Freight Trains through the Chunnel

Until very recently the strict security procedures for freight trains was a serious impediment. That has been eased of late but only in relation to selected starting points. Nevertheless some 5289 freight trains transited through the Tunnel in 1995 of which 464 were in November but only 88 in December due to the French rail strike. Info provided by Dave Fagandini (daaf@cerium.demon.co.uk)

The following information comes from Today's Railways # 8, August 1995.




Head	Origin-Destination	Wembley	Dollands Moor	Frethun	Train	No.	Traffic
Code				dep.	arr.	dep.	arr.	ET	SNCF

4070	Wembley-Muizen		19.49	22.18	22.55	00.37	4202	42402	Intermodal (CTL)
4071	Wembley Valenton	20.08	22.23	23.02	00.44	4290	42490	Intermodal (ACI)
7X76	Dagenham Silla		  -	23.26	01.10	02.52	4280	42480	Ford car parts
6077	Garston-Genk		(22.36)	00.51	02.02	03.44	4128	41428	Car empties
4078	Wembley-Perpignan	22.50	01.15	03.02	04.45	4294	42494	Intermodal
6095	Longbridge-Arluno	(22.58)	01.02	03.10	04.52	4170	41470	Rover cars
4046	Wembley-Melzo		00.07	02.23	04.02	05.44	4264	42464	Intermodal	(CTL)
4048	Wembley-Noisy		01.23	03.40	04.55	06.37	4250	42450	Intermodal	(CTL)
4050	Wembley-Rogoredo	02.28	04.41	05.39	07.21	4270	42470	Intermodal	(ACI)
4051	Wembley-Rogoredo	03.00	05.16	06.09	07.52	4274	42474	Intermodal	(CTL)
4052	Wembley-Milano Pioltel.	03.22	05.39	06.27	08.09	4266	42466	Intermodal	(ICF)
4053	Wembley Novara		03.33	05.48	06.39	08.21	4244	42444	Intermodal	(CTL)
4055	Wembley-Bettembourg	04.10	06.29	07.39	09.21	4206	42406	Intermodal	(ACI)
6059	Wembley-Lille LDV	10.50	13.21	14.39	16.21	4406	41406	Wagonload
4062	Wembley-Valencia	12.37	14.52	16.09	17.52	4284	42484	Intermodal (ACI)
6065	Sheffield	Avesta	13.50	16.20	17 39	19 21	4470	47470	Steel	slabs

SNCF	Runs	Traction	Service/Routing
No .

42490/1	Tu-Sa	26000 DP	01.41 Frethun-Arras-Creil-Valenton (Paris) 06.03

42402/3	Tu-Sa	12 FSD		01.56 Frethun-Hazebrouck-Lille LDV-Kortrijk 03.58
		51 FHS		04.20 Kortrijk-Merelbeke-Muizen 06.00
		51 FHS		06.52 Muizen-Hasselt-Montzen-Aachen West 09.43	(Train	42221)
		DB electric	Aachen West-Duisburg

42480/1	Tu-Sa	22200 DP	03.53 Frethun-Lille-Conflans Jarny-Dijon-Macon-Lyon Guillotiere	14.28
		7200 VG	14.58	Lyon-Givors-Le Teil-NImes-Cerbere 22.12
		RENFE		Cerbere-Silla (Valencia)

41428/9	Tu-Sa	67400 LN	04.44 Frethun-Hazebrouck-Tourcoing-Kortrijk 07.00
		SNCB electric	08.33 Kortrijk-Merelbeke-Hasselt 11.04
		SNCB 51		12.16 Hasselt-Genk 12.37

42494/5	Tu-Sa	22200 DP	05.03 Frethun-Arras-Creil-Noisy 08.59
		2 x 68500 CY	10.36 Noisy-Troyes-Chaumont-Chalindrey 14.48
		26000 DP	15.10 Chalindrey-Dijon-Macon-Lyon Guillotiere 18.28
		7200 BD	19.00	Lyon Guillotiere-Valence-Avignon 21.48/22 13-Perpignan	01.38

41470/1	Tu-Sa	26000 DP	05.51 Frethun-Arras-Valenton 11.24/12.00 Dijon-Amberieu 18.14
		6500 VE		21.00 Amberieu-St Jean de Maurienne 23.13/36 Modane 00.04
		2 x FS E.633	Modane-Arluno

42464/5	Tu-Sa	26000 LE	06.08 Frethun-Douai-Tergnier-Compiegne-Ormoy Villers 10.56/11.09
				-Valenton 12.32/13.11-Laroche Migennes 15.00/30-Dijon-Amberieu 19.26/20.21
				-St Jean-de-Maurienne 22.28/58-Modane 23.25
		2 x FS E.633	Modane-Melzo

42450/1	Tu-Sa	16000 PC	07.07 Frethun-Arras-Creil-Noisy (Paris) 11.11

42470/1	Tu-Sa	26000 LE	08.25 Frethun-Lille-Conflans Jarny 13.45/14.38-Dijon Perrigny 17.57/18.27
				-Amberieu 20.15/21.26-St Jean de Maurienne 23.25/00.18-Modane 00 45
		2 x FS E.633	Modane-Milano Rogoredo

42474/5	Tu-Su	26000 LE	08.40 Frethun-Douai-Tergnier-Creil-Valenton-Amberieu 19.23/20.37
				- St Jean de Maurienne 22.45/23.11-Modane 23.35
		2 x FS E.633	Modane-Milano Rogoredo

42466/7	Tu-Sa	22200 DP	08.57 Frethun-Douai-Somain-Tergnier 12.17
		2 x 68500 CY	12.50 Tergnier-Laon-Reims-Chalons-Chaumont-Chalindrey 16.58
		26000 LE	17.18 Chalindrey-St Amour 19.27/48-Amberieu 20.40/21.58
				-St Jean de Maurienne 00.05/50-Modane 01.20
		2 x FS E.633	Modane-Milano Pioltello


42444/5	Tu-Sa	26000 DP	10.13 Frethun-Douai-Somain-Tergnier 13.43
		2 x 68500 CY	14.35 Tergnier-Laon-Reims-Chalons-Chaumont-Chalindrey 18.23
		26000 DP	18.51 Chalindrey-Dijon-Amberieu 21.41/22.40-Culoz 23.18/34
				-St Jean de Maurienne 01.10/34-Modane 02.00
		2 x FS E.633	Modane-Novara

42406/7	Tu-Th/Sa25100 TV	11.21 Frethun-Douai-Mohon-Thionville 16.54/17.08-Bettembourg 17.28

41406/7	Tu-Sa	22200 DP	16.58 Frethun-Hazebrouck-Lille La Delivrance 18.33

42484/5	Mo-Fr	22200 DP	19.44 Frethun-Lille-Mohon-Conflans Jarny-Chalindrey-Macon-Lyon Guill. 06.17
		7200 BD		07.01 Lyon Guillotiere-Le Teil-Nimes 10.04/38-Perpignan 13.09/12-Cerbere 14.13
		RENFE		Cerbere-Valencia

47472/3	Weekly	SNCF electric	23.18 Frethun-Douai-Somain-Aulnoye-Jeumont 02.47
		SNCB electric	03.20 Jeumont-Charleroi-Liege Kinkempois 06.06
		SNCB 55		07.21 Kinkempois-Aachen West 08.50
		DB electric	Aachen West-Hamburg
		DB diesel	Hamburg-Travemunde-ferry
		SJ electric	Trelleborg-Avesta 02.02
*train is cxd (to be confirmed)
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Train No.	Origin-Destination	Frethun	Dollands Moor	Wembley HeadCode	Traffic
SNCF	ET				dep.	arr.	dep.	arr.

41401	4401	Woippy-Wembley		01.03	00 45	01.12	03.22	6M13	Wagonload
42493	4293	Valenton-Wembley	01.55	01 37	02.15	04.20	4M14	Intermodal (ACI)
42401	4201	Muizen-Wembley		02 57	02.34	03 12	05.20	4M16	Intermodal (CTL)
42483	4283	Silla-Dagenham		03.03	02.45	03.17	(05.38)	7X17	Ford car parts
47471	4471	Avesta-Sheffield	05.08	04.50	  -	  -	6M??	Steel coils
42497	4297	Perpignan-Wembley	17.10	16.52	17.42	20.12	4M36	Intermodal
42449	4249	Melzo Wembley		17.40	17.22	  -	  -	4M37	Intermodal (CTL)
42409	4209	Bettembourg-Wembley	18.10	17.52	18 50	21.14	4M38	Intermodal (ACI)
42487	4287	Valencia Wembley	18.40	18.22	19 15	21.33	4M39	Intermoda (ACI!
41473	4173	Arluno Longbridge	19.10	18.52	21.20	(23.21)	6M66	Car empties
		or Torino-Avonmouth					6V66	Fiat cars
42447	4247	Novara-Wembley		20.10	19.52	20 15	22.29	4M42	Intermodal	(CTL)
42469	4269	Milano Pioltel.-Wembley	20.40	20.22	20.44	23.07	4M51	Intermodal	(ICF)
42473	4273	Rogoredo-Wembley	21.10	20.52	21.15	23.29	4M52	Intermodal	(ACI)
42453	4253	Noisy Wembley		21.40	21.22	21.42	00.07	4M55	Intermodal	(CTL)
41427	4127	Genk Garston		22.10	21.52	  -	  -	6X59	Ford Mondeo cars
42477	4277	Rogoredo-Wembley	22.40	22.22	22.42	01.07	4M61	Intermodal	(CTL)

SNCF	Runs	Traction Service/Routing
No .

42492/3	Mo-Th/Sa22200 DP	20 39 Valenton (Paris)-Creil Arras Frethun 01.07
	Mo-Fr	DB electric	Duisburg-Aachen West (Train 42220)
		51 FHS		16.25 Aachen West-Montzen-Hasselt-Muizen 19.30

42400/1		51 FHS		20.59 Muizen-Merelbeke-Kortrijk 22.52
		12 FSD		23.36 Kortrijk-Tourcoing-Hazebrouck-Frethun 01.19

42482/3 Tu-Sa	RENFE		Silla (Valencia)-Cerbere
		22200 DP	06.34 Cerbere-NImes 09 23/11 20-Le Teil-Valence-Lyon-Macon
				-Chalindreyl 7.49/18.1 2-Douai-Frethun 01.54

42496/7 Tu-Sa	7200 VG		19.08 Perpignan-Avignon 22.54/23.33-Lyon Guillotiere 02.12
		22200 DP	02.44 Lyon Guillo.-Macon-Dijon Valenton 08.31/0917-Creil-Arras-Frethun 13.59

42486/7 We-Su	RENFE		Valencia-Cerbere
		7200 BD		Cerbere 19 08--Port Vendres 19.32/20.25-NImes-Le Teil-Lyon Perrache 03 01
		22200 DP	03.55 Lyon Perr-Macon-Chalindrey 06.55/07.22-Mohon-Douai-Frethun 15.15

42448/9	Tu-Sa	2 x FS E.633	Melzo-Modane
		26000 LE	02.45 Modane-Amberieu 05.05/06.05-Dijon Ville 08.11/14-Valenton 11.11/13
				-Creil-Compiegne-Tergnier-Douai-Frethun 16.13

42408/9	Tu-Th/Su26000 VG	10.01 Bettembourg-Thionville 10.17/51-Mohon-Douai-Frethun 16.59

41472/3	Tu-Sa	2 x FS 633	Arluno or Torino -Modane
		26000 LE	00.10 Modane-Amberieu 02.42/04.35-Chalindrey-Lumes 11 50/12.56-Douai
				-Lens 15.37/1 6.07-Frethun 17.33

42446/7	Tu-Fr/Su2 x FS 633	Novara-Modane
		26000 DP	04.05 Modane-Amberieu 06.35/07.35-Bourg-Macon Dijon-Valenton 12.37/41
				-Creil-Compiegne-Tergnier-Douai-Lens-Frethun 18.06 (17.29 Sunday)

41426/7	Tu-Sa	SNCB 51		11.22 Genk-Diest 12.02
		SNCB electric	13.06 Diest-Merelbeke-Kortrijk 15.53
		67400 LN	16.33 Kortrijk-Tourcoing-Hazebrouck-Frethun 18.34

42468/9	Tu-Sa	2 x FS 633	Milano Pioltello-Modane
		26000 DP	03.20 Modane-Amberieu 05.40/06.40-Dijon-Valenton-Tergnier 14.20/15.00
				-Douai 16.40/54-Frethun 19.03

42472/3	Tu-Sa	2 x FS 633	Milano Rogoredo-Modane
		26000 LE	02.20 Modane-Amberieu 04.38/05.37-Chalindrey 08.43/11.42-Mohon-Douai
				-Lens-Frethun 19.39

42452/3	Tu-Sa	16000 PC	15.48 Noisy (Paris)-Ormoy- Villers-Tergnier-Somain-Lens-Frethun 20.41

42476/7	Tu-Su	2 x FS 633	Milano Rogoredo-Modane
		26000 DP	03.55 Modane-Amberieu 06.20/07.59-Chalindrey-Mohon-Douai-Frethun	21.36

47470/1	Weekly	SJ electric	21.10 Avesta-Trelleborg-ferry
		DB diesel	Travemunde-Hamburg
		DB electric	Hamburg-Aachen West
		SNCB 55		12.39 Aachen West-Montzen 13.03
		SNCB electric	13.55 Montzen-Liege-Charleroi-Jeumont 17 42
		SNCF electric	18.46 Jeumont-Aulnoye-Lille-Hazebrouck-Frethun 22.19
* train seems to bee cxd (to be confirmed)
41400/1	Tu-Th/Sa16500 SB	15.49 Woippy-Mohon-Somain 20.19/21.19-Douai-Frethun 23.29

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