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Electrification can help to decarbonise rail freight

Philippa Edmunds Freight on Rail manager Campaign for Better Transport London EC1M
08 January 2019
 

It is disappointing that the considerable socio-economic advantages of rail electrification are not even mentioned in your article about the Railway Safety and Standards Board’s new research into decarbonising the rail freight sector, even though it is the proven low-carbon, clean and efficient rail alternative to diesel (‘No easy alternative to diesel for rail freight’ 14 Dec 18).

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