Consultation outcome

Future of InterCity West Coast rail franchise

From:: Department for Transport
Published: 10 May 2016
Last updated: 27 March 2018 — See all updates

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Detail of outcome

This stakeholder briefing document is for the new West Coast Partnership (WCP) which the government announced in November 2016 would combine the InterCity West Coast (ICWC) franchise and High Speed 2 (HS2) services.

This document provides information about the WCP including the government’s vision and objectives for the WCP and a summary of the specification in the WCP invitation to tender.

It summarises the responses to the public consultation on the ICWC services, carried out between May and August 2016. It also provides the government’s response and explains how your thoughts have informed the WCP specification.

Original consultation

Consultation description

In November 2016 the West Coast Partnership franchise was announced which includes Intercity West Coast rail and HS2 services. The responses for this consultation will assist our specification for the West Coast Partnership.

The Department for Transport (DfT) is seeking views on the future of rail services, stations and other supporting services provided in the new InterCity West Coast (ICWC) franchise. We welcome views from:

passengers
rail industry employees
communities
businesses
rail groups
local authorities
local enterprise partnerships
devolved administrations
unions
other organisations

We welcome your views on all aspects of the rail service so we can ensure the new franchise delivers the best possible railway for passengers, communities and businesses.

Background on the InterCity West Coast rail franchise

The ICWC franchise operates long distance high-speed services, primarily on the West Coast Main Line between London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, North Wales, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The franchise runs through the London North Western, Wales and Scotland routes.

Public consultation events

We have organised a series of public events during May, June and July for people to come along to speak to the project team about the consultation and ask any questions to help inform their response.

These will be held at train stations on the following dates:.

Venue	Date	Time
Milton Keynes	Wednesday 25 May	4:30pm to 8:00pm
Euston	Thursday 26 May	3:30pm to 8:00pm
Manchester Piccadilly	Friday 3 June	3:30pm to 8:00pm
Liverpool Lime St	Monday 6 June	3:00pm to 5:30pm
Bangor	Wednesday 8 June	3:00pm to 5:30pm
Rhyl	Thursday 9 June	3:00pm to 5:30pm
Carlisle	Wednesday 15 June	3:00pm to 5:30pm
Edinburgh Waverley	Thursday 16 June	3:00pm to 5:30pm
Glasgow Central	Friday 17 June	3:00pm to 5:30pm
Rugby	Thursday 23 June	3:00pm to 5:30pm
Birmingham New Street	Friday 24 June	3:30pm to 8:00pm

Stakeholder consultation events

Separate events will be arranged so that stakeholders can meet, express views and discuss the consultation ahead of submitting formal responses. The stakeholder events are aimed at:

local authorities
local enterprise partnerships
local business and commerce representatives
local transport groups, rail groups and partnerships

For more information or to register your interest in attending a stakeholder event, please email ICWCconsultation@dft.gsi.gov.uk, placing ‘event’ in the subject line.