reverse modal shift

Frejus Railway closure moved almost 200,000 trucks back on the road last year

Working on restoring the rail tunnel after the landslide. Image: LinkedIn. © La Transalpine Lyon-Turin

The Fréjus road tunnel (FRT) has taken the strain of the freight traffic that would have normally been transported on the main France-Italy rail line, closed since end-August 2023 following a major landslide in the French Alps. Figures from the tunnel’s operating authority, SFTRF, show that truck volume through the FRT totaled just over 1.1 million units last year, a rise of almost 20 per cent on 2023 – the equivalent of more than 183,000 HGVs.

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Author: Stuart Todd

Stuart Todd is a correspondent and frequent contributor for RailFreight.com

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