Decarbonisation

This means that changes to the electricity system in favour of decarbonisation will have to come even faster.”

The key sentence appears on page 27 of the 80-page report. It says: "We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation." A second notable sentence records: "The main way to achieve rail freight decarbonisation is to stop using diesel traction, through direct government intervention to roll out further electrification."