Rail freight emission factors
Rail freight transport. From 11 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.
What the 7 factor pages say
One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.
Per t.km · 5 factor pages
Linear scale, from 0.01- Rail Freight - Rail FreightCombustion0.0272
MfE · New Zealand · 2024
- Trein - DieselWell-to-use0.027
CO2emissiefactoren.nl · Netherlands · 2026
- Rail transportWell-to-use0.0168
ÖKOBAUDAT · Germany · 2023
- RailCombustion0.0145
EPA Hub · United States · 2026
- Train - Motorisation moyenneEnergy, full life cycle0.0132
ADEME · France · 2025
Per CAD
OpenIO-Canada puts Rail freight transportation services at 0.464 kgCO₂e/CAD (Cradle to gate, 2022), the only factor page in this unit.
Per EUR
EXIOBASE puts Railway transportation services at 0.0999 kgCO₂e/EUR (Cradle to gate, 2019), the only factor page in this unit.
Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.
Who publishes these factors
11 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.
EXIOBASE (49) and ADEME (28) hold 65% of them; the other 9 publish the rest (42).
- EXIOBASE49
- ADEME28
- GLEC20
- OpenIO-Canada10
- CO2emissiefactoren.nl6
- DESNZ1
- EPA Hub1
- MfE1
- ÖKOBAUDAT1
- UBA (AT)1
- USEEIO1
Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.
Every factor page
Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.
| Activity | Library | Region | Boundary | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train - Motorisation moyenne | ADEME | France | Energy, full life cycle | 0.0132 kgCO₂e/t.km | 2025 |
| Trein - Diesel | CO2emissiefactoren.nl | Netherlands | Well-to-use | 0.027 kgCO₂e/t.km | 2026 |
| Rail | EPA Hub | United States | Combustion | 0.0145 kgCO₂e/t.km | 2026 |
| Railway transportation services | EXIOBASE | Romania | Cradle to gate | 0.0999 kgCO₂e/EUR | 2019 |
| Rail Freight - Rail Freight | MfE | New Zealand | Combustion | 0.0272 kgCO₂e/t.km | 2024 |
| Rail transport | ÖKOBAUDAT | Germany | Well-to-use | 0.0168 kgCO₂e/t.km | 2023 |
| Rail freight transportation services | OpenIO-Canada | Alberta | Cradle to gate | 0.464 kgCO₂e/CAD | 2022 |
Other subcategories
- Road freight913 factors · 17 pages
- Sea freight635 factors · 9 pages
- Car travel526 factors · 14 pages
- Multimodal freight325 factors · 5 pages
- Logistics and warehousing305 factors · 5 pages
- Pipeline transport214 factors · 5 pages
- Multimodal passenger travel179 factors · 4 pages
- Air travel156 factors · 8 pages
- Bus and coach travel96 factors · 9 pages
- Air freight82 factors · 5 pages
- Inland waterway freight75 factors · 4 pages
- Rail travel63 factors · 7 pages
- Motorcycle and scooter travel35 factors · 6 pages
- Ferry travel18 factors · 3 pages
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