£9.25 per train-km for HS1 freight

摘要

The current network statement for High Speed 1 says that proposed track access charges are not only designed to 'attract freight traffic which can bear the additional costs incurred by the infrastructure managers', but are also flexible enough to allow 'future adaptation to enable freight services to make a contribution to other costs where possible'.rnWhilst accepting that HS1 'was built primarily for high-speed passenger trains with freight as a potential future additional service', and agreeing that freight should only have to bear 'marginal costs', the network statement goes on to define these as 'costs that would be avoided in the long run if freight did not operate on the HS1 network'.