{"id":136647,"date":"2024-10-04T19:53:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T09:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=56818"},"modified":"2024-10-04T19:53:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T09:53:49","slug":"french-mps-quiz-sncf-chief-on-fate-of-rail-freight-subsidiary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=136647","title":{"rendered":"French MPs quiz SNCF chief on fate of rail freight subsidiary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jean-Pierre Farandou, the head of the SNCF Group, who is set to step down at the end of the year, recently fielded questions from the French Parliament. The questions went from the discontinuity of Fret SNCF, to the possibility of a moratorium on its fate and the viability of the new rail freight subsidiary that will enter service following the winding-up of its predecessor.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>MP Gabriel Amard, a member of the France Unbowed Party, highlighted that under the terms of the discontinuity plan proposed by the then minister of Transport, Clement Beaune, Fret SNCF was forced to relinquish 23 traffic routes representing 102 million euros in annual revenue. He claimed that the creation of two new entities to replace Fret SNCF, one dedicated to rail freight and the other to locomotive maintenance is \u201ca questionable choice in itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amard went on to highlight the \u201cred lines\u201d drawn by Beaune which, if crossed, would lead to the cancellation of the plan. \u201cThe first red line concerns reverse modal shift. To put it plainly, the elimination of certain rail freight routes could result in an additional 300,000 to 500,000 trucks on French roads (…) while the second red line focuses on the economic viability of the two new entities.\u201d<\/p>\n