France's lost freight wagons...

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Whilst doing French revision, stumbled upon this story on Le Monde about an initiative launched in March - rewards for any SNCF staff who can shed some light on the location of around 150 wagons, 'lost' on the system.

Anyway, there's been partial success - 63 have been found, which in just over 2 months, isn't bad at all.

French article here (longer, more in-depth) http://www.lemonde.fr/mobilite/arti...herche-des-wagons-perdus_3259546_1653095.html

From Connexionfrance.com

MORE than 60 train carriages that were lost by the SNCF over several years have been found again - thanks to a cash incentive for railway workers who helped find the missing wagons.

The French railway operator put out an appeal earlier this year after an audit found it had mislaid 150 train carriages throughout the network, without any trace of where they had ended up.

Staff were given an €80 incentive for finding the missing wagons - mostly freight carriages - which had disappeared without trace for more than two years, costing the operator about €1million a year.

A union spokesman told France Info: "The bonus made everyone more attentive."

As a result, the SNCF has now been reunited with 63 missing carriages - which were found abandoned in warehouses, sidings and disused stations.

 

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Whilst doing French revision, stumbled upon this story on Le Monde about an initiative launched in March - rewards for any SNCF staff who can shed some light on the location of around 150 wagons, 'lost' on the system.

Anyway, there's been partial success - 63 have been found, which in just over 2 months, isn't bad at all.

French article here (longer, more in-depth) http://www.lemonde.fr/mobilite/arti...herche-des-wagons-perdus_3259546_1653095.html

No wonder SNCF Fret is losing money hand over fist! One can only asume that the SNCF don't have their own version of TOPS!