Policy paper

Environmental sustainability on the railway: stating our priorities

Setting the direction for the rail industry on environment issues and informing the sustainable rail strategy.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 14 July 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Rail environment policy statement: on track for a cleaner, greener railway

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Details

The purpose of the rail environment policy statement is to:

• set a clear direction for the rail industry on environmental sustainability issues
• outline policy priorities for the future sustainable rail strategy, which was committed to in the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, published in May 2021

The policy statement covers:

• traction decarbonisation
• air quality
• decarbonising the rail estate
• waste, litter and graffiti
• social value
• integrated travel and modal shift
• land use
• railway noise
• water

Published 14 July 2021