Rail Freight in the United Kingdom

Rail Freight in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2010-14, and forecast to 2019). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United Kingdom rail freight market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

The rail freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by rail. Units of volume are measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK). Rail freight volumes include both domestic and international freight, which for the purposes of this report is counted as the activity realized in the national territory of each country. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2013 annual average exchange rates.

The UK rail freight sector is expected to generate total revenues of $2.3bn in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.1% between 2010 and 2014.

Sector consumption volume is forecast to increase with a CAGR of 5.2% between 2010 and 2014, to reach a total of 22.7 billion FTK in 2014.

The performance of the sector is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 3.2% for the five-year period 2014 – 2019, which is expected to drive the sector to a value of $2.7bn by the end of 2019.

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United Kingdom economy

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Companies mentioned

Colas SA, Deutsche Bahn AG, Freightliner Group Ltd. and Groupe Eurotunnel SA

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Market volume 2

Market volume forecast 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 8

Market value 8

Market volume 9

Market Segmentation 10

Geography segmentation 10

Market Outlook 11

Market value forecast 11

Market volume forecast 12

Five Forces Analysis 13

Summary 13

Buyer power 14

Supplier power 15

New entrants 16

Threat of substitutes 17

Degree of rivalry 18

Leading Companies 19

Colas SA 19

Deutsche Bahn AG 22

Freightliner Group Ltd. 26

Groupe Eurotunnel SA 27

Macroeconomic Indicators 30

Country Data 30

Appendix 32

Methodology 32

Industry associations 33

Related MarketLine research 33

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: United Kingdom rail freight sector value: $ billion, 201014 8

Table 2: United Kingdom rail freight sector volume: billion FTK, 201014 9

Table 3: United Kingdom rail freight sector geography segmentation: $ billion, 2014 10

Table 4: United Kingdom rail freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 201419 11

Table 5: United Kingdom rail freight sector volume forecast: billion FTK, 201419 12

Table 6: Colas SA: key facts 19

Table 7: Colas SA: key financials ($) 20

Table 8: Colas SA: key financials (€) 20

Table 9: Colas SA: key financial ratios 20

Table 10: Deutsche Bahn AG: key facts 22

Table 11: Deutsche Bahn AG: key financials ($) 23

Table 12: Deutsche Bahn AG: key financials (€) 23

Table 13: Deutsche Bahn AG: key financial ratios 24

Table 14: Freightliner Group Ltd.: key facts 26

Table 15: Groupe Eurotunnel SA: key facts 27

Table 16: Groupe Eurotunnel SA: key financials ($) 28

Table 17: Groupe Eurotunnel SA: key financials (€) 28

Table 18: Groupe Eurotunnel SA: key financial ratios 28

Table 19: United Kingdom size of population (million), 201014 30

Table 20: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 201014 30

Table 21: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 201014 30

Table 22: United Kingdom inflation, 201014 31

Table 23: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 201014 31

Table 24: United Kingdom exchange rate, 201014 31

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: United Kingdom rail freight sector value: $ billion, 201014 8

Figure 2: United Kingdom rail freight sector volume: billion FTK, 201014 9

Figure 3: United Kingdom rail freight sector geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2014 10

Figure 4: United Kingdom rail freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 201419 11

Figure 5: United Kingdom rail freight sector volume forecast: billion FTK, 201419 12

Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the rail freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 13

Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the rail freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 14

Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the rail freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 15

Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the rail freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 16

Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the rail freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 17

Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the rail freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 18

Figure 12: Colas SA: revenues & profitability 21

Figure 13: Colas SA: assets & liabilities 21

Figure 14: Deutsche Bahn AG: revenues & profitability 24

Figure 15: Deutsche Bahn AG: assets & liabilities 25

Figure 16: Groupe Eurotunnel SA: revenues & profitability 29

Figure 17: Groupe Eurotunnel SA: assets & liabilities 29

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