Emissions and energy use of Finnish railway traffic in 2018
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 0,0 323 932
Diesel locomotives 5,1 1,3 51 1,12 0,35 0,087 0,023 5 949 1 884 2 259
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 0,0 129 360
TOTAL 5,5 1,5 54 1,2 0,36 0,090 0,023 6 080 1 925 2 308 453 292
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 0,0 216 340
Diesel locomotives 115 50 906 17 2,1 0,61 0,14 37 804 11 971 14 354
Shunting/ diesel locomotives 51 24 374 8,6 0,89 0,25 0,060 15 670 4 962 5 950
TOTAL 166 74 1 280 26 3,0 0,86 0,20 53 475 16 934 20 304 216 340
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 0,0 679 239
Diesel locomotives 181 80 1 412 28 3,6 1,0 0,24 62 585 19 819 23 763
TOTAL 181 80 1 412 28 3,6 1,0 0,24 62 585 19 819 23 763 679 239
(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 2018 model
Last Update: August 16th 2019
VTT, Jenni Eckhardt
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