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Unless you want another White Rose part completed station.Millions more wanted to complete Northumberland Line rail project as costs higher than estimated
The costs of the Northumberland Line rail project could be set to soar by a further £37.9 million.
As usual with major infrastructure projects in the UK.
It is one of those that you can’t not complete.
Yes but the HM Treasury have this spreadsheet which says that the only thing that matters is the in year spending and if the in year spending goes to high that makes the spreadsheet sad. So we can't possibly just accept spending a bit more now (and we should look at why it's cost exceeded budget of course but still) on the basis that it would be money well spent over the next hundred years of the assets life.
The mooted £37.9 million is not a mere rounding error in the scheme of this project. It's a huge increase.
£37m in £300m is 12%, which is a rather large rounding error.
Could be a bit lively on a Friday or Saturday night…!
They're known more for their appreciation of fine art.
Do you have the original forecasts (or any reporter's workings out) to confirm that?
Yes, there are 3 stations to open, but they're all well beyond the point of no return. What is it you’re assuming won’t get ‘properly completed’, given that Bebside is about 95% complete?
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I love the idea of lengthening carriages - like a stretch class 158.Northumberland Line longer trains plan as railway fills up
Despite only half its stations being open, passenger numbers on the new rail route exceed estimates.
This states the council was predicting 50,000 when it had already hit 250,000 in April.
Not an exact science but I’m sure the passenger modelling data will be somewhere.
From a 2018 Outline Business Case, the 2025 Annual Demand for Option T2 (2tph Serving all 6 stations) was 564,000. Now not all the stations are open, and 250,000 in 5 months will still beat that, but it's not 5 times is it? I don't know the source of the 50,000 number, would be interesting to know.Northumberland Line longer trains plan as railway fills up
Despite only half its stations being open, passenger numbers on the new rail route exceed estimates.
This states the council was predicting 50,000 when it had already hit 250,000 in April.
Not an exact science but I’m sure the passenger modelling data will be somewhere.
The report notes that the 564k is the number of return journeys, does that mean the forecast was in fact for 1.28m trips on the line, the revenue number at £5.1m seems high given the present low fares on the route.
It's the Outline Business Case so I don't believe so, although there are probably revised numbers somewhere that do.
Indeed. It was always a sensible proposal.
meaning, when comparing outcome vs forecast it is important not just to measure the journeys but also the revenue (or the price paid per journey). Only that gives the full picture
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It won’t be in September, firstly because today’s news item is about outstanding work on the access junction traffic lights that start 16th and run for two weeks until late September. Secondly, the August newsletter (linked a few days ago), mentions that Bebside station car park is planned to open in October. You’d expect the carpark and station to open together?
Further Works on Front Street, Bebside
We are sharing that there will be additional highways and footway work on Front Street, which is now anticipated to finish in late September 2025 due to additional sockets required for the new traffic light system. As such the final stage of the highway works will now take place from Tuesday 16...
