Rail industry revenue and subsidy

The bar graph and line graph combo presents a 20 year survey of rail industry's revenues and subsidies from the year 1989-90 to 2009-10. there are distinct colour bars representing net Government support and total revenues by year, in billion pounds at constant 2009-10 prices. the line graph plots wide fluctuation in Government support as percentage of total revenue measured along the right vertical. it can be seen that total revenues register a very slow but gradual increase over the 20 year period. That means the rail industry has registered constant increase in revenue generated, growing from around 4. 5 billion pounds in 1989 -90 to around 8 billion pound, 20 years later. Although there are fluctuations in net Government support throughout the 20 year period, the support has generally bean on the up. it increased from around 1. 5 billion pounds in 1989 - 90 to over 6 billion pounds in 2006-07 before declining to 4. 5 billion in 2009-10. The Government support as percentage of total revenue also has fluctuated from around 25% in 1989 - 90 to almost 50% in 2006- 07 before declining to 35% in 2009-10, though there was a steep dip in1995 -96 to just about 10%.