East West Rail: Carbon Emissions
Commons · Question 3322 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, if she will provide a breakdown of the specific programmes the East West Rail is undertaking to achieve its Net Zero target by 2050; and what t
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 1 Jun 2026
East-West Rail will support Britain’s transition to an overall net zero carbon economy by creating a net zero passenger railway by 2050, using hybrid battery-electric trains. EWR Co will also endeavour to reduce embodied emissions (which are those that re...