Rail freight and cargo

Transporting non-dangerous goods by rail including regulations, guidance, funding opportunities, statistics.

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Guidance and regulation

• Apply for grant funding to transport freight by rail and water
  • Guidance
  • 24 July 2024
  • Department for Transport
• UK/Uzbekistan: Agreement on the Ground Transit of Cargo from Afghanistan [CS Uzbekistan No.3/2013]
  • International treaty
  • 17 April 2013
  • Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Mode shift benefit values: calculating benefits of transporting freight by rail or water
  • Guidance
  • 1 April 2009
  • Department for Transport
• Mode shift benefit values: calculating benefits technical reports
  • Guidance
  • 28 January 2022
  • Department for Transport

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News and communications

• Hinckley National Freight Interchange: development consent decision extension
  • 10 September 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement
• Government sets ambitious target to grow rail freight by at least 75%
  • 20 December 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• New industry and government forum launched to boost freight decarbonisation and innovation
  • 5 April 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• Future of freight plan
  • 15 June 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement
• Boost for freight as government unveils major new plan to bolster supply chain
  • 15 June 2022
  • Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Freight rail usage and performance: July to September 2024
  • 17 December 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Freight rail usage and performance: April to June 2024
  • 19 September 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Freight rail usage and performance: January to March 2024
  • 6 June 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Understanding industry perceptions and experiences of 17 of the measures to reduce the HGV driver shortage
  • 28 March 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• Freight rail usage and performance: October to December 2023
  • 14 March 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Heavier intermodal freight trial
  • 24 August 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 04 January 2021
• Mode shift grants review
  • 9 January 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Closed call for evidence
• Rail freight growth target
  • 20 December 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Policy paper
• Volumetric concrete mixers review
  • 19 October 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Closed call for evidence
• Future of freight plan
  • 15 June 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Policy paper

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Organisations

• Department for Transport
• Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

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