Train Operating Companies: Subsidies

(asked on 18th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department provided in operating subsidies to each train operating company in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 25th January 2024

The Office of Rail and Road publish data on franchise payments made to, or received from, operators on their Rail Industry Finance data portal. The portal can be accessed on their website. The tables which answer the question are:

  • Table 7273: Government subsidy by franchised passenger operator (up to 2018-19)
  • Table 7226: Franchised Passenger Train Operator Finances since 2015-16 by Franchise
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