Forecasts of future demand for rail freight

Under the new structure of the railways led by the Department for Transport, the DfT has to provide to Network Rail a high-level output statement of the railway services which it wishes Network Rail to be funded to provide.

FTA and Rail Freight Group have committed to providing rail freight forecasts for the Secretary of State for Transport to use in the determination of the High Level Output Specification. A paper explaining the methodology used by FTA - RFG is attached click here Further reviews have resulted in changes to the assumptions used to produce the forecasts; these are explained in the document accompanying the latest forecasts.

Latest forecast maps

• Introduction to latest (Version 4) forcasts (February 2006) (pdf)
• Actual freight trains 2005 (pdf)
• Freight paths 2005 (pdf)
• Forecast freight trains 2014 (pdf)
• Forecast freight trains 2030 (pdf)
• London actual freight trains 2005 (pdf)
• London freight paths 2005 (pdf)
• London forecast freight trains 2014 (pdf)
• London forecast freight trains 2030 (pdf)

Archived maps

Version 3 Great Britain Scotland Wales North East England North West England Yorkshire and Humberside West Midlands East Midlands East of England Greater London South East England and Greater London South West England

Legend associated with these maps

Versions 1 and 2

• Average actual freight trains operated in 2003 - version 2 (pdf)
• Paths available for freight in 2005 - version 2 (pdf)
• Demand for freight train paths in 2014 - version 2 (pdf)
• Demand for freight train paths in 2014 - London (pdf)
• Average actual freight trains operated in 2003 - London (pdf)
• Increase in demand for freight train paths between 2003 and 2014 - London (pdf)
• Paths available for freight in 2005 - London (pdf)
• Average actual freight trains operated in 2003 - version 1 (pdf)
• Paths available for freight in 2005 - version 1 (pdf)
• Demand for freight train paths in 2014 - version 1 (pdf)

Last updated: Thu Apr 6 16:48:25 2006