{"id":98369,"date":"2024-07-31T19:13:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T09:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=55011"},"modified":"2024-07-31T19:13:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T09:13:17","slug":"cherbourg-bayonne-rolling-highway-launch-gets-slightly-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=98369","title":{"rendered":"Cherbourg-Bayonne rolling highway launch gets slightly delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The launch of a rolling highway service linking the Normandy port of Cherbourg and Bayonne-Mouguerre, in the French Basque Country is now earmarked to start in early Spring next year. According to initial projections, the first trains were expected to run by the end of 2024.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\u201cWe have obtained the train slots and the timetabling is good but work on both terminals has been held up by administrative delays on the public authorities side. Work on the Cherbourg terminal<\/a> is on course to be completed in December and that of Bayonne-Mouguerre early next year\u201d, a senior executive at Brittany Ferries, which will operate the service explained. \u201cWe are looking to launch the service from end-March 2025\u201d.<\/p>\n

The proposed service, connecting freight markets in France, the UK, Ireland and Spain, was first announced in April 2022<\/a>. The plain also entailed the construction of two new dedicated combined rail-road terminals. Operating year-round, the service will offer daily departures from both Cherbourg and Bayonne-Mouguerre.<\/p>\n