Chemins de Fer du Calvados
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The Chemins de Fer du Calvados was a narrow gauge railway in the département of Calvados.
The company began operations on its 0.60m (1 ft 11½ in) network in 1891, up until 1944.
Line openings
| Opened | Section | Length (km) | Closed |
| Luc-sur-Mer - Dives-sur-Mer | |||
| 1891 | Luc-sur-Mer - Ouistreham | 9 | 1944 |
| 1892 | Ouistreham - Bénouville | 4 | 1944 |
| 1892 | Bénouville - Dives-sur-Mer | 15 | 1932 |
| Luc-sur-Mer - Bayeux | |||
| 1900 | Luc-sur-Mer - Courseulles-sur-Mer (addition of a third track onto the track of the CF de Caen à la Mer) | 8 | 1931 |
| 1899 | Courseulles-sur-Mer - Bayeux | 22 | 1931 |
| 1899 | Ryes - Arromanches | 4 | 1930 |
| Bénouville - Caen | |||
| 1893 | Bénouville - Caen Saint-Pierre | 10 | 1944 |
| 1904 | Caen Saint-Pierre - Caen Ouest | 2 | 1944 |
| Isigny-sur-Mer - Balleroy | |||
| 1896 | Isigny-sur-Mer - Grandcamp | 10 | 1929 |
| 1900 | Grandcamp - Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer | 12 | 1929 |
| 1901 | Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer - La mine de Littry | 20 | 1929 |
| 1904 | La mine de Littry - Balleroy | 9 | 1929 |
| Port-en-Bessin - Saint-Martin-des-Besaces | |||
| 1899 | Bayeux - Port-en-Bessin | 11 | 1932 |
| 1904 | Bayeux - Balleroy | 16 | 1930 |
| 1906 | Balleroy - Saint-Martin-des-Besaces | 25 | 1930 |
| Caen - Falaise | |||
| 1902 | Caen Ouest - Potigny | 32 | 1933 |
| 1902 | Potigny - Falaise Château | 12 | 1932 |
| 1904 | Falaise Château - Falaise | 2 | 1932 |
Network
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.
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.
Station photos
Panorama halt
Le Home-Varaville station
Courseulles-sur-Mer station
