"SNCF is fiddling with the wrong things. It doesn't need to separate train operations from rail track network maintenance. It doesn't need to open up the networ

"SNCF is fiddling with the wrong things. It doesn't need to separate train operations from rail track network maintenance. It doesn't need to open up the network to competition" I'm guessing this is being imposed on SNCF by national and European government. In their defence they seem to be doing the right things. They're preparing for competition by lowering their costs etc. The proposed system of giving each region the power to grant a monopoly seems a bit ill considered though.