The costs are pretty evenly split between: 1) Maintaining track 2) Buying/leasing/maintaining trains 3) Staff The single best thing you can do to drive down tr

The costs are pretty evenly split between: 1) Maintaining track 2) Buying/leasing/maintaining trains 3) Staff The single best thing you can do to drive down train cost is to put more people on each train. Based on these sources: https://www.statista.com/chart/20169/gb-rail-fare-spending-breakdown/?srsltid=AfmBOorwmz_TStNJqvm7KTAVfKdGXBG7BdsGvpgy2uRBcDDW2I2TqVC4 https://www.statista.com/chart/20169/gb-rail-fare-spending-b... https://transport.ec.europa.eu/document/download/f5c82d86-2351-4e16-a082-727f419e1bc7_en?filename=2015-09-study-on-the-cost-and-contribution-of-the-rail-sector-exec-summary_en.pdf https://transport.ec.europa.eu/document/download/f5c82d86-23...