FRANCE: SNCF Partenariat is to provide staff training to Chemins de la Fer de la Corse under a three-year technical assistance contract which began last month.
Including safety, operations, train driving, rolling stock and infrastructure maintenance, the programme is intended to enable CFC to become self-sufficient in railway skills.
CFC is responsible for operating the 232 km metre-gauge network on the island of Corsica.
FRANCE: CFD has delivered a further two AM800 DMUs for the Chemins de Fer de la Provence route between Nice and Digne, operated by Veolia. The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region has ordered a total of four AM800s for the 1000 mm gauge line at a cost of €159m, similar to ...
THE REGIONAL government in Corsica has reached agreement in principle with French National Railways for a major upgrading of the 232 route-km network by 2005. Over €100m will be invested to cut 1h off the present 3h 40min journey time between Ajaccio and Bastia. SNCF has operated the metre-gauge network ...
EUROPE: The rail industry has finally reached a ‘turning point’ which will facilitate the launch of new international passenger train operators competing with Eurostar on routes to the UK.
