Chemins de fer du Nord

Railway company in northern France (1845–1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Chemins de fer du Nord[1][2][3][4] (French: Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord or CF du Nord), (English: Northern Railway Company) often referred to simply as the Nord company, was a rail transport company founded in September 1845 in Paris. It was owned by, among others, de Rothschild Frères of France, N M Rothschild & Sons of London, Charles Laffitte and Edward Blount, and Baron Jean–Henri Hottinguer.[5] Baron James de Rothschild served as the company's president from its inception until his death in 1868.