Voyages-sncf.com
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| Type of business | Public |
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Type of site
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e-commerce |
| Available in | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch |
| Founded | May 16, 2000 |
| Headquarters | La Défense, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Industry | Internet travel agency |
| Revenue |
 €4 billion (2013) |
| Parent | SNCF |
| Website | voyages-sncf.com |
| Alexa rank | 1401 |
| Launched | May 16, 2000 |
Voyages-sncf.com is a subsidiary of the French SNCF selling passes and point-to-point tickets for rail travel around Europe. It has commercial links to major European rail operators including SNCF, Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn, and Thalys, and is made up of four independent companies in distinct geographical areas. It is the number one French electronic commerce website in volume. One quarter of French SNCF tickets are sold by this website. In 2013 the group expanded throughout Europe with 14 websites in 6 languages under the Voyages-sncf.com brand, incorporating the former Rail Europe Ltd. Rail Europe Continental and TGV Europe.
The Voyages-sncf.com Group was founded as an Internet travel agency website in France in June 2000.
Until 12 December 2013, Voyages-sncf.com in the UK was known as Rail Europe Ltd.
In 1893, the Chemin de Fer du Nord became the first French private railway to be represented in the UK, establishing an office in London's Victoria station. Almost 20 years later, the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) opened an office at 179 Piccadilly, London.
In 1937 France nationalised its rail network and the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) was created by the merger of the state railway company with five other principal operators. SNCF created French Railways Ltd, incorporating the UK operations of its predecessors.
In 1995 French Railways Ltd opened a larger public call centre in Leake Street (near Waterloo station) in London, and two years later acquired British Rail International. SNCF subsequently merged French Railways Ltd and British Rail International to form Rail Europe Ltd.
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