Estimation of ecological effectiveness of rail vehicle operation in Eurasian railway corridors

Abstract

The article considers the ecological effectiveness of operation of the Eurasian railway corridors. The land transport corridors of the renewable Silk Road are divided into North, Middle and South routes. Using the open access software package EKO TRANSIT WORLD (ETW), a comprehensive comparative analysis of the train pollution in the corridors under consideration was conducted. Ecological efficiency of using the corridor is estimated taking into account the type of energy used for traction on the railway full cycle of well extraction and energy use to the wheels (WTW), from the well to the tank (WTT) and the final phase of energy use from the tank to wheels (TTW). Finally, basic conclusions are provided.