Inauguration of major extension to combined road-rail terminal east of Lyon

This week has seen the inauguration of a major extension to the Vénissieux-Saint Priest combined road-rail terminal east of Lyon. The facility is located in proximity to one of Europe’s main freight corridors and which has attracted public investment totalling 18.7 million euros.

Its owner, SNCF Réseau, said re-development work will make it possible to increase freight train capacity from seven round-trips daily to 10, representing an increase of almost 40 per cent in traffic. The existing facility was no longer able to absorb new rail freight traffic flows while the extension has also been a response to noise pollution cau…