Friday 12 February 2010

After Worst Group - Craptrain!

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Hot news from across the Channel (if you can get there, qv Eurostar)!

SNCF has finally recognised what its customers think about the standard of its freight services.

Its Transport & Logistics business SNCF Geodis has announced that it is consolidating its international operations under a single brand – Craptrain (shurely shome mistake – Ed)
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The new Captrain brand is intended to bring together the former Veolia Cargo operations in Benelux, Germany and Italy with previously-acquired ITL Benelux and SNCF’s own subsidiaries in those markets, plus Freight Europe UK and VFLI Romania.

Within the single brand, there will still be five regional businesses:

  • Captrain Benelux
  • Captrain Deutschland
  • Captrain Italia
  • Captrain Romania
  • Captrain UK
All we need now is some new Napier-engined Class 66s, and we can have Craptrain Deltic!