SNCF tests contribution concerning permanent improvement of security and environment preservation

Safety - Performance - Endurance - Reliability, are the keywords of the vocabulary of the engineers and the staffs of rolling stock maintenance. The preservation of the environment appears as a new element to these preoccupations in accordance with sustained development. Although the performances of the numeric simulations do not stop progressing, SNCF keep on to lean on experimentation to verify and to validate the arrangements taken by the design department. The French Railway Centre, through knowledge of its staff and its testing, equipment actively contributes to reach these objectives.