Freight Expectations: How rail freight can support Britain's economy and environment
01 March 2023
Rail Partners' report, Freight Expectations: How rail freight can support Britain's economy and environment, sets out how a growing rail freight market has the potential to deliver even greater economic and environmental benefits to Britain between now and 2050.
The report sets out:
- Modelling that demonstrates the important environmental function rail freight plays.
- The impact of recent productivity improvements.
- The evidence behind Rail Partners' call for rail freight to be trebled by 2050 and the benefits meeting that target would have for the economy and the environment.
- Five policy asks to government to ensure the benefits of rail freight can be fully realised.
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