Rail Decarbonisation: Costs, Electrification, London’s Future.
Do we let our own personal experiences influence our enthusiasm for Green initiatives? The April IET Central London Network evening lecture was presented in concert with our colleagues from the IET Railway Technical Network and featured two guest speakers on the topic of Rail Decarbonisation. Our first speaker was Dr Zhongbei Tian from The Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) . Zhongbei is currently one of 160 researchers in the Centre of Excellence in Rail Decarbonisation working to support the requirement for the UK to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050. Currently transport makes up around one quarter of UK domestic greenhouse gas emissions and amongst the various milestones is the ambition to have no diesel only trains running on the UK rail network by 2040…