Attractive, competitive and ecological rail transport services

Using HAROPA PORT’s rail network, rail operators are offering high-performance, secure solutions for carrying all types of goods with connections to maritime and continental terminals. As a high-capacity form of transport, trains can also provide a sustainable transport solution.

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HAROPA PORT’s rail service offering:

A comprehensive range of rail-based services …

  •  reliable and regular: 
    around a 100 weekly round trips by rail to 21 destinations in France and abroad,

     

  •  direct connections from the facilities in Le Havre and Paris (Bonneuil-sur-Marne) to the main consumer areas in France and beyond in Europe,

     

  •  competitive: 

    organisation of massified goods transport by train from HAROPA PORT’s facilities enables distant destinations to be reached rapidly at optimum financial cost,

     

  •  flexible: 

    the proximity of the maritime terminals ensures a high degree of adaptability and reactivity,

  •  secure: 
    •  secure inland terminals,

    •  rail transport is conducted in the best possible conditions of safety (85 times fewer accident victims compared with a “100% road” solution) while at the same time contributing to more fluid goods flows (less road congestion),

       

  •  simple: just one interlocutor from end to end of the supply chain,

     

  •  sustainable: 

    one train equates to 40 heavy goods vehicles, emits 8 times fewer harmful particulates, consumes 6 times less energy and 9 times less CO2 for the same freight load travelling by road, and represents 3.5 times less external cost per tonne/km carried.


 

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… and associated solutions 

Multiland, a flow modelling tool for the benefit of customers 
Multiland is a tool for use by HAROPA PORT’s sales staff and is dedicated to the analysis of multimodal transport feasibility. This latest-generation software program makes it possible to compare the economic and environmental benefits that can be obtained if rail or river transport is chosen for carrying goods from Seine Axis facilities into France.


Rail operators: Naviland Cargo, Ferovergne, T3M - Hupac, Delta Rail. 

To keep in mind
More than 14,000 trains a year across all facilities
More than 3 Mt of goods carried every year. 

Déchargement de sable depuis un train de fret sur le port de Bruyères sur Oise Reportage Bruyères sur Oise Multimodal - Enlarge image, modal window
©HAROPA PORT / Laurent Guichardon

A closer look: 

The Serqueux-Gisors line

The Serqueux – Gisors line came into operation in 2021 and provides rail firms with an additional 25 daily train paths/time slots connecting the Normandy ports to the Paris area logistics hub. This electrified section of the rail network provides an alternative route to replace the historical Paris/Mantes-la-Jolie/Rouen/Le Havre itinerary and can now provide reliable and robust operations for port freight movements. This new service allows the number of trucks on the roads to be reduced by over 6,000. 

Aménagement de la ligne SNCF Serqueux-Gisors - Enlarge image, modal window
©Aktuaprod
Train de fret sur le port de Bonneuil-sur-Marne - Enlarge image, modal window
©HAROPA PORT / Laurent Guichardon

Seine axis Rail Freight (FFAS)

The FFAS approach implemented between SNCF Réseau and HAROPA PORT since 2015 aims to develop rail freight’s modal share at the ports of Paris, Rouen and Le Havre. It provides reliability for port rail freight movements along the Seine Valley that may be competing with passenger rail movements and scheduled infrastructure works.