The dedicated network could
reverse the decreasing trend in rail modal
share, taking the share back up to 20% by
the year 2020. In addition, time-savings
in 2020 could be up to 50% relative to
the current trend scenario.The increase
of rail tonne-kilometres would bring
a pro-rata increase in the environmental
burden of up to 80%, but this would be
outweighed by the environmental
benefits from reduced road traffic