Trains: Carbon Dioxide
(asked on 14th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much carbon dioxide is emitted annually by diesel-only trains in the UK.
This question was answered on 22nd September 2020
Data from train and freight operating companies indicate that diesel train traction in Great Britain created 1,848 kilotonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) in the last financial year (2018-2019). This figure includes bi-mode diesel trains, as well as diesel-only trains.