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Rapid Transit Systems - DATA TABLE

Data is from the 2004 Edition of TSGB  and the DfT Light Rail Facts leaflet except the emboldened which are calculated.  Prices are at the 2003 base. Add 10% to generate June 2006 values.

  Dock lands Strath
clyde		 Man chester Tyne and Wear Sheffield
super
tram		 Centro Croydon Total/mean excluding Docklands
Capital costs 2003 prices £mn, see notes  1162 NA 359 739 302 159 212 1771
Operating costs to 31st March 2003 £mn 63.7 - 25.8 95.7 7.97 6.35 25.53 161.4
Capital cost per route km £(mn) 43.04 - 9.21 9.47 10.41 7.95 7.57 44.6
Annual cost of track £(mn) (see note) 121.3 - 37.5 77.1 31.5 16.6 22.1 184.8
Annual cost of rolling stock at £1.2mn per car 14.6 6.4 5.0 10.9 3.9 2.5 3.7 25.9
Total annual cost £(mn) 199.6 - 68.2 183.7 43.4 25.4 51.4 372.1
Receipts (£million) 2003/4 37.4 10.3 20.9 31.4 9.2 5.2 16.1 82.8
Receipts minus total annual cost £(mn) -162.2 - -47.3 -152.3 -34.2 -20.2 -35.3 -289.3
Operating profit/loss -26.3   -4.9 -64.3 1.23 -1.15 -9.43 -78.6
Total annual cost divided by receipts 5.34 - 3.26 5.85 4.71 4.89 3.19 4.49
Operating costs divided by receipts 1.70 - 1.23 3.05 0.87 1.22 1.59 1.95
Journeys (million) 2003/4 48.5 13.3 18.9 37.9 12.3 5.1 19.2 93.4
Total profit/loss per journey, pence -334   -250 -402 -278 -397 -184 -310
Operating profit/loss per journey, pence -54   -26 -170 10 -23 -49 -84
Passenger-km (million) 2003/4 235.5 42.7 169.3 283.9 42 53.5 105 653.7
Total profit/loss per pass-km, pence -68.9   -28.0 -53.6 -81.4 -37.8 -33.6 -44.3
Operating profit/loss per pass-km, pence -11.2   -2.9 -22.6 2.9 -2.1 -9.0 -12.0
Train-km (million) 2003/4 3.4 1.1 4.6 5.8 2.5 1.7 2.5 17.1
Stations/Stops 2003/4 34 15 37 58 48 23 38 204
Seats 2003/4 NA 1,508 2752 6120 2200 832 1680 13584
Rail cars 94 41 32 70 25 16 24 167
Route-km 27 11 39 78 29 20 28 194
Cars per train/tram 3 2 2 NA 1 2 2 NA
Staff as at 2001 405 NA 303 710 272 147 186 1618
Staff per car 4.3 - 9.5 10.1 10.9 9.2 7.8 9.7
Av. journey length km 4.9 3.2 9.0 7.5 3.4 10.5 5.5 7.0
Passengers per train/tram 69 39 37 49 17 31 42 38
Passengers per car  23 NA 18 NA 17 16 21 NA
Equivalent (one way) bus flow per day per track based on 20 passengers per bus 597 266 297 249 99 183 257 231
Station spacing km per station 0.79 0.73 1.05 1.34 0.60 0.87 0.74 0.95

Notes:

  1. The annual cost of track capital is based on repayment over 30 years at the Treasury discount rate of 3.5%, (providing a multiplier of 0.054 on capital) plus maintenance at 5% of capital providing a combined multiplier of 0.104.
  2. The annual cost of rolling stock is again based on a 30 year life and 3.5% interest rate but with maintenance set to 7.5% of capital providing a combined multiplier of 0129.
  3. Outturn prices have been converted to the 2003 base using the Retail Prices Index.
  4. Docklands: Capital costs: £77 million in 1987, £294 million in 1991, £280 million in 1994, £250m in 1999, a total of £901 million at outrun prices or £1162 at 2003 prices.
  5. Manchester Metrolink: Opened 1992 at a construction cost of £140 million, Extended in 2000 at a cost of £160 million, providing a total of £359 million at 2003 prices.
  6. Tyne and Wear: Opened 1980-1984 at a construction cost of £284 million (mostly new track with some use of former rail
    alignments). Extended to Airport in 1991, Sunderland extension in 2002 (sharing 14 km of exiting national rail track), £105mn providing £739 million at 2003 prices.
  7. Sheffield Supertram: Opened 1994/5 at a construction cost of £240 million, providing £302 million at 2003 prices.
  8. Centro - Midland Metro: Opened 1999 at a construction cost of £145 million providing £159 million at 2003 prices.
  9. Croydon Tram link: Opened May 2000 at a construction cost of £200 million, providing £212 million at 2003 prices.
Discount Rate 3.50% Sensitivity tests possible by varying any of these.
Capital Recovery Factor 30yrs at 3.5% 5.44%
Annual track maintenance % capital 5.00%
Annual rolling stock maintenance % capital 7.50%
Capital cost of rolling stock £millions 1.20

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