SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete nɑsjɔnal de ʃ(ə)mɛ̃ d(ə) fɛʁ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; abbreviated as SNCF [ɛs‿ɛn se ɛf]; French for "French National Railway Company") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic along with Monaco, including the TGV, on France's high-speed rail network. 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 and 14,500 km (9,000 mi) electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily.
 Map of the French railways on which the TGV (LGV: blue; normal tracks: black) and Intercités (grey) SNCF trains run. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Saint-Denis, France |
| Reporting mark | TGV, Intercités, TER, Transilien, Ouigo, Eurostar, TGV Lyria |
| Locale | France |
| Dates of operation | 1938–present |
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| Website | www.sncf.com |
| State-owned société anonyme EPIC between 1983 and 2019[1] | |
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Founded | 1 January 1938 |
| Founder | Government of France |
| Headquarters | , France |
Key people | Jean-Pierre Farandou (president of SNCF Group) |
| Revenue |  €41.4 billion (2022)[2] |
| €3.3 billion (2022)[2] | |
| €2.5 billion (2022)[2] | |
| Total assets | €133.0 billion (2022)[2] |
| Total equity | €27.6 billion (2022)[2] |
| Owner | French state |
Number of employees | 270,296 (2021)[2] |
| Subsidiaries |
In 2010 the SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It is the main business of the SNCF Group, which in 2020 had €30 billion of sales in 120 countries. The SNCF Group employs more than 275,000 employees in France and around the world. Since July 2013, the SNCF Group headquarters are located in a Parisian suburb at 2 Place aux Étoiles in Saint-Denis. The president of SNCF Group has been Jean-Pierre Farandou since 2019.
SNCF Media
A high-speed train TGV Duplex from the SNCF
TGV 4402 operation V150 reaching 574 km/h (357 mph) on 3 April 2007 near Le Chemin
SNCF Class BB 67400 diesel locomotive at Amiens station
A SNCF TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur train in Carpentras
Logo of SNCF (2003)
A "broken nose" style of SNCF electric locomotive (BB 15000) designed by Paul Arzens
A SNCF ticket machine at the Épône-Mézières station
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References
- ↑ SNCF was reorganized from three EPICs to a holding company effective 1 January 2020. The official name of the surviving holding company remains Société nationale des chemins de fer français with no "S.A." suffix applied.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "SNCF Group Financial Report 2022" (PDF). SNCF Group. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.