Editing SNCF (section)

===Headquarters===
[[File:Siège SNCF Saint-Denis.jpg|thumb|Current head office in [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]]]
[[File:SNCFHQParis.JPG|thumb|The SNCF's former headquarters in the [[Montparnasse]] neighborhood]]

Until 1999, the SNCF's historic headquarters was located at 88 [[Rue Saint-Lazare]] in the [[9th arrondissement of Paris|9th arrondissement]].<ref name="HautLESeCHOS" /><ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19970614225922/http://www.sncf.fr/indexe.htm Welcome to the SNCF server!]}}" SNCF. 3 June 1997. Retrieved on 28 April 2010. "88, Rue St Lazare 75009 PARIS."</ref> In 1996 the chairman of SNCF, Louis Gallois, announced that SNCF would move its headquarters to a new location during the middle of 1997.<ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204501/http://www.humanite.fr/node/166369 La SNCF veut délocaliser son siège parisien]}}". ''[[L'Humanité]]''. 23 September 1996. Retrieved on 28 April 2010.</ref>

From 1999 to 2013, SNCF's headquarters were located in the [[Montparnasse]] neighborhood of the [[14th arrondissement of Paris]],<ref name="legal">"[https://www.contravention-sncf.fr/static/html/popupLegalNotes_en.html Legal information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105131/https://www.contravention-sncf.fr/static/html/popupLegalNotes_en.html |date=4 March 2016 }}." SNCF. Retrieved on 24 October 2013.</ref> located near the [[Gare Montparnasse]].<ref name="HautLESeCHOS">"[http://www.lesechos.fr/20/05/1999/LesEchos/17903-137-ECH_le-siege-haut-perche-de-la-sncf-a-montparnasse.htm Le siège haut perché de la SNCF à Montparnasse]" ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074850/http://www.lesechos.fr/20/05/1999/LesEchos/17903-137-ECH_le-siege-haut-perche-de-la-sncf-a-montparnasse.htm Archive]}}). ''[[Les Échos (France)|Les Echos]]''. 20 May 1999. Page 54. Retrieved on 1 May 2010. "Pari tenu : réceptionné le 19 mars par Bouygues Immobilier et livré à son occupant dix jours plus tard, le nouveau siège de la SNCF est sorti de la gangue du grand ensemble de la gare Montparnasse, dans le 14e arrondissement de Paris, en quinze mois d'un chantier intense qui a mobilisé sur place jusqu'à 650 personnes. Quelque 800 postes de travail sont concernés sur les 2.500 qui gravitaient hier autour du siège historique de Saint-Lazare (9e arrondissement), consacrant la partition entre une direction générale resserrée et des services centraux pléthoriques."</ref>

Since July 2013, the SNCF headquarters are located in the Parisian suburb of [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] at 2, place aux Étoiles, 93200 [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint Denis]].{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} The move was motivated by cutting operating costs by 10 million euros per year.<ref>Bertrand, Philippe. "[http://business.lesechos.fr/directions-financieres/0202920716512-la-sncf-prend-ses-nouveaux-quartiers-a-saint-denis-8295.php La SNCF prend ses nouveaux quartiers à Saint-Denis]" ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140911165142/http://business.lesechos.fr/directions-financieres/0202920716512-la-sncf-prend-ses-nouveaux-quartiers-a-saint-denis-8295.php Archive]}}). ''[[Les Échos (France)|Les Echos]]''. 29 July 2013.</ref>