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Jean-Pierre Audoux

 

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Realising the ambitions of the French railway manufacturing industry

Today the French railway manufacturing industry has to contend with…

31 January 2017 | By Jean-Pierre Audoux , Director General of the French Railway Industry Association (FIF),

Today the French railway manufacturing industry has to contend with two major challenges: sustaining a high level of activity in the rolling stock manufacturing sector and modernising the national rail infrastructure network. Jean-Pierre Audoux , Director General of the French Railway Industry Association (FIF), takes a look at the current…

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The French railway reform and other European policy matters

2014 may not have run its full course quite yet,…

3 December 2014 | By Jean-Pierre Audoux, FIF

2014 may not have run its full course quite yet, but it has already been marked in France by the adoption of the French railway system reform in early-August, therefore heralding the advent of a new public-sector organisation englobing SNCF and the infrastructure manager set-up in 1997, RFF (Réseau ferré…

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The FIF in the new French railway environment

My article in Global Railway Review Issue 6 2011 outlined…

27 November 2012 | By Jean-Pierre Audoux, Director General, the French Railway Industry Association (FIF)

My article in Global Railway Review Issue 6 2011 outlined the prospect of a French railway system reform. This subject is still at the forefront of discussions within the industry and so constitutes the main topic of this article. This agenda must be viewed against the backdrop of a very…

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The FIF at the heart of discussions on the future of French railways

Since 2010, there has been no end to the discussions…

6 December 2011 | By Jean-Pierre Audoux, Director General, the French Railway Industry Association (FIF)

Since 2010, there has been no end to the discussions and questions about the future of the French rail system and about the future of the French rail industry in particular. The collapse in rail cargo, the constant increase in the system’s debt, the ageing of the railway network, the…

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2010: an important year for the evolving role of the FIF

2010 has been one step in the evolution of the…

10 December 2010 | By Jean-Pierre Audoux, Director General,French Railway Industry Association (FIF)

2010 has been one step in the evolution of the French Railway Industry Association’s (FIF) missions and roles. In fact, throughout 2010, the FIF has been involved in guiding a number of major founding issues for the rail sector.

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2009: a new stage for the French Railway Industry Association

The environment of the French Railway Industry Association (FIF) members…

12 December 2009 | By Jean-Pierre Audoux, Director General, French Railway Industry Association (FIF)

The environment of the French Railway Industry Association (FIF) members today has become much more complex than it was in the 80s and 90s, because France, like every European country, is currently in a long-term transition phase of its railway system. The end of the 90s marked the transition towards…

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Anticipating ongoing changes

The French Railway Industry Association (FIF) is deeply rooted in…

3 December 2008 | By Jean-Pierre Audoux, Director-General, The French Railway Industry Association (FIF)

The French Railway Industry Association (FIF) is deeply rooted in the economic and social history of railways in France. Its parent organisation, the Association of Railway Equipment Manufacturers, created in 1899 on the eve of the universal exhibition in Paris where for the first time it exhibited as such, was…