Track Record 42, January to March 2010 - Public Transport Victoria

3.2 V/Line Passenger trains
Payments by the State to the regional rail operator (V/Line Passenger) – including payments for coach
services directly contracted by V/Line – are summarised in Table 5. Farebox revenue is retained by V/Line and
is included to provide an overall indication of the cost of the services. State contract payments represent the
net payments required for V/Line Pa ssenger to run the services.
V/Line Passenger incurred an Operational Performance Regime penalty of $442,000 as service disruption
levels exceeded the agreed target levels in the March quarter 2010.
Table 5 Payment for V/Line Passenger train services ($ ,000)
Payment type Jan-Mar 2009 Apr-Jun 2009 Jul-Sep 2009 Oct-Dec 2009 Jan-Mar 2010
Base contract 57,683 64,509 62,284 64,444 62,199
Farebox 17,193 17,739 18,191 16,729 18,009
Rolling stock 8,953 8,953 8,953 8,953 8,953
Incentive and penalty -579 -176 142 -387 -442
Capital projects 843 1,036 2,607 368 1,447
TOTAL 84,093 92,061 92,177 90,107 90,166
3.3 Metropolitan and regional buses
Payments to metropolitan, regional and school bus operators are presented in Table 6.
Table 6 Payment for metropolitan and regional bus services ($ ,000)
Payment type Jan-Mar 2009 Apr-Jun 2009 Jul-Sep 2009 Oct-Dec 2009 Jan-Mar 2010
Metropolitan bus 105,923 111,194 111,787 110,484 112,456
Regional bus 24,176 24,707 24,646 26,866 26,523
School bus 30,435 45,692 46,600 46,723 31,504
TOTAL 160,534 181,593 183,033 184,073 170,583
3.4 Metlink
Under current metropolitan rail franchises, Metlink is a provider of system-wide services. Payments to Metlink
for services supplied under contracts with the State are presented in Table 7.
Table 7 Payment for Metlink and services ($ ,000)
Payment type Jan-Mar 2009 Apr-Jun 2009 Jul-Sep 2009 Oct-Dec 2009 Jan-Mar 2010
Metlink 3,948 3,926 4,160 4,355 5,338
Other 272 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4,220 3,926 4,160 4,355 5,338
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