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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-08-28more like thismore than 2020-08-28
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Trains: Diesel remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when diesel trains will cease to operate on the rail network. more like this
tabling member constituency Cambridge more like this
tabling member printed
Daniel Zeichner more like this
uin 81979 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-08more like thismore than 2020-09-08
answer text <p>The Government is developing an ambitious Transport Decarbonisation Plan to achieve net zero emissions across all modes of transport by 2050. We will use electrification and alternative technologies such as battery and hydrogen trains to remove diesel trains from the network and decarbonise the railway.</p><p> </p><p>Ongoing work led by Network Rail will inform decisions about the pace of rail decarbonisation to achieve net zero, the deployment of different decarbonisation technologies on each part of the network, and delivery of the ambition to remove all diesel-only trains from the railway by 2040.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Daventry more like this
answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-08T16:54:19.153Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-08T16:54:19.153Z
answering member
3977
label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris more like this
tabling member
4382
label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner more like this