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Past Chairmen of SNCF

Retrace our history through the roles played by our chairmen through the years.

1938-1949

Pierre Guinand

Our first Chairman

Pierre-Eugène Fournier

The dark years

Marcel Flouret

Reconstruction

1949-1975

Pierre Tissier

Modernization gathers pace

Louis Armand

Innovation lifts off

André Ségalat

Revolution

1975-1988

Jacques Pélissier

Corail for comfort

André Chadeau

The first TGV

Philippe Essig

TER regional express

1988-1995

Philippe Rouvillois

The weight of responsibility

Jacques Fournier

TGV Atlantique line

Jean Bergougnoux

Eurostar

1995-2019

Loïk Le Floch-Prigent

TGV Duplex

Louis Gallois

New energy

Anne-Marie Idrac

Reform

Photo credit: © Brigitte Baudesson

Guillaume Pepy

Going global