Rail

Updated Corporate Environment Plan sets out over 70 new actions designed to cut emissions, improve air quality, and enhance climate resilience

Plans unveiled for £1bn investment to build new fleet of 29 battery-electric trains at Alstom's Derby facility, enabling smoother, quieter, faster, and greener travel across the Pennines

Great British Railways to oversee delivery of new rail freight growth goal, which government estimates could avoid one million tonnes of CO2 emissions from road transport

Updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) promises default 'yes' for new homes near train stations in England as government seeks to further streamline planning processes

Freight electrification has been moving at a sluggish pace, but the Rail Industry Association argues a targeted and pragmatic upgrade programme would unlock huge economic, environmental, and societal benefits

Latest report on delayed high speed rail projects warns government needs to ensure promised reset finally puts troubled project on 'stable footing'

New report from Railway Industry Assocation argues a programme-based approached to electrification could reduce infrastructure delivery costs by a third

National Audit Office praises multi-million investment in transport decarbonisation, but calls for more co-ordination in how R&D funding is distributed

Access to consistent emissions data allows businesses to see where progress is being made and where further opportunities exist, writes Sophie Fleming from Trainline Business

The government has this week published a wide-ranging new national transport strategy that promises to provide a major boost to decarbonisation efforts