SNCF

French National Railways

SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français or "French National Railway Company") is France's national state-owned railway company and manages the rail traffic in France and the Principality of Monaco. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight, and maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure owned by Réseau ferré de France (RFF).

SNCF employs more than 180,000 people in 120 countries around the globe. The railway network consists of about 32,000 km (20,000 miles) of route, of which 1,800 km (1,100 miles) are high-speed lines and 14,500 km (9,000 miles) electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. The company has its headquarters in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, in the Rue du Commandant Mouchotte.

Steam

141R oil burner in Ventimiglia station 1966

141R shunting the docks at Boulogne 1968

Diesel

BB67062 Ventimiglia 1966

BB63645 Brittany 1977
BB63xxx near Tours 1981

A1A A1A Dunkerque 1989
65739 Avignon 1975

BB63122 Tourcoing 1988
BB66xxx's 1988

567414 Lille Flandres 2006
X76569 Lille Flandres 2006

Y class shunter Lille Flandres 2006

B8250 class DMU Lille Flandres 2013 BB255666 Lille Flandres 2013

Gas Turbine

RTG Caen 1977

Electric

July 1975 2-D-2 9133 Avignon 1975

August 1981

TGV Vouvray 1981
Monte Carlo 1975

BB16729 Tourcoing 1988
SNCF Eurostar Lille Flandres 2006

29th January 2006

BB16677 Lille Flandres 2006
29th January 2006 BB46535 Lille Flandres 2006

29th January 2006

Z26500 EMU Lille Flandres 2006
TGV Atlantique Utrecht 1989

TGV 90 Lille Flandres 2006
BB25500 No25647 at Lille Flandres 2012

BB26000 Sybic No:26070 at Lille Flandres 2012
Class Z26500 double deck EMU No612 arriving at Lille Flandres 2012

Voiture Régionale 2 Niveaux push pull at Lille Flandres set in 2012
TGV-04 at Lille Flandres in 2012

TGV-04 arriving at Lille Flandres in 2012
Two Z3 sets at Lille Flandres 2013

Z92056 Lille Flandres 2013
TGV Duplex Lille 2013

TGVs 14 and 4529 Lille 2013

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