Railways: Freight

(asked on 12th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many wagons are (a) owned and (b) leased by rail freight operating companies on the UK network.


Answered by
Keir Mather Portrait
Keir Mather
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 28th October 2026

As rail freight operating companies are privately owned and operated, the owning and leasing of wagons is a commercial matter for the businesses. No data is held by the department.

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