The Scottish Government

SCOTTISH STRATEGIC RAIL STUDY
Working Paper 5: Option Development

Final

December 2002

CONTENTS

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
Overview Of Methodology
Report Structure
2. BENCHMARKS AND SERVICE ASPIRATIONS
Purpose Of Benchmarks
Operational Directions
Frequencies
Capacities Of Trains
Train Type And Facilities
Reliability
Stations
Information
Ticketing
Customer Care
3. PLANNING OBJECTIVES AND ASPIRATIONAL TARGETS
Sestran
Spt
Nestrans
Tay Area
Inter-Regional
4. PROJECT REVIEW
Project Definitions
Project Interactions
Summary: Local And Major Projects
5. HIGH RESOURCE SCENARIO
Sestran
Spt
Nestrans
Tay Area
Inter-Regional
TABLES:
Table 1 Benchmarks: Minimum Frequencies (Monday to Saturday daytime)
Table 2 Benchmarks: Frequencies (Evening and Sunday services)
Table 3 Benchmarks: Train Capacities
Table 4 Benchmarks: Train Types and Facilities
Table 5 Current ScotRail PSR Reliability Targets (Within Study Area)
Table 6 Benchmark: Reliability
Table 7 Benchmark: Station Quality
Table 8 Benchmark: Information
Table 9 Benchmark: Ticketing
Table 10 Benchmark: Customer Care
Table 11 SESTRAN STAG Planning Objective Aspirational Targets
Table 12 SPT STAG Planning Objective Aspirational Targets
Table 13 NESTRANS STAG Planning Objective Aspirational Targets
Table 14 Tay Area STAG Planning Objective Aspirational Targets
Table 15 Inter-Regional STAG Planning Objective Aspirational Targets
Table 16 SESTRAN High Resource Scenario
Table 17 SPT High Resource Scenario Major Facilitating projects
Table 18 SPT High Resource Scenario Proposed Service Frequencies
Table 19 SPT High Resource Scenario Proposed Projects
Table 20 SPT High Resource Scenario Localised Capacity Facilitating Projects
Table 21 NESTRANS High Resource Scenario
Table 22 Tay Area High Resource Scenario
Table 23 Inter-Regional High Resource Scenario