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Britain’s Railway in Numbers
Freight rail usage
15.2 billion net tonne kilometres of freight was moved in the year ending March 2021
Did you know?
Between April 2020 and March 2021, a rail freight train transported, on average, 364 tonnes of freight
Markert share of freight moved commodities in Britain
Coal - 1%
Metals - 9%
Construction - 27%
Oil and Petroleum - 5%
International - 2%
Domestic Intermodal - 41%
Other - 13%