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The UK government is reportedly considering giving freight trains priority over passenger services in response to a planned national rail strike. Officials have drawn up plans to reserve tracks for freight to keep supply chains and supermarket shelves stocked.
The move would be the first such priority outside wartime since 1926.
Freight priority would protect food supply chains in Britain during a labor dispute, limiting the risk of shortages. The impact on global grain or feed prices is minimal.
railwaygazette.comNick Augusteijn (Railtech.comMay 25, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 823 past logistics events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.5% to +1.2%), and -0.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
