Chronopost opens EUR 12m new Lyon-Corbas hub

Chronopost built the EUR 12 million centres, where 150 employees will work. The company expects to handle 20% of its national volume, 50,000 parcels per day.

Chronopost is also building a EUR 50 million main national hub at Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris, opened at the beginning of next year.

The express operator is significantly increasing the density of its national metropolitan network this year, basing it on 60 local centers and five new hubs at Montpellier, Poitier and Roissy (Charles De Gaulle airport), as well as Corbas and Chilly-Mazarin.

Hub Key facts
Area : 6,400 m2
Capacity: 7,500 boxes per hour
Items in transit: 50,000 boxes, 620 rolls, 250 pallets.
Number of vehicles: 130
Investment in the regions: Euro 49 million in 2006