Next Station: Green Transformation

This activity is a part of eTwinning project: Next Station: Hope. The railway has been very important in the last two centuries, from two facets, transporting goods and people, it has contributed to develop the industry and to connect cities. Increasingly, the search for alternative energy railway transportation in today's world is at the forefront with its environmentally friendly identity. In this project activity,  we will learn about the importance of the railway, its history, and its future. The railway in our countries nowadays, its importance for sustainability, and its importance to support European construction.

Vocational education students from ICT departments will learn to work collaboratively, investigate, and create web products about this topic. They will learn ICT technologies and tools to work together and to build web products.

The European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism has approved the proposal that 2021 should be the European Year of Rail. The proposal was made by the European Commision to support the delivery of the European Green Deal's objectives.

The Green Deal has an ambitious objective for transport, which currently accounts for 25% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. The Green Deal sets out the Commission's aim to deliver a 90% reduction in transport's GHG emissions (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050 to deliver the aspirations of the global Paris Agreement on mitigating climate change. In order to try to reach this target the Commission is proposing that a significant amount of the 75% of inland freight currently carried by road be shifted onto railways and inland waterways.