French-Hellenic Railway Company

French-Hellenic Railway Co.

Map of the line operated by the former French-Hellenic Railway Company as of 2015
Overview
Main stations(s):
Fleet size: 19 steam engines
Route km operated: 173
National Rail abbreviation: CFFH
Parent company: Chemins de fer Orientaux
Technical
Gauge: 1435 mm
4-4-0 steam locomotive "102" of CFFH at Alexandroupolis.

The French-Hellenic Railway Co. (French: Chemin de fer Franco-Hellenique, or CFFH, full name: Cοmpanie franco-hellenique des chemins de fer, Greek: Γαλλοελληνική Εταιρεία Σιδηροδρόμων or ΓΕΣ) was a railway company in Greece and Turkey which operated the former Chemins de fer Orientaux railway line from Alexandroupolis to Pythio, Ormenio and Svilengrad between 1929 and 1954.

The company was absorbed by the Hellenic State Railways in 1954.

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