First Major Step for Euro Carex, the European High-Speed Rail Freight Network
March 21 2012 - 3:45AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Euro Carex1 has achieved a major first: the
first test of a high-speed freight train between Lyon St Exupéry
airport and St. Pancras International Station in London, travelling
via Paris Charles De Gaulle airport and the Channel Tunnel. This
test demonstrates the efficiency, speed and environmental benefits
of an intermodal transportation system combining air containers and
high-speed rail network.
The high-speed freight train number 27274 (which has a potential
load of 120 tonnes of parcels equivalent to 7 articulated trucks)
left Lyon-St Exupéry airport on Tuesday, 20 March at 16:42. It
arrived at St. Pancras International Station in London this morning
travelling on High Speed One, via the Channel Tunnel, having
previously stopped to load additional cargo at Roissy
(Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport).
The Express Rail Euro Carex operation could, in time, be
connected to the trans-continental distribution network for
next-day delivery with a lower carbon footprint lower than air and
road transportation. The express freight business could also be
complemented by traditional freight and road freight
This achievement has been made possible by a seamless
coordination between the main European airports which are members
of Euro Carex (Paris - CDG, Amsterdam, Liège and Lyon), the
infrastructure managers (Eurotunnel, High Speed One and the manager
of the French railway network Réseau Ferré de France) the operators
(SNCF and Europorte) and their carriers (Air France KLM Cargo
Martinair Cargo, Chronopost International, Dimotrans, FedEx
Express, Géodis, Geopost, TNT, WFS). Euro Carex is a project on a
truly European scale and it is part of Eurotunnel’s strategy to
promote the use of the Channel Tunnel for the transfer of freight
between the UK and continental Europe.
Euro Carex offers a potential solution to the continuous rise in
fuel prices, road congestion and environmental constraints which
limit the number of night flights.
Yanick Paternotte, member of the French parliament and
Chairman of EURO CAREX, stated:
“I am delighted that today’s test over the European high speed
rail network clearly shows the interest of strategic players in the
logistics field – airports as well as rail operators –in linking
their infrastructures to key European economic centres in order to
benefit businesses and communities.”
1 Euro Carex members include SNCF, Eurotunnel, Europorte,
High Speed One, Air France Cargo, La Poste, FedEx Express, WFS,
ADP, Roissy Carex, Aéroports de Lyon, London Carex, Lyon Carex,
Liège Carex, ACT, TNT, UPS, SADC, Schipol (Amsterdam Airport),
Liège Airport.
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