Environment

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV1a (296 kb)

By 2080, average annual temperatures across the UK may rise by between 2C and 3.5C.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV1b (290 kb)

By 2080, rainfall could increase by 30% in the winter and decrease by as much as 50% in the summer.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV2 (51 kb)

The DfT’s appraisal guidelines consider 10 different factors relating to the environment. Some of these are monetised and the others are assessed in qualitative terms.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV4 (81 kb)

Rail generally compares favourably with other transport modes in terms of emissions per pax km.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV10 (65 kb)

23% of UK carbon emissions are from transport and around 2% of these transport emissions are from Rail.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV11 (78 kb)

CO2 emissions per train km are highest for Intercity TOCs. However, CO2 emissions per pax km are much greater for Regional TOCS due to the lower number of passengers per train.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV14 (86 kb)

There are significant opportunities in both the short and longer term to reduce traction energy consumption.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV15 (330 kb)

The largest items of rail related energy consumption are diesel engine losses and power station inefficiencies.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV17a (113 kb)

Environmental improvements in other modes: Aviation.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV17b (76 kb)

Environmental improvements in other modes: Road transport.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV20a (275 kb)

EU legislation requires member states to produce noise maps to show the noise impact of transport links (1 of 2).

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV20b (14 Mb)

EU legislation requires member states to produce noise maps to show the noise impact of transport links (2 of 2).

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - ENV21 (62 kb)

Intermodal comparisons of CO2 emissions.

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24 July 2007