APPEVA
| Froissy Dompierre Light Railway (P'tit Train de la Haute Somme) |
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Franco-Belge 0-8-0 type KDL
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| Locale | France |
| Terminus | Froissy - Dompierre |
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| Commercial operations | |
| Name | Le P'tit train de la Haute Somme |
| Built by | British and French armies |
| Original gauge | 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) |
| Preserved operations | |
| Operated by | APPEVA (Association Picarde pour la Préservation et l'Entretien des Véhicules Anciens) |
| Stations | 4 |
| Length | 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) |
| Preserved gauge | 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1916 |
| Closed | 1972 |
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0.00 | Froissy | ||
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Railway museum of Froissy | |||
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1.80 | Cappy | ||
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Tunnel of Cappy | |||
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"Le Z" (zig zag) | |||
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4.60 | Plateau du Santerre | ||
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7.00 | Dompierre | ||
Coordinates: 49°55′24″N 2°43′45″E / 49.92333°N 2.72917°E
The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway (CFCD) is a 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) narrow gauge light railway running from Froissy (a hamlet of La Neuville-lès-Bray) to Dompierre-Becquincourt, through Cappy, in the Somme department, France. It is run as a heritage railway by APPEVA (Association Picarde pour la Préservation et l'Entretien des Véhicules Anciens) and is also known as P'tit Train de la Haute Somme. It is the last survivor of the 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) narrow gauge trench railways of the World War I battlefields.
In 1915, the French Army built a railway along the Somme Canal between Péronne and Froissy. Between 1916 and 1918 the railway was at the Allied front line, and transporting 1,500 tonnes of materials daily. At Froissy, the metre gauge Réseau Albert connected with the CFCD.
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