Emissions and energy use of Finnish railway traffic in 2015
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 0,0 323 727
Diesel locomotives 11,4 4,5 101 1,95 0,49 0,117 0,031 8 088 2 561 3 071
Shunting/ diesel locomotives 0,46 0,21 3,3 0,079 0,0080 0,0023 0,00053 141 45 53
Local traffic 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,00 0,0 0,0 0,0 101 741
TOTAL 11,8 4,7 105 2,0 0,49 0,119 0,031 8 229 2 606 0 425 468
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 0,0 191 478
Diesel locomotives 122 51 939 19 2,3 0,65 0,15 40 466 12 814 15 365
Shunting/ diesel locomotives 55 26 399 9,4 0,95 0,27 0,064 16 887 5 348 6 412
TOTAL 177 76 1 338 28 3,2 0,93 0,22 57 353 18 162 0 191 478
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 7 487
Diesel locomotives 7,3 3,5 61 1,0 0,13 0,038 0,0089 2 347 743 891
TOTAL 7,3 3,5 61 1,0 0,13 0,038 0,0089 2 347 743,2 891,1 7487,0
  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 0,0 624 433
Diesel locomotives 196 85 1 503 31 3,9 1,1 0,26 67 929 21 511 25 792
TOTAL 196 85 1 503 31 3,9 1,1 0,26 67 929 21 511 25 792 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 2015 model
Last Update: November 14th 2018
VTT, Jenni Eckhardt
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