Chey station, on the Tramways des Deux-Sèvres station

It was in 1890 that the Departmental Council decided to create the local Tramway des Deux-Sèvres (TDS) network, to complement the existing standard gauge network. The contract was awarded to the Compagnie Française des Voies Ferrées Economiques in July 1895, and the declaration of public utility was signed the following month for two separate networks: one line from Bressuire to Montreuil-Bellay, another from Melle to Saint-Laurs, via