§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the change in track access charges paid by each train operating company was from 1 April 2001, resulting from 511W the increase in access charges granted to Railtrack as part of the last periodic review carried out by the ORR; and if he will make a statement. [62296]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 17 June 2002]: The fixed track access charges paid by each franchised train operating company for 2001–02 are shown in the table. In total these charges are 20.5 per cent. lower in real terms than the aggregate fixed track access charges for 2000–01. This reduction takes account of direct grants from the SRA, in the absence of which access charges would need to be higher.
A directly comparable breakdown of 2000–01 access charges by train operating company is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
£ Train operating company Fixed charge1 Anglia 14,315,915 Cardiff Railway 5,708,415 Central Trains 74,823,111 Chiltern 9,801,611 South Central 55,990,684 Connex South Eastern 100,158,195 Gatwick Express 6,643,844 GNER 72,589,461 Great Eastern 23,781,313 Great Western Trains 74,468,341 C2C (formerly LTS) 17,613,747 Merseyrail 14,731,783 Midland Mainline 18,587,481 North West Trains 80,071,189 Northern Spirit 99,144,817 Scotrail 117,818,012 Silverlink 56,830,709 South West Trains 78,702,527 Thames Trains 20,631,385 Thameslink 17,617,111 Virgin Cross Country 118,321,190 Virgin West Coast 239,910,734 WAGN 49,987,277 Wales and West 38,918,620 Total 1,407,167,474 1 2001–02 prices