Your CO2 emissions savings

The chart below shows the amount of  CO2 emissions you will save if you travel by train, instead of a car or plane.

  • Car Kg CO2
  • |
  • 0
  • Plane Kg CO2
  • |
  • 0
  • Saving Car Kg CO2
  • |
  • 0
  • Saving Plane Kg CO2
  • |
  • 0

The saving is equivalent to:

Car Plane
boiling kettles boiling kettles 0 0
hours of TV hours of TV 0 0
hours to power a house hours to power a house 0 0

The calculations are based on:

Car = 0.114kg CO2 / pass km. This is derived from the DEFRA CO2 emissions factor for an average petrol car which is 0.180kg CO2 / vehicle km and the average loading for a car: 1.6 people / journey (DfT).

Train = 0.052kg CO2 / pass km. This is derived from the DEFRA CO2 emissions factor