RATP Group

Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)
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Company type	state-owned company
Industry	Metropolitan Infrastructure & Tracks Proprietor, State Administrator
Founded	1948
Headquarters	Quai de la Rappée, Paris, France
Area served	France
Parent	Ministère de Transport
Website	www.ratp.fr

The Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) is the major transit authority responsible for public transportation in Paris and its environs. It is under the authority of the STIF. Its operational divisions include the Paris Métro system, part of the RER, an extensive bus system, and three tram lines.

The RATP was created on March 21, 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.

Earlier, the CMP had absorbed the Société du Chemin de Fer Electrique Nord-Sud de Paris in 1930 and the Ligne de Sceaux in 1937. The STCRP had been created on January 1, 1921 by the merger of about half a dozen independent bus and streetcar operators in the Paris area. By the time the STCRP was merged into the RATP, all its streetcars had been replaced by bus routes.

There are now projects of creating new light rail lines.

Currently, the RATP operate a multi-mode public transportation infrastructure. In Ile de France, the RATP operate, Bus, Regional trains, Tram-way, and Metro services. In Germany, Italy, and the USA, and in association with their respective partners, the RATP operate and maintain regional Bus and Trains public transportation services within other international markets. These above claims are easily verified by using your favourate brouser upon the internet.

Reference

Gaillard, M. (1991). Du Madeleine-Bastille à Météor: Histoire des transports Parisiens, Amiens: Martelle. ISBN 2-87890-013-8. (French)

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