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Scrap all-diesel trains by 2040 – Johnson

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16 February 2018
 

Transport minister Jo Johnson has challenged the rail industry to end the use of diesel-only trains by 2040. 

“I would like to see us take all diesel-only trains off the track by 2040,” said Johnson. “If that seems like an ambitious goal – it should be and I make no apology for that. After all, we’re committed to ending sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2040.”

Johnson has asked the rail industry to prepare a vision by this autumn for decarbonising rail....

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