Sales up for SNCF

On Thursday, the SNCF group published its sales figures for 2011: €32.6 billion, an increase (+7.2%) on 2010.

The growth in the SNCF group's sales in 2011 - +7.2% compared with 2010, including +5.8% on a like-for-like basis - concerned all its branches, although passengers made a particularly strong contribution to this good dynamic. Conversely, "growth in freight transport and logistics came to a halt in the second half of the year, coming in at +3.3% for the year as a whole", according to a press release issued by the rail company on Thursday.