{"id":144679,"date":"2024-10-28T19:26:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T09:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=57448"},"modified":"2024-10-28T19:26:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T09:26:04","slug":"frances-master-plan-for-combined-transport-highlights-need-for-more-terminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=144679","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s master plan for combined transport highlights need for more terminals"},"content":{"rendered":"

France has published a \u201cnational master plan\u201d for combined transport. Drawn up by the State Directorate-General for Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility (DGITM), in close collaboration with all the players in the sector, it estimates that France\u2019s 46 combi terminals are no longer sufficient to meet growing demand.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\u201cThese capacities have now reached their limits. In fact, in the absence of major investment over the last 10 to 15 years, many multimodal terminals appear to be saturated or ageing, making it impossible to develop combined transport traffic,\u201d the French Ministry of Transport noted. It is now necessary to improve the level of performance of this infrastructure by creating new terminals and extending or modernising existing ones at an estimated cost of 1.1 billion euros, it added.<\/p>\n

More than 20 combined transport terminals are necessary<\/h2>\n

Research undertaken as part of the master plan shows that by 2032, combined transport terminals in France will require the capacity to accommodate 3.4 million handling operations per year (+0.5 million compared with today. This means that there is a need for more than 20 new terminals, in addition to the extensions already planned. Regional studies will make it possible to identify potential sites for new terminals.<\/p>\n