APPENDIX FIVE Summary of improvements expected from franchises

Train operator

Forecast train punctuality and reliability

Passenger security1

Station improvements

Car parking

Capacity

Rolling stock

Ticketing

Southeastern (2006-14)

93.7 per cent by 2014, with 14 per cent fewer2 delay minutes

£17.6 million CCTV investment

£5.6 million investment

Planned improvement within station spending

London morning peak arrivals up by 10 per cent

£25 million investment in rolling stock for new cTRL commuter services

Automatic gates at three stations

First capital connect (2006-15)

4 per cent fewer delay minutes by 2015

12 more "secure" stations

£8 million investment in first four years (cycles £100,000)

£1.6 million + 600 car spaces by 2010

Dependent on future Thameslink programme

Refresh interiors of class 319 rolling stock

Automatic gates at 11 stations

First Great Western (2006-16)

90 per cent by 2012, 13 per cent fewer delay minutes by 2012

105 stations by 2008 and 63 more by 2009

£5 million by 2008 and further £9 million by 2010

500 new car spaces by 2008; +700 by 2010; +500 by 2016

20 per cent (morning) and

30 per cent (evening) increase in

peak capacity London - Reading

Refurbishment of high-speed train fleet (and some link fleet and local fleet). New maintenance depot

Automatic ticket gates at 5 stations and website improvements

Stagecoach South West Trains (2007-17)

10 per cent fewer delay minutes by 2015

80 per cent by 2010 then priced option for 95 per cent

£36 million investment incl 700 cycle spaces

2,000 car spaces by 2011

21 per cent seats increase in mainline peak and 20 per cent capacity increase in suburban peak

Refurbish class 158/159 rolling stock and 17 additional class 450

Automatic gates at 14 stations including Waterloo

London Midland (2007-15)

90.7 per cent by 2015

80 per cent by 2009, with priced option for 95 per cent

£11.5 million investment

At least 1,000 new car park spaces by April 2009

New half-hourly London to crewe semi-fast service and extra services from Birmingham to Liverpool and Northampton

Fleet of new electric trains by July 2009. 217 new, replacement carriages by April 2010

Rollout of smart card technology by 2010

East Midlands Trains (2007-15)

90.4 per cent by 2015

80 per cent after two years with priced option for 95 per cent

£5 million investment 400 more bicycle spaces

1,250 new car park spaces

9 per cent increase in peak capacity for London St Pancras; and more seats Liverpool to Nottingham

£20 million investment on enhancing rolling stock

Introduction of smart card technology by 2010

CrossCountry (2007-16)

25 per cent fewer delay minutes by 2016

80 per cent by November 2009

This train operator is not a station operator

 

3,000 more seats each day on busiest routes at peak time

Refurbished High Speed train units

New web-based ticketing system by December 2009

NX East coast (2007-15)

29 per cent fewer delay minutes by 2015

All stations where NXEC is station operator

£7.4 million investment

2,000 new car park spaces by 2015 (33 per cent increase)

From December 2010, an

18 per cent increase in weekday

trains and 14,411 more seats

High Speed Trains re-engineered to reduce fuel consumption

Smart cards by 2010

Source: National Audit Office summary

NOTES

1  Number or percentage of franchise footfall to be covered by Secure Station Accreditation.

2  Delay minutes in this column are those caused by train operator, not Network Rail.