The Future of Freight - Infrastructure and planning

Making it easier for rail freight operators to move across networks and jurisdictions would help rail play a greater role in meeting growing freight demand. Road alone cannot fulfill our national freight requirements. 

New infrastructure investment is needed to support a strong, resilient freight network. Read more.

The solution 

  • Continue to invest in high priority infrastructure development to improve freight productivity 
  • Take a long-term approach to the freight infrastructure pipeline, to ensure the need for resilience, reliability and automated train scheduling remain a focus