{"id":224894,"date":"2025-05-27T16:08:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T06:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=62806"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T06:08:35","slug":"sncf-chief-wants-to-tax-foreign-trucks-to-fund-rail-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=224894","title":{"rendered":"SNCF chief wants to tax foreign trucks to fund rail development"},"content":{"rendered":"

The president of SNCF Jean-Pierre Farandou called for the French government to consider a tax on international road haulage to fund transport infrastructure and the development of rail freight. He pointed out how France only gets the negative factors from foreign trucks driving through, such as pollution and road damage.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\u201cGiven its geographical position in Europe, between the north and the south, France is a key point of transit. This heavy flow of foreign-registered trucks fills up in Luxembourg. They have huge fuel tanks, – 1,000 litre-capacity \u2013 which means there\u2019s no need to fill-up in France. So they don\u2019t pay the local tax on fuel. So surely there is a case for them to make a contribution to supporting French transport infrastructure and finance a non-polluting mode of transport such as rail\u201d, Farandou said on the BFM TV news channel.<\/p>\n