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SNCF (
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) (French National Railway Company) is a
France public enterprise. Its functions include operation of rail services for passengers and freight, and maintenance as well as signalling of rail infrastructure owned by Réseau Ferré de France (Réseau Ferré de France). It employs about 180,000 people. The rail network consists of about 32,000
kilometre of route, of which 1,500 km is TGV line and 14,500 km is
railway electrification system. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. The chairman of SNCF is
Anne Marie Idrac. Its headquarters is in
Paris, in the Rue du Commandant Mouchotte.
Scope of business
.
SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the
TGV (
Train à Grande Vitesse, literally "high-speed train") and some segments of the
RER.
In the past, SNCF owned not only the trains, but also the tracks, but this has changed due to new
European Union regulations. Since
1997 the tracks and other rail infrastructure have belonged to a separate government establishment, the
Réseau Ferré de France; this change was intended to open the market to independent train operating companies, although few have yet appeared. There have been claims that this is mainly due to very restrictive regulations that are allegedly motivated by
protectionism. For example, the licensing procedure for the
InterCityExpress#Equipment_and_specifications took four years, while the same train was allowed onto tracks in the Netherlands and Belgium within a year of its introduction.
History
SNCF was formed in 1938 on the
nationalisation of France's five main railways. These were the:
The French state took 51% ownership of SNCF and has since put large amounts of public subsidies into the system. In the 1970s, SNCF began the
TGV high speed train programme with the intention of creating the world's fastest railway network. It came to fruition in 1981, when the first TGV service, from Paris to Lyon, was inaugurated. TGV lines and the TGV technology have since spread to several other European countries plus South Korea.
Role during World War II
On 16 May 2006 the SNCF and the French State were successfully taken to the administrative court for
complicity in Crime against humanity by the Father of
Member of the European Parliament Alain Lipietz, because of their role in transporting members of his family to the
Drancy deportation camp during
World War II. They were subsequently jointly fined 64,000
euro A translation of the Judgement of 6 June 2006, but the judgement was appealed. Previous similar attempts by others in the civil courts had failed. SNCF argued that they were required to transport Jews by the Vichy France and the
Nazis, and that they had never taken the initiative. However SNCF chose to transport them in Stock car (rail) (stock cars), as it was done for soldiers, and invoiced the state for travel class tickets.]| accessdate=2006-06-09| work=Le Figaro| -->. Hundreds of SNCF employees (cheminots) were killed for acts of Resistance during World War II, 2480 were deported (Among them, 1100 died), 2361 killed at work (Bombings, landmines, ...).
Regionalisation
Since the 90s, SNCF has been selling train cars to regional governments in an effort to give trains times and needs more attention.
World speed records
unit being taken in triumph down the
Seine for display at the foot of the
Eiffel TowerSNCF's TGV has set many TGV_world_speed_record, the most recent on TGV_world_speed_record#Record_of_2007, when a new version of the TGV, dubbed the V150, with larger wheels than the usual TGV, was able to cover more ground with each rotation and a stronger, 25,000-horsepower engine, broke the world speed record for conventional rail trains, reaching 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph).
Codeshare with airlines
train (Réseau class) at Marseille St-Charles station.SNCF Code sharing with Air Austral, Air France, Air Tahiti Nui,
American Airlines, Cathay Pacific,
Continental Airlines, Middle East Airlines,
Emirates,
Qatar Airways and United Airlines and in exchange, allows passengers on those flights to book rail service between
Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy (near
Paris) and Aix-en-Provence TGV, Angers Rail Station, TGV Rail Station, Gare de Bordeaux, Le Mans Rail Station,
Lille Europe, Lyon Part-Dieu,
Marseille Saint Charles,
Montpellier Rail Station, Nantes Rail Station, Nimes Rail Station,
Poiters Rail Station,
Gare de Rennes,
Tours Rail Station, and Valence TGV with their airline. The IATA designator used by airlines in connection with these journeys is 2C.
Environment
Jacques Chirac, then French president, pledged in his 2006 New Year Address that by 2026 no SNCF or RATP train would be powered by fossil fuels.
The Times, Friday,
January 6 2006, p54.
France will run trains free from fossil fuel, says Chirac. This pledge confirms France's commitment to nuclear power for its energy needs, and already nuclear power stations generate most of the electricity used to power SNCF trains.
See also
References
External links
- SNCF web site
- Map
- SNCF UK web site
- History of SNCF
- channel tunnel link
- Collection of Google Earth locations of SNCF stations (Requires Google Earth software) from the Google Earth Community forum
SNCF (
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) (French National Railway Company) is a France public enterprise. Its functions include operation of rail services for passengers and freight, and maintenance as well as signalling of rail infrastructure owned by Réseau Ferré de France (Réseau Ferré de France). It employs about 180,000 people. The rail network consists of about 32,000
kilometre of route, of which 1,500 km is
TGV line and 14,500 km is railway electrification system. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. The chairman of SNCF is Anne Marie Idrac. Its headquarters is in Paris, in the Rue du Commandant Mouchotte.
Scope of business
.
SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the TGV (
Train à Grande Vitesse, literally "high-speed train") and some segments of the RER.
In the past, SNCF owned not only the trains, but also the tracks, but this has changed due to new
European Union regulations. Since
1997 the tracks and other rail infrastructure have belonged to a separate government establishment, the
Réseau Ferré de France; this change was intended to open the market to independent train operating companies, although few have yet appeared. There have been claims that this is mainly due to very restrictive regulations that are allegedly motivated by
protectionism. For example, the licensing procedure for the
InterCityExpress#Equipment_and_specifications took four years, while the same train was allowed onto tracks in the Netherlands and Belgium within a year of its introduction.
History
SNCF was formed in 1938 on the
nationalisation of France's five main railways. These were the:
The French state took 51% ownership of SNCF and has since put large amounts of public subsidies into the system. In the 1970s, SNCF began the
TGV high speed train programme with the intention of creating the world's fastest railway network. It came to fruition in 1981, when the first TGV service, from
Paris to Lyon, was inaugurated. TGV lines and the TGV technology have since spread to several other European countries plus South Korea.
Role during World War II
On 16 May 2006 the SNCF and the French State were successfully taken to the administrative court for
complicity in Crime against humanity by the Father of Member of the European Parliament Alain Lipietz, because of their role in transporting members of his family to the
Drancy deportation camp during World War II. They were subsequently jointly fined 64,000 euro A translation of the Judgement of 6 June 2006, but the judgement was appealed. Previous similar attempts by others in the civil courts had failed. SNCF argued that they were required to transport Jews by the Vichy France and the Nazis, and that they had never taken the initiative. However SNCF chose to transport them in
Stock car (rail) (stock cars), as it was done for soldiers, and invoiced the state for
travel class tickets.]| accessdate=2006-06-09| work=Le Figaro| -->. Hundreds of SNCF employees (cheminots) were killed for acts of Resistance during World War II, 2480 were deported (Among them, 1100 died), 2361 killed at work (Bombings, landmines, ...).
Regionalisation
Since the 90s, SNCF has been selling train cars to regional governments in an effort to give trains times and needs more attention.
World speed records
unit being taken in triumph down the Seine for display at the foot of the Eiffel TowerSNCF's TGV has set many TGV_world_speed_record, the most recent on
TGV_world_speed_record#Record_of_2007, when a new version of the TGV, dubbed the
V150, with larger wheels than the usual TGV, was able to cover more ground with each rotation and a stronger, 25,000-horsepower engine, broke the world speed record for conventional rail trains, reaching 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph).
Codeshare with airlines
train (Réseau class) at Marseille St-Charles station.SNCF Code sharing with
Air Austral, Air France,
Air Tahiti Nui, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Continental Airlines, Middle East Airlines,
Emirates, Qatar Airways and United Airlines and in exchange, allows passengers on those flights to book rail service between
Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy (near
Paris) and Aix-en-Provence TGV,
Angers Rail Station,
TGV Rail Station, Gare de Bordeaux, Le Mans Rail Station,
Lille Europe, Lyon Part-Dieu,
Marseille Saint Charles, Montpellier Rail Station, Nantes Rail Station, Nimes Rail Station,
Poiters Rail Station, Gare de Rennes, Tours Rail Station, and Valence TGV with their airline. The IATA designator used by airlines in connection with these journeys is 2C.
Environment
Jacques Chirac, then French
president, pledged in his 2006 New Year Address that by 2026 no SNCF or RATP train would be powered by fossil fuels.
The Times, Friday, January 6 2006, p54.
France will run trains free from fossil fuel, says Chirac. This pledge confirms France's commitment to nuclear power for its energy needs, and already nuclear power stations generate most of the electricity used to power SNCF trains.
See also
References
External links
- SNCF web site
- Map
- SNCF UK web site
- History of SNCF
- channel tunnel link
- Collection of Google Earth locations of SNCF stations (Requires Google Earth software) from the Google Earth Community forum
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