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 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 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:- EQUITY10%Promoters DEBT60%Commercial Bank offer LEASE30%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 Q (APPROVAL Q3 2006) DETAILED PLANNING APPLICATION Q (APPROVAL Q4 2005) DETAILED DESIGN & PROCUREMENT – Q COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION Q COMMISSIONING Q 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 INSPECTOR CHECKS FOR SAFETY CLEARANCE 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