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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.
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.
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)
French railway-related lists (1 C, 8 P) + Rail transport in New Caledonia (1 C, 1 P) C. Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes (9 P) F. Funicular railways in ...
The current French railway signalling system is in force on the Réseau Ferré de France (now SNCF Réseau) since 1930, ... a 'block free' signal (green), meaning ...
Simultaneously, the SNCF began researching high-speed trains on conventional tracks. In 1976, the administration agreed to fund the first line. By the mid-1990s, the trains were so popular that SNCF president Louis Gallois declared that the TGV was "the train that saved French railways". [11]
In 1842 Britain had 1,900 miles of railways in operation; France only 300. [5] The eventual relationship created between the French rail system and the government formed a compromise between two competing options: the completely laissez-faire free-market system that had created Britain's elaborate rail network
Pages in category "Railway companies of France" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.