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Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight (through its subsidiaries SNCF Voyageurs and Rail Logistics Europe), as well as maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure (SNCF Réseau). The railway network consists of about 35,000 km (22,000 mi) of route, of which 2,600 km (1,600 mi) are high-speed lines ...
' 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 International Transport Forum described the current status of the French railways in their paper "Efficiency indicators of Railways in France": [16] The success of the TGV is undeniable (Crozet 2013). Work started in September 1975 on the first high-speed rail (HSR) line, between Paris and Lyon, and it was inaugurated in September 1981.
Réseau ferré de France (French pronunciation: [ʁezo fɛʁe də fʁɑ̃s], lit. ' French Rail Network ', abbr. RFF) was a French company which owned and maintained the French national railway network from 1997 to 2014. The company was formed with the rail assets of SNCF in 1997.
Transport express régional (French pronunciation: [tʁɑ̃spɔʁ ɛksprɛs ʁeʒjɔnal], usually shortened to TER) is the brand name used by the SNCF, the French national railway company, to denote rail service run by the regional councils of France, specifically their organised transport authorities.
Turin–Modane railway (Italy, via Fréjus Rail Tunnel) Cuneo–Ventimiglia (Italy, via Tende and Breil-sur-Roya) Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (Italy, via Toulon and Nice) Narbonne–Portbou railway (Spain) Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway (Spain, via Pamiers and Foix) Pau–Canfranc railway (abandoned beyond Bedous)
Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday, part of France’s high-speed rail network was paralyzed by a “massive attack.” Arson attack on French rail network brings ...
Intercités train on the Nantes to Bordeaux service in Vendée. Intercités (IC), known before September 2009 as Corail Intercités, is a brand name used by France's national railway company, the SNCF, to denote non high-speed services on the classic rail network in France.