Avanti West Coast handed £13.5m to its shareholders during its latest financial year, newly-filed accounts have revealed.
The train operator, which is jointly owned by FirstGroup and Italian rail firm Trenitalia, increased the payment in the 12 months to March 31, 2022 from £11.5m.
The accounts have been published as new figures revealed complaints in Avanti's services are now almost ten times the national average.