Running Cost
For the 18 months of their contract, Serco are being paid £10.7 million to provide the free ferry service. This equates to £7.1 million per year.
In 2003, when the annual running cost of the ferry was around £5 million a year, the effective public subsidy per vehicle crossing was £4.
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