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Rail industry unites to criticise scrapping of HS2 Golborne Link
Speaking on behalf of the Railway Industry Association, the Rail Freight Group and the High Speed Rail Read more…
Speaking on behalf of the Railway Industry Association, the Rail Freight Group and the High Speed Rail Read more…
HS2 Ltd has revealed the design for the new state-of-the-art maintenance hub, which will house the people and equipment that will keep the first phase of HS2 running smoothly and efficiently.
HS2’s Carbon Manager, Mark Fenton shares HS2’s plan to reduce carbon emissions across the railway network with Mimi Ibrahim in Focus Magazine, Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics, May 2022
What methods are being utilised to ensure that HS2 has achieved net-zero throughout the entire network by 2035?
The net-zero carbon plan published earlier at the start of this year sets out some new commitments and targets – primarily achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2035. As part of this, we have a series of stepping stone targets to get us to that point. We have a target to reduce whole-life carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. We will achieve this by applying the carbon reduction hierarchy.
We’re implementing that by working with our supply chain and engaging with industry groups and research organisations so that we can identify and implement lower-carbon materials, use alternative fuels, renewable energy, and new construction methods.
All the various designs to reduce the carbon footprint of the program and support the decarbonisation of the UK construction sector and we’re achieving approximately a 25% reduction across phase one. Some of the ways that we’re doing that are by (more…)
The High Speed Rail Group hosted its first annual High Speed Rail Read more…
The High Speed Rail Group is made up of companies with relevant Read more…
We have submitted the following letter to the Transport Secretary seeking to Read more…
We spoke to Jessica Miles, a Resources Apprentice with the Align joint Read more…
With over 16,700 air passengers travelling domestically across mainland Great Britain each Read more…
Our High Speed Rail Apprentice Network is made up of apprentices and graduates from Read more…
We spoke to Jack Bates, an Apprentice Technician with Hitachi Rail Can Read more…