The Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi (), often abbreviated to PO-Midi, was an early French

railway company A rail transport company is a company active within the rail industry. It can be: * a manufacturing company, * a rail transport operations, railway undertaking providing services through operating rolling stock, * a railway infrastructure manager ...

that was formed in 1934 following the merger of the Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans and the

Chemins de fer du Midi The Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi (, . 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 betwe ...

.. In 1937, it was nationalised to become part of the

Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...

(SNCF).

References

* * Pierre Rivals, ''La fusion des exploitations des Compagnies des chemins de fer de l'Orléans et du Midi'', Librairie du Recueil Sirey, Paris, 1936, 151 pages * J. Teillet, ''L'Organisation commerciale du réseau Paris-Orléans-Midi'', Thèses, Université de Paris, Faculté de Droit, A. Rousseau, 1938, 128 pages Railway companies of France French companies established in 1934 1937 disestablishments in France Railway companies established in 1934 Railway companies disestablished in 1937 {{France-rail-transport-stub