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
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-Lazare
    Gare Saint-Lazare
    Paris 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'Est
    Gare de l'Est
    is 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 Nord
    Gare du Nord
    Paris 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 République
    Place de la République
    The 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 Montparnasse
    Gare Montparnasse
    Paris 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 arrondissement
    XVIe arrondissement
    The 16th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France...

  • 3 and 4 represent the 17th arrondissement
    XVIIe arrondissement
    The 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 arrondissement
    XVIIIe arrondissement
    The 18th arrondissement , located on the Rive Droite , is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France...

     and the 19th arrondissement
    XIXe arrondissement
    The 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 arrondissement
    XXe arrondissement
    The 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 12tharrondissement
    XIIe arrondissement
    The 12th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France....

  • 7 represents the 13th arrondissement
    XIIIe arrondissement
    The 13th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France....

  • 8 represents the 14th arrondissement
    XIVe arrondissement
    The 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
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
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
133
134
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
150
151
152
153
154
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
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 Airport
    Charles de Gaulle International Airport
    Paris-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 Airport
    Orly Airport
    Paris-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 banlieue
Banlieue
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)

Issy-les-Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. On 1 January 2003, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Communauté d'agglomération Arc de Seine along with the other communes of Chaville, Meudon, Vanves and Ville-d'Avray...

 (589)

Kremlin-Bicêtre (593)

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. With a density of 23,396 inhabitants per square kilometres at the last French census of 1999, Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is officially the most densely populated municipality in...

 (570)

Les Lilas
Les Lilas
Les Lilas is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.- History :...

 (515)

L'Haÿ-les-Roses
L'Haÿ-les-Roses
L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a sous-préfecture of the Val-de-Marne département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses....

 (592)

L'Île-Saint-Denis
L'Île-Saint-Denis
L'Île-Saint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.The commune is entirely contained on an island of the Seine River, hence its name.-Heraldry:-Transport:...

 (578)

Malakoff
Malakoff
Malakoff is a suburban commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department southwest of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of the city.-History:The commune of Malakoff was created on 8 November 1883 by detaching its territory from the commune of Vanves...

 (597)

Meudon
Meudon
Meudon is a municipality in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the département of Hauts-de-Seine. It is located from the center of Paris.-Geography:...

 (569)

Montrouge
Montrouge
Montrouge is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located from the center of Paris, France. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe...

 (526)

Nanterre
Nanterre
Nanterre is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located west of the center of Paris.Nanterre is the capital of the Hauts-de-Seine department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre....

 (357)

Nanterre
Nanterre
Nanterre is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located west of the center of Paris.Nanterre is the capital of the Hauts-de-Seine department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre....

  (559)

Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Although Neuilly is technically a suburb of Paris, it is immediately adjacent to the city and directly extends it. The area is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential...

 (576)

Nogent-sur-Marne
Nogent-sur-Marne
Nogent-sur-Marne is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a sous-préfecture of the Val-de-Marne département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne.-History:...

 (514)

Noisy-le-Sec
Noisy-le-Sec
Noisy-le-Sec is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Heraldry:-Transport:Noisy-le-Sec is served by Noisy-le-Sec station on Paris RER line E.-Personalities:*Hassoun Camara,footballer...

 (545)

Pantin
Pantin
Pantin is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. Its post code is 93500.Pantin was once the site of Motobecane's operations...

 (330)

Les Pavillons-sous-Bois
Les Pavillons-sous-Bois
Les Pavillons-sous-Bois is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:The commune of Les Pavillons-sous-Bois was created on 3 January 1905 by detaching its territory from the commune of Bondy. The name of the commune literally means "the...

 (547)

Puteaux
Puteaux
Puteaux is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department from the center of Paris....

 (541)

River Plaza
River Plaza
River Plaza is a 524ft tall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in 1977 and has 56 floors with a total of 678 units. Gordon & Levin designed the building, which is the 74th tallest building in Chicago....

 (577)

Saint-Ouen
Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis
Saint-Ouen is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. It is located in the northern suburbs of Paris, France 6.6 km from the centre of Paris....

 (537)

Suresnes
Suresnes
Suresnes is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The nearest communes are Neuilly-sur-Seine, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud and Boulogne-Billancourt...

 (544)

Valenton
Valenton
Valenton is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.It extends over 531 hectares of which 84 are green spaces. The most important public green space is the Plage Bleue Park where different events are organized every year. Among them, we have...

 (104v)

Villiers-sur-Marne
Villiers-sur-Marne
Villiers-sur-Marne is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.The commune of Villiers-sur-Marne is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée....

 (307)

Villejuif
Villejuif
Villejuif is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:The name Villejuif was recorded for the first time in a papal bull of 1119 as Villa Judea, the meaning of which is still debated...

 (185v)

Noctilien

In association with Transilien
Transilien
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.

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