The international geography . d in 12 hours;it passes throughDijon, Lyons, andTarascon, the junc-tion for Nimes,whence trains runon the lines of theSouthern Companyto Cette, and thusto Barcelona, 754miles from Paris,reached in 23 system sendstwo lines to Switzerland ; one from Dijon by Pontarlier to Lausanne,and the other from Macon to Geneva. Two lines also go to Italy ; oneby Macon, Modane, and the Frejus (Mt. Cenis) tunnel to Turin and on toRome, a distance of 910 miles, traversed in 29 hours from Paris. Thesecond line runs along the coast of the Mediterranean from Marseilles. Th
The international geography . d in 12 hours;it passes throughDijon, Lyons, andTarascon, the junc-tion for Nimes,whence trains runon the lines of theSouthern Companyto Cette, and thusto Barcelona, 754miles from Paris,reached in 23 system sendstwo lines to Switzerland ; one from Dijon by Pontarlier to Lausanne,and the other from Macon to Geneva. Two lines also go to Italy ; oneby Macon, Modane, and the Frejus (Mt. Cenis) tunnel to Turin and on toRome, a distance of 910 miles, traversed in 29 hours from Paris. Thesecond line runs along the coast of the Mediterranean from Marseilles. The Paris-Orleans Railway {C hem in de fer Paris-Orlean s) and the SouthernRailway {Chemin defer du Midi) meet at several places, and, unlike most ofthe French lines, one occasionally penetrates the territory of the connect the Spanish railway system with the French by one lineround the eastern, and another round the western extremity of the Pyre-nees. The most important section of this system is that through Orleans. Fig. 124.—The French Railway System. The breadth 0/ tlielines indicates the rolitme of traffic. 248 The International Geography and Tours to Bordeaux, 363 miles, traversed in 7 hours. Tliis journey canalso be made by the State Railway (Chemin de fcr de IEtat), via Chartresand Niort. The Southern Express from Paris by Bordeaux reaches Madrid,a distance of 900 miles, in 27 hours. Another line connects Paris withLimoges and Toulouse. The lines of the Orleans company have a totallength of 4,300 miles, those of the Southern company 2,100 miles, andthose of the State Railway 1,750 miles. The Neussargues-Bezieis linetraverses the Central Plateau by a series of great engineering worksincluding the viaduct of Garabit. The departments of the Charentes andVendee are served by the State Railway, while the districts of Anjou andsouthern Brittany have the advantage of the rivalry between the Orleansand the Western companies. The Western Railway {Chemin de fer de VQue
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