Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine
The Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine or AL (English: Alsace and Lorraine Railways) was a rail transport administration created on 19 June 1919.
 Map of the Alsace-Lorraine and Guillaume-Luxembourg railways in 1919. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Alsace, Moselle, Luxembourg |
| Dates of operation | 1919–1938 |
| Predecessor | Reichseisenbahnen in Elsaß-Lothringen |
| Successor | SNCF |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
| Length | 2,320 km (1,440 mi) (31 december 1937) |
On 1 January 1938, the Alsace and Lorraine Railways were nationalised, as were the other main railway companies, to become part of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF).
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