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<p>Haulage capacity of freight locomotives are a matter for Freight Operating Companies
(FOCs). FOCs are private sector companies and receive no state funding for the procurement
of rolling stock. However, the July 2019 report by the Rail Industry Decarbonisation
Taskforce and RSSB – “Final Report to the Minister for Rail” - estimate that there
are currently around 850 freight locomotives in regular service, moving around 19
billion net tonne kilometres of freight per year (2016-2017).</p><p /><p>Network Rail
published a rail freight forecast for 2033/34 and 43/44 in July 2019. This study analysed
the existing haulage capacity of freight locomotives. In addition, one scenario considered
the impacts of an increase of 2.2m square metres of warehousing capacity and a 5%
increase in train length by 2033/34. These scenarios and forecasts are used when appraising
freight infrastructure upgrades through the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline (RNEP).</p>
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