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• Net operating costs down to £1.749bn for the six months to 30 September 2009 from £1.891bn for the six months to 30 September 2008
• Revenue of £2.843bn (Sept 2008: £3.117bn)
• Operating profit of £1.094bn (Sept 2008: £1.226bn)
• Profit after tax of £99m (Sept 2008: £5m)
• Capital expenditure of £1.791bn (Sept 2008: £2.161bn)
• Net debt of £22.244bn (March 2009: £22.307bn)
• Reduced charges to customers in the period by £274m
• More than 3,000 additional train services per week
• On time performance rose to 93.3% on average with over 5,000 more trains arriving on time each week

First ever passenger research about stations launched