The National Society of French Railways issued Tuesday turnover in the first nine months of the year. One can see a slight recovery in the third quarter, the evolution of railway activity remaining in the trends observed in the first half.

The turnover comes as a slight decrease of 2.6% to 18.3 billion euros or 480 million euros less than in 2008.

Among the four branches of the SNCF, the sectors "Infrastructure" and "Near" (TER Transilien and Coral Intercit?s) both recorded an increase in their turnover, respectively.Up 2.4% in the first, due to "the upward trend of the work on infrastructure" and an increase of 3.2% for the second, thanks in particular "subscriptions, scheduling and the Opening of new services. "

The branch "Travel", including the TGV and Corail particular, fell by 1.7% and is still heavily impacted by the economic crisis, despite the establishment of a trade policy "very dynamic" in the words of the communiqu? .

The branch "Geodis" Finally, dedicated to transporting goods, said "Freight and Logistics, a fall of 13% or 792 million euros compared with the first nine months of 2008, due to lower volume of goods handled.

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