Legislate to make UK train travel cheaper than domestic air travel.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Travel by train should be significantly cheaper than by air given that CO2 emissions are far lower. Rail is under-resourced, overcrowded, unreliable and expensive, even with advance booking. CO2 is significantly higher for air travel, especially for short haul. Climate change requires urgent action.

Domestic rail travel should be made significantly less expensive, more convenient and less crowded than air travel to incentivise travel by train.

Carbon emissions are significantly higher for air travel, especially for short haul. The franchising system has not helped with costs or reliability. Associated costs will be far less than those to mitigate the impact of climate change.

For return journey London to Edinburgh per person:
PLANE: 3.5 hours, 193 Kg/CO2
TRAIN: 4.5 hours, 24 Kg/CO2

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition because we aren't sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

You could start a new petition calling for subsidies for rail transport to reduce ticket prices below that of air travel or for carbon pricing on air transport to raise its price above that of rail if either of those are things you would like to see happen.

Timeline

21 Apr 2019	Petition opened for signatures
22 May 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 May 2019

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