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Keeping track of the UK rail industry
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East Coast

Operator: London North Eastern Railway (DfT)

Period to: 31/03/2024 31/03/2023 Change 31/03/2022 31/03/2021 31/03/2020 31/03/2019 Change since 2019
  £000 £000 % £000 £000 £001 £000 %
Fares Income 794,726 674,889 17.8% 469,595 108,954 782,180 857,075 (7.3%)
Other income 65,770 53,379 23.2% 40,720 24,107 56,484 84,298 (22.0%)
Total Revenue 860,496 728,268 18.2% 510,316 133,061 838,664 941,374 (8.6%)
Operating Costs:                
Staff 170,937 162,403 5.3% 153,236 155,872 157,325 176,187 (3.0%)
Diesel Fuel 8,697 10,357 (16.0%) 7,205 3,117 15,264 27,788 (68.7%)
Rolling Stock 383,051 366,644 4.5% 329,096 345,982 203,421 104,965 264.9%
Track access 181,772 154,590 17.6% 128,577 77,801 94,117 150,763 20.6%
Other 151,928 107,257 41.6% 133,560 147,192 257,240 214,414 (29.1%)
Total 896,384 801,252 11.9% 751,674 729,965 727,367 674,117 33.0%
Operating Profit before grant/premium: (35,888) (72,984) (50.8%) (241,358) (596,904) 111,296 267,257 (113.4%)
Net subsidy/premium 39,007 85,004 (54.1%) 247,872 598,288 (105,784) (221,147) (117.6%)
Operating Profit  3,119 12,020 (74.1%) 6,514 1,383 5,512 46,110 (93.2%)
Margins                
Operating Margin pre-grant (4.2%) (10.0%)   (47.3%) (448.6%) 13.3% 28.4%  
Operating Margin post grant 0.4% 1.7%   1.3% 1.0% 0.7% 4.9%  
Operating Profit to Operating Cost 0.3% 1.5%   0.9% 0.2% 0.8% 6.8%