Voies Ferrées des Landes
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The Voies Ferrées des Landes (VFL) was founded in 1916 from the merger of three short line railway companies in the Landes forest region of Gascony, France.
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Industry | Railways |
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Predecessor | Chemins de fer d'intérêt local des Landes (CFILL) Chemins de fer du Born et du Marensin (BM) Chemin der fer d'intérêt local de Soustons à Léon (SL) |
Founded | 1916 |
Successor | VFLI |
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The railway lines were created primarily to transport timber from the forested area. By the beginning of the 21st century only 17 km of the peak of 361 km peak length of the railway remained in commercial use.
A section of the line between Labouheyre and Sabres was taken over by the Association française des amis des chemins de fer (AFAC) and now serves an agricultural museum in Marquèze.