(21 Aug 2022, 10:56 am)Ambassador wrote It runs at a huge huge loss, hasn’t grown passenger numbers above what Northern had with a better service and caused the frequency elsewhere to drop (hence the need for the new metro flow project)
I shall dig out the FOI figures that were bouncing around last year
Looking at the annual report for the year prior to COVID, Metro was drawing 75% of the operation cost back in income. So the subsidy is less than what most heavy rail passenger services rely on.
If we've seen the same FOI figures, then I'd say the total flow of passengers compares well to similar areas on the network.