Greenpeace calls for rail boost to cut air travel
Austrian Airlines airplane takes off from the airport in Munich, southern Germany
GREENPEACE called on European governments today to boost train travel as an alternative to polluting short-haul flights.
In a study by OBC Europa, published ahead of the global Cop26 summit that opens in Glasgow on Sunday, the charity found that 34 per cent of the 150 busiest short-haul flights have rail alternatives that emit a fraction of the carbon dioxide.
Routes including Madrid-Barcelona, Frankfurt-Berlin and Brussels-Amsterdam could be covered by train in two to four hours, the study said.
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