Rolling Stock Update
Transcript of Rolling Stock Update
Rolling Stock UpdateSteve Lammin, GTR Engineering Director
Period 8 (4 weeks up to 15 November) reliability ❑ Another good
period in terms of
performance
❑ 8 fleets achieved
greater than the
new MP701D
targets
❑ The 171 Fleet
was within 2.5K
miles of the new
targets
❑ Overall Fleet
MP701D MAA
has climbed
again to 22203 -
a franchise record
Golden SpannersModern Railways event on 29 November
•Gold - 455 Fleet (second year in a row)
•Gold - 171 Diesel Fleet
•Silver - 377 6/7 fleet
Golden spanner - the fleet which achieves the
most 'miles per technical incident' - a way of
measuring fleet reliability by dividing the
number of incidents by the total miles
travelled.
Silver Spanners are awarded to the best-
improved fleet.
Project Aurora
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Partnerships delivering for customers
Transport Focus research highlighting customer priorities.
Operator, Rolling Stock Owner and Train Builder working collaboratively to fund, design and deliver fleet upgrade.
Upgraded fleet delivers immediate customer benefits and long-term performance improvements in partnership with Network Rail.
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GTR’s Electrostar Network
• Electrostars make up about 50% of GTR’s fleet mileage across the brands – serving over 20 routes.
• They started running on Southern from 2001 – with Great Northern and Gatwick Express in 2016.
• GTR has 270 units in total.
Not to scale. Not all routes shown
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What do passengers want?
• Transport Focus research concluded customers “do not have overwhelming issues with train interiors.”
• Two priorities:
• Power sockets and USB ports
• On-board information provision
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£55m - Invested across Britain
Trains serving South East but benefits nationwide
£55 million contract, more than 90% suppliers based in Britain
Installation managed by GTR at Selhurst depot
Trains built in Derby, refurbished at Selhurst with UK parts and labour
Project changes
Media Screens to provide enhanced passenger information
Dual USB seat sockets
LED Lighting delivering 45% energy savings
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Intelligent trains supporting Network Rail
£55m upgrade project with partnerships at
its heart
Predicting infrastructure failures or lineside
safety risks
Minimising delays to passengers and
speeding up service recovery
Benefits
Cleaning – reassurance
Customer reassurance• Transport Focus research notes
cleanliness is now key to
passengers due to pandemic
• Those who travel are largely
satisfied – they see the cleanliness
and report that
• But reassurance is needed for
those who are yet to travel
• Our team is working on this with
our communications & marketing
team
Enhanced Cleaning
We have always been committed to cleanliness of
our trains, but the pandemic focused this
We have innovated to introduce new ways of
working, tools and communications
2,800 – every carriage cleaned and sanitised
every night including berth cleans
900 – cleaning staff increased
5000l – cleaning liquid used on trains per 4-week
period
Strong reporting with specially designed internal
app
Customer communications - reassurance
Q&A / group discussion