Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine

French railway company

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Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine (AL)
Overview
Map of the Alsace-Lorraine and Guillaume-Luxembourg railways in 1919.
Locale	Alsace, Moselle, Luxembourg
Dates of operation	1919–1938
Predecessor	Reichseisenbahnen in Elsaß-Lothringen
Successor	SNCF
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Length	2,320 km (1,440 mi) (31 december 1937)

The Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine (French pronunciation: [administʁasjɔ̃ de ʃəmɛ̃ də fɛʁ dalzas e də lɔʁɛn]; English: Alsace and Lorraine Railways) or AL was a rail transport company that ran the rail network for most of Alsace, Lorraine and Luxemburg between 1919 and 1937.

Background

The network was part of the French private railway called the Chemins de fer de l'Est (EST) until 1871. With the Treaty of Frankfurt in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War, their shareholders were compensated with 325 million francs by the French state and the railway was relinquished from France to the German Empire. The company operated as the national railway, called the Imperial Railways in Alsace–Lorraine.

History

After the first world way the Alsace–Lorraine region was French again. On 19 June 1919, The French state created the second state national railway, which operated the rail network, from the railways they took over. On 30 November 1920, the AL was incorporated into the Ministry of Public Works. That was, however, a temporary plan, because the interested parties were debating three alternatives:

A state railway
A connection to the previous private railway (EST) (on the condition that the regional management would remain in Strasbourg)
An independent railway (which was hoped to strengthen the regional economy)

In 1921, the government endorsed the option to pursue a connection to the EST and in 1922, because it was the cheapest option, it was decided to lease the state-owned portions of the network to the EST.

On 1 January 1938, the Alsace and Lorraine Railways were nationalised, as were the other main railway companies, to become part of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF).

Background

History

See also