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SNCF was formed in 1938 with the nationalisation of France's main railway companies (Chemin de fer, literally, 'way of iron', means railway). These were the: Chemins de fer de l'Est (Est, Eastern Railways) Chemins de fer de l'État (État, State Railways; merged in 1908 with the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest, Western Railways)
Rail transport in France is marked by a clear predominance of passenger traffic, driven in particular by high-speed rail. The SNCF , the national state-owned railway company, operates most of the passenger and freight services on the national network managed by its subsidiary SNCF Réseau .
The TGV (French: ⓘ; train à grande vitesse, [tʁɛ̃ a ɡʁɑ̃d vitɛs] ⓘ, 'high-speed train') [a] is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to 320 km/h (200 mph) on the newer lines, [1] the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects such as the Ariane 1 rocket and Concorde supersonic airliner; sponsored by the ...
Lyon–Geneva railway (Switzerland, via Ambérieu and Bellegarde) Annemasse–Geneva railway (Switzerland, partly under construction) Longeray-Léaz–Le Bouveret (Switzerland, via Annemasse and Évian) Turin–Modane railway (Italy, via Fréjus Rail Tunnel) Cuneo–Ventimiglia (Italy, via Tende and Breil-sur-Roya)
' Railway Company of Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean '), also known as the Chemins de fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée or simply PLM, established in 1857, was one of France’s main railway companies until the nationalization of all French railways and establishment of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) on 1 January 1938.
The Chemin de fer du Vivarais (French pronunciation: [ʃəmɛ̃ də fɛʁ dy vivaʁɛ], CFV) - often called Le Mastrou or Train de l'Ardèche - is a tourist railway in the Ardèche region of the South of France. The metre gauge line is 33 kilometres (21 mi) long.
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a 'block free' signal (green), meaning that the next block is clear or, in the case of a distant signal, that the next signal is also green; Warning signals or speed limits (yellow) requiring the driver to slow the train and especially to be able to stop before the next stop signal;