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Great Western Railway

Operator: FirstGroup

Period to:31/03/202331/03/2022Change31/03/202131/03/202031/03/20195yr change
 £000£000%£000£001£000%
Fares Income 903,944 575,333 57.1% 172,345 1,008,873 1,045,292 (13.5%)
Other income 49,387 118,917 (58.5%) 101,386 129,873 86,418 (42.9%)
Total Revenue 953,331 694,251 37.3% 273,732 1,138,746 1,131,710 (15.8%)
Operating Costs:              
Staff 353,156 369,771 (4.5%) 367,390 366,551 366,405 (3.6%)
Diesel Fuel 73,313 46,350 58.2% 28,071 49,147 55,334 32.5%
Rolling Stock 517,143 491,509 5.2% 514,612 473,009 390,843 32.3%
Track access 251,121 132,355 89.7% 199,132 189,656 256,531 (2.1%)
Other 159,307 319,820 (50.2%) 255,038 320,695 192,809 (17.4%)
Total 1,354,040 1,359,805 (0.4%) 1,364,243 1,399,058 1,261,922 7.3%
Operating Profit before grant/premium: (400,710) (665,555) (39.8%) (1,090,511) (260,312) (130,212) 207.7%
Net subsidy/premium 421,146 697,594 (39.6%) 1,132,366 313,890 190,293 121.3%
Operating Profit  20,437 32,039 (36.2%) 41,854 53,578 60,081 (66.0%)
Operating Margins              
Pre-grant (42.0%) (95.9%)   (398.4%) (22.9%) (11.5%)  
Post grant 2.1% 4.6%   15.3% 4.7% 5.3%  
Operating Profit to Operating Cost 1.5% 2.4%   3.1% 3.8% 4.8%