PEOPLE from Bradford travelling with Northern can now compare the cost, travel time and CO₂ emissions of their journey against the equivalent trip by road.

The train operator provides the information via the Savings Calculator comparison tool on their website.

Ticket prices are compared against the average cost to travel the same distance in both a diesel and electric car, journey times are compared to peak car journeys in Google Maps and CO₂ emissions are calculated using government-certified data sources and assumptions.

Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern, said: “Encouraging people to make the switch from road to rail is something we are, naturally, very passionate about.”

All calculations are made using Government conversion factors.

Environmental data regarding Northern’s fleet of trains is validated each year by an external auditor.

Go to www.northernrailway.co.uk/train-vs-car-comparison/data for more information.