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1734 GWh Consumption of traction current

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	Energy consumption	GWh	2,496	2,577	2,545	2,528	2,481	-1.9	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Traction current The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	GWh	1,731	1,815	1,780	1,760	1,734	-1.5	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Own consumption for traction current supply	GWh	156	131	126	126	140	11.2	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Diesel for rail traction The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	GWh	103	106	112	116	108	-6.4	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Fuel for road vehicles, machines and equipment	GWh	38	40	40	32	30	-6.5	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Electricity for buildings and facilities	GWh	243	258	270	281	264	-5.8	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Thermal energy for buildings and facilities	GWh	224	227	217	213	204	-4.1	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Heating oil	GWh	81.5	82.2	82.0	77.4	59.8	-22.7	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Natural gas	GWh	91.2	94.9	86.4	80.3	75.6	-5.9	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Propane	GWh	10.1	7.1	9.4	6.5	6.3	-3.2	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Biogas	GWh	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.4	2.0	49.7	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Wood	GWh	9.9	6.3	12.4	14.9	11.4	-23.8	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	District heating	GWh	31.1	36.6	26.3	32.5	49.3	51.4	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Specific energy consumption of railway passenger transport The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	kWh/100 Pkm	8.41	8.58	8.54	8.44	7.90	-6.4	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Specific energy consumption of railway freight traffic The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	kWh/100 net tonne-km	4.45	4.45	4.35	4.34	4.35	0.1	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Greenhouse gas emissions from energy consumption The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	132,616	136,189	133,582	132,195	123,705	-6.4	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Traction current The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	10,145	12,533	12,028	11,893	11,714	-1.5	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Own consumption for traction current supply	t	2,299	1,935	1,856	1,859	1,950	4.9	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Diesel for rail traction The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	41,842	42,840	45,260	46,872	43,674	-6.8	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Fuel for road vehicles, machines and equipment	t	13,599	13,655	14,214	14,333	12,506	-12.7	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Electricity for buildings and facilities	t	4,866	3,875	2,696	2,245	1,549	-31.0	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Thermal energy for buildings and facilities	t	59,865	61,351	57,527	54,993	52,312	-4.9	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Specific greenhouse gas emissions of railway passenger transport The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	g/100 Pkm	8.23	13.06	13.31	14.05	13.15	-6.4	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Specific greenhouse gas emissions of railway freight traffic The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	g/100 net tonne-km	146.6	152.5	171.1	187.5	187.4	-0.1	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Noise protection
	Low-noise rolling stock SBB Passenger Traffic The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	%	97.2	97.6	97.6	97.7	98.0	0.3	Diagram Files Download Widget export Copy link
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	Low-noise freight wagons SBB Cargo The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	%	92.6	92.9	93.6	93.7	97.3	3.7	Diagram Files Download Widget export Copy link
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	Total length of noise barriers	km	348	355	362	372	373	0.3	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Stock consumption
	Track construction materials	t	594,133	597,913	660,273	730,238	670,128	-8.2	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Gravel	t	67,451	29,462	22,100	62,900	41,574	-33.9	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Ballast	t	426,759	468,873	530,000	536,500	510,261	-4.9	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Line sleepers	t	43,584	44,171	47,403	64,260	54,573	-15.1	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	produced from concrete	t	38,407	33,983	39,771	58,164	47,836	-17.8	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	produced from wood	t	3,855	5,892	5,009	3,759	4,302	14.5	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	produced from steel	t	1,321	4,296	2,623	2,337	2,434	4.2	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Points sleepers	t	16,707	13,307	14,430	14,988	13,670	-8.8	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	produced from concrete	t	14,765	9,463	11,448	11,874	11,492	-3.2	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	produced from wood	t	1,942	3,844	2,982	3,114	2,178	-30.1	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Rails	t	39,632	42,100	46,340	51,590	50,050	-3.0	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Lubricants	t	740	670	640	598	628	5.0	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Chemicals	t	176	158	165	168	177	5.2	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Acids, alkaline solutions, chemicals	t	71	70	79	74	74	0.0	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Paints, lacquers, thinners	t	103	85	83	92	101	9.8	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Herbicides The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	2.8	3.0	2.8	2.2	1.9	-15.3	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Road salt	t	530	284	367	8	13	60.0	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Copy paper The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	395	359	321	281	192	-31.7	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Waste
	Industrial waste	t	392,354	357,477	364,466	320,419	339,402	5.9	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Track excavation waste (ballast, sand and gravel) The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	303,188	253,820	268,260	231,518	242,669	4.8	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
Diagram Track excavation waste (ballast, sand and gravel) Footnote Quantity of track excavation waste that cannot be cleaned on-site and immediately reused as ballast. It is handed over to Swiss waste management companies, which process and reuse around 80 % of it, for example as chips for concrete; the remaining 20 % has to be landfilled. To these quantities must be added the portion of the track excavation waste that is so heavily polluted that it must be disposed of in hazardous waste landfills (see section on hazardous wastes). Export widget Share Link copied
	Metals The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	67,942	80,420	73,492	73,730	77,140	4.6	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Concrete sleepers The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	14,415	17,526	15,641	6,195	11,898	92.1	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Building materials, excavation The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	4,288	2,620	3,755	5,074	3,865	-23.8	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Wood The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	1,130	1,259	1,611	1,598	1,667	4.3	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Paper, cardboard The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	453	524	769	776	805	3.8	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Plastic, rubber The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	292	454	372	454	513	13.0	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Electronic waste The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	201	279	133	241	326	35.0	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Organic waste, compost The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	99	98	78	94	55	-42.0	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Glass The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	129	146	127	94	166	75.9	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Other industrial waste The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	216	331	228	645	299	-53.6	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Hazardous wastes	t	56,327	61,800	51,648	44,634	45,939	2.9	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Heavily contaminated spoil The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	40,855	40,081	32,989	23,566	19,435	-17.5	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Contaminated old wood (wooden sleepers) The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	12,410	18,592	15,205	17,435	22,419	28.6	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Cleaning residue The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	640	860	756	985	1,097	11.3	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Chemicals The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	847	579	835	759	807	6.4	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Used oil , transformer oil The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	714	760	605	618	768	24.2	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Slurry The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	435	447	572	533	560	5.0	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Accumulators, batteries The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	260	327	393	417	394	-5.5	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Contaminated containers The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	54	53	54	48	50	5.8	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Other hazardous waste The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	113	100	241	273	408	49.5	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Public refuse	t	10,980	11,893	12,655	11,863	12,866	8.5	Diagram Download Widget export Copy link
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	Combustible waste The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	9,487	10,148	10,898	10,316	11,429	10.8	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
Diagram Combustible waste Footnote Volume of waste sent by SBB for thermal recovery. Export widget Share Link copied
	Paper, cardboard The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	1,107	1,279	1,162	954	849	-11.0	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Glass The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	39	44	58	64	58	-9.0	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	PET The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	294	329	395	395	384	-2.7	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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	Aluminium The context menu at the end of the row provides additional information.	t	52	93	142	134	146	8.7	Diagram Footnote Download Widget export Copy link
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