Chemin de fer de Lyon à la Méditerranée
 The Vienne station on the Lyon-Valence line built. The buildings have a southern style, with four-sided roofs. | |
| Founded | March 27, 1852 in Paris, France --> |
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| Defunct | June 19, 1857 |
The Chemin de fer de Lyon à la Méditerranée was a short-lived railway company in the south of France. It was formed in 1852 and merged in 1857 with the Chemin de fer de Paris à Lyon and others to form the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM).
History
A law of 1 December 1851 authorized formation of the company, owned by Genissieu, Boigues & Cie, Emile Martin & Cie, Edouard Blount, Parent (Bazile), and Drouillard Benoist & Cie. The company was formed by deed of 22 March 1852 as the Chemin de fer de Lyon à Avignon to operate railway lines from Lyon to Avignon, Marseille to Avignon, Alais to Beaucaire, Alais to the mines of the Grand'Combe, Montpellier to Celle, Montpellier to Nimes, Rognac to Aix and Marseille to Toulon.[1] A law dated 8 July 1852 approved an agreement on 19 June 1852 between the Minister of Public Works and the Chemin de fer de Lyon à Avignon, which ceded the lines to the Chemin de fer de Lyon à la Méditerranée.[2] The renamed company was recognised as an anonymous company on 8 December 1852.[1]
Notes
Sources
- Bulletin des lois de la République française No 558 (in French), Paris: Imprimerie nationale des lois, July 1852, retrieved 2017-08-07
- "CCLXXXIII n. 7393", Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglements, et avis du Conseil d'Etat / J. B. Duvergier (in French), Paris: A. Guyot et Scribe, 1852, retrieved 2017-08-07
