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Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced £794m investment package over the weekend in two rail routes that closed 50 years ago, but campaigners have criticised the plans for relying on diesel engines

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

Government publishes new strategy setting out how it expects Network Rail to protect and enhance the UK's railway line-side environment

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

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