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Fortune Magazine, June 4, 2015 <br />How do trains stack up environmentally to other modes of travel? Better than you might <br />think <br />You can talk all you want about Teslas, but when it comes to overall energy efficiency, <br />Amtrak beats other modes of transport hands down. According to the U.S. Department <br />of Transportation, trains are dramatically more efficient per passenger mile than autos <br />and air travel. And as a general rule, trains are also considerably more energy-efficient <br />than buses, while emitting less damaging compounds into the air. Amtrak's electrified <br />trains in the Northeast corridor are better fuel misers than its diesels and can feed <br />energy captured from regenerative braking back to the electrical grid. <br />Traveling by train, however, is on the pricey side, costing on average 314 per passenger <br />mile, compared with 13t for flying. But going by rail is a steal compared with driving the <br />family sedan, which costs a whopping 614 a mile. <br />g�a <br />