Capacity expansion at St. Pancras International

• Undertook a 3-month study to understand how the Restricted Zone (RZ) might operate in a multi-operator environment.  Identifying the approach HS1 might take to facilitate this transition.

• Reviewed all key aspects of the station including: the regulatory environment, investment funding, the RZ and the techniques available to improve throughput, identify anti-competitive factors in the operating model and all key considerations in the operating model.

• Align the change behind the key HS1 corporate and  regulatory objectives.

• Benchmarked with similar customer-centric infrastructure,

• Develop a high blueprint for how HS1 might work with its stakeholders to enable an augmented operating model for the benefit of all stakeholders at the station,

• Undertook high-level commercial growth projections.

• Established a Risk Register for the change.

 

 

We showed how services can expand from 1,800 to 4,500 passengers per hour and from 26 trains per day to 60+