Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 87875

Railways: Freight

Tabled: 4 November 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to retain the rail freight growth target of 75% growth in freight carried by rail by 2050; and whether she plans to (a) put that target on a statutory footing, (b) introduce interim milestones

Answer

Keir Mather

The Government recognises that the economic and environmental potential of rail freight is significant and is committed to the target of at least a 75% increase in freight moved by rail by 2050. The recently published draft Railways Bill sets out a duty o...

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