SNCF SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF, "French National Railway Company") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic along with Monaco, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight, and maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure. The railway network consists of about of route, of which are high-speed lines and electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. In 2010 the SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It is the
Korean State Railway top-level basketball, volleyball, and football leagues; in football, the top men's club, based in Sinŭiju, won five national championships between 1996 and 2000 in the DPR Korea League, and took part in the 2017 AFC Cup. The Railway Ministry's top ice hockey club, P'yŏngyang Ch'ŏldo, or "P'yŏngch'ŏl" for short, is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won the national championship at least eleven times since 1997. The Korean State Railway operates over of railway, of which is standard gauge, of broad gauge, and is narrow gauge Of the total, about 80% is in regular use. of