Rail cuts CO2 emissions by 20%

By Railway Gazette International and Richard Hope2007-03-01T11:00:00

UK OPERATORS have been criticised in recent years for buying trains that are heavier and use more energy per seat-km than those they replace. Key factors have been crashworthiness, retention toilets, air-conditioning and the need to accommodate wheelchairs. This, it is claimed even by transport ministers, has increased kWh/seat-km and ...

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