GLASGOW RAPID TRAMWAY

The GRT Project

GRT presentation to Glasgow City Council

Friday 17th December 2004

by Prof. Lewis Lesley (TRAM Power Ltd)

Lincoln Shields (AMEC plc)

David Hansen (NETCo Ltd)

GRT PRESENTATION

• PRINCIPLES

• STAGES

• OPERATION

• CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY

• DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM

• FUNDING

• POSSIBLE TIMESCALE

• THE NEXT STEPS

Stylish Europe for GRT ?Project fit for Glasgow’s aspirations

•GLASGOW TRAMWAY – THE NEED ?

TRAFFIC CONGESTION

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

INTERNATIONAL IMAGE OF CITY

GRT – fast and frequent

• STAGED PROJECT

• TRAMS ATTRACT CAR DRIVING PASSENGERS

• MORE PASSENGERS, LESS CAR PARKING

• STRATEGIC TRANSPORT INTERCHANGES

• OPERATED IN COMPETITION

• DEPOT ON DERELICT SITE

AN INITIAL STAGE

• PROVIDES ECO FRIENDLY SYSTEM

• COPES WITH CROWDS

• SHORT WAITING

• DEMONSTRATION:

- ENABLES COUNCIL TO SEE THE OFFER

• HELP TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

- PRE-EMPT INSTALLATION PROBLEMS

- DEVELOP FASTER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

AN INITIAL STAGE - cont

• DEMONSTRATION

- SMALL FLEET OF TRAMS

• HELPS ACCESS

- 6 MIN. FREQUENCY, 4 MIN. JOURNEY

• HELPS REDUCE SOCIAL EXCLUSION

- LINKS TO SHOPS & SERVICES

• ENTERS REVENUE SERVICE

- PROVES COMMERCIAL FORECASTS

• DEMONSTRATES TRANSPORT BENEFITS

- CAR DRIVER DIVERSION

The TRAM Power City Class Tram – GRT OPTIONS

PRINCIPLES OF GRT

TRAMWAY WOULD BE:-

• PUBLIC SERVICE

• PRIVATELY FUNDED

• COMMERCIAL VENTURE SUCH AS:- a) Bus Service

b) Property Development

c) Freight Transport

• IN ACCORD WITH LOCAL TRANSPORT PLAN

• LOCAL COUNCIL FACILITATED

• ADDING VALUE TO Glasgow

City Class Tram on test in Blackpool

City Class Tram on test in Blackpool

CITY CLASS TRAM at Liverpool Airport 1999

CITY CLASS TRAM TURNS AT PLEASURE BEACH

GRT OPERATIONS

• ELECTRIC TRAMS POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE

• QUIET WITH NO AIR POLLUTION

• TICKET MACHINES AND/OR CONDUCTORS

• REGULAR SERVICE - 5-10 MINUTE INTERVAL

• EXISTING BUS OPERATOR COULD BE TRAM OPERATOR PARTNER

• SERVICING/CLEANING IN PURPOSE BUILT DEPOT

CITY CLASS TRAM Maximum speed 60 mph

AMEC SHOWS THE WAY:MANCHESTER METROLINK

CITY CLASS TRAM IN BLACKPOOL DEPOT

GRT CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY

• SEQUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION

• MINIMISE DISRUPTION TO PUBLIC

• DELIVERY OF MATERIALS

• RESOURCES

• RECYCLING OF EXCAVATION/DEMOLITION MATERIALS

• PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES UNDISTURBED THROUGH USE OF LR55 TRACK SYSTEM

• OFFSITE PRE-FABRICATION

• SYMPATHETIC DESIGN

AMEC-SPIE RAPID CONSTRUCTION IN LYON

GRT DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM

• A VIABLE ROUTE

• NEEDS PLANNING APPROVAL

• OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION

• AMEC Planning Consultants RPS

GRT FUNDING• DISCUSSIONS WITH VENTURE CAPITAL SOURCES

FOR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS

• AMEC PROJECT INVESTMENTS

• LIKELY FUNDING IS:-

EQUITY 10% Promoters

DEBT 60% Commercial Bank offer

LEASE 30% Vehicles

• KEY TO GAINING CONFIDENCE OF FINANCIAL MARKET IS EARLY APPROVAL BY GLASGOW (OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION)

• AMEC TRACK RECORD IN PROJECTS.

STAGES OF THE ART PROJECT

• CITY COUNCIL DETERMINES PLANNING APPLICATION

• HIGHWAY AUTHORITY LIAISON ON ROUTE DEFINITION AND CONSTRUCTION ISSUES

• SUPPORT AT COUNCIL/EXECUTIVE LEVEL

• FEEDBACK DURING PLANNING STAGE

• JOINT PUBLIC RELATIONS/PROMOTION

HIGH QUALITY ART

AMEC-SPIE delivers in Lyon

ROLE OF TRAMWAY PROMOTER

• GRT - JV PROMOTER AND DEVELOPER

• LIAISE WITH AND ATTRACT NEW DEVELOPMENTS

• ASSIST IN DEALINGS WITH PUBLIC

• INTERFACE WITH THIRD PARTIES SUCH AS:-

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

Glasgow City Council

Strathclyde PTA/PTE

Scottish Parliament/Executive

POSSIBLE ART TIMESCALE

• OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION Q2 2005 (APPROVAL Q3 2006)

• DETAILED PLANNING APPLICATION Q3 2005 (APPROVAL Q4 2005)

• DETAILED DESIGN & PROCUREMENT – Q4 2005

• COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION Q2 2006

• COMMISSIONING Q2 2007

• OPENING Q3 2007

POSSIBLE GRT TIMESCALE (Cont’d)

• TOTAL TARGET TIME 30 MONTHS

• SAN DIEGO TRAMWAY TOOK 36 MONTHS FROM INITIAL IDEA TO FIRST TRAM RUNNING IN 1981

• FUTURE EXTENSION(S) AFTER PASSENGER FORECASTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED

CITY CLASS TRAM TRANSPORTED BY HGV

CITY CLASS TRAM DELIVERED AND READY TO RUN

RAILWAY INSPECTORCHECKS FOR SAFETYCLEARANCE

LIAISON WITH GRT IN GLASGOW

CITY CLASS TRAM ON TIGHT CORNER

First Production City Class Tram

200 passengers, low floor, 29m long

Ready for service