At the other end of the scale, Northern Rail got nearly 35p back for every passenger mile travelled on their trains (this figures does not include Scotrail and Arriva Trains Wales that are subsidised separately by the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly).
- (a) Subsidy paid directly to train operators by Government
- Figures published by the Office of Rail Regulation based on passenger kilometres, converted to miles.
- (b) An allocation of the Network Grant (that is, payments made directly to Network Rail)
- This is calculated by taking the total Network Grant, apportioned according to each franchise’s share of Fixed Track Access Charges.
Rail subsidy per passenger mile by Train Operating Company (TOC)1 | ||||||
a | b | c (= a + b) | ||||
Government Subsidy per passenger mile (pence) | Network Grant per passenger mile (pence) | Total subsidy per passenger mile (pence) | ||||
Train Operating Company |
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
c2c |
-1.1
|
-2.0
|
7.1
|
7.0
|
6.0
|
5.0
|
Chiltern Railways |
-2.9
|
1.0
|
13.1
|
12.4
|
10.1
|
13.5
|
CrossCountry |
1.6
|
0.3
|
15.2
|
14.7
|
16.9
|
15.0
|
East Coast |
-5.8
|
-6.2
|
6.5
|
6.6
|
0.7
|
0.5
|
East Midlands Trains |
-1.7
|
-3.0
|
14.2
|
13.7
|
12.5
|
10.8
|
First Capital Connect |
-6.8
|
-7.6
|
5.9
|
5.4
|
-0.9
|
-2.2
|
First Greater Western |
-3.0
|
-3.0
|
9.2
|
8.8
|
6.2
|
5.8
|
First TransPennine Express |
8.4
|
8.0
|
12.5
|
12.1
|
20.9
|
20.1
|
Greater Anglia2 |
-
|
-4.2
|
-
|
8.1
|
-
|
3.9
|
London Midland |
5.8
|
5.0
|
11.9
|
10.7
|
17.8
|
15.8
|
National Express East Anglia2 |
-4.5
|
-3.5
|
8.8
|
8.6
|
4.2
|
5.1
|
Northern Rail |
5.4
|
7.3
|
28.6
|
27.6
|
34.0
|
34.9
|
Southeastern |
8.8
|
3.4
|
9.9
|
9.7
|
18.7
|
13.0
|
Southern |
-4.0
|
-0.6
|
7.4
|
7.0
|
3.5
|
6.4
|
South West Trains |
-5.2
|
-6.4
|
7.6
|
7.4
|
2.4
|
0.9
|
Virgin Trains |
-4.7
|
-4.5
|
8.4
|
8.1
|
3.7
|
3.6
|
Total DfT franchised TOCs |
-1.8
|
-2.1
|
9.9
|
9.6
|
8.1
|
7.5
|
2. The National Express East Anglia franchise ended on 5 February 2012 when Greater Anglia took over the franchise.