London Underground Limited and A2/M2 roadwork costs. The Link increases the costs of other projects concerning London Underground Ltd and the A2/M2, and these costs are not included in the estimates of the Link's construction costs. So these costs are represented separately at £170 million.
Government grants. This is the main public sector contribution to the Link, in the form of Capital and Deferred grants and Domestic Capacity Charges. The total figure of £1,800 million has been rounded and is net of Land rental payments to the Government.
Additional support. This is the estimated call on the Access Charge loan, under the Government Central Case of £140 million.
Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF) subsidy. OPRAF estimates that the Link will lead to increased subsidies to domestic passenger services. OPRAF estimated the additional amount of subsidy using its computer modelling techniques and provided this for the Department. After taking account of the phasing of the Link's construction, the estimated amount is £250 million.
Eurostar UK revenue foregone. If the Government had not accepted the restructured deal, Eurostar UK would have reverted to public sector operation. Over the assessment period, the Department estimated that Eurostar UK would earn net revenues of £440 million. This was included as a cost, as the Government gave up these net revenues by accepting the deal.
Eurostar UK debt payments avoided. If the Government had not accepted the restructured deal and Eurostar UK had reverted to public sector operation, then the Government would have been liable to repay Eurostar UK's debts. The Government avoided these repayments of an estimated £400 million by accepting the deal.
Thameslink 2000 work avoided. The costs of the project include works for Thameslink 2000 at St. Pancras. The Department assumed that this would have to be funded from another public source if the Link did not go ahead, at an estimated cost of £240 million.
Project wind up costs. The Department would have incurred costs if the restructured deal had not been accepted and the Link had been shelved. These would have arisen from net property costs (the discounted sum of purchase and rental cashflows), and the cost of the orderly wind up of the project to the point where it could be reused at a later date, with drawings signed off and catalogued. This gave an estimated total of £110 million.