Emissions and energy use of Finnish railway traffic in 2016
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 0,0 292 195
Diesel locomotives 5,5 1,6 52 1,13 0,34 0,084 0,022 5 674 1 797 2 154
Shunting/ diesel locomotives 0,44 0,20 3,2 0,076 0,0076 0,0022 0,00051 135 43 51
Local traffic 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,00 0,0 0,0 0,0 111 861
TOTAL 6,0 1,8 56 1,2 0,34 0,086 0,022 5 809 1 839 0 404 056
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 0,0 212 422
Diesel locomotives 117 49 907 18 2,2 0,63 0,15 38 913 12 322 14 775
Shunting/ diesel locomotives 53 24 383 9,1 0,92 0,26 0,062 16 247 5 145 6 169
TOTAL 170 74 1 291 27 3,1 0,89 0,21 55 160 17 467 0 212 422
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 7 642
Diesel locomotives 7,7 3,6 63 1,1 0,14 0,040 0,0093 2 453 777 931
TOTAL 7,7 3,6 63 1,1 0,14 0,040 0,0093 2 453 777 931 7642
  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 0,0 624 120
Diesel locomotives 184 79 1 410 29 3,6 1,0 0,24 63 421 20 083 24 081
TOTAL 184 79 1 410 29 3,6 1,0 0,24 63 421 20 083 24 081 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 2016 model
Last Update: November 14th 2018
VTT, Jenni Eckhardt
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