More and more, our customers are asking this question, and more and more we are able to demonstrate the positive reasons why you should. Moving your freight by rail is safe, efficient, reliable and competitive.

Moreover, it provides up to a 76% carbon reduction (Source DfT) on an equivalent road journey per container moved, with immediate effect. Measuring efficiency another way, 1 Gallon of fuel will move your goods 246 miles by rail compared with only 88 miles by road.

Rail is acknowledged to be around 20 times safer than travelling by road (Source RSSB), so using rail significantly improves the safety of your customers goods whilst reducing the risk to HGV drivers by cutting the distance and frequency of long-haul HGV movements.

Using Rail also provides reliability, with average rail freight industry reliability numbers around 93% of timetabled arrival times, the UK’s leading rail Freight Operating Company boasts 99% reliability since 2006. With UK roads becoming more and more congested, and road closures and delays becoming an increasing factor, rail provides a truly reliable alternative.