CROST FOR LONDON

Presentation to GLA and TfL

Thursday 4th Dec.

By CROST Group

National Audit Office Report April 2004

UK projects twice as expensive

as equivalent on Continent

TfL tramways after NAO

Cross River Oxford St.

TfL Plan £1300m £500m

CR less branch £870m £500m

After NAO £435m £250m

TOTAL = £685m ( £26million/km)

West London Tramway

Residents’ objections

2 of 3 Labour Boroughs lost

Scheme abandoned

Croydon Tramlink

99 year Commercial Contract

Conflict over political objectives

Competition from buses ?

Court cases

Municipalisation

Environmental Problems

Air quality poor: due to motor traffic

Exceeds UK & EU limits

~ 5000 die pa from traffic fumes

Air quality 2006PM10 60days > EU 50µg/m3

NO2 70 µg/m3 > EU 40 µg/m3

Greenhouse emissions

Imported oil

The GLUAS Project

How GLUAS is funded

Privately50% from Corporate and

individual Equity investors

50% commercial loan from EIB

www.GLUAS.com

GLUAS Facts

Galway population = 85,000

Network length = 21km

Number of Lines = 2

Number of trams = 17

First year patronage = 4 million

Total capital cost = €200million

Cost per km = €9.5million (£8m)

TfL Cross River Tramway

Over 10 years gestation

Objectives ?Link Waterloo and Euston/Kings X/St Pancras

Regeneration of Peckham etc

Etc.

TfL CRT and Oxford St.

No public funding before 2018

NEED NOT GONE AWAY

Environmental and traffic benefits not possible with bus only road system

The London Travel MarketLarge inward commutingLarge central London movement

Tourism (27million in 2006)

In 2006, > one billion trip on Underground.4% car trips to public transport ( Congestion Charge )

8,600 buses:1.81 billion trips, with anaverage 6.3 million daily tripsAverage trips per bus =733 per day

40% increase in total demand by 2024

Travel in London 2006 (%trips)

Mode Central Inner Outer GB

Car 11 31 63 71

Rail 40 16 14 8

Tube 28 19 5 2

Bus 12 16 14 8

AM Central commuting (million trips)

Year All Rail Tube Bus Car Other

1991 1042 426 347 74 155 21

2006 1114 491 380 124 85 33

Personal Mode Choice(trips per week)

Mode Male Female

Rail 1.2 0.8

Tube 1.7 1.2

Bus 3.1 3.2

Car 7.7 7.4

Walk 5.4 6.8

TOTAL 19.3 20.0

CROST Capital InvestmentInfrastructure only for tram operationsNo civic/public space enhancementsMinimal relocation of utilitiesFully DDA compliantMaximum priority over general trafficTraffic signal pre-emptionTotal Cost/km = £19million (GLUAS £8m)

CROST Viability

Option Ops Costs Pax

(million)

Revenue IRR %

Oxford St £6.0m 12.24 £30.6m 10.25

Cross River

£4.7m 9.98 £24.4m 9.58

CROST £9.8m 26.59 £66.5m 12.69

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CROST Routes

Achieving CROST (1)

Private promotion

Private investment

Open in less than 5 years

Commercial operation without grant aid ?

Track laid like kerbs, one rail at a time

Few utility diversions

Rapid progress: 100m pw completed

Achieving CROST (2)

Agreement with Public Authorities

Set up implementation company

Apply for planning permission

Detailed engineering designs

Private capital raised (not on PSBR)

Construction and commissioning

Operation with agreed bus feeders

CROST same fare support as buses

CROST is not a PFI or PPP

Getting CROST on track

Agreement for progress

Implementation Company set up

Submits Planning Application

Consults with frontagers and community

Gets agreement for delivery timetable

Begins construction

Commissions and opens service

A Win - Win offer for TfL & the Councils

Tram Tracks - 1Sheffield Manchester

LR55 200mm deep 400mm wide

Sheffield since 1996

Maintenance free

Tram Tracks - 2

Tram OHL : not WCML •Survived storms

•Quick installation

•Low cost

•Low visual impact

•Minimum poles

•Maximum wall fixings

City Class in Birkenhead

2022 or CROST ?

No public funds = no TfL trams till 2022

CROST deliversBetter travel choicesImproved air qualityReduced congestionControlled budgetBetter use of central area streets