Rail network and the environment

Minimising the environmental impact of the rail network and shifting road freight to rail.

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Guidance and regulation

• Transport decarbonisation plan
  • Guidance
  • 12 January 2023
  • Department for Transport
• Amendments to the RTFO regulations to increase carbon savings on land, air and at sea
  • Statutory guidance
  • 7 September 2021
  • Department for Transport
• Competition guidance for SBRI first of a kind round 3: resilience, freight, noise and environment
  • Notice
  • 20 February 2019
  • Innovate UK

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News and communications

• East West Rail: Oxford and Cambridge route update
  • 5 June 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement
• New framework to ensure road and rail development projects protect the environment
  • 14 March 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• New research hub to help tackle decarbonisation and improve transport resilience
  • 2 February 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• Restoring Your Railway update
  • 20 June 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement
• Building a better railway
  • 16 June 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Speech

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Research and statistics

• Rail environment: April 2023 to March 2024
  • 29 October 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Rail infrastructure and assets: April 2023 to March 2024
  • 10 October 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Commute Zero: employer attitudes towards sustainable commuting and business travel
  • 26 September 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• Rail emissions: April 2022 to March 2023
  • 14 November 2023
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Rail infrastructure and assets: April 2022 to March 2023
  • 19 October 2023
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail: legislative changes to implement rail reform
  • 26 February 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 04 August 2022
• East West Rail: central section
  • 20 July 2023
  • Department for Transport and East West Railway Company Limited
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 11 March 2019
• Amending the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) to increase carbon savings on land, air and at sea
  • 19 July 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 23 April 2021
• Draft Rail Reform Bill
  • 20 February 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Policy paper
• Great British Railways: Williams-Shapps plan for rail
  • 14 December 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Total greenhouse gas emissions from transport
  • 26 February 2015
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Transport
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited