Kodza Déré Decauville Railway
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| Line length | 13.5 kilometres (8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
