Bus (RATP)
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RATP operates the majority of buses in Paris, and a significant number of lines in its suburbs. Other suburban lines are operated by private operators grouped in a consortium known as Optile
(Organisation professionnelle des transports d'Île-de-France).
RATP uses the numbers 20–96 for lines operated mainly in the city proper. The first number represents the terminal:
The second number represents the outermost arrondissement:
The table below shows routes of RATP lines which are mainly operated within the city proper:
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, RATP operates a night bus service branded Noctilien between the hours of 00:30 and 05:30.
Optile
Optile is a public transport organisation, created in October 2000 from a merger between several private bus companies serving suburban Paris...
(Organisation professionnelle des transports d'Île-de-France).
Route
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.RATP uses the numbers 20–96 for lines operated mainly in the city proper. The first number represents the terminal:
- 2 representing Gare Saint-LazareGare Saint-LazareParis Saint-Lazare is one of the six large terminus train stations of Paris. It is the second busiest in Paris, behind the Gare du Nord, handling 274,000 passengers each day.-History:...
- 3 representing Gare de l'EstGare de l'Estis one of the six large SNCF termini in Paris. It is in the 10th arrondissement, not far from the Gare du Nord, facing the Boulevard de Strasbourg, part of the north-south axis of Paris created by Baron Haussmann...
- 4 representing Gare du NordGare du NordParis Nord is one of the six large terminus railway stations of the SNCF mainline network for Paris, France. It offers connections with several urban transportation lines, including Paris Métro and RER...
- 5 represents Place de la RépubliquePlace de la RépubliqueThe Place de la République is a square in Paris, located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. It is named after the French Republic. The Métro station of République lies beneath the square.-History:...
- 7 represents Châtelet
- 8 represents Quartier Latin
- 9 represents Gare MontparnasseGare MontparnasseParis Montparnasse is one of the six large terminus railway stations of Paris, located in the Montparnasse area in the XIVe arrondissement. The station was opened in 1840, and rebuilt completely in 1969...
The second number represents the outermost arrondissement:
- 2 represents the 16th arrondissementXVIe arrondissementThe 16th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France...
- 3 and 4 represent the 17th arrondissementXVIIe arrondissementThe 17th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.-Geography:The land area of this arrondissement is 5.669 km2 The 17th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of...
. - 5 represents the 18th arrondissementXVIIIe arrondissementThe 18th arrondissement , located on the Rive Droite , is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France...
and the 19th arrondissementXIXe arrondissementThe 19th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.Situated on the Right Bank of the River Seine, it is crossed by two canals, the Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l'Ourcq, which meet near the Parc de la Villette.The 19th arrondissement includes two... - 6 represents the 20th arrondissementXXe arrondissementThe 20th arrondissement, also known as arrondissement de Ménilmontant, located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It contains the cosmopolitan districts of Ménilmontant and Belleville which have welcomed many successive waves of immigration since the middle of the...
and the 12tharrondissementXIIe arrondissementThe 12th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.... - 7 represents the 13th arrondissementXIIIe arrondissementThe 13th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France....
- 8 represents the 14th arrondissementXIVe arrondissementThe 14th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France....
- 9 represents the 15th arrondissement.
Bus services
The RATP operates 59 bus lines within the city proper, and 205 bus lines in Paris suburbs. In 2004, 953.6 million journeys were made on RATP bus lines, including 352.2 million journeys on Paris lines and 601.4 million journeys on suburbs lines.The table below shows routes of RATP lines which are mainly operated within the city proper:
Number | Routing |
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Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Gare de Lyon | |
Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Porte de Gentilly | |
Porte de Saint-Cloud ↔ Opéra | |
Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Ecole Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort | |
Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Cours de Vincennes | |
Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Porte de Vitry-Claude Régaud | |
Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Porte d'Orléans | |
Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Porte de Montempoivre | |
30 | Trocadéro – Gare de l'Est |
31 | Charles de Gaulle-Etoile ↔ Gare de l'Est |
32 | Porte d'Auteuil ↔ Gare de l'Est |
38 | Porte d'Orléans ↔ Gare du Nord |
39 | Issy-Val de Seine ↔ Gare de l'Est |
42 | Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou ↔ Gare du Nord |
43 | Neuilly-Bagatelle ↔ Gare du Nord |
46 | Gare du Nord ↔ Château de Vincennes |
47 | Gare de L'Est ↔ Fort du Kremlin-Bicêtre |
48 | Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre ↔ Porte des Lilas |
52 | Parc de Saint-Cloud ↔ Opéra |
53 | Pont de Levallois-Bécon ↔ Opéra |
54 | Asnières-Gennevilliers ↔ Pte Aubervilliers |
56 | Porte de Clignancourt ↔ Château de Vincennes |
57 | Arcueil-Laplace RER ↔ Porte de Bagnolet-Louis Ganne |
58 | Vanves-Lycée Michelet ↔ Châtelet |
60 | Porte de Montmartre ↔ Gambetta |
61 | Gare d' Austerlitz ↔ Le Pré-Saint-Gervais |
62 | Porte de Saint-Cloud ↔ Cours de Vincennes |
63 | Porte de la Muette ↔ Gare de Lyon |
64 | Gambetta ↔ Place d'Italie |
65 | Gare de Lyon ↔ Mairie d'Aubervilliers |
66 | Clichy-Victor Hugo ↔ Opéra |
67 | Pigalle ↔ Porte de Gentilly |
68 | Place de Clichy ↔ Châtillon-Montrouge Métro |
69 | Champ de Mars ↔ Gambetta |
70 | Radio France ↔ Hôtel de Ville |
72 | Parc de Saint-Cloud ↔ Hôtel de Ville |
73 | La Garenne Colombes-Place de Belgique ↔ Musée d'Orsay |
74 | Clichy-Berges de Seine ↔ Hôtel de Ville |
75 | Pont Neuf ↔ Porte de la Villette |
76 | Louvre Rivoli ↔ Bagnolet-Louise Michel |
80 | Porte de Versailles ↔ Mairie du 18ème-Jules Joffrin |
81 | Porte de Saint-Ouen ↔ Châtelet |
82 | Neuilly-Hôpital Américain ↔ Luxembourg |
83 | Friedland Haussmann ↔ Porte d'Ivry-Claude Régaud |
84 | Porte de Champerret ↔ Panthéon |
85 | Mairie de Saint-Ouen ↔ Luxembourg |
86 | St-Germain-des-Prés ↔ St-Mandé-Parc zoologique |
87 | Champ de Mars ↔ Porte de Reuilly |
88 | Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou ↔ Montsouris – Tombe Issoire |
89 | Gare de Vanves Malakoff ↔ Bibliothèque F. Mitterrand |
91 | Montparnasse 2 Gare TGV ↔ Bastille |
92 | Porte de Champerret ↔ Gare Montparnasse |
93 | Suresnes-de Gaulle ↔ Invalides |
94 | Levallois Louison Bobet ↔ Gare Montparnasse |
95 | Porte de Montmartre ↔ Porte de Vanves |
96 | Gare Montparnasse ↔ Porte des Lilas |
Porte de Champerret-Berthier ↔ Pont du Garigliano | |
Porte d'Ivry ↔ Porte de la Villette | |
Porte Maillot-Pershing ↔ Porte de la Villette | |
Balabus | La Défense ↔ Gare de Lyon |
Pigalle ↔ Mairie du 18ème-Jules Joffrin | |
La Traverse de Charonne | Gambetta (Circulaire) |
La Traverse Bièvre-Montsouris | Place de l'Abbé Georges Hénocque (Circulaire) |
Suburban bus
Number | Routing |
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101 | Joinville-le-Pont (RER) ↔ Champigny-sur-Marne – Camping International |
102 | Paris – Gambetta (M) ↔ Rosny-sous-Bois – Bois Perrier (RER) – Rosny 2 |
103 | Ecole Vétérinaire de Maison-Alfort (M/Voguéo) ↔ Chevilly-larue – Rungis-Marché International (TVM) |
104 | Ecole Vétérinaire de Maison-Alfort (M/Voguéo) ↔ Bonneuil-sur-Marne – Place des libertés |
105 | Paris – Gambetta (M) ↔ Mairie des Pavillons-sous-Bois |
106 | Joinville-le-Pont (RER) ↔ Villiers-sur-Marne – Le Plessis-Trévise (RER) |
107 | Ecole Vétérinaire de Maison-Alfort (M/Voguéo) ↔ Saint-Maur-des-Fossés – La Pie |
108 | Joinville-le-Pont (RER) ↔ Champigny-sur-Marne – Jeanne Vacher |
109 | Paris – Terroirs de France (M) ↔ Ivry-sur-Seine – Charenton-le-Pont – Pont Mandela – Rives de Bercy |
110 | Joinville-le-Pont (RER) ↔ Villiers-sur-Marne – Le Plessis-Trévise (RER) |
111 | Paris – Terroirs de France (M) ↔ Saint-Maur-des-Fossés – Champigny (RER) |
112 | Paris – Château de Vincennes (M) ↔ Saint-Maur-des-Fossés – La Varenne – Chennevrières (RER) |
113 | Nogent-sur-Marne (RER) ↔ Chelles – Centre Commercial Chelles 2 |
114 | Paris – Château de Vincennes (M) ↔ Villemonble – Les Coquetiers (T) |
115 | Paris – Porte des Lilas (M) ↔ Paris – Château de Vincennes (M) |
116 | Rosny-sous-Bois – Bois-Perrier (RER) – Rosny 2 ↔ Saint-Maur-des-Fossés – Champigny (RER) |
117 | Créteil – Préfecture du Val-de-Marne (M) ↔ Saint-Maur-des-Fossés – Champigny (RER) |
118 | Paris – Château de Vincennes (M) ↔ Rosny-sous-Bois – Vanderheyden |
119 | Antony – Les Baconnets (RER) ↔ Massy-Palaiseau (TGV/RER) |
120 | Nogent-sur-Marne (RER) ↔ Mairie de Noisy-le-Grand |
121 | Mairie de Montreuil (M) ↔ Villemonble – Château de Villemonble |
122 | Bagnolet-Galieni (M) ↔ Fontenay-sous-Bois – Val de Fontenay (RER) |
123 | Issy-les-Moulineaux – Mairie d'Issy (M) ↔ Porte d'Auteuil (M) |
124 | Fontenay-sous-Bois – Val de Fontenay (RER) ↔ Paris – Château de Vincennes (M) |
125 | Paris – Porte d'Orléans (M/T) ↔ Ecole Vétérinaire de Maison-Alfort (M/Voguéo) |
126 | Saint-Cloud – Porte de Saint-Cloud (T) ↔ Paris – Porte d'Orléans (M/T) |
127 | Montreuil – Croix de Chavaux (M) ↔ Neuilly-sur-Marne – Résistance |
128 | Paris – Porte d'Orléans (M/T) ↔ Sceaux – Robinson (RER) |
129 | Paris – Porte des Lilas (M) ↔ Mairie de Montreuil (M) |
131 | Paris – Porte d'Italie (M/T) ↔ Rungis – La Fraternelle (RER) |
132 | Paris – Bibliothèque François Mitterrand ↔ Vitry-sur-Seine – Cité du Moulin-Vert |
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183 | Paris – Porte de Choisy (M/T) ↔ Aéroport d'Orly – Terminal Sud (Orlyval) |
184 | Paris – Porte d'Italie (M/T) ↔ Fresnes – Pasteur (TVM) |
185 | Paris – Porte d'Italie (M/T) ↔ Chevilly-Larue – Rungis Marché International (TVM) |
186 | Paris – Porte d'Italie (M/T) ↔ Fresnes – Rond-Point Roosevelt (TVM) |
187 | Paris – Porte d'Orléans (M/T) ↔ Fresnes – Charcot-Zola |
188 | Paris – Porte d'Orléans (M/T) ↔ Bagneux – Rosenberg |
189 | Paris – Porte de Saint-Cloud (M) ↔ Clamart – Cité de la Plaine |
190 | Issy-les-Moulineaux – Mairie d'Issy (M) ↔ Vélizy-Villacoublay – Centre Commercial Vélizy 2 |
191 | Paris – Porte de Vanves (M/T) ↔ Clamart – Place du Garde |
192 | Sceaux – Robinson (RER) ↔ Chevilly-Larue – Rungis Marché International (TVM) |
194 | Paris – Porte d'Orléans (M/T) ↔ Châtenay-Malabry – Lycée Polyvalent |
195 | Châtillon-Montrouge (M) ↔ Sceaux – Robinson (RER) |
196 | Antony (RER/Orlyval) ↔ Massy-Palaiseau (TGV/RER) |
197 | Paris – Porte d'Orléans (M/T) ↔ Massy Opéra-Théâtre |
199 | Massy-Palaiseau (TGV/RER) ↔ Longjumeau – La Rocade-Lycée |
Special services
RATP also operate special services:- Roissybus (352) : Opéra station – Charles de Gaulle International AirportCharles de Gaulle International AirportParis-Charles de Gaulle Airport , also known as Roissy Airport , in the Paris area, is one of the world's principal aviation centres, as well as France's largest airport. It is named after Charles de Gaulle , leader of the Free French Forces and founder of the French Fifth Republic...
- Orlybus (283) : Denfert-Rochereau station – Orly AirportOrly AirportParis-Orly Airport is an airport located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris, France. It has flights to cities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, North America and Southeast Asia. Prior to the construction of Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly was...
- TVM : Rungis – Saint-Maur-Créteil
- La Colombe (586) : Fresnes – L'Haÿ-les-Roses – Chevilly-Larue – Rungis
- t-IGR (580) : Villejuif – Louis Aragon – Arcueil – Laplace
Inter urban services
RATP also operate inter-urban services in some municipalities of the banlieueBanlieue
In francophone areas, banlieues are the "outskirts" of a city: the zone around a city that is under the city's rule.Banlieues are translated as "suburbs", as these are also residential areas on the outer edge of a city, but the connotations of the term "banlieue" in France can be different from...
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Asnières Asnières-sur-Seine Asnières-sur-Seine is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, along the river Seine. It is located from the center of Paris.-Name:... (535) Bondy Bondy Bondy is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Name:The name Bondy was recorded for the first time around AD 600 as Bonitiacum, meaning "estate of Bonitius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.-History:... (546) Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Boulogne-Billancourt is a sub-prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department and the seat of the Arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt.... (571) Cachan Cachan Cachan is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.The prestigious École Normale Supérieure de Cachan is located there.-Name:... (581) Choisy-le-Roi Choisy-le-Roi Choisy-le-Roi is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Geography:Crossed by the Seine river, it is located from the center of Paris.... (582) Clamart Clamart Clamart is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: bas Clamart, the historical centre, and petit Clamart with urbanization developed in the 1960s replacing pea fields. The canton of... (579) Clichy-la-Garenne (574) Deuil-la-Barre Deuil-la-Barre Deuil-la-Barre is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:Originally called simply Deuil, the name of the commune became officially Deuil-la-Barre on 7 December 1952.-History:... (556) Drancy Drancy Drancy is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km from the center of Paris.- Toponomy :... (551) Fontenay-sous-Bois Fontenay-sous-Bois Fontenay-sous-Bois is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Name:The name Fontenay was recorded in the Middle Ages as Fontanetum, meaning "the springs", from Medieval Latin fontana .The commune was known alternatively as Fontenay-les-Bois ,... (524) Fresnes Fresnes, Val-de-Marne Fresnes is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.The Fresnes Prison is located there.-Name:... (583) Gentilly Gentilly, Val-de-Marne Gentilly is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Name:The name Gentilly was recorded for the first time in the 6th century as Gentiliacum, a royal estate of some importance where coinage was minted. The etymology of the name seems to be... (584) |
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Noctilien
In association with TransilienTransilien
The Transilien is the brand name for suburban railway services of the SNCF-owned railway network operating within the Île-de-France région...
, RATP operates a night bus service branded Noctilien between the hours of 00:30 and 05:30.