Topic: SNCF

PARTIAL PRIVATISATION SNCF and CMA CGM CEOs meet to discuss Rail Logistics Europe sale

Rail Logistics Europe (RLE), which groups the rail freight subsidiaries of the SNCF Group, will be (partly) privatised. After days of rumours, interest from CMA…
2025 FIGURES Rail Logistics Europe (SNCF) demonstrated ‘notable resilience’

France’s SNCF Group recorded a fifth consecutive year in the black in 2025 with logistics major Geodis and Rail Logistics Europe (RLE), grouping its rail…
INTERVIEW How smart wagons could redefine the next generation of rail freight

Rail freight operations in Europe still rely on manual, time-consuming safety checks — but a new digital monitoring system could transform the industry by introducing…
OVER 10 YEARS EU Commission approves €225M French scheme to reduce rail freight legacy costs

The French railway group SNCF has a special pension regime for some employees, which requires significant financial resources from the company. The European Commission (EC)…
STRIKE ALERT Nationwide day of action to disrupt rail freight in France

One of France’s biggest rail freight players is expecting a nationwide day of action today, Thursday 18 September. Supported by the main labour unions at…
Looking for financing tools SNCF chief wants to tax foreign trucks to fund rail development

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…
sncf's assessment is no surprise DB Cargo France CEO: ‘State of French rail network is more concerning than ever’

Earlier this month, SNCF alerted the French authorities to the risk of a massive deterioration in the national rail network by 2028 without an additional…
2,000 daily trains possibly affected SNCF sounds the alarm on state of French rail network

SNCF has alerted the French authorities to the risk of a massive deterioration in the national rail network by 2028 without an additional 1 billion…
reverse modal shift Semi-trailers between Italy and France go back to the road

The Alpine Rail Highway (AFA) service, transporting semi-trailers on rail along the recently reopened Frejus Railway has been discontinued. The initiative, connecting Orbassano in Italy…
rail freight resilience SNCF in the black for fourth consecutive year, profitability from rail freight rises

The SNCF Group has recorded a fourth consecutive year in the black, due mainly to a strong performance once again from its high-speed (TGV) passenger…
unfair competition SNCF chief warns of ‘trucks taking it all’

The head of France’s state railways, SNCF chief Jean-Pierre Farandou has warned that, if the modal split between road and rail is not evened up,…
reopening date finally set Frejus Railway to reopen on 31 March

582 days. This is how long the main rail connection between France and Italy will have been closed for once it reopens on 31 March.