Colas Rail

Company History: Colas Rail is a French civil works company, a subsidiary of the Bouygues Group, specializing in railway construction works. Colas Rail is the result of the merger of Seco Rail and Spie Rail as of January 31, 2008, following the acquisition of Spie Rail by Colas in May 2007.
Colas Rail is also a railway operator, that operates freight trains in France (mainly aggregates and cereals) but also in the UK.

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Brief History: France is one of Europe’s largest countries. It is bordered by six countries other nations: Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the southeast and Spain to the southwest. The United Kingdom borders France via the English Channel. The country is considered to be the gateway to Europe as there are several large international airports (two of these can be found in Paris), ferry terminals and the French rail service.

In 486, Frankish tribes unified under Merovingian kingship. In 843, Western Francia was established from the division of the Carolingian Empire. In 1789, the French monarchy was overthrown, and in 1792, the First French Republic was founded. In 1958, the Fifth French Republic was established.