Private company

Chemins de fer du Midi

French railway company

The Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi (French pronunciation: abbr. CF du Midi), also known in English as the Midi or Southern Railway, was an early French railway company which operated a network of routes in the southwest of the country, chiefly in the area between its main line – which ran from Bordeaux, close to the Atlantic coast, to Sète on the Mediterranean – and the Pyrenees.2 It was founded by Péreire brothers.1 It ceased to exist in 1938.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1852Founded1
  • Industryrail transport1
  • HeadquartersBordeaux1
  • Founded inBordeaux1
  • Legal formS.A.1

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CdF du Midi 1927
Photo: Unbekannte Autoren und Grafiker; Scan vom EDHAC e.V., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃paɲi de ʃəmɛ̃ də fɛʁ dy midi], abbr. CF du Midi), also known in English as the Midi or Southern Railway, was an early French railway company which operated a network of routes in the southwest of the country, chiefly in the area between its main line – which ran from Bordeaux, close to the Atlantic coast, to Sète on the Mediterranean – and the Pyrenees.2

Corporate structure

Chemins de fer du Midi sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Chemins de fer du Midi Bordeaux
    • Pau–Canfranc railway Owned · Spain

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Chemins de fer du Midi reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Pau–Canfranc railway

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Péreire brothers in 1852, in Bordeaux.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Pau–Canfranc railway

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Compagnie du chemin de fer de Bordeaux à La Teste1
  2. Succeeded by Société nationale des chemins de fer français1

Timeline

  1. 1938Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1852Founded Founded in Bordeaux1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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