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Carbon footprint

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The amounts of CO2e released while traveling with Thello are shown below according to the city of departure and destination.

Quantities are the same regardless the direction you are traveling to (from France to Italy or from Italy to France).

For information, you will also find in this table the figures observed for the same journeys (when available) with other means of transport.

For example, for a journey from Paris to Milan (or Milan to Paris), 16 kg of CO2 are emitted per passenger during a train journey against 90 kg for the same journey by plane.

The values shown are for a single journey for a single passenger.

Amount of CO2 emissions (kg) per passenger for a single journey

Paris <> Venice route

  Milan Brescia Verona Vicenza Padova Venice
Santa Lucia
Paris 17,6 21,3 24,1 26,4 27,8 29,4
Air transport* from Paris 90 90       92
Dijon 15,9 19,7 22,6 24,8 26,2 27,8

Marseille <> Milan route

  Savona Genoa Milan
Marseille 6,2 7,8 14,1
Air transport from Marseille     63
Nice 5,1 6,7 12,9
Air transport from Nice     112
Monte Carlo 5,0 6,6 12,8

The figures shown are calculated from the reference data provided by the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy.* Lowest value found among airports Paris Charles de Gaulle, Paris Orly and Beauvais Tille on http://eco-calculateur.aviation-civile.gouv.fr

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