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South Western

Operator: FirstGroup/MTR Corporation JV

Period to:31/03/202331/03/2022Change31/03/202131/03/202031/03/20195yr change
 £000£000%£000£000£000%
Fares Income 766,125 544,587 40.7% 190,459 984,137 1,097,019 (30.2%)
Other income 50,514 3,242 1458.1% 32,669 102,229 81,277 (37.8%)
Total Revenue 816,639 547,829 49.1% 223,129 1,086,367 1,178,295 (30.7%)
Operating Costs:              
Staff 337,596 332,852 1.4% 328,100 288,138 285,534 18.2%
Diesel Fuel 10,915 7,576 44.1% 6,454 7,466 8,081 35.1%
Rolling Stock 119,864 105,624 13.5% 186,573 190,208 206,865 (42.1%)
Track access 259,358 239,242 8.4% 225,065 188,676 185,724 39.6%
Other 245,528 232,629 5.5% 255,005 165,719 271,959 (9.7%)
Total 973,261 917,921 6.0% 1,001,197 840,206 958,163 1.6%
Operating Profit before grant/premium: (156,622) (370,092) (57.7%) (778,068) 246,160 220,132 (171.1%)
Net subsidy/premium 170,871 386,770 (55.8%) 785,165 (300,554) (182,558) (193.6%)
Operating Profit  14,249 16,678 (14.6%) 7,097 (54,393) 37,574 (62.1%)
Operating Margins              
Pre-grant (19.2%) (67.6%)   (348.7%) 22.7% 18.7%  
Post grant 1.7% 3.0%   3.2% (5.0%) 3.2%  
Operating Profit to Operating Cost 1.5% 1.8%   0.7% (6.5%) 3.9%