| Consolidated Revenue Account | ||
| Gross Receipts. | £m. | £m. |
| Passenger | 157·5 | |
| Freight (including parcels and mails) | 306·7 | |
| Miscellaneous | 10·5 | |
| 474·7 | ||
| Working Expenses: | ||
| Train and vehicle operating expenses | 187·5 | |
| Maintenance of rolling stock | 122·2 | |
| Other traffic expenses | 92·7 | |
| Signalling expenses | 39·1 | |
| Maintenance of way and structures | 85·4 | |
| General | 22·6 | |
| Collection and delivery by road | 22·1 | |
| 571·6 | ||
| Deduct internal charges raised for transport charges | 10·0 | |
| 561·6 | ||
| Net receipt | 86·9 | |
| (Deficit) |
Interest and other central charges amounted to £49 m., making a total deficit of £135·9 m. Additionally, a sum of £23·4 m. was charged to Special Account (pursuant to Section 3 of the Transport (Railway Finances) Act, 1957) in respect of interest for the year on borrowings during the years 1958 to 1961 for capital purposes.
Functional Split of Expenses
This table shows a re-allocation of the Working Expenses of £561·6 m. according to operational functions:—
| Train Working:— | £m. | £m. | |
| Locomotives | Provision, maintenance, stabling and servicing | 55·9 | |
| Carrying units | Provision, maintenance, stabling and servicing:— | ||
| Multiple units, carriages, and parcels vans | 55·0 | ||
| Wagons | 46·1 | ||
| Operating wages | 39·8 | ||
| Fuel, water and lubricants | 52·3 | ||
| 249·1 | |||
| Marshalling | 20·3 | ||
| Shunting | 29·4 | ||
| Terminal handling and facilities | 64·9 | ||
| Documentation | 26·0 | ||
| Collection and delivery by road | 22·1 | ||
| Miscellaneous (including publicity and claims) | 6·9 | ||
| Track and signalling | 110·5 | ||
| General administration | 32·4 | ||
| Total Expenses | 561·6 | ||
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