Compagnie franco-espagnole du chemin de fer de Tanger à Fez

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The Compagnie franco-espagnole du chemin de fer de Tanger à Fès (TF) was the railway company for the railway line from Tangier to Fès in what was later to become the national territory of Morocco . The construction of this railway line, which still exists today, was based on a Franco - German agreement of November 4, 1911 ( Morocco-Congo Agreement ). French and Spanish diplomats signed a protocol on November 27, 1912. Among other things, it stipulated that the railway company to be founded by the banking consortia Compagnie générale du Maroc and Compagnie General espanola de Africa should be 60% French and 40% Spanish .

The First World War was a hindrance to the construction work. From 1919 they continued at a normal pace. The route was opened gradually:

Second-hand steam locomotives from the holdings of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée and the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans were used as locomotives .

In 1963, a few years after the end of the Franco-Spanish colonial rule, the TF merged into the newly founded state railway company, the ONCF .