Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 113404

Railways: Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 12 February 2026
Answered: 26 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Rebecca Smith

ConservativeSouth West Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rail decarbonisation policies on costs to consumers.

Answer

Keir Mather
The impact of rail decarbonisation policies on consumers is very minimal, as measures such as electrification of track and train are implemented over multi-year infrastructure investment cycles, and are not passed through to consumers in full via ticket p...

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