Date: 13/06/2018

France's National Assembly has overwhelmingly backed President Emmanuel Macron's controversial rail reforms. In a blow to the country's unions, French MPs voted 452 to 80 in favour of the bill overhauling the country's state rail company SNCF. The bill marks the biggest change to the company since rail nationalisation in the 1930s. Rail reform is a key plank in Mr Macron's efforts to change the economy.

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French MPs back Macron's rail reforms

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The president's controversial bill overhauling state rail company, SNCF, is given the green light.

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We can't go on meeting like this... Angouleme station on 14 June featuring the front ends of DMUs 81728 and 81844.
Location: Angouleme
Company: SNCF
14/06/2013 Peter Todd

On a fine September evening, a TGV prepares to depart from Grenoble with a service to Paris, Gare de Lyon. The 300 mile journey will take 3 hours and six minutes including a stop at Lyon. A regional train waits on the platform to the left; a tram arrives behind the platform to the right, while the bus station stands behind the TGV. The 1960s SNCF structure is the subject of ambitious redevelopment plans to provide Grenoble with an improved intermodal transport hub for the 21st century.
Location: Grenoble
Company: SNCF
27/09/2011 Andrew Wilson

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Location: Paris Gare du Nord
Company: SNCF
05/08/2014 Ken Strachan