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Amazon gives high-speed rail freight another try (with a twist)

Marco Raimondi
May 14, 2025
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Amazon is giving another go at incorporating high-speed rail into its logistics operations. This time, the initiative entails daily 2,000 parcels loaded onto the TGV…

France’s new rail freight era ‘starts smoothly’

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March 6, 2025
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French rail freight began a new chapter in 2025 with the replacement of Fret SNCF with Hexafret and Technis. The new companies’ activities seem to…

SNCF in the black for fourth consecutive year, profitability from rail freight rises

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February 28, 2025
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The SNCF Group has recorded a fourth consecutive year in the black, due mainly to a strong performance once again from its high-speed (TGV) passenger…

SNCF’s head of rail freight maintains optimistic outlook for Hexafret

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November 27, 2024
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Frédéric Delorme, the President of Rail Logistics Europe (RLE), the structure which groups all of SNCF rail freight subsidiaries, showed some optimism when it comes…

French railways posts rail freight growth despite Fret SNCF discontinuity

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August 20, 2024
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France’s state-owned SNCF Group posted solid growth from rail freight in the first half of 2024 despite the discontinuity measures imposed on Fret SNCF, its…

More job cuts at Fret SNCF

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July 25, 2024
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French rail freight operator Fret SNCF is to shed a further 73 posts. These layoffs are to be added to the 453 jobs to be…

European rail falters despite green advantages

gobstopper
July 2, 2024
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Halfway through 2024, and Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has announced that the preceding year had been less than exemplary for the country’s rail freight

Underwater Train Tunnel Linking Spain, Morocco Could Open by 2030 World Cup

gobstopper
April 24, 2024
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Underwater Train Tunnel Linking Spain, Morocco Could Open by 2030 World Cup

Freight transport 2022: road up to 24.9%, maritime leads

gobstopper
April 19, 2024
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n 2022, road freight transport represented 24.9% of all freight transport performance (in tonne-kilometres) in the EU as it went up by 0.4 percentage points (pp) when compared to […]

European rail a mixed bag: Polish PKP Cargo profits while others struggle

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April 10, 2024
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Rail freight operators in Europe are performing very differently. Big names such as DB Cargo and Lineas are in trouble, but in Poland, the annual figures were an invitation to uncork the champagne bottle. Despite the call for more sustainability in logistics and transport, freight transport by rail is not always an attractive modality for…