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Diesel-fuelled UK rail investment plans condemned as 'missed opportunity'

Transport

Diesel-fuelled UK rail investment plans condemned as 'missed opportunity'

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

clock 26 January 2021 • 2 min read
Rail electrification is critical for net zero - and it can be delivered cost effectively

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

clock 21 February 2020 •
Reversing Beeching and electrifying scooters: £500m fund to reopen train lines closed in 1960s leads raft of green transport initatives

Transport

Reversing Beeching and electrifying scooters: £500m fund to reopen train lines closed in 1960s leads raft of green transport initatives

Further investments have been announced in the Tyne and Wear Metro and Middlesborough train station, while the government's Bus Open Data Service also went live yesterday

clock 29 January 2020 •
Global Briefing: Crisp giant Frito-Lay unveils plan for zero emission manufacturing

Management

Global Briefing: Crisp giant Frito-Lay unveils plan for zero emission manufacturing

All the green business news from around the world this week

clock 04 October 2019 •
Bombardier inks €100m deal with Leclanché to energise battery-powered trains vision

Rail

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

clock 02 October 2019 •
UK train operators U-turn on Interrail exit

Rail

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

clock 08 August 2019 •
'Wrong direction of travel': Britain's railways to exit EU Interrail scheme sparking aviation emission fears

Rail

'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

clock 08 August 2019 •
All aboard: Alstom and Eversholt Rail unveil UK hydrogen train design

Rail

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

clock 07 January 2019 •
Meet the company with a plan to green the UK's train fleet

Rail

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

clock 10 October 2018 •
Deutsche Bahn's UK freight business switches to green power

Rail

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

clock 17 July 2018 •
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