Choosing to go via train rather than plane or car could be an even better environmentally friendly decision than previously thought.
A new study into the impact of train travel has concluded one popular route produces far less climate-warming carbon than previously thought.
It found that the electrified rail route from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverley station emits the equivalent of 12.5kg/CO 2 e (total greenhouse gases emitted as an equivalent of carbon dioxide) per passenger, compared to the 24kg/CO 2 e previously thought.
