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Railways: Carbon Emissions

Asked by Rebecca SmithConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 26 February 2026UIN 113404

The question

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.

Answered by 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 prices. As such, the department has not made an estimate. Rail is also already a comparatively low-carbon mode of travel.

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