Mixed messages
The COP26 UN climate summit was in full swing as this issue of Rail Express went to press, and has helped focus attention on how rail can help the world deliver on reduced emissions (see p.11). However, at a time when innovative open access operator Lumo has just launched (see pages 10 and 14), we also have the contradictory news of freight operators reverting to diesel operation due to high electricity costs (p.13) and, bizarrely, the Government halving domestic air passenger duty (p.10). The rail industry is clearly doing its bit – it’s time for politicians of all flavours to unite and follow suit.
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