Emission Factor

National rail

0.0408kgCO2e/passenger-km

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of national rail. The primary source is UK DEFRA - Business Travel - land 2019. WARNING: This emission factor has not passed our data validation process as the primary source reports the CH4 and N2O values in kg but the GHG protocol reports them in grams. We have included this for completeness to retain consistency with the source. NOTE: This dataset has been deprecated by the source.

PropertyValue
NameNational rail
SectorTransport
CategoryRail Travel
SourceGHG Protocol
Region
Unit Type
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.04085kg/passenger-km
  • CO20.04077 kg/passenger-km
  • CH47e-8 kg/passenger-km
  • N2O3.1e-7 kg/passenger-km
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
passenger_train-route_type_national_rail-fuel_source_na
UUID
3630e42a-3f77-4f2a-a677-7fcd0b82cd5f
Code Snippet
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