Great Western Railway has revealed its support for the Sustainable Travel Charter, which has been launched by the Football Supporters Association and the English Football League in a bid to reduce the football community’s carbon footprint.

The Sustainable Travel Charter aims to promote and support environmentally friendly travel options for the football community and will also challenge the idea of flying, which is currently popular with top-flight football clubs in favour of more sustainable travel.

So far, support for the Charter has been reported by SportsPro Media from clubs, including:

• Millwall
• Bristol City
• Bristol Rovers
• Forest Green Rover
• Swindon Town

The Charter has also seen support from the FSA and football charity Pledgeball.

This year also saw rock legends, The Foo Fighters choose to travel with Great Western Railway as they made their way to the Glastonbury Festival to perform as The ChurnUps and even saw Dave Grohl pose with the rail operator’s staff members.

At present, discussions are underway with other football clubs to get behind the charter, with further aims to also inspire further organisations to take part in carbon-reducing travel.

Great Western Railway is extremely focused on providing sustainable travel options in order to support the environment, by making the choice to travel by train football teams and fans can really make a difference. The rail operator has already worked with Plymouth and Millwall as well as Queens Park Rangers and the Wales national football team.

Football clubs who are interested in travel with Great Western Railway should make contact by email via: [email protected]

Sarah Hind, GWR Exclusive Sales Manager, said:

“We firmly believe in the potential for change and are committed to offering a more sustainable alternative to short-haul flights for teams and fans alike.”

“We know football clubs expect the very highest levels of customer experience and we have already worked with the likes of Millwall and Plymouth Argyle to take players to away fixtures.”

“We have a specialist sales team ready to assist football clubs seeking to travel by train, which, as we all know, is a far more environmentally friendly form of transport.”