Interest rates for almost all of the debt were consistent with the market prices given the relevant degree of risk to be taken

10  RBC Capital Markets examined the availability and cost of funds in the financial markets in 2002 and 2003 and compared its findings with the terms achieved by LCR (Figure 23). RBC Capital Markets concluded that the interest paid on both the GGBs and the bonds secured against Eurostar UK's payment of track access charges was in line with the prevailing market prices.