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Rail freight and cargo

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

Guidance and regulation

Apply for grant funding to transport freight by rail and water
- Guidance
- 4 February 2025
- Department for Transport
Mode shift benefit values: calculating benefits technical reports
- Guidance
- 28 January 2022
- Department for Transport
Mode shift benefit values: calculating benefits of transporting freight by rail or water
- Guidance
- 1 April 2009
- 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

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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: October to December 2024
- 13 March 2025
- Office of Rail and Road
- National 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

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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
Volumetric concrete mixers review
- 18 March 2025
- Department for Transport
- Call for evidence outcome
Mode shift grants review
- 4 February 2025
- Department for Transport
- Call for evidence outcome
Rail freight growth target
- 20 December 2023
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper
Future of freight plan
- 15 June 2022
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper

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Organisations

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

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