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	SNCF information - Search.com
		The rail network currently consists of about 32,000 km of track, of which 1,500 km is high-speed track and 14,500 km is electrified.
		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 crimes against humanity by the MEP Alain Lipietz, because of their role in tranporting members of his family to the Drancy deportation camp during World War II.
		SNCF argued that they were required to transport Jews by the Vichy regime and the Nazis, and that they had never taken the initiative.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/SNCF (643 words)

	CNN.com - Channel asylum seekers halt trains - March 14, 2002
		Services run by French rail operator SNCF from the freight depot at Frethun, near Calais, were suspended over the weekend after 200 asylum seekers invaded the yard.
		SNCF, which runs the depot, said on Wednesday that the situation was continuing with up to 50 would-be immigrants invading the site whenever a new train is about to depart.
		SNCF tried to get four trains through on Tuesday, but only one managed to reach the tunnel because asylum seekers were swarming over them, an SNCF spokeswoman said.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/03/13/france.rail/index.html (568 words)

	SNCF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The chairman of SNCF is Anne Marie Idrac.
		SNCF was formed in 1938 on the nationalisation of France's five main railways.
		SNCF argued that they were required to transport Jews by the Vichy regime and the Nazis, and that they had never taken the initiative.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SNCF_French_Rail (680 words)

	Bombardier snags $5B French rail deal - Boston.com
		SNCF Chief Executive Anne-Marie Idrac said Wednesday that Bombardier had been chosen over Alstom and German rival Siemens AG for its "higher quality of service," following a rigorous selection process in which some 5,000 criteria were considered.
		SNCF said it placed a firm $2.33 billion order with Bombardier for 172 trains, due to enter service on suburban Paris lines in 2009-2015, and an option for a further 200 that could more than double the final bill.
		The French company has previously complained that it was excluded from bidding for a deal to supply equipment for the Montreal subway, eventually awarded to Bombardier at a price Alstom considers it could easily have beaten.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/10/25/reports_bombardier_set_to_win_rail_deal (501 words)

	SNCF at AllExperts
		The rail network currently consists of about 32,000 km of track, of which 1,500 km is track and 14,500 km is electrified.
		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 crimes against humanity by the MEP Alain Lipietz, because of their role in tranporting members of his family to the Drancy deportation camp during World War II.
		SNCF argued that they were required to transport Jews by the Vichy regime and the Nazis, and that they had never taken the initiative.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sn/sncf.htm (723 words)

	SNCF hit with 1,200 compensation claims - Boston.com
		The rail network, SNCF, contests the claims, saying it was under orders of French authorities at the time and exercised no autonomy under the occupation government.
		A French court ordered the government and SNCF to pay about $77,600 in damages in June for their role in transporting four of Lipietz's relatives to a Nazi transit camp.
		SNCF is appealing that ruling, which was the first of its kind.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/10/13/sncf_hit_with_1200_compensation_claims (293 words)

	SNCF
		In all, some 200 SNCF facilities organised day-long open houses; 65 stations invited visitors back-stage and 10,000 staff representing all the railway trades dedicated themselves to inspire public affection for their trains and their company.
		In 2004, SNCF steering came even closer to customers, who discovered an empowered, single point of contact and a level of service in line with their expectations.
		In Practical terms, SNCF is committed to providing human and financial support for projects that facilitate social ties between people living in such low-income neighbourhoods.
	www.co.sncf.com /mieux_nous/RA2004/uk/uk_elan_rapproche.htm (961 words)

	Effia, subsidiary of the French rail company SNCF, chooses Selligent's CRM tools (French version) - Press Room - ...
		Effia, subsidiary of the French rail company SNCF, chooses Selligent's CRM tools (French version) - Press Room - Company - CRM Solutions by Selligent
		Effia, subsidiary of the French rail company SNCF, chooses Selligent's CRM tools (French version)
		Paris, le 19 dÃ©cembre 2002 - Selligent, l'un des principaux Ã©diteurs de solutions CRM offrant un retour rapide sur investissement (ROI), a Ã©tÃ© retenu par le groupe Effia, filiale de la SNCF, pour fournir lâoutil de gestion de la relation Selligent Xi.
	www.selligent.com /effia_subsidiary_of_the_french_rail_company_sncf__chooses_selligent_s_crm_tools_french_version.html (444 words)

	CNN.com - Rail firms publicise refugee crisis - March 28, 2002
		As British and French politicians watched from their buses, more than a dozen immigrants from a nearby refugee camp headed for the high fences around the rail terminal at Calais, with some managing to get onto the tracks.
		French and British parliamentarians and European Union officials attended, as did representatives of the media and French rail operator SNCF.
		The rail operator told the assembled politicians, industry and freight representatives that tightened security meant it would be able to assure a normal freight service through the Channel Tunnel from April 2, according to Reuters.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/03/28/tunnel.calais/index.html (649 words)

	CNN.com - French bombers 'suspend' campaign - Mar 25, 2004
		French President Jacques Chirac also received a letter in which AZF said "there are currently no bombs capable of functioning on the French rail network."
		The government said AZF was threatening to detonate nine bombs planted in the rail network unless it was paid sums of $4 million and euro1 million ($1.2 million).
		French embassies in Muslim countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia received the same letter -- sent March 15 from a post office near the Louvre Museum.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/03/25/france.railbomb/index.html (862 words)

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		The "Sustainable transport" prize, sponsored by SNCF and presented by Philippe Renard, Innovation and Research Director, was awarded to Jean-Louis MAUPU of the Laboratory for New Technologies from INRETS (The French National Institute for transport and safety research).
		His work is entitled "The hollow town" and presents an applied and multi-disciplinary research about cohabitation and regulation of transports in urban environment.
		Rail transport may use much less energy than other types of transport, but it is still one of the biggest energy consumers in France.
	www.recherche.sncf.fr /uk/uk_index.html (196 words)

	SNCF - Fret > General info > Glossary
		Available train path: capacity of a rail infrastructure required to operate a freight train between 2 points of the rail network during a given time period.
		Rail movement: service involving the organization and performance of all shipments of rail vehicles in accordance with conditions defined in the service contract and specifications of a given order.
		Representative: a specific agent assigned to a client to manage orders from the moment they are taken to their final phase, and to provide the interface with the client in case of incident.
	fret.sncf.com /uk/infoprat/glossair/glossair.asp (1200 words)

	High-speed rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Later high speed rail lines, such as the LGV Atlantique, the LGV Est, and most high speed lines in Germany, were designed as feeder routes branching into conventional rail lines, serving a larger number of medium-sized cities.
		The recognition of the interrelationship between land development and the high-speed rail network led, in 1970, to the enactment of a law for the construction of a nationwide Shinkansen railway network.
		By building a new rail infrastructure with 20th century engineering, including elimination of constrictions such as roadway at-grade (level) crossings, frequent stops, a succession of curves and reverse curves, and not sharing the right-of-way with freight or slower passenger trains, higher speeds (250–300 km/h) are maintained.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_speed_rail (6986 words)

	EXN.ca \| Technology
		SNCF, the French rail operator, has announced plans to stop all its trains and metro lines between 11:55 PM and 12:15 AM local time on Dec. 31 through Jan. 1, to reassure travelers regarding the Y2K issue.
		SNCF said it has taken all possible precautions in ensuring the Y2K compliance of its computer systems, but it cannot guarantee external influences like local power problems.
		Such potential problems cannot be measured, the rail operator said, so SNCF will stop all of its trains for a short period while the year change occurs.
	www.exn.ca /Stories/1999/10/04/05.asp (184 words)

	French unions seeking end to national rail strike
		French trade unions were set to end a nationwide rail strike at the time of posting, after talks with the SNCF—the French national railway—over pay and pensions.
		The largest of the four unions involved, the Communist Party-dominated CGT, was provided with unconvincing assurances by the government that it did not intend to privatise the railways.
		The rail strike is only the latest of many involving hundreds of thousands of workers that have taken place this autumn.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2005/nov2005/sncf-n24.shtml (530 words)

	Rail travel in France. Rail Companies going to and operating in France (SNCF & Rail Europe) - day-tripper.net
		There are three main rail companies in France; SNCF is the national train service, TER SNCF is the regional French rail system, and TGV is the fast train network.
		Rail Europe is the UK subsidiary of SNCF French Railways, and are the UK’s leading supplier of rail travel into France and Europe, whether a short break in Paris, a fortnight in Venice, a month backpacking across Europe or a Snow Train journey right into the heart of the French Alps.
		Rail Europe is also the official site for all the European rail companies.
	www.day-tripper.net /travelrail.html (728 words)

	SNCF
		The Infrastructure workforce is 57,000 strong – one third of the total SNCF workforce – and operates in around a hundred special trades in three main areas of railway know-how that are rare and internationally recognised.
		Systra, the top-ranking urban public transport and rail engineering firm, won a technical assistance contract for the construction of a metro line in the Chilean capital, Santiago, and another for the Perpignan-Figueras high-speed rail link, plus a major prime contract for the construction of the Tianxingzhou cable-stay bridge in China.
		The subsidiary is assisting the Djibouti rail authority to optimise freight traffic, is contributing to restoring the Lebanese rail network to service, and is carrying out design review of the preliminary design of the planned Beijing-Shanghai HSL and training Chinese engineers in high-speed rail operation.
	www.co.sncf.fr /mieux_nous/RA2004/uk/uk_ens_infra.htm (795 words)

	Railway Technology - TGV France High Speed Rail Network by SNCF
		French infrastructure authority RFF is studying the possibility of a new line between Aix-en-Provence TGV and St Raphael on the Cote d'Azur to shorten journey times to the French Riviera.
		SNCF and RFF plan to build a link between Lyon St Exupery (formerly Satolas) on the LGV Rhone-Alpes and Chambery in the Savoy Alps to speed up trains between Paris and this popular tourist area.
		A new line, including a 52km tunnel, between St Jean de Maurienne and Susa in Italy is being examined by French and Italian authorities to increase speed and capacity for freight and passenger trains.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/frenchtgv (1637 words)

	CNN.com - Bomb found on French rail line - Mar 24, 2004
		PARIS, France (CNN) -- A rail worker found an explosive device half-buried in the bed of a railway line heading from France to Switzerland, government officials and the French rail service SNCF said.
		The SNCF spokeswoman said the rail worker had been inspecting the tracks "as part of his regular duties, and also in light of recent threats from this group calling themselves AZF," she added.
		AZF claimed to have planted nine bombs along the country's rail network and has threatened to explode them unless it is paid millions of euros..
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/03/24/france.railbomb/index.html (477 words)

	EJP \| News \| France \| French, US claimants join forces over WWII deportations
		Their claims came in the wake of a landmark ruling in June, in which the French state and the rail company were fined 62,000 euros for their role in the wartime deportation of two Jewish men, the father and uncle of a Greens lawmaker, Alain Lipietz.
		The SNCF was cited for running the trains that took the Jews to the holding camps, and then on to the death camps.
		Roger Cukierman, head of the CRIF, the umbrella group of French Jewish organizations, has also criticised the lawsuits, stressing the efforts made by the SNCF to be transparent over its wartime past.
	www.ejpress.org /article/12117 (638 words)

	French Railroads/Alstom Break World Rail Speed Record : ArriveNet Press Releases : Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The French Railroads (SNCF), French Rail Authority (RFF) and train-maker Alstom have been conducting tests and trials of the special train and TGV East track for weeks.
		The French Railroads have been setting world rail speed records since 1954 -- at 151 mph, then 186 mph in 1955 and 320 mph in 1990.
		To book rail tickets and railpasses for travel on high-speed trains such as the TGV and Eurostar throughout Europe, log on to www.raileurope.com (U.S.) and www.raileurope.ca (Canada).
	press.arrivenet.com /travel/article.php/944456.html (531 words)

	iRail
		Virginia Commuter Rail Cancels Contract with Milwaukee Rail Car Firm: With the work only partly completed, a commuter rail line in Virginia has canceled a $2.7 million contract with Northern Rail Car Corp. after the Milwaukee firm fell behind on scheduled deliveries of passenger cars, an executive with the line said.
		Bombardier to receive order for 500 express trains from SNCF: French rail operator SNCF is planning to make an order, by year's end, for 500 regional express trains from Bombardier Transport.
		French rail strike looms: Various French rail unions announced plans for a 24-hour strike in the third week of October.
	www.irail.com /09-26-01 (1598 words)

	Rail Europe has the largest customer care center in North America
		Rail Europe Group is a privately-held company of which French National Railroads (SNCF) and Swiss Federal Railroads (SBB) are the majority shareholders.
		Rail Europe is the leading authority of European rail and related travel products in North America representing more than 35 European railroads.
		Launched in the summer of 2000, Rail Europe's exclusive Web site for travel agents — http://agent.raileurope.com, was ranked by ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents) as the most frequently used site by travel agents two years in a row.
	www.raileurope.com /us/about_us/index.htm (1062 words)

	CAPEM - MEGAZONE
		The single 200mx700m platform will be laid on ground leveled to a grade of 0.5% using minimum of cut and fill to limit made-ground as far as possible.
		Rail branch-line planned running to the Béning-Sarreguemines line and the Béning-les-St-Avold freight station.
		GDF (French National Gas Company) will lay an HP main to the Megazone from the existing St-Avold-Forbach 67-bar HP grid if need be.
	www.moselle-capem.com /new_megazone/e_donnee.html (1177 words)

	FT.com / Home UK / UK - Profile: Louis Gallois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Louis Gallois, the monkish head of SNCF, the French rail group, is a mass of contradictions.
		His left-wing credentials have helped him to implement significant changes at SNCF, returning the group to profit in spite of an often turbulent relationship with France’s communist-backed CGT union, which still maintains an iron grip on the rail group.
		The former head of Aérospatiale, the French aeronautics group that was one of the building blocks of EADS, is reported to have mourned his departure from the world of aviation.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/4884fbee-09fd-11db-ac3b-0000779e2340.html (667 words)

	Rail Europe has the largest customer care center in North America
		Starting well before World War II as a commercial representation of the French railroads, the Rail Europe Group was created in its present form in 1991 when the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of SNCF, the French National Railroad, merged with the North American arm of the Swiss Federal Railways.
		While it is still a subsidiary of the SNCF and the CFF (Swiss Federal Railways), Rail Europe is also the official North American representative for 60 European railroads, the latest addition being the 25 Train Operating Companies of Britain.
		Euronet is currently used in Rail Europe's two reservation centers (in Portland, OR and Chicago, IL) in which hundreds of telephone sales representatives handle arrangements for travelers or travel agents.
	franceguide.raileurope.com /us/about_us/index.htm (537 words)

	Learn French in Biarritz
		BLS is registered with the Rectorate of Bordeaux (French Ministry of Education) and is a member of SOUFFLE (the only quality control organization for French language schools and universities in France).
		SNCF (French rail company) offers a practical web site: www.sncf.com with schedules, reservation and online purchasing details.
		All the teachers are of French nationality with French as their mother tongue, many of them have lived and taught French abroad and speak several languages, therefore relating easily to different cultures.
	www.linguaserviceworldwide.com /learn_french_in_biarritz.htm (1661 words)

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