{"id":27269,"date":"2024-04-12T21:36:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=27269"},"modified":"2024-04-12T21:36:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:36:40","slug":"ria-presents-new-strategy-for-delivering-a-lower-cost-net-zero-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=27269","title":{"rendered":"RIA presents new strategy for delivering a lower cost, net zero railway"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new strategy published by the Railway Industry Association (RIA)<\/a> sets out a pathway to a lower cost, higher performing net zero railway by 2050, whilst also showing how making rolling stock procurement decisions now can stave off the current threat to UK rolling stock manufacturing capability. The whole system blueprint maximises current Government infrastructure plans and sets out how a co-ordinated \u2018track and train\u2019 approach could deliver improved outcomes for passenger and freight users, taxpayers and the supply chain.<\/p>\n

RIA\u2019s rail strategy fast tracks benefits by focusing on opportunities for carbon reduction and air quality improvements in the short-term. It will also enhance performance by introducing newer and more reliable trains while achieving lower costs and greater economic benefits by reducing \u2018boom and bust\u2019 for the rail supply sector.<\/p>\n

Key findings are:<\/p>\n

Whilst Government plans will increase the proportion of the UK rail network which is electrified from 38% to 51% \u2013 and its recent commitment in March 2024 to this upper figure is welcome \u2013 RIA\u2019s strategy identifies a further 15% of routes which if electrified would mean 100% of passenger services and 95% of freight services being decarbonised incrementally in the decades to 2050.
\nAround a third of the network does not need to be electrified and can be decarbonised now with battery trains. An order for a fleet of battery-electric trains should be accelerated as a matter of priority to bring forward benefits at no additional cost to the public purse.
\nCurrent uncertainty around future UK rail manufacturing capacity yet again highlights the need for a more consistent pipeline of work for infrastructure and rolling stock suppliers to support investment in skills and improve productivity.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the plan,\u00a0David Clarke, Technical Director at RIA,\u00a0said: \u201cOur analysis provides an \u2018art of the possible\u2019 strategy for the Government and the railway industry. Ordering a fleet of battery-electric trains, a strategic and a consistent approach to electrification and quick green wins on less intensively used routes can all help achieve a more efficient and low-carbon railway by 2050. Considering this as a \u2018track and train\u2019 strategy allows us to permanently lower the cost of running the railway.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecent RIA-commissioned research by Steer<\/a> found that passenger numbers will grow between 37% and 97% by 2050, depending on future rail policy. So, it is vital that the Government now makes some decisions on infrastructure and rolling stock which will enable investors, rail planners and suppliers, as well as the wider rail economy, to deliver a better and more sustainable railway for passengers and taxpayers in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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