Skymonster
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I am unfamiliar with the financial model in railway stations, but UK airport outlets typically pay not only floor rent but also a percentage of turnover to the landlord (i.e. the airport owner / operator), and this in part contributes to higher prices (as well, of course, as prices being pitched at a level only a captive market will tolerate).
Mind you, even if the model is similar in rail, it still doesn’t justify some of the outrageous pricing - I sometimes like a drink on the train, and the local station Pumpkin charges £4.95 for a can of JD and Coke, Tesco price £5.00 for three of the same with a Clubcard! The overpriced bar (SSP managed) still hasn’t reopened after the pandemic.
Mind you, even if the model is similar in rail, it still doesn’t justify some of the outrageous pricing - I sometimes like a drink on the train, and the local station Pumpkin charges £4.95 for a can of JD and Coke, Tesco price £5.00 for three of the same with a Clubcard! The overpriced bar (SSP managed) still hasn’t reopened after the pandemic.