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2011 Index of Multiple Deprivation
Euston - Historical
Charles Booth, 1898-99, Maps Descriptive of London Poverty
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Stations as Places• No longer just a place to
catch a train• Not all about Burger King
and Whistlestop!• Lifestyle centres: places to
eat, drink, shop, work, exercise
• Community hubs
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Stations as Places – ‘Meet me at St Pancras’
• St Pancras International• 60 stores• 1 million visitors / week• 25% visitors not travelling
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Stations as Places – Leisure & Retail
• Canary Wharf Crossrail Station• £500m value• 4 levels of retail / leisure• Rooftop garden
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Stations as Places – Community Hubs
• Grindleford Station Café• Sheffield Station Tap• Carnforth Station Café
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Stations as Places – Managing our Time
• Amazon Locker, London Underground• Regus Office, Amersfoot, NL• Smart wall grocery shopping, Seoul
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Economic Case for Investment• ‘Traditional’ business case centres
on generalised journey time savings and the value of time.
• We now use our time differently and more productively when we travel.
• The wider economic benefits warrant inclusion; we should view things more holistically.
Generalised Journey Time
Savings
Wider Benefits
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Stations as Revenue Generators• In 2 years Network Rail has increased retail space by 20%.
• By 2019 it plans to have 850,000sq ft.
• Network Rail collected £700m in retail income over the five years from 2009 to 2014.
•• This is forecast to rise to
£1.2bn in the next five years.
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Driving Growth• Desire for higher value
knowledge-based jobs in city centres.
• This means greater specialisationin key sectors.
• Specialisation means more movement, longer trips, more congestion.
• To connect business with their labour markets you need good connectivity.
• To retain staff you need them to be willing to travel.
• Agglomeration benefits: In space but also in time.
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Increasing Importance of City Centres
Distribution of Private Sector Jobs in Leeds. (Source: Centre for Cities)
• Face-to-face contact in city centres becoming more important.
• Importance of: • Near Connectivity (high
job densities in knowledge functions)
• Far Connectivity (access to labour and markets)
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Rail Patronage Growth
• Growth in Northern Rail Patronage 2003 – 2013 = 108%• National projection for next 10 years = 30%
108% increase
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Station Led Regeneration• The case for station expansion and
development
• Strategic positioning of new rail lines and stations to maximise regeneration
• Stations as the lynch pin for regeneration
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Strategic Regeneration – Leeds Southbank
• Up to 6,000 jobs on the Southbank• A major extension of the city; integration is key
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Station Capacity• Yorkshire Rail Network
Study: 2 fast tph, 75% of car journey times.
• 30 trains per hour across Leeds West junction alone, and an extra 6 trains per hour from Sheffield.
• HS2 and One North proposals will add to the demand for rail travel from city stations, requiring increased capacity.
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Station Capacity
• More passengers means more trains and a need for bigger stations.• Services through northern stations are already crowded.
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Overall PiXC Crowding on Services Through Northern Stations
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Station Capacity• Rail fares cover 62% of
the operating costs of the railway
• For 10 years fares have risen above inflation
• But passengers aren’t seeing the benefit – only 4/10 are satisfied they get value for money – not a sustainable model!
• The only way forward is growth.
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CrossCountry East MidlandsTrains
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Percentage of Passengers Standing on Services Using Sheffield Station
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• Ticketing• Densification of cities• Alignment of land use and stations (HK model)• Integration / automation / pick up on Future of Rail strands
Looking to the Future