Euro Cargo Rail is a French based operator of freight trains, mainly from Calais to Tourcoing and Dunkerque Location within France The Burghers of Calais, by Rodin, with Calais Hotel de Ville behind J.M.W. Turner: Calais Pier Calais (Dutch: ) is a town in northern France, located at 50°57N 1°52E. It is in the département of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a... Location within France Tourcoing is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. ... Location within France Dunkirk ( French: Dunkerque; Dutch: Duinkerke) is a harbour city and a commune in the northernmost part of France, in the département of Nord, 10 km from the Belgian border. ...

A division of UK rail freight operator EWS, it will operate rail freight services on a number of routes in northern France, particularly on routes to and from the French border English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) is the largest British rail freight company Created as a subsidiary of Wisconsin Central Ltd in 1996, it was acquired by Canadian National Railway when it bought Wisconsin Central in 2001. ...

Licensing

On 26 October 2005 the French Minister for Transport awarded EWS International a Safety Certificate, allowing it to operate freight trains on the French rail network, making it the third rail freight operator in France October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Operations

EWS International, the Channel Tunnel and mainland Europe rail freight operating division of EWS Railway, will operate trains on behalf of Euro Cargo Rail. A new French company, Euro Cargo Rail, will do the marketing and trading of these new rail freight services

Euro Cargo Rail will be marketing new rail freight services on a number of routes in northern France, particularly on routes to and from the French border, such as the Calais to Tourcoing, and Calais to Dunkerque rail routes. The first Euro Cargo Rail freight train was expected to operate during winter 2005/6

Fleet

Euro Cargo Rail has placed an initial order for four Vossloh G1206 freight locomotives, and delivery is expected by the end of 2005. These locomotives will be driven by drivers from EWS International Vossloh is a German locomotive manufacturer. ...

External links

• Company website