Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture

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Paris's Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture (French pronunciation: [ʃəmɛ̃ də fɛʁ də pətit sɛ̃tyʁ]) (Little Belt Railway), colloquially known as La Petite Ceinture (The Little Belt), is a circular railway built from 1852 to 1869 with 40% of underground sections as a means of supplying the city's fortification walls and transporting merchandise, then since 1862 passengers, between the major rail-company stations in Paris.

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