Ouest

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Ouest was the commonly used short name for the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest, a major 19th-century French railway company serving the western regions of France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French railway company
historical company
railway company
abbreviationOrShortForm Ouest
approximateInception 1855
commonShortNameFor Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest
country France
dissolutionDate 1909
era pre-nationalization French railways
fullName Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest
headquartersLocation Paris
historicalSignificance major railway operator in western France
industry rail transport
languageOfName French
mergedInto Chemins de fer de l'État
operatedInCentury 19th century
20th century
operatedInfrastructure railway lines
operatedLine Paris–Brest railway
Paris–Cherbourg railway
Paris–Granville railway
Paris–Le Havre railway
lines to Brittany
lines to Normandy
operatedRailwayType standard gauge railway
operatedRollingStockType steam locomotives
partOf French railway network
predecessorOf SNCF
surface form: SNCF (via Chemins de fer de l'État)
primaryHub Gare Montparnasse
surface form: Paris-Montparnasse station

Paris-Saint-Lazare station
servedCity Brest
Caen
Cherbourg
Granville
Le Havre
Paris
Rennes
Rouen
servedRegion Brittany
Normandy
western France
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
serviceType freight rail transport
passenger rail transport
status defunct
successor Chemins de fer de l'État

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