Travel planners hand out award for go-green stadium
GATESHEAD International Stadium has been recognised for efforts to encourage its 400,000 visitors a year to get there in an environmentally-friendly way. full story
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Pollution cuts will prevent 5,000-tonne carbon mountain
TUBE Lines wants to reduce its CO2 emissions by 5,000 tonnes by the end of the year – the equivalent of an individual travelling the full length of the Piccadilly line 1.1 million times.
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Royal Train trials veggie oil
Prince Charles has played his part in helping rail become more environment-friendly.
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Pioneering past powers Arriva's future
A SIGN attached to the solar-powered street lights on the approach to Machynlleth station reads ‘eco-strip’.
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Virgin trains launch Europe's first biodiesel train
Chancellor Gordon Brown and Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson travelled together when Europe's first environmentally friendly biodiesel blend train went into scheduled service.
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400 train services cancelled following London fire
More than 400 train services run by Southeastern have been cancelled today as a result of a fire at a workshop in railway arches in Bermondsey, south east London.