Northern (Arriva Rail North)

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RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
Interestingly according to DfT figures the overall bus subsidy for Metropolitan areas (including concessionary travel reimbursement and BSOG) is 50.7p per passenger mile. In non-Metropolitan areas it's 66.5p per passenger mile and in London it's 35.1p per passenger mile. For Rail the overall subsidy (including Network Rail payments) for England & Wales is just 5.7p per passenger mile. Even the old Northern franchise's high subsidy of 35.3p per passenger mile is much lower than the overall bus subsidy! Old Northern received a PTE subsidy of 8.8p per passenger mile for journeys within PTE areas (included in the overall 35.3p figure) which to the delight of Dentonian is being withdrawn with PTE fares being brought in line with non-PTE fares.