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Re:Distances you can travel on a European train in less than... by vidarh on Sunday June 07, 2015 @06:22AM (#9674067)
While I strongly support a good rail network, while it may be possible that specific routes in the UK run at a profit, note that the vast majority of UK rail franchises only return a profit because of massive subsidies. The overall UK rail network is heavily subsidised overall - the few franchises that return more in franchise payments than they receive in subsidies hardly makes a dent in the overall subsidies.

The exact breakdown from DfT and Network Rail are easily accessible on gov.uk.

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