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Well... maybe. One train does create a lot more air pollution than one car (unless it's an electric train running on nuclear or hydro or wind or solar power). However, one train can move thousands of passengers, which would need probably thousands of cars to move. So cars create much more pollution than trains per passenger.

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Hundreds, not thousands, but otherwise the statement is true. Also, a train requires less power, hence less fuel, to move each ton each mile than the road equivalent at the same speed.

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Trains emit carbon dioxide into the environment. The benefit of traveling by trains rather than airplanes, is that trains emit 90 percent less CO2 than airplanes.

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