The Soignes Forest Railway was a Belgian type Decauville railway, which has disappeared since its closing

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Soignes Forest Railway
Overview
Native name	Chemin de fer de la forêt de Soignes
Status	Closed and disappeared
Service
Type	Decauville
History
Opened	1902
Closed	1918
Technical
Line length	2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
Electrification	No
Legend La Petite Espinette~Brussels tram Brussels–Waterloo La Petite Espinette~Drève Saint-Hubert Allée des Cavaliers Dreve of the Infanta Drève des Deux Montagnes Drève du Comte Drève du Comte diverted~Chemin des Tumuli Boitsfort Boitsfort~Brussels–Namur–Luxemburg

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Put into service in 1902, this railway linked the Petite Espinette, a place called the municipality of Uccle (at the limit of Rhode-Saint-Genèse) then served by the old line to Waterloo of the Brussels tram, at Boitsfort, on the railway line Brussels – Namur – Luxembourg. Established in the Forêt de Soignes, the length of the line is 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi).

After the First World War, it was abandoned for reasons of unprofitability. This railway line transported the gravelling materials for the forest paths, and was also used to transport wood.^[1]

Starting from the beginning of the drève Saint-Hubert, the railway crossed the drève de Lorraine to then follow a large part of the drève des Deux Montagnes.