Train operator Eurostar is targeting a 25% cut in CO2 emissions as it battles against low-cost airlines to carry passengers across the English Channel.
Eurostar, which links London with Paris and mainland Europe via the Channel Tunnel, said it would cut CO2 emissions by 25% per passenger by 2012 by improving the efficiency of its trains and sourcing power from greener electricity generators.
Eurostar said its trains currently generate around 50,000 tonnes of CO2 a year and most of this would be offset from November when the group launches its new high speed link to continental Europe from London's St Pancras station.
From this point, all Eurostar aims to make all journeys carbon neutral, it said.
