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WHAT DOES SNCF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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SNCF 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. SNCF employs more than 180,000 people in 120 countries across the globe. The railway network consists of about 32,000 km of route, of which 1,800 km are high-speed lines and 14,500 km 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. In 2010 SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It's the main business of the SNCF group, which in 2011 employed 245,090 people and had €32.6 billion of sales in 120 countries. The chairman of the SNCF group is Guillaume Pépy.

Definition of SNCF in the English dictionary

The definition of SNCF in the dictionary is Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer: the French national railway system.

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Synonyms and antonyms of SNCF in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «SNCF» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SNCF

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法国国营铁路公司
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SNCF
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SNCF
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SNCF
380 millions of speakers
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SNCF
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SNCF
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SNCF
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SNCF
220 millions of speakers

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SNCF
190 millions of speakers

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180 millions of speakers

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SNCF
130 millions of speakers

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SNCF
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SNCF
80 millions of speakers

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SNCF க்கு
75 millions of speakers

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एसएनसीएफ
75 millions of speakers

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SNCF
70 millions of speakers

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SNCF
65 millions of speakers

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SNCF
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SNCF
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SNCF
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SNCF
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SNCF
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SNCF»

The term «SNCF» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.779 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SNCF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about SNCF

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNCF»

Discover the use of SNCF in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to SNCF and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pyrenees
2? w" (SNCF buses only; 5 daily year-round; 45min). Laruns to (all except Pau with Canonge-Pic Bus, July & Aug Mon-Fri only): Bious-Oumette campsite (1 daily; 35min); Col du Pourtalet (2 daily, 1hr 20mm): Gabas (2 daily; 25min); Lac de ...
Marc Dubin, 2004
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On the Fast Track: French Railway Modernization and the ...
The first describes the government- imposed constraints on the SNCF and other so-called distortions in the transportation marketplace. The second discusses how these constraints, exacerbated by heightened road competition, led to a ...
Jacob Meunier, 2002
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The Loire
Certain uneconomical SNCF train lines have been replaced by SNCF buses in recent years. The main difference between these buses and regular regional ones is that travellers can often (but not always) take advantage of any train pass they ...
Nicola Williams, Virginie Boone, 2002
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Competition in the Railway Industry: An International ...
SNCF would continue to maintain the infrastructure and operate the trains reassured French railway specialists, many of whom thought it desirable to maintain a close connection between infrastructure and services. With the RFF in place, the ...
José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, Ginés de Rus, 2006
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France
Régional; www.ter-sncf.com, in French). Certain non- TGV services have been given funny names: Corail Intercités Medium-haul routes. Lunéa (www. coraillunea.fr, in French) Overnight trains for cross-country travel, eg from Paris' Gare ...
Nicola Williams, 2010
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Brittany and Normandy
French trains, operated by the nationally owned SNCF (Societe National des Chemins de Fer), are by and large clean, fast and frequent, and their staff both courteous and helpful. For national train information, you can either phone ...
Greg Ward, 2003
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Safety of Computer Architectures
“('Kl'éagzei" 7 J air-2004 ' “ ' ' ' CCVU 'T'P'géég'gl' ' SNCF i Masseret - Alla sac Rivesaltes - Salses SNCF N , t. '2' a. . ,___ <14 _ SNCF - basis for East LGV works SNCF SNCF - head of services for Mistral SNCF SNCF SNCF g Lizy sur Ourq ...
Jean-Louis Boulanger, 2013
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The Train Journey: Transit, Captivity, and Witnessing in the ...
In a decision that will undoubtedly affect future claims, the conviction against the SNCF was overturned by an Administrative Appeals Court in March 2007, which argued that administrative courts did not have the jurisdiction to rule on the legal  ...
Simone Gigliotti, 2009
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Tubular Structures XIV
The stress distribution under in-plane bending therefore also shows that quadratic extrapolation should be adopted for the accurate determination of hot spot strain. 5 MAXIMUM SNCF – AXIAL AND IN PLANE BENDING IN THE BRACE The ...
Leroy Gardner, 2012
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Innovations Through Information Technology: 2004 Information ...
Engineering. the. Fitness. Relationship. between. an. ERP. and. the. Supply. Chain. Process. at. SNCF. lyad Zoukar Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Universite Paris I - Pantheon - Sorbonne, 90. rue de Tolbiac 75013 Paris - France , ...
Information Resources Management Association. International Conference, Mehdi Khosrowpour, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNCF»

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French trains too tall for Italian tunnels as SNCF face ridicule
French rail operator SNCF says the trains will be put into service this week - but only as far as the French border. Last year, the national rail operator cost ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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European Commission approves SNCF control of Eurostar
EUROPE: The European Commission announced on May 13 that it had approved a shareholders' agreement which will see French national railway SNCF ... «Railway Gazette International, May 15»
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US families of Holocaust victims sue SNCF
"SNCF committed, conspired to commit and aided and abetted others who committed, war crimes and crimes against humanity," the court document said, using ... «The Local.fr, Apr 15»
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SNCF call for police action against cyclists who breached a safety …
'Several riders deliberately, and against all safety rules, crossed a closed safety barrier,' said a SNCF statement announcing the complaint to French prosecutors ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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SNCF arrives as fourth national EURO sponsor - News - UEFA.com
UEFA is delighted to announce that SNCF has joined the team of sponsors ... This partnership represents confirmation of SNCF's ongoing backing for and ... «UEFA.com, Apr 15»
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SNCF mulls buyout of UK government's Eurostar stake - report
They have a last-look right which would enable them to offer a 15 percent premium on the final bid. SNCF was not immediately reachable for comment. «Reuters UK, Dec 14»
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France agrees Holocaust rail payout with US
Reparations will be paid to those transported by state rail company SNCF to Nazi ... US lawmakers have previously attempted to bar SNCF from rail contracts ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
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Eurostar sale: France's SNCF has no intention to buy UK stake
SNCF, the French majority shareholder in the Eurostar, has ruled out plans to buy the UK's stake in the Channel tunnel train operator as the Government fired ... «The Independent, Oct 14»
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French rail strike enters second week with no end in sight
Lawmakers on Tuesday began debate on the bill that is the cause of the strike -- a measure that would unite the SNCF train operator with the RFF railway ... «FRANCE 24, Jun 14»
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Travel warning over train strike
TRAIN operator SNCF has warned of “significant disruption” to its services across France tomorrow as four unions stage a 24-hour strike in protest at planned ... «The Connexion, Jun 14»

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