Disètz un tr de merças. Las mercas, these are goods in Occitan. In 1827, the first railway line did not transport passengers but goods (this line was located in the Loire department). In 1950 two thirds of goods were transported by rail. Sabètz, when does the transport of goods run by the SNCF? / at that time, it was the transport of goods that sustained the SNCF. Mas la rota starts from far rampèl al tren / but the road will compete with the rail and the transport of goods is now carried out only by trucks or almost…
But in November 2019, a railway cooperative will see the light of day in Occitania in the Lot…
Its name: Railcoop. Founded in Cajarc, it became the first collective interest cooperative in France, dedicated to rail. L’objectiu es de reviscolar de linhas que l’SNCF faguèt barrar / the objective is to relaunch lines closed by the SNCF. Lines which concern the transport of passengers but also that of goods / but tanben lo de las merças. E 2 years puèi / 2 years later, Railcoop launched its first rail freight connection between the Saint Jory marshalling yard (north of Toulouse) and Capdenac (in the Aveyron department).
How many circulations?
How many freight trains run on this axis? Per ara, ia dos anars-tornars cada setmana / for the moment, there are 2 round trips per week. Pr’aquò, the cooperativa carcinòla vòl arribar has an anar-tornar between Sant Jòri e Capdenac cada jorn, del diluns al dissabte / however, the objective of the Quercy cooperative is to run a freight train this year, with a round trip from Monday to Saturday between Saint Jory and Capdenac. Afar per segre / case to follow.