News / UK rail network revamp guarantees capacity for future freight growth

UK rail freight operators have given up some 50% of their weekly path allocations – an astonishing 4,072 a week – following a two-year review into the industry by freight rail operators and infrastructure manager Network Rail.

The paths – slots a freight train has on the railway and in the timetable – can be available to either freight or passenger services, although 1,000 of them have been reserved for future rail freight growth.

“The rail freight market can have the confidence that future ...