Rail travel is almost nine times greener than by car on the Top 100 business routes new figures show
- New carbon data shows that you can substantially decrease emissions if you switch from car to train for business travel across Britain.
- Taking the train on the top 100 business routes in Britain is:
- o Almost nine times greener than using a petrol/diesel car
- o More than four times greener than using a plug-in hybrid electric car
- o Almost two-and-a-half times greener than using a battery electric car
- This is the first time the rail industry has combined granular data on train occupancy, fuel type, exact journey distance and many other factors to create detailed, accurate and reliable carbon emission data for rail business travel.
- Later this year we will be releasing carbon data for all point-to-point rail business routes across Britain.
Over half of UK trains upgraded or replaced to improve travel for customers
- Over 132-miles worth of new or refurbished passenger trains added to our tracks in last 10 years – equivalent to the length of 2,300 football pitches
- New and refurbished trains responding to customers’ needs
- Improvements to accessibility and sustainability among key benefits of new trains
Rail industry announces positive findings of long-term University of Cambridge research project into staff safety and body worn cameras
- Rail industry and the University of Cambridge announce findings of multi-year research project around body-worn cameras for rail staff
- Research shows that staff wearing cameras decreases assault rate by nearly 50 per cent and has “a substantial impact on court outcomes”
- Body-worn cameras have a powerful impact in stopping assaults from happening, by acting as a visible deterrent
- Rail industry plans to have more than 12,200 body-worn cameras in operation by frontline staff by the end of January 2024
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Customers to benefit from pay as you go technology at additional 47 stations in the South East from the end of September
- From 22 September 2024, customers will be able to pay as you go with a contactless card or device at another 47 National Rail stations in South-East England.
- Pay as you go offers a more flexible and convenient travel experience as customers can tap in and tap out at stations, simplifying rail travel.
- Pay as you go with contactless will be offered to customers as another way to pay for their journey. Alongside existing pay as you go options (e.g. Smartcard, Oyster) where these are available for their journey, customers will also be able to continue to use barcode and paper tickets.
Summer Travel Alert: Rail travel is up to 70% cheaper than domestic flights, so ditch the plane and take the train this summer
- Travelling by rail can be up to 70% cheaper on similar routes than flying
- Travelling by plane takes longer than by train door-to-door for four out of the six domestic travel routes we looked at.
- There are over 7 times more rail services available per day from Manchester to London compared to flights (46 rail services compared to 6 flights when looking at the date 5 August).
