Over four days this week, the Lohr Group welcomed more than 450 haulier customers from 25 countries to a unique sales event at its Duppigheim plant. The manufacturer, which has been building and marketing car-carrying trailers since the 1960s, took the opportunity to unveil the latest addition to its range.
An opportunity to unveil the latest addition to the Lohr range of car carriers, the Eurolohr 600, and to present the progress of the Draisy light rail project with the SNCF and members of the France 2030 consortium.
The entire staff and management of Lohr Group are saddened to announce the death of Mr. Robert Lohr, founderof the company, who passed away on Thursday, May 8, at the age of 93.
The Draisy light train is due to be trialled in 2027 on the Sarralbe-Kalhausen line. The prototype is currently being designed. This solution, devised by Lohr and the SNCF group, is designed to revitalise small railway lines. The aim for the Grand Est region is to reopen the Sarreguemines-Bitche-Niederbronn line.
The aim of this new and highly unusual form of transport is to revitalise the small railway lines. Here’s what it should look like. Draisy. That’s the name we’ve come up with for this light train, which is due to run on the Sarralbe-Kalhausen line between now and 2027. Conceived…
Draisy is a very light electric passenger train. Designed to breathe new life into small rail lines in rural France, it is particularly well-suited to the aging infrastructure in place. Lohr, the rolling stock supplier, has used composites for this vehicle, which is currently under development.