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Ulysse Fret: Is France on the right track to drive rail freight growth?
Never before has France invested as much money in the development of rail freight as it is doing now. Senior executives at rail network manager SNCF Réseau point out a potentially game-changing, multi-year, multi-billion investment programme named Ulysse Fret. In an interview with Railfreight.com, Laurent Marseille, who heads the programme and Paul Mazataud, SNCF Réseau’s…
More DAC tests are over, developments remain vague
A consortium led by SBB Cargo recently submitted a report to the Swiss Federal Office of Transport (FOT) on the DAC+ tests it has been running since March 2023. These tests focussed on the digital aspects of the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) such as data transfer. The company said that the tests led to important…