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.

It was started in 1952 as an in-house publication of the SNCF, taking over the role played by Notre Métier ("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.

Since 2002, so as to diversify its customer base, la Vie du Rail has split its coverage and publishes: Shares in the company are split between: