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Kodza Déré Decauville Railway

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Line length13.5 kilometres (8 mi)
Track gauge600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in)
Kodza Déré Decauville Railway
Crossing a new-built bridge in May 1917
Technical
Line length13.5 kilometres (8 mi)
Track gauge600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in)
Route map

km
13.5
Black Tree Station
(μαύρο δένδρο)
Upper Kodza-Déré bridge
Middle Kodza-Déré bridge
Lower Kodza-Déré bridge
9.5
Pigi (Πηγή)
Isvor
7.5
Vróncho Spiral (βρόγχο)
4
Axioupolis
(Αξιούπολης) Bohemitsa (Μποέμιτσα)
3
Street from Polykastro to Goumenissa
From Thessaloniki
0
Axioupolis station
Goumentja
Border Greece-Makedonia
To Gevgelija
(Cyrillic: Гевгелија)

The Kodza Déré Decauville Railway (Greek: Κοτζά Ντερέ ντεκοβίλ) was a 13.5-kilometre-long (8 mi) narrow-gauge military railway, which was built and operated by French troops during World War I from 1917 to 1918 at Paionia near Polykastro in Makedonia.

The valley of the Kodza Déré River was of strategi­cal im­por­tance to the Allied Forces of World War I because the French headquarters were based near Axioupolis and a camp of the 122nd Division and military hospital was located near Pigi. The front line was just a few kilometers above on the height of the Skra-di-Legen Canyon (Greek: Σκρα ντι Λέγκεν), where the Battle of Skra-di-Legen (Greek: Μάχη του Σκρα) was fought. Similar to the nearby Battles of Doiran in 1917 and 1918 there were lengthy battles with heavy losses in the area.

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