Editing Paris Métro (section)

== Naming ==
[[File:Paris Metro Sign.jpg|thumb|left|Métro signage]]
Métro is the abbreviated name of the company that originally operated most of the network: the [[Empain group]] subsidiary ''[[Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris]] S.A.'' (''Paris Metropolitan Railway Company Ltd''), also known as CMP. The name was directly inspired by the 1863<ref name="MetRail">{{cite web |last1=Ramanathan. |first1=Tara |title=subway |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/subway#ref140354 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313191227/https://www.britannica.com/technology/subway#ref140354 |archive-date=13 March 2023 |access-date=13 March 2023 |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}</ref> [[Metropolitan Railway|London Metropolitan Railway]] (''{{Langx|fr|Chemin de fer métropolitain de Londres}}''),<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Cottereau |first=Alain |date=2004-12-01 |title=Les batailles pour la création du Métro : un choix de mode de vie, un succès pour la démocratie locale |url=https://journals.openedition.org/rh19/702 |journal=Revue d'histoire du XIXe siècle. Société d'histoire de la révolution de 1848 et des révolutions du XIXe siècle |language=fr |issue=29 |pages=89–151 |doi=10.4000/rh19.702 |issn=1265-1354}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Connor |first=Liz |date=1 July 2016 |title=10 incredible facts you may not know about the Metropolitan line |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/10-incredible-facts-you-may-not-know-about-the-metropolitan-line-a3286181.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115185011/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/10-incredible-facts-you-may-not-know-about-the-metropolitan-line-a3286181.html |archive-date=15 November 2022 |access-date=19 January 2021 |website=www.standard.co.uk}}</ref> which had been commonly abbreviated as ''"métropolitain"'' in French since the late Second Empire.<ref name=":2" /> 

CMP was known as "Le Métropolitain", which quickly became abbreviated to ''Métro,'' which became a common designation and brand name for [[rapid transit]] systems in France and in many cities elsewhere. 'Metro' has been adopted in many languages, making it the most used word for a (generally underground) urban transit system.

The Métro is operated by the ''[[RATP Group|Régie autonome des transports parisiens]]'' (RATP), a public transport authority that also operates part of the RER network, light rail lines and many bus routes.