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Freight and passengers at the heart of new five-year plan for UK railway

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Network Rail has published its 44 billion pound (almost 52 billion euro) five-year plan for the period 2024-2029. The infrastructure agency plans for increased investment in tackling climate change, improving train performance from current levels and investment in freight user requirements. It has however said that economic conditions may mean it is able to do little more than manage the railway reactively, responding to incidents such as climate related disruption, rather than proactive upgrades.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

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Engineers in orange suits with crane laying track

Freight and passengers at the heart of new five-year plan for UK railway

Engineers track layingImage Network Rail media centre

Network Rail has published its 44 billion pound (almost 52 billion euro) five-year plan for the period 2024-2029. The infrastructure agency plans for increased investment in tackling climate change, improving train performance from current levels and investment in freight user requirements. It has however said that economic conditions may mean it is able to do little more than manage the railway reactively, responding to incidents such as climate related disruption, rather than proactive upgrades.

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Author: Simon Walton

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