FAST-TRACK TO A FORTUNE? WHAT THE EXECUTIVES EARN

MARTIN GRIFFITHS

Stagecoach chief executive

Paid £2.23million in 2013-14

Runs: East Midland Trains and South West Trains

TIM O’TOOLE

First Group chief executive

Paid: £1.99million in 2013-14

Runs: First Great Western, First ScotRail, First Hull Trains and First TransPennine Express (with France’s Keolis)

DAVID BROWN

Go-Ahead chief executive

Paid £1.96million in 2013-14

Runs: London Midland, Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern (with Keolis)

DEAN FINCH

National Express Group chief executive

Paid £1.55million in 2012-13

Runs: C2C

RUDIGER GRUBE

Deutsche Bahn, Germany chief executive

Paid £1.3million in 2012-13

Owns: Arriva, which runs Arriva Trains Wales, Chiltern Railways, Grand Central, CrossCountry Trains and London Overground (with MTR Corporation)

JAY H WALDER

MTR Corporation, Hong Kong - former chief executive

Paid £1.1million in 2013

Runs: London Overground (with Arriva)

CHRISTOPHER HYMAN

Former chief executive of Serco-Abellio

Paid £893,451 from January to October 2013

Runs Merseyrail and Northern Rail

PETER HENDY

Transport for London commissioner

Paid £488,888 in 2013-14

Runs: London Underground

BERT MEERSTADT

Nederlandse Spoorwegen former chief executive

Paid £300,000 from January to September 2013

Runs: Abellio Greater Anglia

MICHAEL HOLDEN

Directly Operated Railways chief executive

Paid £236,800 in 2013-14

Runs: East Coast (until March)

GUILLAUME PEPY

Vice-chairman of French parent company Keolis

Paid £197,800 in 2013-14

Runs: London Midland, Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern (with Go Ahead)

VIRGIN GROUP

Executive pay not available

Runs: Virgin Trains (with Stagecoach)