支払う／賃金 大当り for Virgin rail 長，指導者s

By Andrew Leach
Updated: 00:00 BST, 25 January 2004

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VIRGIN Rail bosses saw their 支払う／賃金 二塁打 in a year when より小数の services ran on time and the company said it had 始める，決める aside £38.7 million in 事例／患者 a 貸付金 to a former 子会社 was not repaid.

Directors, led by 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Chris Green, received a total of £1.96 million, up from £885,000 the previous year, によれば the 最新の accounts.

Virgin made its 準備／条項 against a 貸付金 to online travel 商売／仕事 Trainline.com - where it has a 51% 火刑／賭ける and bus group Stagecoach owns 49% - '予定 to its uncertain 財政上の prospects'.

But since then it has agreed that Trainline will 変える the 貸付金 into 株 in the next few weeks under 計画（する）s for Virgin to buy out Stagecoach's 株 and 合併する Trainline.com with another 主要な online travel 商売／仕事.

The 支払う／賃金 大当り （機の）カム in the year to March 2003, during which punctuality at Virgin's two franchises, West Coast and CrossCountry, より悪くするd.

West Coast's punctuality was above 80% in the first three months of the year, but ended at 74% compared with 78% at the end of the previous year. CrossCountry started at 73%, but problems with a new 時刻表／予定表 原因（となる）d it to 落ちる off, though it 回復するd to 70% by year-end.

Virgin said the 操作／手術 of both franchises had been 攻撃する，衝突する by 重要な disruption on the West Coast main line 予定 to major 工学 work.

にもかかわらず the problems, the number of 乗客 rose five% on the previous year with 歳入 from fares up nine%.

Virgin Rail, 大多数 owned by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson with Stagecoach 持つ／拘留するing a 少数，小数派 火刑／賭ける, said the 支払う／賃金 rises were a one-off.

They were 誘発するd by a long-standing 特別手当 計画／陰謀 関係のある to the successful introduction of new rolling 在庫／株. It said: 'The 計画／陰謀 was 始める，決める up to reward directors for the successful introduction of Voyager trains on our CrossCountry service.'

The best-paid director, believed to be Green, received £522,000, up from £230,000 the year before.

In a separate 支払い（額）, the company paid Virgin £545,000 for the services of Branson, as 大統領，／社長, two 非，不，無-(n)役員／(a)執行力のある directors and the use of the Virgin 指名する.

Virgin Rail made an operating 利益（をあげる） of £26.3 million for the year, before one-off items, 負かす／撃墜する from £35.6 million. Higher costs outweighed a jump from £30 6 million to £371 million in its 政府 補助金.

However, the company made an operating loss of £12.4 million after 供給するing against the Trainline. com 貸付金.