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« on: October 23, 2024, 15:59:50 »

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Rail operators stripped of profit incentive ahead of renationalisation

The Department for Transport is getting rid of an incentive scheme that allows non-publicly owned rail companies to make additional profits

According to the Financial Times, this will involve scrapping the ‘revenue outturn mechanism’ that was introduced into national rail contracts (NRCs) by the former Tory government less than a year ago.

These contracts were intended to encourage UK (United Kingdom) rail operators to grow revenue take and passenger numbers.

I have sometimes recently wondered what incentive the remaining private TOCs (Train Operating Company) have ...
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2024, 16:20:17 »

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Rail operators stripped of profit incentive ahead of renationalisation

The Department for Transport is getting rid of an incentive scheme that allows non-publicly owned rail companies to make additional profits

According to the Financial Times, this will involve scrapping the ‘revenue outturn mechanism’ that was introduced into national rail contracts (NRCs) by the former Tory government less than a year ago.

These contracts were intended to encourage UK (United Kingdom) rail operators to grow revenue take and passenger numbers.

I have sometimes recently wondered what incentive the remaining private TOCs (Train Operating Company) have ...

The agreed contract which will include profit, also there will be incentives of performance, customer satisfaction it may include an element of revenue protection; I suspect the previous Governments scheme was a bit of botch 
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2024, 16:59:57 »

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Rail operators stripped of profit incentive ahead of renationalisation

The Department for Transport is getting rid of an incentive scheme that allows non-publicly owned rail companies to make additional profits

According to the Financial Times, this will involve scrapping the ‘revenue outturn mechanism’ that was introduced into national rail contracts (NRCs) by the former Tory government less than a year ago.

These contracts were intended to encourage UK (United Kingdom) rail operators to grow revenue take and passenger numbers.

I have sometimes recently wondered what incentive the remaining private TOCs (Train Operating Company) have ...

The agreed contract which will include profit, also there will be incentives of performance, customer satisfaction it may include an element of revenue protection; I suspect the previous Governments scheme was a bit of botch 

I  can't imagine GWR (Great Western Railway) stand to make much of a margin on incentives for performance and/or customer satisfaction?

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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2024, 06:33:52 »

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Rail operators stripped of profit incentive ahead of renationalisation

The Department for Transport is getting rid of an incentive scheme that allows non-publicly owned rail companies to make additional profits

According to the Financial Times, this will involve scrapping the ‘revenue outturn mechanism’ that was introduced into national rail contracts (NRCs) by the former Tory government less than a year ago.

These contracts were intended to encourage UK (United Kingdom) rail operators to grow revenue take and passenger numbers.



I have sometimes recently wondered what incentive the remaining private TOCs (Train Operating Company) have ...

The agreed contract which will include profit, also there will be incentives of performance, customer satisfaction it may include an element of revenue protection; I suspect the previous Governments scheme was a bit of botch 

I  can't imagine GWR (Great Western Railway) stand to make much of a margin on incentives for performance and/or customer satisfaction?



Hence why those incentive metrics should be there, to pay for the canopies and bubbly at the share holders meeting
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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2024, 09:25:50 »

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Rail operators stripped of profit incentive ahead of renationalisation

The Department for Transport is getting rid of an incentive scheme that allows non-publicly owned rail companies to make additional profits

According to the Financial Times, this will involve scrapping the ‘revenue outturn mechanism’ that was introduced into national rail contracts (NRCs) by the former Tory government less than a year ago.

These contracts were intended to encourage UK (United Kingdom) rail operators to grow revenue take and passenger numbers.



I have sometimes recently wondered what incentive the remaining private TOCs (Train Operating Company) have ...

The agreed contract which will include profit, also there will be incentives of performance, customer satisfaction it may include an element of revenue protection; I suspect the previous Governments scheme was a bit of botch 

I  can't imagine GWR (Great Western Railway) stand to make much of a margin on incentives for performance and/or customer satisfaction?



Hence why those incentive metrics should be there, to pay for the canopies and bubbly at the share holders meeting

Canopies? That'd be a Network Rail job wouldn't it?  Wink
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2024, 17:43:25 »

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Rail operators stripped of profit incentive ahead of renationalisation

The Department for Transport is getting rid of an incentive scheme that allows non-publicly owned rail companies to make additional profits

According to the Financial Times, this will involve scrapping the ‘revenue outturn mechanism’ that was introduced into national rail contracts (NRCs) by the former Tory government less than a year ago.

These contracts were intended to encourage UK (United Kingdom) rail operators to grow revenue take and passenger numbers.



I have sometimes recently wondered what incentive the remaining private TOCs (Train Operating Company) have ...

The agreed contract which will include profit, also there will be incentives of performance, customer satisfaction it may include an element of revenue protection; I suspect the previous Governments scheme was a bit of botch 

I  can't imagine GWR (Great Western Railway) stand to make much of a margin on incentives for performance and/or customer satisfaction?



Hence why those incentive metrics should be there, to pay for the canopies and bubbly at the share holders meeting

Canopies? That'd be a Network Rail job wouldn't it?  Wink
They have it covered  Grin
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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2024, 20:57:08 »

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Rail operators stripped of profit incentive ahead of renationalisation

The Department for Transport is getting rid of an incentive scheme that allows non-publicly owned rail companies to make additional profits

According to the Financial Times, this will involve scrapping the ‘revenue outturn mechanism’ that was introduced into national rail contracts (NRCs) by the former Tory government less than a year ago.

These contracts were intended to encourage UK (United Kingdom) rail operators to grow revenue take and passenger numbers.

I have sometimes recently wondered what incentive the remaining private TOCs (Train Operating Company) have ...

Another ill thought through Labour idea. 
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