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Wellington RegionalRail Plan
Wellington RegionalRail Plan
PLAN
Alan Burford
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AECOM
SUMMARY
In February 2009 the Greater Wellington Regional Transport Committee endorsed the Wellington Regional
Rail Plan (RRP), thus providing a pathway for the long term development of the regions rail network.
The production of the RRP was a requirement associated with the $500m five year Medium Term
Improvement Programme investment package for the Wellington suburban rail network. The package,
designed to deliver greater service reliability and network capacity, was announced by the Crown and
Greater Wellington Regional Council in July 2007.
The RRP was developed by Greater Wellington Regional Council in collaboration with primary rail
stakeholders; with specialist economic and technical inputs being provided by John Bolland (John Bolland
Consulting Ltd) and Alan Burford (AECOM) respectively.
This paper provides a specific overview relating to the framework and process methodology adopted to
produce the long term rail development plan that will deliver a better rail experience for the people of the
Greater Wellington region and New Zealand.
INTRODUCTION
NOTATION
BCR
BCR(G)
BCR to Government
BCR(N)
BCR National
CAPEX
Capital Expenditure
CBD
DTEW
EEM
GPS
GWRC
IVT
In Vehicle Time
LoS
Level of Service
LTMA
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LTMAA
Land
Transport
Amendment Act 2008
Management
Medium Term
Programme
Rail
Improvement
NRS
NZTA
NZTS
3.1
OPEX
Operating Expenditure
PPFM
PT
Passenger Transport
PTP
RPTP
RRP
RLTS
RMA
SLS
TAC
TMW
TWG
VoT
Value of Time
WTSM
PROJECT GOVERNANCE
AGENCY ADVOCACY
AND
INTER-
The
production
of
the
RRP
(including
organisations associated with and assisting in the
development of the all the component parts) was
managed in house by GWRC with professional
support, where appropriate, being provided by
individuals and companies with a thorough
knowledge of the Wellington passenger transport
network.
During the initial scoping stages of the RRP it was
recognised that the formation of appropriate
reference groups would probably be one of the
most important steps taken to ensure the success
of the RRP. This coupled with the strategic and
complex nature of the project and anticipated size
of the required implementation funding envelope
confirmed the need to establish a two tiered
governance structure comprising a senior
management level Steering Group and an officer
level Technical Working Group.
Steering Group
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STRATEGIC CONTEXT
between
proposed
Establish a sustainable
Specification;
'Service
capital
Level
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SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT
7.1
Service Attributes
and
inter-modal
transport
and
located
transit
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Quality;
8.1
Simplicity;
Affordability.
These are also consistent with the GWRC, TMW
and NZ Bus 2008 customer satisfaction survey
results that identified Reliability, Frequency,
Capacity and Journey Time as being of significant
importance.
The RRP sought to develop scenarios based on
identified SLS that clearly supported the elements
of a high quality PT system.
7.2
Basic Approach
Capital Expenditure
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combination of
historic cost data, and
contemporaneous cost information for works of a
similar nature. For each project the following
information was ascertained:
Development costs;
Implementation costs (including allowances
for rail disruption);
The year by year profile of expenditure;
Source of the estimate information;
Primary assumptions (inclusions / exclusions
/ estimate accuracy / estimate base year /
level of contingency / asset life timeframe).
For projects that were
categorised
as
Infrastructure Enhancement Projects within 10
Years and Network Enhancement beyond 2018 it
was proposed that the costs be derived through
the utilisation of historic cost data / unit rates
applied to a high level credible scope e.g.
Electrification to Otaki would be costed on a unit
rate / km for overhead electrification based on
costs used for the DTEW project, with an
appropriate level of contingency for unknowns etc.
These projects were initially scoped and costed by
the RRP team using unit rate data from ONTRACK
and GWRC. Once completed these costings were
reviewed externally in order to achieve a desired
level of credibility.
Operational Expenditure
Operational
Weekend)
Hours
(Weekday
and
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Annual GTKs
9.1
years with
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
i.
PT user benefits
Non-user benefits
Noise;
Local Air Quality;
Greenhouse gases;
Congestion;
Accidents;
Increased road damage.
For small changes in car use on roads which are
already well-used, the first and last of these are so
small as to be insignificant. Of the remaining four,
congestion is dominant (about 90% of the total).
The outputs from WTSM included the number of
car-hours by LoS, which ranges from A (free flow)
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Reliability
Vehicle quality
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typically be understated.
Moreover, it was
assumed (not unreasonably) that if the price of fuel
were to continue to rise in the longer term future at
similar rates since 2001, then the mode split in
future years would be increasingly understated by
the model.
Agglomeration benefits
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11
11.1 Justification
JUSTIFICATION
EVALUATION
AND
SCENARIO
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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RRP Solution
High
Effectiveness
High
Efficiency
Medium
CONCLUSION
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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