SNCF Retail & Connexions
Experts in commerce and services at stations, SNCF Retail & Connexions develops, markets and manages 180,000m² of space in the heart of towns. It also operates 9,000 advertising panels managed by the advertising sales division MédiaTransports. A full subsidiary of SNCF Gares & Connexions, SNCF Retail & Connexions has 71 employees including 15 marketers from major commercial real estate companies.
AREP
AREP is a multidisciplinary research consultancy for layout and construction of transport spaces. It supports major urban planning and architecture projects around the world. Active in France and internationally, AREP incorporates a wide range of professions, both upstream and downstream of the project. A subsidiary of SNCF Gares & Connexions, AREP has three subsidiaries: AREP Architectes (architecture company), AREP Pékin and AREP Vietnam, as well as a branch in Switzerland.
SNCF Hubs & Connexions
This entity is responsible for all of SNCF Gares & Connexions’ expertise internationally when it comes to management of stations, analysis of flows and optimisation of revenue from transport hubs. Unique in its overarching vision of station occupations, urban planning and architecture through AREP with its experience in management and commercial development, SNCF Hubs & Connexions possesses all the expertise needed to turn the station into a true ‘urban hub’.
Lagardère & Connexions
Formed in 2014 as a joint venture by SNCF Gares & Connections and Relay, part of the Lagardère Group, Lagardère & Connexions operates newsagents at French stations.
