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T&E and a coalition of rail operators and ticket distributors name upon EU Member States to scale back rail tolls on evening trains, cross-border trains and a few passenger trains

Travelling by rail as a substitute of flying can lower emissions by as much as -97% on particular routes. Lowering flying and automobile use is pressing to mitigate local weather change and respect the Paris Settlement to restrict the rise of temperature to effectively beneath 2 levels celsius. One of many options is to shift to rail. The European Fee has mentioned it needs high-speed rail site visitors to double by 2030 and triple by 2050, so now, we should “stroll the discuss”.

The prepare ticket worth for shoppers is one necessary choice issue and it’s by massive elements constituted by the rail tolls. Subsequently, an alliance of rail operators, ticket distributors and civil society, dedicated to make rail extra reasonably priced, calls upon the the Member States to:

• Scale back rail tolls for trains with excessive capability. Passenger trains ought to goal at providing as many seats as potential per prepare to incentivise a excessive load issue;
• Scale back rail tolls for evening trains and cross-border trains;

The alliance additionally calls upon the European Fee to:

• Revise the Single European Railway Space Directive (2012/34/EU) to set incentives for decrease rail tolls for the segments talked about above. The upcoming tips won’t be enough to attain change. Legislative motion is required to cease extreme tolls

Obtain the letter.

Courtesy of T&E.