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Réseau Ferré de France (RFF)

 

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European freight Corridors without borders

3 December 2008 | By Jean Faussurier, Head of European and International Affairs Department and Head of Strategic Affairs Department, Réseau Ferré de France (RFF)

Facilitating and encouraging the use of goods trains in Europe is one of the objectives regularly repeated by the European Commission. The situation has never been as favourable to rail transport as it is today yet it is still struggling to outclass road transport in market shares. The Corridor concept…

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A joint agreement to improve the French railway network

26 November 2007 | By Jean Prevot, Joint Commitment Programme Manager, RFF

On 25 May 2007, Anne-Marie Idrac, the president of the SNCF Group and Hubert du Mesnil, the President of Réseau Ferré de France, signed a new infrastructure management agreement to cover the financial years from 2007 to 2010 inclusive, for maintenance and upgrading of the French national railway network.

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Power Supply Solutions

26 September 2007 | By Maurice Debrand, Managing Engineer, RFF, Margo van Vliet, Senior Consultant and Remco Paulussen, Senior Power Supply Specialist, ARCADIS The Netherlands and Mikaël Beck, Project Management Assistant, ARCADIS France

The dimensioning of power supply systems for railways is complex. To obtain a power supply that fulfils the traffic demands over its lifespan, improving or upgrading of the power system cannot be avoided. The many planned projects for the northern transalpine line Lyon – St Jean de Maurienne and the…

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Improving routes and times

3 April 2007 | By Jean-Damien Bierre, Haut Bugey Project Manager, RFF

The Haut Bugey line project is one of several Franco-Suisse projects. Its aim is to improve train links between France and Switzerland, as per the agreement signed in 1999 by French and Swiss governments. Although the project is entirely located in France, the Swiss government provides close to one third…

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A new link in the European chain

6 February 2007 | By Marc Svetchine, Regional Project Manager, RFF

In the last quarter of a century, high-speed rail links have revolutionised domestic and international traffic. On 3 July 2006, almost exactly 25 years after the first high-speed train was placed in service between Paris and Lyons, work began on the Eastern branch of the Rhine-Rhone high-speed line between Dijon…

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The national rail network regeneration plan

28 November 2006 | By Hervé de Tréglodé, Assistant Director General, French Rail Infrastructure System (RFF)

During a visit on 22 May 2006 to the largest RFF track regeneration project near Orleans, Dominique Perben, Minister of Transport, Public Works, Tourism and Maritime Affairs unveiled the French rail network regeneration plan for the 2007-2010 period.

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RFF project progress

3 November 2005 | By Jean-Marie Larose, Deputy Strategy and Development Manager, Réseau Ferré de France (RFF)

Réseau Ferré de France (RFF), the owner and manager of the railway infrastructure in France, is a publicly-owned entity, responsible for the management and development of the rail network and prime contractor for new lines, especially new high-speed rail links.