Island Railway Line

(asked on 8th December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much income from passengers was earned by the Isle of Wight Island Line in each of the last five years.


Answered by
 Portrait
Claire Perry
This question was answered on 14th December 2015

We do not have the running costs of the Isle of Wight Island Line in each category of expenditure in each of the last three years. What we do have are the figures for 2014/15 as supplied by SSWT:


Costs

£m

Staff costs

2.093

Station Lease costs

1.298

Depot Track Renewals, Maintenance, Materials

0.66

Track access and Electric Traction

0.123

Other

0.443

Total Costs

4.617


SSWT have informed us that the Island Line generated the following income in each of the last five years:


2010/11 = £0.9m

2011/12 = £1.0m

2012/13 = £1.0m

2013/14 = £0.9m

2014/15 = £0.9m

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