Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens
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Area served | Paris, and the surrounding Île-de-France area |
Founded | 1948 |
Metro Lines Operated | 16 |
Tram Lines Operated | 8 |
Bus Routes Operated | 274 |
Bus Fleet Size | ~4000 buses |
Yearly Ridership | 3 billion rides on all forms of RATP operated transit |
The Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) is the agency responsible for most public transit in Paris, France.
History
The RATP was created on 21 March 1948 by combining the assets of the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP), which operated the Paris Métro, and the Société des transports en commun de la région parisienne (STCRP), which operated the city's bus system.
Metro
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The RATP operates 16 metro lines, the oldest dating back to 1900. Line 1 has received an autonomous upgrade from Siemens, with platform edge doors, and driver-less trains.
Buses
The RATP operates 63 bus lines within the city of Paris proper, and 214 bus lines in Paris suburbs. In 2014, 983 million journeys were made on RATP bus lines, including 330.7 million journeys on Paris lines and 652.3 million journeys on suburbs lines
Numbering Scheme
Bus services which are operated mainly in the city proper of Paris are named with two-digit numbers. Bus services which are operated mainly in the suburbs are named with three-digit numbers.
The RATP uses the numbers 20–96 for lines operated mainly in the city proper. The first number represents the terminal:
- 2 representing Gare Saint-Lazare
- 3 representing Gare de l'Est
- 4 representing Gare du Nord
- 5 represents Place de la République
- 7 represents Châtelet
- 8 represents Quartier Latin
- 9 represents Gare Montparnasse
The second number represents the outermost arrondissement:
- 2 represents the 16th arrondissement
- 3 and 4 represent the 17th arrondissement
- 5 represents the 18th arrondissement and the 19th arrondissement
- 6 represents the 20th arrondissement and the 12th arrondissement
- 7 represents the 13th arrondissement
- 8 represents the 14th arrondissement
- 9 represents the 15th arrondissement
Routes
Paris Bus Routes
Bus No. | From | To |
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Porte de Champerret | Pont du Garigliano | |
Porte Maillot-Pershing | Porte de la Chapelle | |
Gare Saint-Lazare | Gare de Lyon | |
Gare Saint-Lazare | Porte de Gentilly | |
Opéra | Porte de Saint-Cloud | |
Gare Saint-Lazare | Maubert-Mutualité - Gare d'Austerlitz - Ecole Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort | |
Gare Saint-Lazare | Nation Place des Antilles | |
Gare Saint-Lazare | Porte d'Ivry Claude Regaud | |
Gare Saint-Lazare | Porte d'Orléans | |
Gare Saint-Lazare | Porte de Montempoivre | |
Gare de l'Est | Trocadéro | |
Gare de l'Est | Charles de Gaulle-Etoile | |
Gare de l'Est | Porte d'Auteuil | |
Gare de l'Est | Mairie d'Aubervilliers | |
Gare du Nord | Porte d'Orléans | |
Gare du Nord | Issy Frères Voisin | |
Gare du Nord | Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou | |
Gare du Nord | Neuilly Bagatelle | |
Gare du Nord | Château de Vincennes | |
Gare de l'Est | Fort du Kremlin-Bicêtre | |
Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre | Porte des Lilas | |
Opéra | Charles de Gaulle-Etoile - Porte d'Auteuil - Parc de Saint-Cloud | |
Opéra | Pont de Levallois-Bécon | |
Porte d'Aubervilliers | Asnières-Gennevilliers | |
Porte de Clignancourt | Château de Vincennes | |
Porte de Bagnolet Louis Ganne | Arcueil-Laplace RER | |
Châtelet | Vanves-Lycée Michelet | |
Gambetta | Porte de Montmartre | |
Gare d'Austerlitz | Eglise de Pantin | |
Porte de France | Porte de Saint-Cloud | |
Gare de Lyon | Porte de la Muette | |
Gambetta | Place d'Italie | |
Gare de Lyon | Porte de la Chapelle | |
Opéra | Clichy-Victor Hugo | |
Pigalle | Châtelet-Hôtel de Ville - Porte de Gentilly | |
Place de Clichy | Châtillon-Montrouge Métro | |
Gambetta | Champ de Mars | |
Hôtel de Ville | Radio France | |
Hôtel de Ville | Parc de Saint-Cloud | |
Musée d'Orsay | La Garenne Colombes - Place de Belgique | |
Hôtel de Ville | Porte de Clichy - Clichy-Berges de Seine | |
Pont Neuf | Porte de Pantin | |
Louvre Rivoli | Bagnolet-Louise Michel | |
Mairie du XVIIIème-Jules Joffrin | Porte de Versailles | |
Châtelet | Porte de Saint-Ouen | |
Luxembourg | Neuilly Hôpital Américain | |
Friedland Haussmann | Porte d'Ivry-Claude Régaud | |
Panthéon | Porte de Champerret | |
Luxembourg | Mairie du XVIIIè - Mairie de Saint-Ouen | |
St-Germain-des-Prés | St-Mandé-Parc zoologique | |
Champ de Mars | Bastille - Porte de Reuilly | |
Montsouris | Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou | |
Porte de France | Gare de Vanves-Malakoff | |
Montparnasse 2 Gare TGV | Bastille | |
Gare Montparnasse | Porte de Champerret | |
Invalides | Suresnes-de Gaulle | |
Gare Montparnasse | Gare Saint-Lazare - Levallois Louison Bobet | |
Porte de Vanves | Porte de Montmartre | |
Gare Montparnasse | Porte des Lilas |
A lot of this information has been pulled from the RATP Wikipidia page. This is all a work in progress, and this page has incomplete information.