Move to scrap diesel trains

UK rail minister Jo Johnson is calling for diesel-only trains to be taken off the tracks by 2040.

Mr Johnson will use his first major speech in the role to say Britain needs to be more environmentally ambitious because increased travel has resulted in greater carbon emissions. He is expected to say: “I would like to see us take all diesel-only trains off the track by 2040.

“If that seems like an ambitious goal, it should be and I make no apology for that.”

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