UK Electric Freight Trains Mothballed Due to Soaring Energy Prices

A Freightliner freight train, part of the Freightliner Group, passes through Dover in Kent, England, on April 26, 2019. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Rail freight operators have stopped using electric trains and switched to diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices.

Firms cannot absorb the three-fold increase in the cost of electricity, according to trade body Rail Freight Group (RFG).