Rail Logistics Europe (RLE), the structure grouping SNCF’s rail freight subsidiaries, has opened a register of interest for the auction of 26 locomotives put up…
Rail freight in France performed better in 2024 than it did in 2023, but the sector is far from flourishing, as volumes are still below…
Hexafret, the successor of Fret SNCF, established a new rail freight service on behalf of Stellantis to move their cars between their factory in Mulhouse…
Amazon is giving another go at incorporating high-speed rail into its logistics operations. This time, the initiative entails daily 2,000 parcels loaded onto the TGV…
French rail freight began a new chapter in 2025 with the replacement of Fret SNCF with Hexafret and Technis. The new companies’ activities seem to…
Fret SNCF, the French state-owned rail freight company, is officially a thing of the past. Two freshly established entities, Hexafret and Technis, respectively taking over…
A recent agreement between SNCF’s management and the four French state railway’s labour unions might significantly decrease the impact of the general strike called for…
The beginning of 2025 will bring the death of Fret SNCF and the birth of its replacements: Hexafret, which will carry out operations, and Technis,…
Frédéric Delorme, the President of Rail Logistics Europe (RLE), the structure which groups all of SNCF rail freight subsidiaries, showed some optimism when it comes…
DB Cargo France is to close two of its hubs with the loss of 30 jobs. Explaining the move, president and CEO, Alexandre Gallo, told…
The upcoming dismantling of Fret SNCF is a “disproportionate”, “unfair” and “brutal” punishment, carried out according to a “crazy timetable” and in the end, will…
A French minister has ruled out a moratorium on the discontinuation of Fret SNCF, the country’s state-owned rail freight operator. The topic is currently the…