Which became the Transport Directorate in 1972, then the Infrastructure Directorate in 1995, the Traffic department worked with the Commercial Directorates on developing the services to be offered to customers. It was responsible for organising the transport of passengers and freight and for overseeing its execution. In this capacity, it defined, both qualitatively and quantitatively, in liaison with the relevant General Management bodies, the resources needed: station, line and Transport-side installations and equipment of the joint Equipment and Transport establishments. In agreement with foreign railway networks, it set the general conditions for using these resources (notably safety regulations and the organisation of work), and ensured overall control of train movements. It also organised and coordinated the prevention of, and action against, theft and fraud.

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Operations Systems Department, Central Regulations and Safety Division
The files in this collection cover the following themes:

• Preparation of the Regions’ safety regulations or instructions
• Review of regional investigation reports on accidents and incidents

The Safety and Transport Department
This record series contains files relating to equipment and telephone links, including regulatory texts from the 1939-1945 period.

The Traction and Traffic Department
The collection’s range of document types is varied: statistics, driving schedules, working timetables, traffic reports, daily reports, accidents and incidents.

The General Affairs Department, Budget and Management Control Division
These files address matters of agreements and operating treaties for lines between SNCF and its European partners: Deutsche Bahn (DB), Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Chemins de fer du Luxembourg, Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE), etc.