SNCF Participations S.A.

France's state companies face time bomb of 440-billion-euro debt pile.
Sunday Business (London); 10/31/2004; 701 words; Oct. 31--France's state companies have racked...report from the Agence des Participations de l'Etat (APE...of the state companie's combined accounts shows...besides train operator SNCF, rail track company RFF...highlights the country's bizarre practice of keeping...

SNCF SELLS NAVALE FRANCAISE TO THE SOCIETE MARITIME DE PARTICIPATION.
Transport Europe; 7/27/2004; 351 words; The French group SNCF Participations, which brings together the SNCF's subsidiaries, has signed an agreement with the Societe Francaise Maritime de Participation on the sale of the Groupe Navale Francaise for an unspecified sum. The Groupe...

DEUTSCHE BAHN CHAIRMAN RECOMMENDS RAPPROCHEMENT OF EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTORS.
Transport Europe; 5/15/2004; 425 words; ...single European player with national participations would be sufficient, like Airbus...Turning to Deutsche Bahn and the SNCF's feight activities, Mr Mehdorn suggests...between TGV and ICE, managed by the SNCF, and a freight undertaking managed...

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français
International Directory of Company Histories; 1/1/2004; 5014 words; ...network of 31,385 kilometers, SNCF provided long-distance passenger...tons of freight. Also in 2001, SNCF ’ s RATP and RER trains carried 560...through its principal subsidiary, SNCF Participations, which hold shares in 599 different...

Mer starts a new French revolution.
Financial News; 11/23/2003; 1312 words; ...days, the French state's holdings in listed companies...the French government's holdings in unlisted companies...utility; Air France; SNCF, the French railway...due to France Telecom's cashflow shortage. The...known as Agence des Participations de l'Etat (APE...