''La Vie du Rail'' ( en, Railway Life) is a French publishing group headquartered in
Auray
Auray (; br, An Alre, or simply ) is a commune in the Morbihan department, administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France.
Inhabitants of Auray are called ''Alréens'' (French) and ''Alreiz'' (Breton).
Geography
The city is surrounde ...
, which specialises in
magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...
s and books about
rail transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a p ...
, and transport more generally. The editor-in-chief is Vincent Lalu.
It was started in 1952 as an in-house publication of the
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...
, taking over the role played by ("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.
Titles
Since 2002, so as to diversify its customer base, ''la Vie du Rail'' has split its coverage and publishes:
* ''
La Vie du Rail magazine'', generalist weekly centring on rail transport with an average circulation of over 100,000.
* ("Town, rail & transport"): Initially weekly and titled ''Rail & Transport'', it was then published every two weeks as ''Ville & transports magazine''. In 2009 it merged with ''La Vie du rail international''.
[First issue after the merger: ''Ville, rail & transports'' 469, 8 April 2009.] It is aimed at those working in the transport sector.
* ''Historail'', quarterly, specialising in rail history.
* ''
Rail Passion'', approximately 100-page monthly with an average circulation of 40,000 copies.
Commercial structure
Shares in the company are split between:
* Vincent Lalu et Associés, 71%
*
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...
, 10%
* , 5%
* Groupe
La Vie-
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...
, 5%
* Groupe
Ouest-France
''Ouest-France'' ( ; French for "West-France") is a daily French newspaper known for its emphasis on both local and national news. The paper is produced in 47 different editions covering events in different French départments within the régio ...
, 5%
*
Mutuelle d'assurance des artisans de France, 4%.
See also
*
List of railroad-related periodicals
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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Notes
External links
*
La Vie du Rail, official website*
VDR Multimedia, Publisher's website
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Book publishing companies of France
Magazine publishing companies of France
Mass media in Auray