The Chemin de Fer Économiques Forestiers des Landes was a narrow gauge railway in Landes,

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which operated between 1907 and 1934. It was the only gauge railway in France.

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The CF Économiques Forestiers des Landes opened in 1907. The long gauge line ran between

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and Lencouacq-Jourets. It was the only public railway in France built to that gauge. The choice of gauge was said to have been influenced by the purchase of two second-hand 0-4-0T steam locomotives. When narrow gauge railways were first proposed in France, it was intended they could be constructed in either or metre (3 ft 3 in) gauge, however pressure from the

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made metre gauge compulsory in 1888. Later gauge lines were allowed. Traffic declined after 1918 and the line closed in 1934.

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