Captrain France
Founded | 1998 |
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Headquarters | Paris , France |
Owner | SNCF (via Transport et Logistique Partenaires S.A.S.[1]) |
Parent | SNCF Geodis |
Website | www.vfli.fr www.groupe-vfli.com |
The Voies Ferrées Locales et Industrielles (VFLI) is a French freight rail company, a subsidiary of SNCF in the SNCF Geodis logistics group.
The company was formed in 1998 as a low cost short line and industrial railway operator.
The subsidiary Fertis operated construction trains on the LGV Est up to 2007.
From 2007 on, SNCF developed VFLI into a full-fledged freight railway.[2]
History
VFLI was created in 1998 as a subsidiary of the holding company SNCF Participations to operate as a low cost operation,[3] initially the company took over the operations of two industrial railway systems: Voies Ferrées des Landes (VFL) and Mines Dominiales de Potasse d'Alsace.[4][5]
In 2000 the company began a joint venture with Compagnie des chemins de fer départementaux (CFD) called Voies Ferrées du Morvan to operate the 87 km Avallon-Autun railway line,[3] and in 2001 took over operations on the Houllières du Bassin de Lorraine (HBL) via a subsidiary 'VFLI Cargo.[3]
Up to 2007 the company was involved in the construction of LGV Est through the subsidiary Fertis.[5][note 1]
In 2007, VFLI got the certification to run trains on the full extent of the French national railway network owned by Réseau Ferré de France.[7]
By 2008 the company was providing services for around forty industrial sites, with clients having included Rhodia, Arkema, Arcelor,[note 2] Renault and Coke de Carling,[5] Ciments français, Lafarge, Elf, Port Edouard Herriot (Lyon), ALZ, Smurfit SCF in Facture and PSA (in Trnava, Slovakia),[8] other contracts included transport of combustion waste from Protires waste processing plant in Strasbourg, work sub-contracted from SNCF and transportation from ports.[5]
Current operations
As of 2012 VFLI's operations are in four main areas: main rail freight in France ; rail freight operations at industrial sites; rail infrastructure train haulage; and short haul operations including port railways.[2]
Main line freight rail accounted in 2011 for nearly two thirds of VFLI's turnover, representing a turnover of 67.7 million Euros, compared to 5.4 million Euros in 2007.[9]
Rolling stock and facilities
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In 2010 VFLI owned ~100 diesel locomotives, mostly shunting and short trip locomotives.[3][10] as well as ~800 wagons.[3]
The company also operates rolling stock workshops, carrying out maintenance and refurbishment.[3]
See also
- Europorte, SNCF Fret, Euro Cargo Rail : rail freight operators in France
Notes
References
- ^ "VFLI - Fiche de l'entreprise VFLI: Actionnaires Filiales" (in French). Verif.com. 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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- ^ a b c d e f "Voies Ferrees Locales et Industrielles (VFLI) (France) : Railway systems and operators". articles.janes.com. Janes. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ Haydock, David (2008). European Handbook No. 4 French Railways Locomotives & Multiple Units (Fourth ed.). Sheffield, UK: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-902336-65-7.
- ^ a b c d Sonia Goujon (May 2009). "Les nouveaux entrants sur le marché du fret ferroviare français" (PDF). www.observatoire-transports-bretagne.fr (in French). Observatoire Régional des Transports de Bretagne. pp. 24–26.
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- ^ "Railway Operators in France". www.railfaneurope.net. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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External links
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