Etoile De France

His Royal Highness, Louis-Philippe Ier, King of the French, appoints Baptiste Alexis Victor Legrand as Royal Minister for Transportation.
The main task for the new minister is to execute a new Royal Decree, which is called Etoile de France.
Based on already existing or planned programs the French railways will be integrated into a new net.

These lines will soon be available:

From Paris
to Belgium via Lille and Vaenciennes
to England via two ports at the Channel
to Germany via Nancy and Strassbourg
to the Med via Lyon and Marseille
to the Atlantic via Bourges
to the Centre via Bourges

From the Med to the Rhine via Lyon, Dijon and Mulhausen
From the Atlantic to the Med via Bordeaux, Toulouse and Marseille.

These railroad will be build and run by private companies. The state will support the enterprises with 20% of the costs and will hold 20% of the shares in return.
Financiers and engineers from abroad are welcome.