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Table 6 Starting data for calculating external costs along the Brenner corridor [35]

From: Options for reducing external costs from freight transport along the Brenner corridor

Starting assumptions for the calculation of external costs

Data

Features

Data selected in the study

Vehicle type 1

Vehicle type 2

Train

Vehicle

Vehicle model

Articulated truck

Rigid truck

Train with 2 locomotives

Fuel

Diesel

Diesel

Electric traction

European emissions classification

Euro 0 – Euro 6

Euro 0 – Euro 6

Load

Total mass: 40 t

Total mass: 26–28 t

Gross train weight: 1200 t

Tare: 8 t

Tare: 7.5 t

Gross freight weight: 1020 t

Load capacity: 32 t

Load capacity: 20 t

Net freight weight: 597 t

Goods transported: 16 t

Goods transported: 10 t

Type of emissions considered

Hot emissions

Hot emissions

Infrastructure

Type

Motorway

Motorway

Railway

Maximum travel speed

80 km/h

80 km/h

100 km/h

Slope

Min: −4%

Min: −4%

Max: + 4%

Max: + 4%

Geographical context

Rural

Rural

Rural

Congestion level

Free flow, with temporary exception between Bressanone and Vipiteno

Free flow, with temporary exception between Bressanone and Vipiteno

Emission models

Macro scale

HBEFA

HBEFA

Not used (TTW phase)