 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kuti urege kuvimba neChemin de fer de lÉtat nhepfenyuro yenyika yezvitima nokuda kwokufambisa kwayo kwezvitima, Guta reParis rakasarudza muna 1883 pamusoro pokuvakwa kwenhepfenyuro yepasi pevhu. Pakanga pane makakatanwa pakati pehurumende yenyika neguta nokuda kwokutarisirwa kwebasa racho, asi kusvika kweWorld Fair ya1900kwakakurumidzisa zvisarudzo. Muna 1895, Louis Barthou, gurukota rinoona nezvemabasa ehurumende, akabvuma kuti guta ndiro raifanira kuvaka. Izvozvo zvaisanganisira kuvaka migero, migero mikuru uye zviteshi uye kuita zvibvumirano zvokuita basa racho. Muna 1897 kanzuru yeguta yakasarudza General Traction Company, yaiva yeBelgian Baron Édouard Louis Joseph Empain. Mutemo waMarch 30, 1898 wakazivisa basa rinoitirwa vanhu vose nokuda kwekuvakwa kwechitima chechitima chemagetsi, chinotarisirwa kutakura vafambi uye mabhegi avo. General Traction Company yakaumba CMP muna April 1898. 