Lohr Railway System

Duppigheim : cap sur Barcelone pour les wagons Lohr

2019.02.27 - DNA (FR)

Vingt wagons de ferroutage fabriqués par l’industriel bas-rhinois équipent la nouvelle « autoroute ferroviaire » Bettembourg-Barcelone mise en service la semaine passée.

A rolling motorway between Calais and Turin

2018.06.19 - BTP Rail n°25 (FR)

Inaugurated on Tuesday 6 November by the SNCF Mobilités Chairman and CEO in the presence of the French Transport Minister, this new piggyback rail line between France and Italy reflects the Government’s intentions to revive this mode of transport. This is good news for both the freight sector and the environment.

On track for a new rolling motorway

2018.11.06 - Le Monde (FR)

On Tuesday 6 November, Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne, accompanied by SNCF Chairman Guillaume Pepy and Thierry Le Guilloux, Chairman of Viia, a freight operator and subsidiary of France’s national railway company, unveiled a new rolling motorway. The fourth to be launched in France, it is one of the longest, covering 1,150 kilometres and connecting Calais in northern France with Turin in Italy.

Inauguration of Lohr’s Calais-Turin piggyback line

2018.11.07 - Press release (FR)

Is rail freight back on track? A French manufacturer takes up the challenge!

2018.06.19 - BTP Rail (FR)

While the Government prepares its umpteenth plan to revive rail freight, whose modal share has halved since 1990, the Lohr Group has spent several years developing a unique piggyback solution in France: the Lohr Railway System. Its added bonus? The specially designed horizontal loading of standard semi-trailers.

Viia starts up on Calais-Orbassano

2018.07.03 – Rail Passion (FR)

The Viia Calais – Orbassano rolling motorway will start up in September 2018 with an experimental phase lasting until December. In January 2019, the train will be increased to 21 double LOHR UIC wagons and will be split into two from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Orbassano.