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Rail freight returns to pre-pandemic levels

Freight

05 October 2021
 

The amount of rail freight moved across Britain has returned to pre-pandemic levels, reveal new figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

Between April to June 2021 a total of 4.33 billion net tonne-kilometres of rail freight was moved across the network, up 1.3% compared with two years ago and an increase of 36.5% on the same quarter last year.

ORR’s statistics show rail freight continued to have a punctuality figure above 90%, though this was lower than the same quarter in 2020-21...

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