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See a selection of video clips from Infrarail 2012, including highlights of Theresa Villiers’ keynote speech.
Looking at London’s future rail needs
Wednesday’s keynote address, ‘Building for the Games and Beyond’, was given by Howard Smith, Chief Operating Officer, London Rail at Transport for London. London Rail embraces the orbital London Overground network, Docklands Light Railway and Tramlink, which together saw investments of £2.8 billion up to 2012. It will also have oversight of operating services on the capital’s flagship project, the £1.6 billion Crossrail, when completed. Tunnelling for that started earlier this year.
Mr Smith updated the audience on recent
achievements – including completion of Phase 2 of the Overground system in December this year as planned, plus extension of the DLR to Stratford ahead of the London Olympics, together with infrastructure capacity enhancements and rolling stock fleet enlargement. Looking ahead, he said expansion of the capital’s
network will certainly be needed, given projections of an increase in London’s population of 1.3 million by 2031 and employment growth of 750,000. By then the number of rail trips in the capital is expected to rise by 40 to 50%. Taking some inner suburban services under TfL’s wing for development is seen as a possibility, which Mr Smith stressed was ‘not a power grab’, more a focus on quality built on experience. Also projected in the long term are radical route improvements, new lines and even kick-starting the Crossrail 2 proposal. Slides used by Howard Smith during his presentation, can be viewed here.
Network Rail restructures for the future
In his keynote address, Simon Kirby, Managing Director, Infrastructure Projects at Network Rail, talked about ‘Building mutually beneficial relationships’. Network Rail is a fundamentally different company in 2012, he said. In its operations, it has restructured into devolved business units aimed at getting closer to its customers and at reducing costs, while its National Centre at Milton Keynes is nearing completion and should be fully functioning by the end of this year.
Significantly for the supply industry, in April this year
Network Rail launched a separate projects business which Simon Kirby heads: Infrastructure Projects is organised as four regional areas responsible for the implementation of major schemes. Signalling remains a national programme and the business is also responsible for the Thameslink and FTN/GSM-R programmes. He said the move promises a more open project market and allows greater and earlier supply chain engagement and partnering – plus good opportunities for new suppliers to the rail market. In the autumn Infrastructure Projects will launch an international consultancy business, and in April 2013 it will become a subsidiary company of Network Rail. This will enable it to forge relationships with other companies and from September 2013 allow it to bid in the open market for Network Rail project work. Simon Kirby went on to summarise progress on current projects such as Thameslink, Northern Hub and EGIP in Scotland before outlining the company’s partnering strategy, its work pipeline and future opportunities. Slides used by Simon Kirby during his presentation, can be viewed here.
Building for the Games and Beyond
Howard Smith, Chief Operating Officer, London Rail Transport for London
2nd May 2012
Howard Smith said London’s rail network will need to grow
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Simon Kirby Managing Director - Investment Projects, Network Rail
Simon Kirby told his audience about Network Rail’s new structure
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