{"id":169334,"date":"2025-01-23T20:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=59254"},"modified":"2025-01-23T20:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:55:18","slug":"despite-the-frejus-reopening-semi-trailers-might-not-return-to-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=169334","title":{"rendered":"Despite the Frejus reopening, semi-trailers might not return to rail"},"content":{"rendered":"

The long-awaited reopening of the Frejus Railway, connecting France and Italy, was finally set for 31 March. However, the situation for the rail freight industry is still possibly problematic, as semi-trailers previously running across the Alpine Rolling Highway (AFA) might remain on the road due to cuts in funding.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>AFA used to move 30,000 trucks on the railways across the Alps before a disastrous landslide closed the Frejus Railway in August 2023. Since then, government support from both Italy and France has been somewhat lacking, many industry representatives lamented. In addition, the Italian government decided to cut 2.5 million euros in subsidies for AFA, which is co-owned by Mercitalia and SNCF.<\/p>\n