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Rail freight, year on year−6.1%Fourth consecutive fall
Constraint payments, forecast£2.4bnThird upward revision
Manufacturing index48.7Below fifty since March
Completions, North West11,402Nine-year high

Rail freight by commodity

Commodity2025 Q42026 Q1ChangeShare
Construction aggregates8.417.02−16.5%31%
Intermodal6.906.84−0.9%30%
Coal and coke1.120.71−36.6%3%
Petroleum2.442.51+2.9%11%
Metals3.022.98−1.3%13%
All commodities24.2122.74−6.1%100%

Source: Office of Rail and Road, quarterly statistical release, 4 June 2026. Figures in billion net tonne kilometres.