Status | Active |
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Founded | 1952 |
Founder | SNCF |
Country of origin | ![]() |
Headquarters location | Auray, Brittany |
Publication types | La Vie du Rail magazine Ville, rail & transports Rail Passion |
Nonfiction topics | Rail transport |
Official website | www.vdr-multimedia.com |
La Vie du Rail (English: Railway Life) is a French publishing group headquartered in Auray, which specialises in magazines and books about rail transport, and transport more generally. The editor-in-chief is Vincent Lalu.
It was started in 1952 as an in-house publication of the SNCF, taking over the role played by Notre Métier ("Our trade") since 1938. In 1965 it became a weekly paid-for magazine independent of the SNCF, which retains a minority share in the company. The name then passed to the special-interest publishing house.
Since 2002, so as to diversify its customer base, la Vie du Rail has split its coverage and publishes:
Shares in the company are split between: