Rail Freight Growth Target

Setting a freight growth target for rail

In the Plan for Rail, the UK Government committed to setting a rail freight growth target. In response to this commitment, the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) developed a range of rail freight growth target options; a key part of this work was to engage with industry through a formal call for evidence. 

We used the insight and evidence base gathered from our call for evidence on rail freight growth to inform government’s decision to commit to a target of growing rail freight by at least 75% by 2050. The target is based on views from almost 90 organisations large and small, both currently using rail freight and those with an interest in doing so.  

Call for evidence

The call for evidence ran from 5 July to 27 September 2022.

In December 2023, we published a summary report of the responses received.

Related links

• Rail freight growth target (Department for Transport)
• About rail freight (Network Rail)

Contact us

If you have any questions about our work on the rail freight growth target, please email us at: railfreight@networkrail.co.uk.