RATP Group

The Régie des transports autonomous Parisiens ( RATP ) (Eng. independent Parisian transport management ) is the public operator of public transport in Paris and the immediate surroundings. The RATP carried in the Paris region every year about 3 billion passengers (2010 ), but is outside of their home territory Paris nationally and internationally as public transport operators active.

  • 3.1 State monopoly

History and mission

The RATP was established in 1949 to combine the previously partly by private companies (such as the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris, CMP) operated underground and above -ground public transport in Paris under its umbrella. It has the legal status of any Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial ( EPIC).

The RATP fulfilled their traffic contract as the sole operator of transport infrastructure under long-term use agreements with the duty holders responsible for the transport in the Paris region, the Syndicat des transports d' Île -de -France ( STIF ), which by the Région Ile- de -France and its eight departments of Essonne, Hauts -de -Seine, Paris, Seine- Saint- Denis, Seine- et- Marne, Val- de -Marne, Val- d'Oise and Yvelines is controlled. The exclusive rights of use were last RATP by law for a period of 15 to 30 years with effect from 3 December 2009 ( 15 years for bus, 20 years for the tram, 30 years for Metro and RER ) guarantees.

Overview operated by RATP Group Transport Networks

In the Paris region

Lines

The system operated by the RATP, the Paris region transport network currently includes:

  • The 16 lines of the Métro (two driverless ) with a length of 219.9 km ( of which 169 are within the city limits of Paris) and 303 stations;
  • Six tram lines with a length of 75 km;
  • A part of the RER network: the A line ( with the exception of the route branches Nanterre - Préfecture - Cergy- le-Haut and Nanterre - Préfecture - Poissy ) and Line B ( with the exception of the section north of the Gare du Nord), ie slightly more than 115 km;
  • A bus network ( 351 lines with a length of 3861 km ) served almost the entire metropolitan area (of which 569 km within the city limits of Paris);
  • Two bus lines à haut de service level ( comparable to the German Metrobus concept): the line Trans -Val -de- Marne (TVM ) with a length of 19.7 km, and the line 393 with a length of 11.7 km;
  • The funicular of Montmartre ( length of 108 meters for a height difference of 38 meters );
  • Sqybus, the local bus service in the church compound to Saint- Quentin -en- Yvelines, the largest urban bus network in the region Ile- de -France outside Paris;
  • Two of the three express routes operating on the French motorway A14.

Passengers transported

The planned transition to environmentally friendly buses by 2025

In 2014, a total of 4500 buses on behalf of the RATP go - but most of them with diesel engines. They carry more than 1 billion passengers per year. and the RATP invests 100 million euros in the renewal of the bus fleet.

Given the smog days in March 2014 where due to high pollution public transport in Paris could be used free of charge, and what the RATP day brought a loss of around 4 million euros, the management of the RATP has decided in the future to more environmentally friendly to put vehicles: 2025 disappear from the inventory of the RATP, the last diesel bus. The end of 2013, although an option for the supply of 300 diesel buses has been confirmed yet, but in addition to any other diesel buses longer be purchased. 2025, 20 % of the buses run on natural gas. The rest as hybrid or all-electric vehicles. In consultation with the electricity supplier EDF initially to 4 bus lines are operated entirely with electric buses of different technology. It is estimated that in 2017 the offer of the producers is so large that from this point on all-electric buses can be ordered at an acceptable price.

In France, outside of Greater Paris

The RATP Group operates various French transport networks outside the Paris region. These are eg the following city bus networks:

  • Annemasse;
  • Boulogne -sur -Mer;
  • Bourges;
  • Charleville- Mézières;
  • La Roche- sur -Yon;
  • Vierzon.

Outside France

The business activities of the RATP group outside France currently include in particular:

  • 62 city bus routes in Greater London, as part of its subsidiary London United Busways Ltd.. (more than 155 million passengers per year);
  • Gautrain, the regional rail system in Greater Johannesburg ( as part of a consortium with local partners );
  • Line 9 of the Seoul Subway (as part of a consortium with Transdev );
  • Manchester Metrolink light rail in Greater Manchester;
  • The subway Algiers;
  • The trams in Algiers, Oran and Constantine ( as part of a consortium with local partners );
  • Casablanca tram and city bus M'dina bus (as part of a consortium with local partners );
  • The tram Florence and substantial interest in the regional railway companies LFI;
  • The city bus in Austin ( Texas) ( 79 lines, 250 vehicles, 21 million passengers a year );
  • A part of the city bus network from Bournemouth ( the "Yellow Buses ");
  • The sightseeing buses from Bath.

The existing until 2011 participation in trans regio in Germany (then Veolia Transport ) delivered to the partner Transdev. In addition, the RATP Group in Germany competes in the running since April 2013 tender for the operation of the subnet " ring " of the Berlin S-Bahn.

Criticism

State monopoly

The RATP as operator of a state monopoly has been criticized by rivals in public procurement and competition policy perceived as problematic; the operation of the Metro and the RER in Paris must be publicly advertised, for example, only from 2039 through their sometimes very long service contracts, while the RATP itself can participate as national and international public transport operators to tender.

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