Government support to the rail industry - Table 1.6
Subsidy (positive values) or premium payment (negative values) made from/to Department for Transport, Transport Scotland and Welsh Government (£ million)
Great Britain Annual data (financial year): 1985-86 to 2018-19
Financial yr Central Gov PTE Direct rail HS2 Crossrail Misc Total gov Total gov support Network Rail Freight
grants grants support support at 2018-19 prices Loans grants
1985-86 849 78 0 0 0 61 988 2,409 0 7
1986-87 755 70 0 0 0 22 847 1,983 0 6
1987-88 796 68 0 0 0 -251 613 1,359 0 2
1988-89 551 70 0 0 0 -175 446 929 0 2
1989-90 479 84 0 0 0 232 795 1,537 0 1
1990-91 637 115 0 0 0 440 1,192 2,130 0 4
1991-92 902 120 0 0 0 562 1,584 2,676 0 1
1992-93 1,194 107 0 0 0 870 2,171 3,578 0 2
1993-94 926 166 0 0 0 535 1,627 2,618 0 4
1994-95 1,815 346 0 0 0 -464 1,697 2,698 0 3
1995-96 1,712 362 0 0 0 -1,643 431 665 0 4
1996-97 1,809 291 0 0 0 -1,044 1,056 1,573 0 15
1997-98 1,429 375 0 0 0 25 1,829 2,707 0 29
1998-99 1,196 337 0 0 0 53 1,586 2,317 0 29
1999-00 1,031 312 0 0 0 75 1,418 2,064 0 23
2000-01 847 283 0 0 0 84 1,214 1,728 0 36
2001-02 731 306 684 0 0 105 1,826 2,573 0 57
2002-03 935 304 1,166 0 0 183 2,588 3,559 0 49
2003-04 1,359 414 1,670 0 0 179 3,622 4,880 0 32
2004-05 878 389 2,370 0 0 154 3,791 4,974 0 26
2005-06 879 332 3,367 0 0 24 4,602 5,884 0 23
2006-07 1,456 313 4,463 0 0 76 6,308 7,831 0 30
2007-08 1,123 310 3,673 0 0 187 5,293 6,413 0 21
2008-09 347 206 4,073 0 0 356 4,982 5,876 0 21
2009-10 551 204 3,564 0 184 171 4,674 5,436 0 22
2010-11 -51 205 3,492 0 221 359 4,226 4,825 0 25
2011-12 -131 214 3,745 54 518 136 4,536 5,112 0 18
2012-13 -420 164 3,780 210 1,206 214 5,155 5,695 0 18
2013-14 -35 182 3,453 317 1,124 310 5,352 5,806 0 18
2014-15 -796 123 3,802 362 1,097 257 4,846 5,190 6,369 18
2015-16 -817 126 3,969 463 803 197 4,741 5,038 7,210 22
2016-17 -763 5 4,081 839 -200 266 4,228 4,392 5,683 18
2017-18 -223 5 4,199 2,088 0 297 6,365 6,482 5,917 17
2018-19 417 5 3,859 2,610 0 167 7,058 7,058 5,629 16