The alliance of rail and road: the heritage of TAB Rail Road
For more than 80 years, TAB Rail Road has organised sustainable long-distance transport through the alliance of rail and road.
The alliance of rail and road: the heritage of TAB Rail Road
For more than 80 years, TAB Rail Road has organised sustainable long-distance transport through the alliance of rail and road.
TAB RAIL ROAD COMPANY
TAB Rail Road is the road transport company of the Open Modal Group, specialising in Rail-Road Combined Transport.
OUR HISTORY
The Rail-Road Combined Transport specialist
A leader in France, TAB Rail Road aims to offer sustainable long-distance transport through the alliance of rail and road.
The story of TAB Rail Road begins in 1943 in Montpellier, when Jean Brunier founded Établissements Brunier Transports, which became TAB Transport Auto Brunier in 1962.
In 1978, Jean-Claude Brunier took over the family business with one idea in mind: developing Rail-Road Combined Transport. In the 2000s, he was joined by his children, Antonin, Clémence and Jeanne, the third generation to join the company.
The arrival of swap bodies and grapple handling marked a turning point for combined transport.
More convinced than ever by this technique combining the flexibility of road with the reliability of rail, Jean-Claude Brunier invested in swap bodies and specialised TAB Rail Road in the Rail-Road Combined Transport technique. The company established itself in the Greater Paris region and the South-West, and strengthened its position in the South-East.
Since September 2024, Franck Bimet has been the Chief Executive Officer of TAB Rail Road.
SUSTAINABLE, CONNECTED, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
Franck Bimet,
Chief Executive Officer of TAB Rail Road
As early as 2016, TAB Rail Road chose Natural Gas for Vehicles, an alternative fuel that reduces fine particle emissions by 95% and NOx emissions by 50%, and, in its bio version, cuts CO2 emissions by 80%.
Today, 100% of TAB Rail Road’s vehicle fleet runs on CNG. In 2020, TAB Rail Road entered its digitalisation phase, rolling out its TMS (Transport Management System), followed by the deployment of Track and Trace in 2021.
Our technique
Combined Rail-Road Transport
TAB Rail Road organizes the transport of goods from warehouse to warehouse, using road transport for the first and last kilometers and rail for long distances.
- DAY A
- Departure from the warehouse
- The cargo is loaded into a TAB Rail Road swap body to be transported by road to the nearest multimodal terminal.
- The transfer from road to rail takes place at the terminal, where the swap body is transferred from the truck to the train.
- After traveling overnight by train, the goods arrive early the next morning at the destination multimodal terminal.
- The swap body is then transferred from the train to the truck to cover the final kilometers by road to its final destination.
- DAY B
A few 2025 figures
travelled on CNG/bioCNG
of the fleet runs on CNG
swap bodies (ITUs)
agencies
Saint-Jean-de-Védas, Saint-Thibéry, Toulouse et Créteil
2025 revenue
tonnes of CO2 saved since January 2026
travelled on CNG/bioCNG
of the fleet runs on CNG
swap bodies (ITUs)
agencies
Saint-Jean-de-Védas, Saint-Thibéry, Toulouse et Créteil
2025 revenue
AN INTEGRATED GROUP
Strong values: sustainable, optimistic, professional, ethical & collective
TAB Rail Road,
road transport operator
T3M, Combined Transport operator
BTM, Multimodal Terminal operator
Combirail, rail operator
Our commitments
100% CNG fleet, digitalisation, environmental responsibility
