Transport: Carbon Emissions

(asked on 2nd November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of carbon emitted per passenger traveling on a single journey from London to (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Manchester by (i) air, (ii) train and (iii) car.


Answered by
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 8th November 2021

The estimated average carbon dioxide equivalent (kgCO2e) emissions per passenger, including direct or tailpipe emissions, indirect emissions resulting from fuel refinery and transportation and indirect effects (for air travel) for London to Glasgow are as follows:

kg CO2e

Air (including travel to/from airports)

151

Train (including travel to and from mainline stations)

27

Car, average petrol

90

Car, average diesel

84

Car, average battery electric

28

Estimates for London to Edinburgh and London to Manchester not currently available via a comparable method.

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