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…
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…
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…
A 12.5 kilometre-long rail freight line between Laluque and Tartas, in south-west France has finally re-entered service after a hiatus of almost five years. The…
One of the two new companies replacing French Fret SNCF, Technis, is currently facing legal issues as there is another company with the same name…
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…
As it is widely known, the French national rail freight operator Fret SNCF will be put to death at the end of this year and…
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…
France is on the verge of an indefinite strike by railway workers from the SNCF Group planned to start on Wednesday 11 December. However, one…
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…