Chemins de fer de l'Etat
1878 The company was established by state order to take over ten small failing railway companies operating in the area between the rivers Loire and Garonne.
Further lines were subsequently acquired.
1908 Absorbed the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest
1934 took over the Paris-Orléans company's lines in southern Brittany.
At its greatest extent its operating area comprised all the territory west of a line extending from Dieppe by way of Paris to Bordeaux.
1938 Merged with all the other French railway companies to form the SNCF.
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Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia