{"id":154975,"date":"2024-12-05T16:27:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T06:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=58338"},"modified":"2024-12-05T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T06:27:18","slug":"three-prerequisites-for-french-combined-transport-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=154975","title":{"rendered":"Three prerequisites for French combined transport development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quality train path capacity, a reliable and high level of service and efficient handling terminals are the three main pre-requisites if French combined road-rail transport is to develop, according to R\u00e9my Crochet, the president of the French association GNTC. He specified that the sector in France currently represents around 100 trains a day and accounts for around 45 per cent of the volume of the country\u2019s rail freight.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Speaking at a round-table discussion during the recent annual conference of lobby group, Objectif-OFP, in Paris, Crochet revealed that for the nine months of 2024, traffic volumes, expressed in tonne-kilometres, showed an increase of 12 per cent compared to the same period last year. However, putting the data into context, he said that activity in the first 3-4 months of 2023 had been badly-affected by industrial action at the SNCF Group, which had weighed significantly on volumes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes years to get road hauliers and shippers on to trains and when there are recurrent strikes over several months you lose them and it\u2019s very difficult to get them back.\u201d Compared to 2022, traffic decreased by 8 per cent, but part of the decline was down to the closure, since August 2023, of the main line between France and Italy via Modane, following a major landslide, Crochet explained.<\/p>\n