European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds

European governments have 'systematically' shrunk their railways and starved them of funding while pouring money into expanding their road network, a report has found. The length of motorways in Europe grew 60% between 1995 and 2020 while railways shrank 6.5%, according to research from the German thinktanks Wuppertal Institute and T3 Transportation. “This is a political choice,” said Lorelei Limousin, a climate campaigner with Greenpeace, which commissioned the report.