Chemins_de_fer_de_Paris_à_Lyon_et_à_la_Méditerranée
Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée
French railway company (1857–1937)
The Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée ("Railway Company of Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean"), also known as the Chemins de fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée or simply PLM, established in 1857, was one of France’s main railway companies until the nationalization of all French railways and establishment of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) on 1 January 1938.[1][2][3]