The rail workers no one expects
Not your average job: they’re wildlife managers, falconers, drone pilots, and artisans beavering away in our newest upholstery workshop... Learn more about the rail workers no one expects at SNCF.
Not your average job

Keeping wild animals away
They're forty agents patrolling the areas surrounding railway tracks throughout France. Their mission? Preventing wild boars, deer and other wild beasts from disrupting traffic.

Flying drones
45 Railway Security agents have been specially trained to operate drones, which are used to monitor railway infrastructure and detect suspicious drones.

Renovating trains thoroughly
There are a thousand employees at the Nevers industrial technical center who dismantle, clean, weld, wire, sew, cut, and much more to repair trains every day.

Operating our night trains
Their names are Malik, Sama, Nathalie, Yassine, Romain, Mélanie and Jean-Louis. And with the rest of the crew, they operate night train 3741 running all the way from Paris to Hendaye, the last town before Spain on France’s southwestern coast.

Working in contact with animals
They're knowledgeable about animals and know how to ingeniously remove invasive species that interfere with traffic or agents.
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