Société du Chemin de Fer de Vladicaucase
Общество Владикавказской Железной Дороги
Wladikawkas Railway Company
Wladikawkas Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
Other city spellings: Bakou, Rostoff, Rostow, Tsaritsyne, Vladikavkas, Wladicaucase, Zarizyn
Originally formed as the Rostow-Wladikawkas Railway Company, the name was changed in 1885. Original capital was 8,642,500 roubles in shares of 500 roubles. In April 1912, 2010 new shares were issued. This was one of the 6 largest privately-owned railways in Russia in 1914. The main lines were Rostov-Vladikavkas; Tichoretzkaya-Novorossisk; Tichoretzkaya-Tsaritsyn; Beslan-Petrovsk-Derbent-Baku and Ekaterinodar-Kavkaskaya-Stavropol. Total length of the network (December 1911) was 2,511km.
1885