GTR plans initiatives such as solar panels on depots, replacing diesel trains with electric or battery-powered units, and employing zero carbon systems

It marks the UK government’s largest ever sustainable civil infrastructure deal

The investment will ensure the current CO2 emitting diesel trains are replaced with longer electric ones by 2025

EDF Energy will supply Network Rail with low carbon electricity to power its rail network under a 10-year deal announced today. Believed to be the “biggest rail electrification programme in a generation”, the contract will see the energy firm supply 3.2TWh of electricity to Network Rail, which carries around three million passengers and tens of […]