1930 - 1940
On November 18, 1908, the État network bought out the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest, and at the same time acquired its Parisian stations. The État then truly became the "network of the sea" by serving the coastal area from Dieppe to Bordeaux. Finally, in 1934, the État took over the southern Brittany lines from the Orléans network. The network thus formed would remain in place until 1938, the year the SNCF was created.
