Rail
Rail electrification is critical for net zero - and it can be delivered cost effectively
Rail electrification would bring many benefits and doesn't have to be expensive, argues Lib Dem transport spokesperson Baroness Randerson
'We are going to get this done': Government gives entire HS2 project green light
Prime Minister concedes costs have spiralled but argues 'poor management has not detracted from the fundamental value of the project'
Eurostar takes on airlines with direct London to Amsterdam trains
Channel Tunnel service claims CO2 from new direct high-speed rail link between UK and Dutch capitals is 80 per cent lower than flight
Qantas Airways targets net zero carbon by 2050
Firm to double number of offset flights and invest $50m in sustainable aviation fuels over next decade, as BA promises to review controversial fueling practice
All aboard: Inside Hitachi's vision for a zero carbon battery-powered UK rail network
Koji Agatsuma, engineering director at Hitachi Rail Europe, argues battery trains could offer the UK a flexible, no-regrets transition to a net zero rail network
Bombardier inks €100m deal with Leclanché to energise battery-powered trains vision
Tie-up will see first battery-powered trains hit the UK in a boost to government efforts to deliver greener rail travel
HS2 to be delayed by up to five years as cost spirals to £88bn
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tells MPs full London-Birmingham services will not begin until 2031
'World first': Aldershot railway track powered by solar
Demonstrator project will explore whether solar can directly supply power to railways' traction systems
Question mark over HS2 as government launches 'independent and rigorous' review into scheme
Move calls into question whether the controversial £50bn infrastructure project will go ahead
UK train operators U-turn on Interrail exit
BREAKING: Following outcry over yesterday's announcement that Britain would leave EU-wide rail pass scheme, Britain's rail industry changes course
'Wrong direction of travel': Britain's railways to exit EU Interrail scheme sparking aviation emission fears
From January 2020 Interrail and Eurail ticket holders wil not be able to use their passes on UK rail network, sparking concern move could encourage more people onto planes
Network Rail tasked with boosting biodiversity around UK train tracks
Government publishes new strategy setting out how it expects Network Rail to protect and enhance the UK's railway line-side environment
Smart solar rail: £110,000 boost for Welsh rail electrification project
An initiative exploring the feasibility of using community-owned renewable energy technologies to electrify Welsh train lines has won a grant of £110,000
Solar trains: Government confirms funding for low carbon rail projects, but does it go far enough
Five projects to each received £350,000 as Department for Transport seeks to cut diesel emissions across the UK rail network
All aboard: Alstom and Eversholt Rail unveil UK hydrogen train design
Move comes amid reports engineering firms have secured a deal that could see low emission hydrogen trains on UK tracks within two years
Meet the company with a plan to green the UK's train fleet
Alstom launched the world's first hydrogen powered passenger train in Germany last month, and it has a plan to bring green trains to the UK
Deutsche Bahn's UK freight business switches to green power
DB Cargo UK, the UK's largest freight provider, now sources 100 per cent green power for all its rail sites and offices under new deal with SSE
Government eyes HS2 'Green Corridor' as it pledges £2m woodlands boost
Additional High Speed Rail funding will go towards HS2 Woodland Fund to plant new native trees along route between Birmingham and Crewe
Let's raise our ambitions for a cleaner, greener railway
Transport Minister Jo Johnson's speech to the Knowledge Quarter conference - in full
'New ambition': Government targets 2040 phase-out for diesel trains
Rail minister Jo Johnson calls for an end to diesel-only trains in the UK, but warns total electrification of track is not the answer
HS2 rail project awarded BREEAM sustainability standard
High speed rail line linking London to West Midlands becomes first infrastructure project to be awarded BREEAM accreditation
Greek holidays and climate treaties: The inspiration behind Eurostar's new sustainability plan
Eurostar boss lifts the lid on the firm's new 10-point plan for greener traveling
On the right track: Eurostar refreshes sustainability goals
New 10-point plan will see Eurostar halve plastic waste by 2020 and push for clean power for all its train services
Can Chris Grayling be trusted to make his promised hydrogen trains run on time?
The Transport Secretary is betting the farm on hydrogen trains, the problem is he appears to have no plan for delivering them
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