The environmental impact of trains
Channel: greenpodFR
Date: 2012-01-05

The life span of a train is very long so its environmental impact will be very important during the use phase. Aerodynamics, energy mix and the weight of the train will influence on the global impact of trains. Bombardier and Siemens use life cycle assessment in order to ckeck all the impacts and try to reduce them globally. Interviews done during the LCM conference in Berlin on September 2011