{"id":84191,"date":"2026-02-10T17:50:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/891136694"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:50:33","slug":"freight-figures-in-all-ireland-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/freight-figures-in-all-ireland-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight figures in all-Ireland ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Irish-intermodal-train-Freight-strategy-2040.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>The recently published Rail Project Prioritisation Strategy \u2013 2025, the implementation plan flowing from the All-Island Strategic Rail Review, places renewed focus on passenger service enhancements across Ireland and Northern Ireland. However, freight, long a minor player in the island\u2019s rail planning, finally gets its own points of emphasis. The strategy builds on the Review\u2019s vision to grow rail freight\u2019s contribution to the economy and better integrate port and rail infrastructure, even as practical freight commitments remain limited in the short run.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmgsub pmgsub-nag\">\n<div class=\"pmgsub-nag-body\">\n<div class=\"pmgsub-nag-intro\">\n<h2>Subscribe to gain access to all news<\/h2>\n<p>Already have a subscription? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/login\/?redirect_to=%2Fpolicy%2F2026%2F02%2F10%2Ffreight-figures-in-all-ireland-ambitions%2F\">Log in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmgsub-nag-main\">\n<h3>Choose your subscription<\/h3>\n<p>Considering a corporate subscription? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/subscribe\/corporate-subscription\/\">Contact us<\/a> to find out more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmgsub-nag-freebie\">\n<hr>\n<p><span>Or<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Want to read this article for free?<\/h3>\n<p>You can read <strong>one free article per month<\/strong>. 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However, <span class=\"match\">freight<\/span>, long a minor player in &#8230; \u00e2\u0080\u0099s vision to grow rail <span class=\"match\">freight<\/span>\u00e2\u0080\u0099s contribution to the economy &#8230; rail infrastructure, even as practical <span class=\"match\">freight<\/span> commitments remain limited in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}