FOLLOWING a four-year investigation, the French competition authority has fined French National Railways (SNCF) €60.9m for anti-competitive practices following a string of complaints raised by open-access railfreight operators in 2008 and 2009.
SPAIN's national train operator Renfe is ready to launch commercial services on the country's newest high-speed line next month.
SPAIN's state-owned train operating company, Renfe, and the country's infrastructure manager, Adif, have started passenger service tests on the mixed traffic high-speed line between Barcelona and the French border.
SNCF Geodis subsidiary Viia successfully operated a test train on Switzerland's Gotthard line on October 24 as part of its Transhelvetica project to carry semi-trailers with a 4m corner height across the Alps.
SNCF GEODIS is claiming a European first after transporting 55m-long wind turbine blades by rail from Germany to Denmark.
SNCF Geodis subsidiary Viia formally presented its Viia Transhelvetica project for the transalpine transport of semi-trailers via the Gotthard line to the Swiss Federal Transport Office (BAV) in Bern on August 14.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) unveiled its financial results for the first half of 2012 on July 26, with group revenues rising 3.1% year-on-year to €16.8bn, despite further retrenchment in its freight activities.
IRJ at the UIC 8th World Congress on High Speed Rail, Philadelphia: The president of French National Railways (SNCF) Mr Guillaume Pepy today called for the construction of a second high-speed line between Paris and Lyon to relieve congestion on the existing railway.
FOLLOWING his resignation as CEO of Austrian open-access passenger operator Westbahn at the beginning of June, Dr Stefan Wehinger has sold his shares in parent company Rail Holding to the other three shareholders.
The fitting out of France's newest high-speed line - TGV Rhine-Rhône which opened in December 2011 - was entrusted to a private group of contractors rather than a subsidiary of French National Railways (SNCF). This case study examines the benefits of doing so.