Railway inspector with back to camera looks out over freight terminal

Domestic UK freight traffic recovers but international fails to follow

Freight yard inspector (ORR) Image from Office of Rail and Road

Official figures from the Office of Rail and Road point to a recovery in the rail freight sector. The latest quarterly statistics show traffic has recovered to levels seen before the onset of the pandemic. The headline measurement of total freight moved was 4.28 billion net tonne-kilometres in 2021-22 Q2. That’s an increase of 10.0 per cent compared with 2020-21 Q2. It was 0.7 per cent higher than two years ago (2019-20 Q2). The figures confirm a steep recovery, signposted in the statistics for the first quarter of this Finacial year.

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Author: Simon Walton

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Railway inspector with back to camera looks out over freight terminal

Domestic UK freight traffic recovers but international fails to follow

Freight yard inspector (ORR) Image from Office of Rail and Road

Official figures from the Office of Rail and Road point to a recovery in the rail freight sector. The latest quarterly statistics show traffic has recovered to levels seen before the onset of the pandemic. The headline measurement of total freight moved was 4.28 billion net tonne-kilometres in 2021-22 Q2. That’s an increase of 10.0 per cent compared with 2020-21 Q2. It was 0.7 per cent higher than two years ago (2019-20 Q2). The figures confirm a steep recovery, signposted in the statistics for the first quarter of this Finacial year.

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