"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 08:47:27 on Sun, 28 Sep
2014, tim..... remarked:
The extra train, new stations and
additional track will also need to be maintained.

Is that really a noticeable percentage of 28 million?

Why do you think this particular stretch of line will pay its operating
costs from revenue, when the system taken as a whole doesn't?

[Tube fares are about £1.6BN, operating costs about £2.4BN, capital
costs on top of that].

How does that answer my question?

It shows that the margin cost of operating the line could well be of the
same order of magnitude as the farebox.

The point is that the increase in revenue is (somewhat obviously) not just
the fares for the route.

They are income from additional passengers to other station who otherwise
would have driven.

It's not normal to attribute per route income against fixed costs this way.


In other words, you are seriously underestimating the additional cost of
operating the trains.

No I don't think so

think that they are wrongly attributing some of the increased income to the
line

tim