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Railway Empire is a railroad construction and management simulation game developed by Gaming Minds Studio and published by Kalypso Media. It was announced in early 2017 and released on 26 January 2018 for Linux and Microsoft Windows , 30 January 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and 14 February 2020 for Nintendo Switch.
The network was part of the French private railway called the Chemins de fer de l'Est (EST) until 1871. With the Treaty of Frankfurt in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War, their shareholders were compensated with 325 million francs by the French state and the railway was relinquished from France to the German Empire.
France, egged on by inflammatory rhetoric from Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck, declared war on Prussia in July 1870.The French army, still using antiquated tactics and inflexible leadership from the time of Napoleon, proved no match for the Prussian army with its new general staff model of leadership, intensive training, and use of modern technologies such as railways and artillery.
The birth of the Second Empire led to the resumption of business confidence and a revived interest in railway securities. Several figures in the new regime had interests in Central France, including the Dordogne deputy Pierre Magne, who was Minister of Public Works and subsequently Minister of Finance and was keen on a line from Limoges to Agen, and Charles de Morny, a deputy from Puy-de-Dôme ...
The Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux railway (ligne de Saint-Étienne à Andrézieux) was the first public railway in France and continental Europe, granted by order of King Louis XVIII to Louis-Antoine Beaunier in 1823.
Development of the French rail network in the 19th century Trains to take on vacation from Paris, published in the Excelsior journal on June 21st, 1934. The very first French railroad line, and also the first in continental Europe, was the Saint-Étienne–Andrézieux railway, granted by order of King Louis XVIII to Louis-Antoine Beaunier in 1823 and opened on June 30, 1827.
The railway from Paris-Est to Strasbourg-Ville is a 493-kilometre-long railway line that connects Paris to Strasbourg via Châlons-en-Champagne and Nancy, France.Officially, the line does not start at the Gare de l'Est in Paris: the first 9 km until Noisy-le-Sec is shared with the railway from Paris to Mulhouse.
This is a list of railway lines in France, belonging either to the national network (SNCF Réseau) or to private owners. High speed lines (LGV, managed by the SNCF)