Rail Partners responds to latest quarterly freight rail usage and performance data

Commenting on today's ORR freight usage stats, Robert Girgis, Director of Policy at Rail Partners, said:

‘Freight volumes continued to recover in the last quarter. However, this growth will need to be sustained over the long term if the industry is going to deliver on the government’s rail freight growth target.

‘Rail freight operators want to invest to help decarbonise supply chains but there needs to be a level playing field between different modes of freight transport so that customers aren’t priced out of making the right decision for the environment.

‘In September, Network Rail introduced its new access charge discount scheme which will offer welcome support to freight operators introducing new flows, but freight operators need decision makers to provide confidence around long term access to the network and investments in capacity.’