29.04.2022
Artikel Nummer: 40625
Cherbourg-Bayonne rail link to open mid-2024
Brittany Ferries has given the go-ahead to a new railfreight link in France between the port of Cherbourg in the north of the country and the European Freight Centre at Mouguerre, near the border to Spain. The line will be operated as a ‘rail motorway’.
The launch of the new service is expected by mid-2024 with one daily return journey, six to seven days per week, operated by two trains. Each train is composed of 21 Modalohr UIC wagons from Lohr with double pockets.
Trailers are rolled on and off using specialised horizontal handling equipment. Planning is already underway, Brittany Ferries said. Now it has to build the terminals in Cherbourg and Mouguerre and acquire wagons and equipment. (ben)