Train: carbon footprint

Carbonle#5 of 14

🚆Carbon footprintTrain

3.55kg CO₂e / 100 km

per 100 km

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Train comes in at about 3.55 kg CO₂e / 100 km (per 100 km).

Of the 14 ways to get around Carbonle tracks, Train sits at #5 from the lightest — mid-pack.

Distance times how it's powered. Rail is cheap, a seat on a plane is not.

3.55 kg CO₂e to travel 100 km. (35.49 g per passenger-km, DEFRA 2022.)

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Figures from DEFRA 2022 GHG factors: 35.49 g/passenger-km × 100 km, licensed OGL v3.0.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.