Sustainable and resilient rail systems bring these two priorities together:
Environmental performance
Address energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, materials, waste, water use, biodiversity, and lifecycle environmental impact.
Climate resilience
Addresses the ability of railway assets, systems, and organizations to anticipate, withstand, adapt to, and recover from changing environmental conditions.
Rail’s role in sustainable transport
Rail carries approximately 7% of passenger transport activity worldwide.
Rail supports 6% of global freight transport, including 38% of inland freight activity.
Despite its passenger and freight contribution, rail produces around 1% of transport emissions.
Approximately three-quarters of global passenger rail activity already takes place on electric trains.