{"id":169316,"date":"2025-01-23T20:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=59249"},"modified":"2025-01-23T20:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:20:28","slug":"inauguration-of-major-extension-to-combined-road-rail-terminal-east-of-lyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=169316","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of major extension to combined road-rail terminal east of Lyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This week has seen the inauguration of a major extension to the V\u00e9nissieux-Saint Priest combined road-rail terminal east of Lyon. The facility is located in proximity to one of Europe\u2019s main freight corridors and which has attracted public investment totalling 18.7 million euros.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-59249\"><\/span>Its owner, SNCF R\u00e9seau, said re-development work will make it possible to increase freight train capacity from seven round-trips daily to 10, representing an increase of almost 40 per cent in traffic. The existing facility was no longer able to absorb new rail freight traffic flows while the extension has also been a response to noise pollution caused by truck traffic affecting a residential area close to the site, France\u2019s rail network manager explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project to improve the V\u00e9nissieux-Saint-Priest combined transport hub demonstrates the State&#8217;s strong commitment to the development of rail infrastructure and will provide economic operators with new low-carbon, freight transport capacity at the heart of the Lyon conurbation,\u201d commented Fabienne Buccio, State Prefect of the Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes region.<\/p>\n<p>The terminal is connected to the Lyon-Grenoble rail line via the V\u00e9nissieux marshalling yard, from where trains operate to and from origins\/destinations such Marseille, Fos-sur-Mer, Le Havre, Dijon, Strasbourg, Rennes, Tours\/Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Dourges as well as Duisburg, in Germany. It is currently used by two combined transport operators, Naviland Cargo and Novatrans.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"readmore\">\n<div class=\"readmore-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/in-depth\/2024\/12\/18\/will-2025-be-a-good-year-for-the-french-intermodal-sector\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Intermodal-France-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"readmore-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-info\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/in-depth\/2024\/12\/18\/will-2025-be-a-good-year-for-the-french-intermodal-sector\/\" class=\"readmore-title\">Will 2025 be a good year for the French intermodal sector?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>European funding<\/h2>\n<p>The European Union has contributed 3.2 million euros to the terminal extension which Paloma Aba Garrote, Director of the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) said was \u201can operational application of its (the EU) sustainable and intelligent mobility strategy\u201d. The terminal\u2019s re-development has included extending three existing rail tracks to 450 metres, the creation of three, new 250-metre tracks, another of 300 metres, the installation of two 2 gantry cranes and a storage area where container handling is served by a mobile crane.<\/p>\n<p>Underlining SNCF R\u00e9seau\u2019s commitment to developing rail freight, Chairman and CEO, Matthieu Chabanel, noted: \u201cIt&#8217;s not for the money: a goods train earns us exactly what it costs, and rates are set by the State transport regulator. If we like freight, it&#8217;s because the network&#8217;s vocation is to be used as much as possible: the more it is used, the more it will contribute to providing solutions to the challenges of climate, energy and addressing traffic congestion in metropolitan areas\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fluid wp-image-59252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lyon-new-terminal-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lyon-new-terminal-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lyon-new-terminal-336x224.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lyon-new-terminal-480x321.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lyon-new-terminal-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lyon-new-terminal-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lyon-new-terminal-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lyon-new-terminal-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snapshot of the newly extended terminal. Image: \u00a9 Fabrice Cat\u00e9rini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week has seen the inauguration of a major extension to the V\u00e9nissieux-Saint Priest combined road-rail terminal east of Lyon. 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