On February 25, 1852, a company called the French Intercity Railway was quietly established.
At the same time, the French Minister of Railways, Barroso, also proclaimed with high profile that the main lines of the French Railways were nearing completion, and the secondary lines were being intensely prepared, with plans likely to begin in 1853.
Barroso's words were like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, as the middle class and bourgeoisie, who had tasted the profits brought by the first batch of railways, eagerly followed up on the secondary lines, seeing railways as the most profitable business of the era.
Yet little did they know that secondary railways were fundamentally a losing project; to be extreme, the construction of railroads itself was a losing business.
If they were really made to invest, the Ministry of Railways might have to consider if they could withstand the riots caused by market risks.
