SNCF Infra to combine rail infrastructure into a single organisation, Gestionnaire d'Infrastructure Unifié, or GIU. SNCF Infra has a number of subsidiaries, including SYSTRA, and the Direction de la Circulation Ferroviaire (DCF), a nominally independent body which manages traffic on behalf of RFF. On 1 January 2015, Réseau ferré de France (RFF) merged with SNCF Infra and the Direction de la circulation ferroviaire (DCF) and became "SNCF Réseau". SNCF Infra SNCF Infra was the infrastructure division of SNCF, the former nationalised railway operator in France. It has 51,000 employees and revenue was €5.5Bn in 2012. In order to comply with EU regulations
SNCF TGV Duplex SNCF TGV Duplex The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train of the TGV family, manufactured by Alstom, and operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It is unique among TGV trains in that it features bi-level carriages. The Duplex inaugurated the third generation of TGV trainsets. It was specially designed to increase capacity on high-speed lines with saturated traffic. With two seating levels and a seating capacity of 508 passengers, the Duplex increases the passenger capacity. While the TGV Duplex started as a small component of the TGV fleet, it has become one of the system's workhorses. The