Emissions and energy use of Finnish railway traffic in 2017
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 0,0 291 508
Diesel locomotives 4,4 1,1 45 0,99 0,32 0,080 0,020 5 385 1 705 2 045
Shunting/ diesel locomotives 0,42 0,20 3,1 0,072 0,0074 0,0021 0,00050 131 41 50
Local traffic 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,00 0,0 0,0 0,0 121 327
TOTAL 4,9 1,3 48 1,1 0,33 0,082 0,021 5 516 1 747 2 094 412 835
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 0,0 227 891
Diesel locomotives 118 49 910 18 2,2 0,63 0,15 39 056 12 368 14 829
Shunting/ diesel locomotives 51 24 374 8,6 0,89 0,25 0,060 15 670 4 962 5 950
TOTAL 169 73 1 284 27 3,1 0,88 0,21 54 727 17 330 20 779 227 891
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 9 608
Diesel locomotives 9,5 4,5 78 1,3 0,17 0,049 0,012 3 031 960 1 151
TOTAL 9,5 4,5 78 1,3 0,17 0,049 0,012 3 031 959,8 1150,9 9607,5
  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 0,0 650 334
Diesel locomotives 183 79 1 410 29 3,6 1,0 0,24 63 273 20 036 24 024
TOTAL 183 79 1 410 29 3,6 1,0 0,24 63 273 20 036 24 024 650 334
(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 2017 model
Last Update: November 14th 2018
VTT, Jenni Eckhardt
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