THE ENERGY-SAVING RAILWAY

DIE "ENERGIEFREUNDLICHE" BAHN

78% of the DB's traffic volume uses its 9,500 km of electrified lines. The remaining percentage is shared between diesel traction (17%) and steam traction (5%). In 1973, the DB consumed 6.3 thousand million KWh of electrical energy, 10% of which was supplied by hydraulic power stations, 22% by transformation of the three-phase current from the national grid, and 68% by 7 thermal power stations. The DB consumed 480,000 tonnes of diesel oil and 65,000 t of fuel oil (in an oil-fired power station). In 1954, the DB's energy needs were equivalent to 10 million tons of coal, while in 1972, with 40% more traffic, they were equivalent to 4 million tonnes. In the German Federal Republic, the railway uses less than half the energy in Kcal per passenger-kilometre, while road vehicles are responsible for 60% of air pollution through dust and exhaust fumes.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Lehmann, H
• Publication Date: 1973

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • DIE BUNDESBAHN
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy resources; Fuel conservation; Railroad electrification; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054796
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1976 12:00AM