The Rail Safety and Standards Board Podcast

The Sustainable Rail Strategy—How Rail Will Deliver on Government Priorities

RSSB Season 1 Episode 24

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In this episode George Davies, Director of Sustainable Development at RSSB, talks about the collaborative work done, and to be done, to deliver the Sustainable Rail Strategy. Both as a document and as a living set of ambitions and actions to achieve a sustainable world.

01:51 Determining the Sustainable Rail Strategy, the need for clear ambitions, and flagship industry goals.

05:26 The technology leadership needed to implement solutions and and achieve targets. 

08:42 How communications, engagement, and collaboration are essential to achieve sustainability goals.

11:56 The importance of groups such as community rail programmes for local success; and the DfT for guidance.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Great British Railways: The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/great-british-railways-williams-shapps-plan-for-rail 

Rail Environment Policy Statement: On Track for a Cleaner, Greener Railway: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-sustainability-on-the-railway-stating-our-priorities 

Decarbonising Transport: A Better, Greener Britain: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transport-decarbonisation-plan 

Related resources:

Transport decarbonisation plan: tackling climate change – oral statement to Parliament (transcript): https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/transport-decarbonisation-plan-tackling-climate-change 

Transport decarbonisation plan (speech transcript): https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/transport-decarbonisation-plan 

Decarbonising UK transport: final report and technology roadmaps: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decarbonising-uk-transport-technology-roadmaps