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The Lancashire and Cumbria Route Utilisation Strategy is a Route Utilisation Strategy, published by Network Rail on 29 August 2008 〔(Lancashire and Cumbria RUS )〕 It was the ninth RUS to be produced. By default, RUSs are established by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) unless the latter objects within 60 days. The L&C RUS was established on 28 October 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Office of Rail Regulation )〕 The L&C RUS was the second of no fewer than 5 RUSs which cover specific routes in the north-west of England; the others are the North West RUS (NWRUS, published May 2007), the Yorkshire & Humberside (published July 2009), the Merseyside RUS (published March 2009), and the West Coast main Line RUS (scheduled for publication in the second half of 2009). Officially the RUS area corresponds exactly to Network Rail's Route 23 - North West Rural,〔(Route 23 )〕 but in practice includes both routes to Blackpool from Preston, part of Route 20. As with other RUSs, the L&C RUS took into account a number of responses,〔(First TransPennine Express response )〕〔(North West Rail Campaign )〕 including the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) .〔(ORR's response to consultation )〕 As has become customary with RUSs, the recommendations are nominally grouped into Control Periods (CP): CP4 - to the end of March 2009, CP5 - to 2014, and the longer term (CP6 and beyond). The great majority of recommendations are focussed on CP4. The RUS received the following issues from the North West RUS (NWRUS): * improving the link between Preston – Ormskirk so that the service between Liverpool and Preston can be enhanced * extending local Manchester services to Accrington and Burnley * enabling services to run between Southport and Preston. Some issues were passed to later RUSs: Merseyside;〔(Merseyside RUS )〕 Yorkshire & Humber;〔(Yorkshire & Humber RUS )〕 West Coast Main Line.〔(West Coast Main Line RUS Scoping document, section 4.4.2 p.6 )〕 ==The situation at the time of the RUS== The great majority of the route mileage has permitted line speeds between 55 and 60 miles per hour (mph), with shorter sections of both higher and lower speeds. Junctions are no faster than 30 mph, with significant numbers rated at lower speeds, down to 10 mph in some cases. The only W9/W10 freight route is the Heysham to West Coast Main Line via Morecambe route; most of the network is restricted to W6 or W7. The Settle and Carlisle route carries a considerable amount of coal traffic. The region carries about 10.2 million passengers per year, divided as follows: * between stations in the RUS area: 29% * between the RUS area and the rest of the North West: 40% * between the RUS area and other regions: 31%. Unlike most RUSs, capacity for the number of passengers wishing to travel is a problem only in very localised places. Crowding occurs in peak-time commuter routes into Manchester, but that was already addressed in the NWRUS. There is a particular issue on the Cumbrian Coast line at Sellafield and occasionally at Carlisle. Sporadic crowding occurs on the Carlisle-Leeds and Morecambe-Leeds routes. Generally much more of an issue are the relatively poor state of regional links. The following potential route links are characterised as 'missing': * Southport-Preston * Accrington-Manchester * Burnley-Manchester * Burnley-Bradford (and Leeds). The following links are characterised as 'weak': * Barrow-West Cumbria, 7 trains daily and long journey times * Carlisle-Bradford (and Leeds), 6 trains daily and long journey times * Lancaster-Bradford (and Leeds), 4 trains daily. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lancashire and Cumbria Route Utilisation Strategy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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