East Coast Railway Line
(asked on 20th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual average cost of each seat on the East Coast rail service in (1) standard class, and (2) first class.
This question was answered on 28th October 2014
The average cost of each seat on the East Coast rail service, calculated by adding direct rolling stock costs (staff including drivers and guards, materials, leasing, operating and maintaining, fuel, retail costs net revenue, logistics) and dividing by total number of seats are as follows:
1) Standard Class: £9,750 per annum
2) First Class: £16,339 per annum