rail travel

'Our users want to travel sustainably': Search engine Ecosia launches rail travel booking tool

Rail

'Our users want to travel sustainably': Search engine Ecosia launches rail travel booking tool

Ecosia plans to donate 100 per cent of profits from the new online rail booking service into environmental initiatives such as tree planting and regenerative agriculture

clock 28 July 2023 • 3 min read
'Twisted economics': UK trains four times more expensive than planes

Aviation

'Twisted economics': UK trains four times more expensive than planes

New Greenpeace analysis reveals how regulations across Europe are incentivising travel by plane, despite flying being five times more polluting than train travel - and the UK is one of the worst offenders

clock 19 July 2023 • 4 min read
'By far the most sustainable travel': Rail journeys nearly twice as carbon efficient as previously estimated

Rail

'By far the most sustainable travel': Rail journeys nearly twice as carbon efficient as previously estimated

New study reveals travelling on electrified commuter train between London and Edinburgh emits 10 times less carbon than the same journey by car

clock 04 July 2023 • 2 min read

Transport

Poll: Cleaner air and time in nature spurring greener travel habits

A third of UK adults are planning to use trains more in future and one-in-five intend to fly less, YouGov survey finds

clock 22 October 2020 • 3 min read

Aviation

Research: Covid-19 to accelerate global shift from planes to trains in 2020s

Pandemic set to curb air travel growth 10 per cent over next decade as high speed rail flourishes, UBS analysis suggests

clock 13 April 2020 • 5 min read