{"id":143440,"date":"2024-10-24T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=57393"},"modified":"2024-10-24T19:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T09:00:38","slug":"fret-sncf-successor-to-provide-traction-on-rail-route-connect-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=143440","title":{"rendered":"Fret SNCF \u2018successor\u2019 to provide traction on Rail Route Connect network"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ‘successor’ to Fret SNCF is set to take on its role of traction provider to Rail Route Connect (2RC). This is a French network set up in February 2023 to encourage modal shift to rail on long-haul routes.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The remit of the new company, which will enter service next year, will allow it to carry out capacity management and wagon pooling services, a spokesperson for Rail Logistics Europe confirmed to Railfreight.com. The 2RC network groups several combined road-rail operators across France who handle pre- and post-carriage services using their own resources with traction provided by Fret SNCF.<\/p>\n

New service from R2C members<\/h2>\n

Two of the network\u2019s members, Be Modal and MGE Intermodal, recently jointly launched a new service for swap bodies between Rennes, in Brittany, to a combi terminal in Blainville-sur-l’Eau, located in proximity to Nancy, in eastern France. It departs from a terminal in Rennes every Friday morning and is scheduled to arrive in Blainville the following Monday or Tuesday. Departures in the other direction operate on Tuesdays with arrival at the Rennes terminal on Fridays.<\/p>\n