Fixed operator cost

What this is

The operator costs that stay put however much the train runs. The coaches have to be bought, financed and cleaned whether they are moving or standing.

Fixed here means fixed with respect to the timetable. A longer train needs more coaches, so these still scale with the size of the service but they do not scale with how far it goes.

The operator costs that stay the same however much the train runs.

The formula

$$C_{op,fix} = C_{coach,amort} + C_{fin} + C_{fix,oh} + C_{clean} + C_{shunt}$$

	Symbol	Meaning	Unit	Where it comes from
Input	C_coach,amort	Coach write-off	€/year	coach_amortisation_eur
Input	C_fin	Financing cost	€/year	financing_eur
Input	C_fix,oh	Fixed overhead	€/year	fix_overhead_eur
Input	C_clean	Cleaning cost	€/year	cleaning_eur
Input	C_shunt	Shunting cost	€/year	shunting_eur
Result	C_op,fix	Total fixed operator cost	€/year	—

Feeds into: operator_total_eur

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