Despite the strike action that began on the evening of 24 October, SNCF is feeling optimistic. The railway company has just published a set of figures for this year, including a turnover of 25.1 billion euros at the end of September 2012. This represents a significant increase (+3.2%) compared with the same period in 2011, thanks to the dynamism of the passenger branches, namely SNCF Proximités (+3.7 %) and SNCF Voyages (+2.6 %). The TGV and iDTGV, in particular, grew by +1.8 % at the end of September, while Lyria in particular contributed to the strong growth in European activities (+5.6 % in traffic revenues.
