Topic: Environment

Britain lets the train take the environmental strain

Business and leisure travel by train radically improves the British carbon footprint. A survey of travel options from London has placed travel by rail in an unassailable environmental…
Analysis Alternatives to PFAS? -Error 505- not found by UNIFE for many rail uses

While PFAS and its environmental and health risks are becoming an enemy of the public and people might be getting rid of their Teflon pans, the fact is…
Analysis Transport ‘largest sector by far’ using PFAS: ‘crucial for the rail industry’

A restriction on the usage of PFAS, a group of widely used chemicals that are increasingly controversial due to health risks, is set to be one of the…
Beyond B100: SNCF’s ‘PlaneTER’ strategy for greener rail operations

Following the successful implementation of rapeseed-based biofuel B100 in Normandy, SNCF Voyageurs is also looking into Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), batteries and hydrogen. RailTech.com sat down with Stéphane…

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DB to use electric car battery packs from KIA for energy storage

Deutsche Bahn and KIA will cooperate on so-called second-life battery storage systems for green energy in a bid to save electricity. Encore, a corporate start-up of the DB…
Austrian government approves iLint hydrogen train for operation

Coradia iLint, Alstom’s first hydrogen train, has completed three months of passenger operated tests with Austrian operator ÖBB on December 1st. Earlier this year, it received official approval…