Geodis temporarily suspends Łódź-Barcelona rail freight service

SNCF-owned Geodis has temporarily suspended its Łódź (Poland)-Barcelona rail freight service citing operational and economic issues. The inaugural trip in June last year transported 44 containers and swap bodies, each capable of carrying a payload of 26 tons.

Offering one round trip weekly, the service was withdrawn at the end of December, Marc Vollet, the French logistics group’s EVP European Road Network, whose remit extends to multi-modal operations, confirmed to Railfreight.com in an interview. The first direct rail freight connection between Poland and Spain carried a broad range of cargo, including automotive, FMCG and retail.

“The service, which after all was in its test phase, has been shelved rather than abandoned,” he underlined. “W…