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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.
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)
Railway map of France in 2020. Other versions of this map in medium et large formats. This is a list of railway lines in France , belonging either to the national network ( SNCF Réseau ) or to private owners.
Development of the French rail network in the 19th century Trains to take on vacation from Paris, published in the Excelsior journal on June 21st, 1934. The very first French railroad line, and also the first in continental Europe, was the Saint-Étienne–Andrézieux railway, granted by order of King Louis XVIII to Louis-Antoine Beaunier in 1823 and opened on June 30, 1827.
The current French railway signalling system is in force on the Réseau Ferré de France (now SNCF Réseau) since 1930, when the code Verlant was applied. History
The SNCF, France's state-owned rail company, operates both a premium service and a budget service . The French national high-speed rail network follows the spoke-and-hub model, centered on Paris. Besides its main operator, the SNCF, it is also used by Eurostar, Thalys, Deutsche Bahn, Trenitalia France, RENFE, and the Swiss Federal Railways.
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.