Air Quality Mitigation Measures

Research into new technologies and the development of air quality improvement plans will help rail identify and target mitigation measures to reduce emissions.

The Air Quality Improvement Measures research project carries out a high-level technology feasibility and cost study to explore potential air quality improvement measures for rail. The study includes technological and operational and infrastructure measures, both on and off the train.  It found that retrofit exhaust after-treatment systems and reducing the diesel on-time or on-power-time are the most effective ways of reducing emissions across the network include. RSSB is investigating various mechanisms, including the feasibility of an incentivisation scheme to encourage uptake.