Emission Factor

Rail

0.0232kgCO2e/ton-mile

Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of rail. The primary source is EPA Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories - Table 8 Business Travel and Employee Commuting - March 9 2018. NOTE: GHG protocol reports as source table Table 8 but the emission factors for CO2 CH4 and N2O are actually reported in Table 9 Upstream Transportation and Distribution and Downstream Transportation and Distribution. NOTE: This dataset has been deprecated by the source and will be removed soon.

PropertyValue
NameRail
SectorTransport
CategoryRail Freight
SourceGHG Protocol
Region
Unit Type
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.02321kg/ton-mile
  • CO20.023 kg/ton-mile
  • CH40.0000018 kg/ton-mile
  • N2O6e-7 kg/ton-mile
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 9Version log
  • Replaced by: 4d98a950-f9b2-4de5-b491-8e0a11f32342

API Reference

Activity ID
freight_train-route_type_na-fuel_type_na
UUID
8b1a84c5-dfb1-4980-aa25-d84794b1937a
Code Snippet
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