About Fret SNCF

Fret SNCF : France's leading rail freight company

With regular or flexible solutions adapted to the volumes and frequency of deliveries required, Fret SNCF offers freight transport that meets the challenges of its customers. We offer you high-performance rail solutions and help you put more goods on trains, thus contributing to the decarbonization of your supply chain. With the largest fleet of electric locomotives (90% of volumes transported in electric traction), we have the best low-carbon performance in the sector in France, with the equivalent of 1.1 million trucks avoided on the road in 2023.

less energy consumed

less air pollution

14x

fewer CO₂emissions

Plusieurs trains côte à côte sur des rails

Tailor-made transport solutions

As France's leading rail freight company, we design customized transport solutions. Our unique approach is based on a shared transport plan with predefined capacity axes, enabling us to meet all your transport needs, whatever the volume and frequency.

47%

market share

Unique geographic coverage

Our trains load various types of wagons and goods via terminal service platforms that irrigate the territories. As the main operator of single wagonload in France, our presence within the Xrail Alliance also allows us to enhance end-to-end flow management for a seamless service in more than 20 countries across Europe.

More info about the Xrail Alliance

Capacity Axes Map

Deux employés face à face dont un à quai et un sur un wagon d'un train

A commercial team close to the field

Our commercial teams are organized by market and sector of activity in order to:

Better understand your expectations and client needs;
Offer transport solutions adapted to your market.

We have six market directions :

Steel industry: flat products, long products, scraps…
Bulk solid: quarry products, construction, minerals, cereals, fertilizers, sugars…
Chemistry: chlorine, fine chemicals for pharmaceuticals…
Bulk liquid: food bulk, gases, fuels
Automotive and consumer goods: palletized products
Special and exceptional transports: military, wind turbine blades, trams, metros, agricultural construction machinery...

€714

million in revenue in 2023

Un employé marche à côté d'un train de marchandises

Dedicated maintenance workshops

As part of our constant drive to improve service quality, locomotive availability and reliability, we have integrated our maintenance workshops, creating Technifret: a facility dedicated to the management and round-the-clock maintenance of locomotives throughout France.