It’s because the UK’s privatised electricity companies have made running electric trains prohibitively expensive, to the point where passenger railways run diesel trains on electric routes because it’s cheaper. Another thing we have Margaret Thatcher to thank for.
It’s because the UK’s privatised electricity companies have made running electric trains prohibitively expensive, to the point where passenger railways run diesel trains on electric routes because it’s cheaper. Another thing we have Margaret Thatcher to thank for.
Tax on electricity for trains. 40%. Tax on aviation fuel. 0%.