Talk:History of rail transport in France
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'France's railways form a somewhat unusual case in that they have never sufferred private ownership.'
'Sufferred' is just a little bit POV, isn't it? Aren't you lucky I'm not a free market zealot, or I would have you banned from editing wikipedia ever again!
[edit] Hard to read
Am I the only one who finds this article very hard to read? I propose putting a clean-up tag on it. /Dunord 02:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] too reduced on the ownership controverse
This article fixed its eyes today too much on the private-public-ownership controverse. Some of the arguments are not completely correct, e.g. regarding the distance between Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand. (If interested, look into my German translation). There is much more to tell about: Its network roll-out, the achieving of high places or crossing of the alpes, the used technique for signals and locomotives, its pricing-system, why it has been sucessfull during a period, when British, German and other railroadsystems needed government beneficiaries, why it has been much quicker in errecting a highspeed network than others, the role of SNCF during worldwar II regarding the deportation of jews and concerning the French resistance. There is still room for improvement. --Rosa Lux 12:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tourist railways?
I am disappointed that there is no mention of the fact that France has many privately-run railways as tourist attractions. There seems no mention of them - and yet are some are quite sizeable: I have just returned from travelling on the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme for example and I see that, according to my guide book the Chemins de Fer de Provence (150km Nice to Digne, is a private operator. Peter Shearan 16:14, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Articles have been created for the CFBS and Réseau des Bains de Mer. Mjroots (talk) 08:27, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
