What are the prerequisites for accessing the national rail network? Who should I contact to make a request? What steps need to be taken? Here's how to get your project off the ground.
You contact us to develop a transport offer on the national rail network. We support you every step of the way as you access and use the network. All the essential information you need can be found in the Network Statement, and tailored services (studies, data, training, etc.) will be offered to you.
Your consolidated project is taken into account when we design the annual service. This theoretical timetable of train movements for all trains throughout the year is a real network score, and sets to music the requests for train paths from all our customers. It's a real work of orchestration: the annual service takes into account winter and summer timetables, passenger train traffic (conventional or high-speed), night trains, mass transit, freight train traffic and, finally, works on the network.
Within this strictly regulated framework, we endeavour to meet everyone's expectations as fully as possible, in a transparent manner that is consistent with network maintenance requirements and the development of overall use of our lines.
To book train paths on one of the 11 European freight corridors, visit the Path Coordination System digital platform. This platform coordinates all customers and infrastructure managers, including SNCF Réseau for the French rail network.
You are a passenger or goods transportation railway undertaking, a shipper, a combined transport operator, etc. Our railway undertakings service platform (PSEF) gives you access to all our products and services relating to access to goods terminals, sidings, service stations and freight and passenger service facilities.
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From our wide range of services, we select the ones that best meet your needs. These include offers that are particularly relevant to new customers.
You should send a letter of intent to Étienne Delpy, Sales director of SNCF Réseau. In it you express your wish to operate one or more services in a given market in the coming years. In this letter, remember to specify the origin-destination, the market segment, the equipment used and the date on which services start.
The Network Statement (DRR) is a comprehensive set of regulations governing the national rail network. Written for our customers, it is updated every year. In it you'll find everything you need to know about:
When you first contact us, a sales manager will be assigned to you immediately. He/she will help you discover our range of services and direct you at every stage to the most appropriate experts for your transport project. More than a sales contact, he/she is a real expert partner who, with all our teams, brings your project to life.
The opening up of the national passenger market to competition, changing mobility needs, the energy transition towards a low-carbon transport economy... Rail services offer a wealth of new opportunities. And our expertise is here to help you seize them!
A freight train carries the equivalent of 40 HGVs while emitting 9 times less CO2, 8 times less polluting emissions and 6 times less energy consumption! In response to the major climate and societal challenges, the railways are at the forefront of solutions for decarbonising...
All our teams are committed to serving customers and developing the rail mode of transportation. Our efforts to be an increasingly reliable and committed partner for you are reflected in our Customer commitment approach.