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Brittany's transport system throught the centuries
by Reun an Hir
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Translated from the Breton language by D.G. Bayard
Original title: "Dre hent pe hent"
(Mouladurioù Hor Yezh - 1990)

Brittany's transport picture throughout history The industrial age and the coming of the railways wrought fundamental changes in the population's life-style. The rail network in Brittany, based on a pattern imposed by Napoleon III, divided our country in two: the only solution found to the problem this raised was to build, in central Brittany, a narrow-gauge system known as the "Breton Network". Two world wars wreaked their havoc... Struggles were waged to open new doors for Brittany on the outside world. "Expressways" have been built to link our bigger towns. Today, efforts are being made to increase train speeds (TGV)... Thanks to recently-created air and maritime services, Bretons have recovered outlets to the rest of Europe and the entire planet. By the year 2000, they will be able to reach, by land, sea and air, every previously inaccessible destination. Provided they all strive together.

Reun an Hir was born in Brest in 1920. After completing his engineering studies, he was selected to work in the field of passenger and goods transport in western and central Africa, where he remained for twenty years. In 1968, he was named director of ferry lines between Calais and Great Britain, where he spent fifteen years dealing with international transport.