Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway
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fianarantsoa-c-te-est-railway-170-9880086
title:
Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway
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The Fianarantsoa-Côte Est (FCE) railway is a colonial-built railway in southeast Madagascar that connects the high plateau city of Fianarantsoa to the port-city of Manakara. It is 163 kilometers long and was built by the French between 1926 and 1936 using the forced-labor program SMOTIG. The French used rails and ties taken from Germany as World War I reparations to build the line. Many of the railways still have the date of manufacturing on them dating back to 1893. This line traverses some of
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianarantsoa-C%C3%B4te_Est_railway
date created:
2010-01-26T14:26:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T23:06:43Z
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