RATP bus network


The RATP bus network covers the entire territory of the city of Paris and the vast majority of its near suburbs.
Operated by the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, this constitutes a dense bus network complementary to other public transport networks, all organized and financed by Île-de-France Mobilités.
Other suburban bus lines are managed by private operators grouped in a consortium known as Optile, an association of 80 private bus operators holding exclusive rights on their lines. There are approximately 9500 buses serving public transportation across the Paris region, all operators included.

Network

RATP operates:
  • 70 lines with a route exclusively or mainly on the territory of the city of Paris including:
  • * 64 lines numbered from to
  • * the line completing a circular transport service surrounding Paris's borders along the Boulevards des Maréchaux
  • * 4 out of the 5 specially identified parisian circular bus lines designated as "Lignes Traverse":,, and
  • 194 lines with a route exclusively or mainly in the near suburbs of Paris including:
  • * 89 lines numbered from to
  • * 57 lines numbered from to
  • * 49 lines numbered from to
  • a dozen lines subcontracted by local public transport companies belonging to the Optile group
  • several "urban" line services numbered in the 500 series but generally designated by a trade name, covering small suburban shuttle services and often subsidized by covered cities
  • the "Tootbus" tourist lines
  • the lines of the "Titus" and "Valouette" networks
  • several temporary lines created to cover passenger shifts along a future subway or tram line extension
  • Some routes only run during rushing hours or during school days
  • 32 night shift lines grouped in the Noctilien night bus network

    Routes

RATP bus lines operating mainly in the city proper of Paris, are named with a two-digit code number called "indice". Bus lines operated mainly in the suburbs are named with a three-digit number code.
RATP uses the numbers 20 to 96 for lines operated mainly in the city proper ; along with bus line which runs along the Boulevard des Maréchaux section that is not yet covered by . All this according to an organized scheme used since public transportation reorganization post-WWII.
The first digit represents the sector in Paris where the line's starting point is located:
The digit number represents the outermost arrondissement the line finishes in:
0 and 1 are used as "wildcards" for lines whose rightful indice is already taken, or for lines ending inside of Paris.
A deep reorganization of the Paris bus network took place on April the 20th 2019. Although it didn't change the overall scheme mentioned above, it brought several irregularities, such as lines ' ' & ' no longer starting from Saint Lazare train station while brand new line ' doesn't even approach it, line ' now cut long before the Gare de l'Est, line ' that doesn't even approach the Gare du Nord, or lines ' & ' that do not start from the center of Paris.

Bus services

RATP operates 70 bus lines within the city of Paris proper, and a little over 200 bus lines in Paris suburbs.
In 2017, 1.15 billion journeys were made on RATP bus lines, including 382 million journeys on Paris lines and 768 million journeys on suburbs lines.

Paris buses

Suburban buses

Night buses (Noctilien)

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Gare de l'Est Gare de l'Est
Gare Montparnasse Gare Montparnasse
Pont de Neuilly Château de Vincennes
Pont de Sèvres Romainville–Carnot
Mairie d'Issy Bobigny–Pablo Picasso
Mairie de Saint-Ouen La Croix de Berny
Asnières−Gennevilliers–Gabriel Péri Villejuif–Louis Aragon
Pont de Levallois Mairie de Montreuil
Châtelet Longjumeau–Hôpital
Châtelet Juvisy
Châtelet Chelles–Gournay
Châtelet Sartrouville
Gare de Lyon Paris Orly Airport
Gare de Lyon Boissy-Saint-Léger
Gare de Lyon Villiers-sur-Marne
Gare de Lyon Torcy
Gare de Lyon Villiers-sur-Marne
Gare de l'Est Villeparisis–Mitry-le-Neuf
Gare de l'Est Aulnay-sous-Bois–Garonor
Gare de l'Est Gare de Sarcelles–Saint-Brice
Gare de l'Est Garges–Sarcelles
Gare de l'Est Montfermeil–Hôpital
Gare Saint-Lazare Gare d'Enghien
Gare Saint-Lazare Gare de Cormeilles-en-Parisis
Gare Saint-Lazare Nanterre–Anatole France
Gare Montparnasse Clamart–Georges Pompidou
Gare Montparnasse Rungis International Market
Gare Montparnasse Massy-Palaiseau
Gare Montparnasse Gare de Chaville-Rive-Droite
Rungis International MarketVal de Fontenay
Châtelet Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
Gare Saint-Lazare Saint Germain-en-Laye

Special and circular bus lines

Circular bus lines in Paris

Special and circular bus lines in suburbs

Valouette routes