Scottish rail needs to be decarbonised by 2035, also in remote areas
Jenny Gilruth the Scottish transport secretary Image by RIA from press release
The Scottish government is following an aggressive policy of decarbonisation, and plans to make Scotland’s economy net-zero by 2045, five years ahead of the UK ambition for the same target. And thus, rail needs to be decarbonised too, was one of the main messages at the recent annual conference of the Scottish National Party, who hold power in Edinburgh in a coalition with the Green Party in Scotland.
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Neither core clients of railways, nor any client, now afford luxury of not caring about “eta”.
As robustness (resiliency and redundancy) is short at railways, otherwise, the by far safest and most energy effective mode, now these, devastating bottlenecks, of railways have to be attended.
All sub optimal technicalities, decisively have to be outed!
Electrification, yes, but an optimal!
All other devices, those not “cemented”, but resilient, they upgrade for higher loads – and lower costs, etc…