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Network Rail's (NR) South London Route Utilisation Strategy (SLRUS), published in March 2008〔(South London RUS )〕〔(London Connections appraisal of SLRUS )〕〔(Comment from Railway Scene website )〕 (SLRUS) was the eighth Route Utilisation Strategy to be produced. By default, RUSs are established by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) unless the latter objects within 60 days. The RUS is included in NR's map as established.〔(Network Rail RUS Programme and Map )〕 The scope includes the London suburban lines of Strategic Route 1 - Kent,〔(Route 1 - Kent )〕 including lines as far as Hayes, Sevenoaks and Rochester (but excluding the Swanley-Rochester line) and those of Route 2 - Brighton Main Line and Sussex,〔(Route 2 - Brighton Main Line and Sussex )〕 including lines as far as Horsham (via Dorking), Epsom Downs, Purley (plus the branches to Tattenham Corner and Caterham), East Grinstead and Uckfield. Where routes are four-tracked the fast lines are generally excluded. As such the routes are heavily short/medium distance commuter routes into London, but there are some freight services as well. The lines excluded from Routes 1 and 2 are to be covered in the Kent RUS〔(Kent RUS draft for consultation )〕 and the Sussex RUS.〔(Sussex RUS scoping document )〕 As with other RUSs, the SLRUS took into account a number of responses,〔(TfL's response to consultation )〕〔(London TravelWatch response to consultation )〕〔(Rail Freight Group response to consultation )〕 including the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR).〔(ORR's response to consultation )〕 Some issues are closely related to other published RUSs: South West Main Line RUS, Cross London RUS; Freight RUS; East Coast Main Line RUS. The Strategic Rail Authority's (SRA) Brighton Main Line (BML) RUS,〔(SRA Brighton Main Line RUS )〕 published February 2006, as superseded by the Department for Transport's (DfT) consultation〔(Implementation of the BML RUS: Consultation Document )〕 and briefing,〔(Implementation of the BML RUS: Stakeholder briefing document (pdf version) )〕 led to changes in the December 2008 timetable; the most important of these is the change to the Gatwick Express service in the morning peak. The Kent, Sussex and East Midlands〔(East Midlands RUS scoping document )〕 RUSs will have some interfaces with the SLRUS. ==Timescales and related projects== The RUS needs to be seen against existing contingent and prospective schemes, most notably the Thameslink project and the East London Line (ELL) extension (ELLx). Thameslink will see a step-change in services continuing through central London onto the network north of London, which are currently limited to 15 trains per hour in each direction (tph) at 8-car length; many interventions identified in the SLRUS are interdependent with certain works in this programme. Phase 1 of the ELL extension (ELLx1), already authorised at time of SLRUS publication, will incorporate new services on the lines from West Croydon and Crystal Palace to New Cross Gate; Phase 2 (authorised in February 2009) will incorporate new services on a route from Clapham Junction to Surrey Quays via a currently freight-only line, the South London Line, and a reinstated disused alignment. In addition Crossrail would interact with the RUS area at Abbey Wood from 2017 (at the earliest). Another project that does not directly form part of the RUS area but has a knock-on effect certainly to passenger services and possibly to freight services is High Speed One (HS1). Largely because of these interdependencies the timescale of the SLRUS, while divided into a short, medium and long term, does not coincide with NR's Control Periods (CP) as is usual with RUSs. The short term is up to 2010 to coincide with the introduction of the December 2009 timetable. There are really three medium term timescales * up to 2012 when much train lengthening is recommended to have been implemented, and Thameslink Key Output 1 is scheduled to be completed * up to 2015 when Thameslink Key Output 2 is scheduled to be completed * immediately beyond 2015 when the full Thameslink 24tph becomes operational A longer term timescale corresponding approximately with the remainder of CP4 and CP5 (commencing April 2019) and beyond is examined. Apart from the prerequisites to train lengthening, mainly platform lengthening, increased depot capacity and power upgrades, the medium term interventions involve little infrastructure apart from the heavy undertakings within the contingent projects described above. 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「South London Route Utilisation Strategy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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