Emissions and energy use of Finnish railway traffic in 2014
PASSENGER TRAFFIC CO [t/a] HC [t/a] NOx [t/a] PM [t/a] CH4 [t/a] N2O [t/a] SO2 [t/a] CO2 [t/a] Fuel consumption [t/a] Fuel consumption [m3/a] Use of electricity [MWh/a](2
Electric locomotives(1 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,00 0,0 0,0 0,0 350 913
Diesel locomotives 14 5,5 120 2,3 0,55 0,13 0,035 9 121 2 888 3 418
Shunting/ diesel locomotives 0,49 0,23 3,6 0,085 0,0086 0,0025 0,00058 152 48 57
Local traffic 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,00 0,0 0,0 0,0 94 445
TOTAL 14,4 5,7 123 2,4 0,56 0,13 0,035 9 273 2 936 0 445 358
FREIGHT TRAFFIC CO [t/a] HC [t/a] NOx [t/a] PM [t/a] CH4 [t/a] N2O [t/a] SO2 [t/a] CO2 [t/a] Fuel consumption [t/a] Fuel consumption [m3/a] Use of electricity [MWh/a]
Electric locomotives 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 203 051
Diesel locomotives 165 70 1 280 25 3,1 0,88 0,21 54 466 17 247 20 411
Shunting/ diesel locomotives 59 28 431 10 1,0 0,29 0,069 18 231 5 773 6 832
TOTAL 224 98 1 710 35 4,1 1,2 0,28 72 697 23 020 0 203 051
LOCOMOTIVES CO [t/a] HC [t/a] NOx [t/a] PM [t/a] CH4 [t/a] N2O [t/a] SO2 [t/a] CO2 [t/a] Fuel consumption [t/a] Fuel consumption [m3/a] Use of electricity [MWh/a]
Electric locomotives 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 7 866
Diesel locomotives 5,9 2,8 48 0,83 0,11 0,030 0,0071 1 877 594 703
TOTAL 5,9 2,8 48 0,83 0,11 0,030 0,0071 1 877 594 703 7866,4
  CO [t/a] HC [t/a] NOx [t/a] PM [t/a] CH4 [t/a] N2O [t/a] SO2 [t/a] CO2 [t/a] Fuel consumption [t/a] Fuel consumption [m3/a] Use of electricity [MWh/a]
Electric locomotives 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 656 276
Diesel locomotives 244 106 1 882 38 4,8 1,3 0,32 83 847 26 551 31 422
TOTAL 244 106 1 882 38 4,8 1,3 0,32 83 847 26 551 31 422 0
(1 Use phase emissions of electrict trains are zero
(2 The amount of electrical energy taken from the contact wire by the locomotives
Source: RAILI 2014 model
Last Update: November 14th 2018
VTT, Jenni Eckhardt
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