Term:
Energy consumption by rail transport
Definition:
Energy consumed in rail traffic, including industrial railways and electrified urban rail transport systems. It includes tram, metro, subway, urban and suburban rail, high-speed train, and maglev. It excludes inputs into electrical power stations managed by the railways.
Note: Tram, metro and subway consumption is included here but not in rail statistics.
Domain:
Transport
Source:
Eurostat