BEZIERS
Founded in 1852, Compagnie du Midi was one of France’s oldest private railroad companies, serving the south-west of France before the advent of the SNCF in 1938. The development of the railroads in Béziers accompanied the expansion of the Languedoc vineyards.
By Georges Ribeill, historian, director of research at the LATTS laboratory of the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.
Organized by the Société Archéologique Scientifique et Littéraire de Béziers and the Musées de Béziers.
