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(Redirected from Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris à Strasbourg) Not to be confused with Train de l'Est or Gare de l'Est.
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An old railway station of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est in Strasbourg (right) from a 1900 postcard. The German text translates to Synagogue and Market Hall.

The Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃paɲi de ʃəmɛ̃ də fɛʁ də lɛst], lit. 'Eastern Railway Company', CF de l'Est), often referred to simply as the Est company, was an early French railway company. The company was formed in 1853 by the merger of Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg, operating the Paris-Strasbourg line, and Compagnie du chemin de fer de Montereau à Troyes. In 1938 it became part of the majority state-owned Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF).

History

In 1854 the company absorbed the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Strasbourg à Bâle, in 1858 the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Mulhouse à Thann and in 1863 the railway network of the compagnie du chemin de fer des Ardennes.

Bibliography

Locomotives of the Est

Main article: List of Chemins de fer de l'Est locomotives

References

  1. Demeur, R. (1860). Les chemins de fer français en 1860: Statuts des compagnies, notices historiques-situations financières avec une introduction. Chez l'editeur. p. 92. Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est 1854.
  2. "1923 : La Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est".
Major constituent railway companies of the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français


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