High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français, French National Railways) is a French public enterprise. Its functions include operation of rail services for passengers and freight, and maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure owned by Réseau Ferré de France (RFF). It employs about 180,000 people. The rail network consists of about 32,000 km of route, of which 1,800 km is high-speed line and 14,500 km electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. The chairman of SNCF is Guillaume Pépy. Its headquarters is in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, in the Rue du Commandant Mouchotte.