\u00a0 \u00a0 Plane speaking: moving journeys from air to rail<\/a><\/em>, compared the top 23 domestic and UK to Europe flights which all have a direct rail equivalent on cost, journey time and carbon emissions, and revealed that 70% were quicker or the same by rail once airport processing times were added to flight times. Furthermore, over half (57%) of routes were cheaper or no more expensive by rail.<\/p>\n Aviation makes a significant contribution to the UK\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions. The government\u2019s strategy for achieving net zero aviation hinges on technological advancements, which are unlikely to make a difference soon enough. But Campaign for Better Transport says that switching just a quarter of the domestic flights featured in the report to rail would save 171,377 tonnes of carbon: the equivalent of taking 117,900 cars off the road.<\/p>\n Traveling by rail within the UK and to the near continent is much more environmentally friendly than flying but also, as our report proves, in many cases cheaper, faster and more economically productive<\/p>\n Silviya Barrett, from Campaign for Better Transport, said: \u201cTraveling by rail within the UK and to the near continent is much more environmentally friendly than flying but also, as our report proves, in many cases cheaper, faster and more economically productive. Yet people simply aren\u2019t aware that this is the case. To help incentivise train travel more and reduce carbon emissions from transport, we need to see government policies which ensure rail is always the easier and cheaper option so that more people can choose the train over the plane.\u201d <\/p>\n Norman Baker: Flights of fancy are fanning the flames<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 DON\u2019T MISS OUT \u2013 GET YOUR COPY! \u2013\u00a0click here to subscribe!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The post \u2018Train beats plane on key domestic routes\u2019<\/a> first appeared on Passenger Transport<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u200b\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New research commissioned by Rail Partners reveals how competition among train companies is delivering results across Britain and Europe \u00a0Campaign for Better Transport says that switching just a quarter of the domestic flights featured in its report to rail would save 171,377 tonnes of carbon \u00a0 The majority of the most popular domestic and near Europe flights can be completed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Campaign for Better Transport says that switching just a quarter of the domestic flights featured in its report to rail would save 171,377 tonnes of carbon<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe majority of the most popular domestic and near Europe flights can be completed more quickly and cheaply by rail, a new report from Campaign for Better Transport has found.<\/p>\n
The full story appears inside the latest issue of\u00a0Passenger Transport<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n