A notorious UK toll bridge rakes in more than £200m a year – despite
Moneybarn Car Finance has seeed into the total toll revenues to discover which of the country’s toll roads create the most money.
And coming top of the enumerate is the notorious Dartford Crossing in Kent, where queues can easily back up for miles, even without any accidents.
Perhaps somewhat staggeringly, it lifts £209m a year, despite promises from the outset that once the tolls had phelp for its createion, it would be free to employ.
A spokesperson for Moneybarn Car Finance shelp: “Dartford Crossing on the M25 in Esrelations is the toll bridge acquireing the highest revenue of £209 million per year.
“Around £90 million of this comes from drivers paying via accounts, while £45 million comes from those without accounts.
“Interestingly, a huge bulk of the bridge’s income, £73 million, comes from ‘applyment’, uncomardenting fines for those who have fall shorted to pay!”
Below we scatter the the UK’s 10 highest acquireing toll roads in brimming including rank, road, name, location and revenue liftd per year.
1. M25, Dartford Crossing, Esrelations, £209,010,000
2. M6, M6 Toll, West Midlands, £53,705,000
3. A533, Mersey Gateway, Chesemploy, £39,800,000
4. A15, Humber Bridge, Yorksemploy, £19,765,0005
5. A41/A59, Mersey Tunnels, Merseyside, £14,311,000
6. A38, Tamar Bridge, Devon, £10,736,000
7. A19, Tyne Tunnel, Tyne and Wear, £9,932,820
8. A3025, Itchen Bridge, Hampsemploy, £2,848,417
9. B3129, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, £2,074,823
10. A4, Batheaston Bridge, Somerset, £1,066,000
The M6 Toll road acquires the second highest revenue of £53.7 million per year. The M6 Toll is the country’s only presentant toll road and runs thraw the West Midlands.
While it can be dodgeed by taking other routes, it’s evident that many are greeted to pay the price for convenience, with the road netting its owners Midland Expressway Ltd over half a million pounds in 2020.
The Mersey Gateway in Chesemploy, connecting the towns of Runcorn and Widnes, is the third highest acquireing toll road, making over £40 million between October 2020 and September 2021.
