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Title: Some thoughts and questions on the high finances of nationslisation Post by: grahame on May 25, 2025, 16:13:34 https://www.statista.com/statistics/305021/national-rail-revenue-passenger-fares-in-the-united-kingdom/ (https://www.statista.com/statistics/305021/national-rail-revenue-passenger-fares-in-the-united-kingdom/)
Annual Rail fare income back up to £10.3 billion last year. Heidi Alaexander looks forward to the £150 million that she expects to be saved by Nationalisation in the press this morning. That's around 1.4%. Whilst every penny counts, I can't help wondering if this is a lot of hype about a relatively small saving when fares have gone up - officially - by 4.6% this year and tweaks to things like advance fare allocations have, I would suspect, resulted in a somewhat greater increase. On the other side, has anyone quantified the one off costs of Nationalisation and setting up GBR, and how do they compare to the £150 million which is - however - an annual figure? How much will the Nationalised GBR and TOCs be paying to private companies to hire rolling stock next year? This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |