Total cost

What this is

Everything running the route costs in a year: what the operator spends on staff, rolling stock and service, plus what it pays the infrastructure companies for track, electricity, stations and parking.

The route's total annual cost: operator plus infrastructure.

The formula

$$C_{total} = C_{operator} + C_{infrastructure}$$

	Symbol	Meaning	Unit	Where it comes from
Input	C_operator	All operator costs, fixed and variable	€/year	operator_total_eur
Input	C_infrastructure	All charges paid to infrastructure companies	€/year	infrastructure_total_eur
Result	C_total	Total annual cost	€/year	—

Feeds into: net_eur

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