Private company

Compagnie du Simplon

Compagnie du Simplon is a Swiss railway company, founded in 1874, dissolved in 1881.1

La Compagnie du Simplon, (in italiano, Compagnia del Sempione), è stata un'effimera società ferroviaria svizzera fondata nel 1874 che, nel 1881, si fuse con la Chemins de fer de la Suisse Occidentale confluendo con essa nel 1890 nella Compagnia del Jura-Simplon.2 From the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1874Founded1
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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SBB Historic - F SIG 06 001 004 Eisenbahnwagen der Schweizerischen Industrie-Gesellschaft SIG
Photo: unbekannt, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Compagnie de la Ligne d'Italie1
  2. Succeeded by Western Switzerland–Simplon Company1

Timeline

  1. 1881Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1874Founded Founded1

Sources

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