needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message la vie du rail status active founded 1952 1952 founder sncf country of origin france 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 m tier 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 . contents 1 titles 2 commercial structure 3 see also 4 notes 5 external links titles edit 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 . ville rail & transports 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 . note 1 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 edit shares in the company are split between vincent lalu et associ s 71 % sncf 10 % soci t du personnel de la vie du rail 5 % groupe la vie le monde 5 % groupe ouest france 5 % mutuelle d assurance des artisans de france 4 % . see also edit list of railroad related periodicals notes edit first issue after the merger ville rail & transports 469 8 april 2009 . external links edit french la vie du rail official website french vdr multimedia publisher s website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title la vie du rail & oldid 647085389 categories book publishing companies of francemagazine publishing companies of francemedia in aurayhidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2010all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing french language textarticles with french language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 11 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view