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ELAN East Lancashire Accessible Network

ELAN East Lancashire Accessible Network. Presentation by TRAM Power Ltd. Unit 4 Carraway Road, Liverpool L11 OEE tel. +44 (0)151 548 7040 web : www.trampower.co.uk Prepared by Professor Lewis Lesley

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ELAN East Lancashire Accessible Network

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  1. ELAN East Lancashire Accessible Network Presentation by TRAM Power Ltd. Unit 4 Carraway Road, Liverpool L11 OEE tel. +44 (0)151 548 7040 web : www.trampower.co.uk Prepared by Professor Lewis Lesley & Lincoln Shields Presentation by TRAM Power Ltd. Unit 4 Carraway Road, Liverpool L11 OEE tel. +44 (0)151 548 7040 web : www.trampower.co.uk Prepared by Professor Lewis Lesley

  2. ELAN : why light rail transit ? • Proven technology • Attractive alternative to car commuting • Economic capital costs • Electrification • Sustainable and environmentally benign • Stimulates urban regeneration • Increases property tax base • Attracts new investors • Increases job market

  3. Why ELAN rail transit ? • *Improve accessibility • *Raise civic profile • *Affordable option • *Quick implementation • *Incremental development and benefits • *High public acceptance • *Local initiative

  4. ELAN : What is light rail transit ? • Steel wheels on rails • Electrically powered, low maintenance • Variety of rights of way • On street, off highway, railway lines • Penetrate to traffic generators • Tracks and electrification • Rapid installation

  5. ELAN : affordable ? Can be opened in stages Fit available budgets Part or all can be privately financed when underwritten by PSO grant

  6. ELAN : Where? • Demonstration line, to try the concept • Accessing most congested zones • Pioneering new development areas • Catalyst for environmental improvements

  7. ELAN : learning from experience ? • UK • Europe • US • Canada • Australia

  8. ELAN : light rail world wide ? • Over 500 systems • Growing by 30 new systems pa. • Stimulates (re)generation of urban centres • Relieves congested M.65.& links roads • Reduces urban centre parking • Improves air quality. • Reduces CO2 emissions

  9. Implementing ELAN rail transit • Wide range of suppliers & contractors • Compatible systems • Improving technology • Reducing real costs now possible • New model for procurement ? • Save time, save money • Affordable projects

  10. ELAN : the stages ? • Colne Branch: Rose Grove • – through to town centre to P + R Site • New line to Padiham regeneration zone • (from Rose Grove) • Rose Grove – Todmorden (via Burnley centre) • Rose Grove – Blackburn • Blackburn – Darwen • Blackburn - Clitheroe • Etc.

  11. ELAN : other inputs • Transfer of track bed and infrastructure • Guarantee PSO annual grant • New partnership company • owns and operates • Free standing operation (freq ~ 4 per hour) • Interchanges at Rose Grove, Manchester Rd. and Blackburn • Park and Ride at strategic sites off M.65. • and Colne north

  12. TRAM Power Ltd offers ELAN: Innovative tramcars, Low impact tracks Streamlined electrification Costs up to 50% lower Local Manufacture in Blackburn

  13. ELAN : design factors 15 m horizontal track radius 100 m vertical curve capable Magnetic emergency brakes MU compatible

  14. New tracks reduce construction impacts and costs 380mm 180mm Ri60 LR55

  15. 10 years trouble free in Sheffield

  16. ELAN : Electrification in place Over existing tracks Old And new

  17. ELAN : Conclusions • Economic way to improve rail services • Private funding to fast track refurbishment • Staged development allows heavy rail accommodation • Satisfies local and national policies • Environmentally sustainable • Supports regeneration • And gets motorists from their cars

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