Railways Can Boost UK Becoming Net Zero-Carbon by 2050

Britain’s railways have a crucial role to play in helping the UK economy decarbonise by 2050, according to a new rail task force report for the Rail Minister.

Rail is already a naturally low-carbon transport mode. Despite making up around 10% of all distance travelled across the UK, rail is responsible for less than 2.5% of total transport emissions and about 0.6% of the UK’s total emissions.