IC125 replacement
on the East Coast and Great Western main lines, the quantity has fallen to around 450 vehicles. Despite the delay and the fall
in numbers, Jordan told the North- ern Echo that work on IEP was continuing to ensure that Hitachi was ready to begin construction of its new UK manufacturing plant as soon after contract signature as possible. Work on the site at New- ton Aycliffe in County Durham was expected to start ‘early next year’. However, the current IEP
requirement is substantially below the 685 vehicles which DfT told the Foster inquiry was the minimum needed to justify a UK assembly facility. Assuming a rate of one vehicle per day, the current IEP requirement would provide less than two years’ work for the plant. One solution to the reduced
initial quantity would be for DfT to underwrite a minimum order of up to 600 vehicles. TOCs would then be able to call off trains as additional requirements emerged, such as IC225 replacement at East
Coast. DfT would carry the finan- cial risk of the unallocated trains not being taken up. This proposal assumes that DfT
would continue to determine roll- ing stock policy. However, it would be incompatible with the current plan to return responsibility for rolling stock procurement to the TOCs under the government’s fran- chise reform proposals. However, Hitachi has empha-
sised that the Newton Aycliffe plant is not dependent on IEP for its longer-term workload. Hitachi has been shortlisted to supply the Crossrail EMU fleet, and if suc- cessful these 600 vehicles could be assembled alongside IEP. Both the Great Western IEP fleet and the new Crossrail trains are scheduled to enter service from the start of 2017. Meanwhile, media reports sug-
gest that Hitachi might set up a production facility in mainland Europe, should it win a similarly groundbreaking order to supply 60 EMUs for the Hamburg S-Bahn. n Analysis — p6
Deep alliance goes live
Earlier than expected, the ‘deep alliance’ between Network Rail and South West Trains went live on April 29, with a ‘single senior joint management team’ now respon- sible for infrastructure and train operations. Planned to run until the end of the current SWT franchise on February 4 2017, the alliance aims to ‘cut delays for passengers, provide better customer service, deliver more effective management of disruption, and improve the effi- ciency of the railway through more collaborative working and better decision-making’. ‘This new model is a real
opportunity to deliver change that will benefit both passengers and taxpayers and support our objec- tive of growing the railway’, said Stagecoach Group Chief Executive Sir Brian Souter. ‘By working more closely with Network Rail than ever before, and with aligned incen-
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tives, we can deliver a more cus- tomer-focused and more efficient railway for the long term’. NR Chief Executive David Hig-
gins added that the deep alliance ‘marks a new phase in the evolution of Network Rail as we continue to push decision-making away from the centre, empowering our front- line managers to run the railway more effectively’. He stressed that NR would continue to focus on delivering its obligations to all par- ties, ‘protecting the interests of all customers whilst maintaining the seamless operation of the whole network’. The deep alliance is expected
to provide ‘more effective station management’, including a single management team for London Waterloo, as well as better plan- ning of track maintenance work and an improved response to dis- ruption. Faster decision-making
and aligned objectives and incen- tives are also promised by the alli- ance partners, who stress that the new arrangements are ‘also expect- ed to benefit rail freight operators who use the Wessex Route’. Although staff terms and con-
ditions and collective bargaining agreements remain unchanged, ‘operational efficiencies’ are expected from ‘joint training, communications and occupational health processes’. ‘Our focus now will be on leading
and supporting our 6 000 employees and managers who play a critical role in the delivery of our train ser- vices 24 hours a day, seven days a week’, said SWT Managing Director Tim Shoveller who heads the alliance management team (p10). ‘Together we will develop a collaborative way of working through the alliance and deliver a great train service for our passengers’.
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