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SNCF

British

abbreviation

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer: the French national railway system

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French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said he was heading to the scene along with the head of France's state-owned rail operator SNCF.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

French operator SNCF, and Austria's OeBB, Europe's key night train operator, had announced that the night route would be discontinued from mid-December after only being launched in December 2023.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

The national rail operator, SNCF, said the cables powered signals for trains on the network.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023

One of those four is Guillaume Pepy, chairman of Initiative France and former chairman and chief executive of the state railway firm SNCF.

From Reuters • Jul. 3, 2022

SNCF, which faces losses of up to €5 billion, with only a fraction of its high-speed TGV trains currently running, received a €4 billion capital injection from the French government last Tuesday.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2020

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