Euro Carex has completed a test run of the first high speed freight train between Lyon St Exupéry airport and St. Pancras International, travelling via Paris Charles De Gaulle airport.
The high speed freight train number 27274 left Lyon-St Exupéry airport on Tuesday, 20 March at 16:42.
It arrived at St. Pancras International in London this morning travelling on High Speed One, via the Channel Tunnel, having previously stopped to load additional cargo at Roissy.
The Express Rail Euro Carex operation could, in time, be connected to the trans-continental distribution network for next-day delivery with a lower carbon footprint than air and road transportation.
Yanick Paternotte, member of the French parliament and Chairman of EURO CAREX, stated:
“I am delighted that today’s test over the European high speed rail network clearly shows the interest of strategic players in the logistics field – airports as well as rail operators – in linking their infrastructures to key European economic centres in order to benefit businesses and communities.”
