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A day in the life of the SNCF

Travel, history, SNCF group

09/10/21

You, us and trains - the SNCF is inviting you to join in and create a travel experience.

It's a festival of snapshots on the train to anywhere. Glimpses of life and travel - on the train, in the station. Here someone's clutching their belongings, a ticket or a street map. An announcement rings out over the loudspeaker, you can hear the crowd noise or trains screeching to a halt. It feels like you're actually there, with snippets of useful information as well. It's a journey into a world that you invent or reinvent, with just a click of the mouse.

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It is 6:17 am and the station is coming alive, and passengers are starting to arrive. They clamber aboard and you follow them...The hum of the train. That freight train driver looks like he's been driving all night! The screech of the brakes. The sun rising over the sea, seen from the TER is a beautiful sight... Are you happy to be going on holiday children? Doors closing... He's running for the train - is he going to make it? It's 12:26 pm. Behind the scenes at a Technicentre, mechanics are oiling the works...Cheers! In the biggest Champagne bar in Europe at St. Pancras station, two girls are drinking and laughing... The station lights come on. He's arriving by TER, she's leaving by TGV. We're waiting for the last Transilien...The sound of wandering footsteps... It is 11:39 pm.

Bon voyage!

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