• Rail review requires 'big conversation'

    Rail review requires 'big conversation'

    All voices must be heard - from trade unions, passenger groups, businesses, politicians and think-tanks to passengers themselves.

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  • 26-30 Railcard to go on sale nationwide by end of the year

    26-30 Railcard to go on sale nationwide by end of the year

    4 million people will be eligible to take advantage of 1/3 off their leisure journeys, for just £30 a year

    Learn more

  • 25th anniversary of the 1993 Railways Act

    25th anniversary of the 1993 Railways Act

    Much progress has been made, but we recognise the railway must continue to change and improve

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  • Rail review requires 'big conversation' Rail review requires 'big conversation'
  • 26-30 Railcard to go on sale nationwide by end of the year 26-30 Railcard to go on sale nationwide by end of the year
  • 25th anniversary of the 1993 Railways Act 25th anniversary of the 1993 Railways Act

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Facts & statistics

  • Funding and profits

    • Average train company operating margins are 2.9%, 20% lower than in 1997/98.
    • Train operating company profits were £270m in 1997-98 in real terms and £250m in 2012-13; over the same period, money paid by operators to Government to reinvest in more and better services has increased 400%, from £390million to £1.96billion.
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