Rail: electrification and energy mix

Transport · 10 TWh · 1.9% of the sector's end uses

Energy mix and electrification rate of the “Rail” end-use within the Transport sector, in France.

2024 vintage (SDES/CEREN), a separate source from the Eurostat sector total shown above. The shares below relate to the total of end uses detailed by SDES, 513.5 TWh, not to the sector total; see Methodology.

End-use breakdown: 2024 vintage for Transport, the same as the total.

Volume unit:

TWhMtoe

Final energy consumption

10 TWh

Share of the sector's end uses

1.9%

Electrification

83.7%

Energy types

Energy mix

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Energy mix - Rail: Petroleum products 15%, Electricity 83.7%, Thermal renewables 1.3%.
Energy type	Consumption (TWh)	% of mix
Petroleum products	1.5	15
Electricity	8.4	83.7
Thermal renewables	0.1	1.3

Breakdown by energy type

Electricity83.7%

8.4 TWh

Petroleum products15%

1.5 TWh

Thermal renewables1.3%

0.1 TWh

Source: SDES - Energy balance of France, and CEREN for the breakdown by end use. End-use breakdown, France, 2024 vintage. License: Open Licence / Etalab 2.0.

Electrification rate comparison

Sub-sector vs sector vs national average

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Electrification rate: Rail 83.7%, Transport sector 2.5%, national average 26.6%.
Scope	Electrification rate
Rail	83.7%
Sector Transport	2.5%
National	26.6%

Source: SDES - Energy balance of France, and CEREN for the breakdown by end use for Rail; Eurostat (nrg_bal_c) for the sector and the national average. Two distinct vintages, see the note above.