SNCF Faces New Challenges

The views of David Azema, Director of Finance and Strategy at French National Railways (SNCF), are presented in regard to development of SNCF's freight business and high speed services. Major changes are scheduled for rail freight in an effort to obtain a sounder financial footing, but wagonload freight will at the same time not be exited. These changes include increased combined and container transportation, Autoroute Ferroviaire piggyback service development, and a Carex interairport high-speed freight project. Introducing "shortline operators" is a key part of the plan for improved wagonload traffic viability. In regard to high speed, a fleet of 35 international trains will be used, from 2015 on, mainly on cross-border routes. Incumbent operators will be impacted by the change of mindset required by liberalized passenger operations.

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• Authors:
  • Fender, Keith
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p 40
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Financing; Freight and passenger services; High speed rail; International travel; Planning; Short line railroads
• Identifier Terms: Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01150648
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 2010 10:58AM