Listen: tackling climate change on transport

Travelling by car is nearly five times more polluting than travelling by train.

And, if every one of the 42.3 million licensed car drivers in Britain were to switch one return car journey to train, just once a year, it would save the same amount of CO2 as:

• Switching off half of the UK’s street lighting for a year
• Insulating 265,627 homes
• Or recycling 450 Olympic swimming pools of recyclable rubbish

Now, to mark World Car Free Day (Sunday 22 Sept), the rail industry has teamed up with Campaign for Better Transport to show how a small switch, like swapping one return car journey to train, can make a big difference when it comes to helping tackle climate change.

Aston spoke to Sarah Apps from Rail Delivery Group.

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