The Compagnie Meusienne de Chemins de Fer, known colloquially as Le Meusien, operated a 203 kilometer metre gauge rail network in the French departement of Meuse from 1888 to 1922. Its most westerly branch had been built by the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer d'Interet Local de la Meuse and commissioned section by section from 1878. The Societe Generale des Chemins de Fer Economiques took over the network in 1922 and ran it until its decline and closure between 1929 and 1938.
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rail line
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inception: 1888
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dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1922
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The Compagnie Meusienne de Chemins de Fer (colloquially Le Meusien) operated from 1888 to 1922 a 203 km (130 mi) long metre gauge (1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)) rail network in the French Département Meuse.
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