Connecting regions across France

We work with our stakeholders across all of France’s regions, developing sustainable mobility solutions and supporting over 265,000 indirect jobs in thousands of SMEs and their subcontractors. We also actively foster a more caring, inclusive society through a range of initiatives.

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Genuinely useful—serving regions and people

Only one group develops a mobile retail service for remote communities in Brittany, western France; manages “the best underground project in the world” in the Paris Region; helps vulnerable young people find a place in society in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France; tests self-driving mobility solutions of the future in Pays de la Loire, western France; teaches highschoolers about rail safety in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, southeastern France; creates France’s first rail recycling centre in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; uses local rapeseed crops to power trains in Normandy, northwestern France; gives young people an entrepreneurial experience in Occitanie, southern France; provides first-aid care in a railway station in Hauts-de-France, northern France; promotes combined transport in Centre-Val de Loire, central France; builds housing on its land in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, southeastern France; and contributes €19 billion to France’s GDP. And that group is SNCF. We do all this—and more—in the regions of France.

What we're doing in each French region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (southeastern France)

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Burgundy-Franche-Comté (eastern France)

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Brittany (western France)

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Centre-Val de Loire (central France)

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Grand Est (northeastern France)

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Hauts-de-France (northern France)

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Paris Region

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Normandy (northwestern France)

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine (southwestern France)

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Occitanie (southern France)

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Pays de la Loire (western France)

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (southeastern France)

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Jean-Pierre Farandou weighs in on regional development

Following his white paper published in 2022 by the Jean Jaurès Foundation on the rail industry’s vital contribution to the green transition, SNCF CEO shares his thoughts on the social and economic impact of trains in a new text, 'How rail serves our regions'.

We drive economic growth across France

Each of the purchases we make from our suppliers—97% of whom are French—helps support 265,000 indirect jobs and industrial activities. In 2024, we purchased goods worth €16 billion in France, making us a key partner for over 12,700 VSEs and SMEs across the country.

  • We support

    1%

    of national employment in France

  • 27,700

    new hires in France in 2024

  • We make purchases worth

    €16bn

    from 12,700 SMEs in France

We’re a leader in sustainable mobility

Together with France’s Transport Organizing Authorities (TOAs), we build safe, efficient and sustainable public transport; support the development of Metropolitan Regional Express Services (SERM); and develop innovative, cost-effective solutions to revive small rural lines and boost the appeal of France’s regions.

  • We oversee

    7

    innovative projects that will expand rail services to small communities

  • We support

    24

    SERM-certified projects

  • We are the

    1ˢᵗ

    third-party operator to run bus lines in Paris’ inner suburbs

We improve lives

We actively foster social integration and access to mobility. We transform our unused real estate into housing or solar power plants, and our stations into community-building spaces. We also support nonprofit initiatives that help young people succeed and care for the environment.

  • We’ll devote

    1000 ha

    to generate solar energy with SNCF Renouvelables

  • We’ve taught

    3 million

    students about rail safety, by going into classrooms

  • We support

    485

    nonprofit initiatives a year via the SNCF Foundation