Transport for London (TfL) is a not-for-profit organisation.
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The remaining 32p is spent on modernising and expanding the network and making it more accessible for the capital's growing population. So, yes, the tube makes money – but not a profit.
'Transport for London, which includes London Underground, doesn't make a profit,' he says. 'We reinvest all our income in running and improving transport in London.
Most salary levels are just based on supply and demand economics really. What makes tube drivers different is the ability of their unions to make the supply of drivers extremely tight (and thus drive up their pay).
As a result, roughly 40 per cent of the nearly £19bn cost has been paid for by London's businesses. This is not money that would have otherwise been spent in other ways, but new money on top of existing tax contributions, with the balance coming from London government, Network Rail and general government funds.
fares income, which is TfL's largest source of income (£4.9 billion); other income, including from commercial activity and income from the Congestion Charge (£1.2 billion); grants, including business rates (£3.4 billion); and. borrowing and cash reserves (£0.9 billion).
In the early 2000s, London Underground was reorganised in a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) as part of a project to upgrade and modernise the system. Private infrastructure companies (infracos) would upgrade and maintain the railway, and London Underground would run the train service.