High-speed UK-Europe rail 'saves 60,000 flights per year'

[John Ashworth]

HIGH-SPEED TRAIN TRAVEL BETWEEN UK AND EUROPE ‘SAVES 60,000 FLIGHTS A YEAR’

High-speed train travel between the UK and Europe saves 750,000 tonnes of CO2 per year compared to flying, according to new research.

The report, produced by Steer on behalf of HS1 Ltd, found that current high-speed rail travel use replaces the equivalent of 60,000 flights annually.

HS1, which operates the high-speed railway connecting St Pancras International to the Channel Tunnel through Kent, said it is working with international partners to connect direct services to Bordeaux in France, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Cologne in Germany, and Geneva in Switzerland...

Of course regardless of Brexit, UK is geographically part of Europe, so "BETWEEN UK AND EUROPE" makes no sense, but we know what they mean. "Between UK and continental Europe" would be more correct but less striking as a headline.