The modern railway: integrated international, multi-modal

摘要

One year on from the merger of French National Railways (SNCF) and infrastructure owner French Rail Network (RFF) into a single organisation with SNCF Mobility as the operator and SNCF Network the infrastructure manager, SNCF president Mr Guillaume Pepy says work is progressing to transform SNCF into an international transport group. "The new group has a shared vision: to make SNCF a resolutely multi-modal rail company with international ambitions," Pepy says. "To grow in the rail industry today you need to be global." As a result, Pepy says SNCF is rapidly exporting its expertise and growing its international business to the extent that it doubled between 2007 and 2015, from 15% to 30% of total revenue. "Today, Keolis and SNCF Logistics derive half of their revenue from international markets," Pepy says. "Our aim is to keep expanding by building on strong demand for mass transit and logistics outside France. We are now present in Britain, Sweden, Australia, the USA, the Middle East, India and China."