Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest

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French company defunct company railway company

Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest was a major 19th-century French railway company that operated lines in western France and played a key role in the expansion of the national rail network.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Chemins de fer de l'Ouest	0	1
Chemins de fer de l'État	0	1
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l’Ouest	0	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French company → defunct company → railway company →
contributedTo	economic development of western France → integration of regional railways into a national network →
country	France →
headquartersLocation	Paris →
historicalPeriod	19th century →
industry	rail transport →
keyRoleIn	expansion of the French national rail network →
laterIntegratedInto	SNCF →
mainHub	Gare Montparnasse → surface form: Paris-Montparnasse station Paris-Saint-Lazare station →
nativeName	Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest self-link →
networkDirection	west of Paris →
operatedInRegion	Brittany → Normandy (administrative region) → surface form: Normandy Pays de la Loire NERFINISHED → Western France → surface form: western France Île-de-France region → surface form: Île-de-France
operatedInSector	freight rail transport → passenger rail transport → railway infrastructure →
operatedLine	Paris–Brest railway → Paris–Cherbourg railway → Paris–Granville railway → Paris–Le Havre railway → Paris–Nantes railway → Paris–Rennes railway → Paris–Rouen railway → Paris–Tours railway → lines along the Channel coast of France → lines in Brittany → lines in Normandy → lines in western Loire Valley →
role	major private railway operator in France →
servedCity	Angers → Brest → Caen → Cherbourg → Le Havre → Nantes → Paris → Rennes → Rouen → Saint-Malo → Tours →
shortName	Ouest →
successor	Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest self-linksurface differs → surface form: Chemins de fer de l'État
transportMode	standard-gauge railway →

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gustave Eiffel → employer → Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest →

Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest → nativeName → Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest self-link →

Montparnasse derailment → operator → Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest →

this entity surface form: Chemins de fer de l'Ouest

SNCF → predecessor → Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest →

this entity surface form: Compagnie des chemins de fer de l’Ouest

Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest → successor → Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Chemins de fer de l'État