Gare de Courseulles, with the narrow gauge railway in the foreground.

The Chemins de Fer du Calvados was a narrow gauge railway in the département of Calvados. Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... For the apple brandy produced in the region, see Calvados (spirit). ...

The company began operations on its 0.60m (1 ft 11½ in) network in 1891, up until 1944.
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Line openings

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Network

Plan of the Chemins de Fer du Calvados.

Architecture

A sense of identity

As many railway companies, Calvados adopted its own architecture. Due to relative small size of the company, despite its large network, the company never built large stations. In sead, Calvados built small but efficient and practicall buildings in a mock Norman style. The Nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the nave anticipates the Gothic style. ...

Calvados built stations in a range of sizes, some being nothing more than a bus shelter, others fuly functional railway stations, similar to Ouest BV5 stations. A typical bus stop in Singapore. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... The Compagnie des chemins de fer de lOuest (CF de lOuest), often referred to simply as LOuest or Ouest, was an early French railway company. ...

Station photos

Panorama halt Cabourg is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse_Normandie région in France. ...

Le Home-Varaville station Varaville is a commune and a canton of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. ...

Courseulles-sur-Mer station Courseulles-sur-Mer is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. ...