RATP Dev (Dev being a contraction of , French for development), established in 2002 as a 100% subsidiary of the RATP Group, provides operations and maintenance of passenger transport services outside of the "historical" RATP network in the Greater Paris area. RATP Dev is currently present in 16 countries, namely
Australia,
Belgium,
Canada,
China's
SAR Hong Kong,
Egypt,
France,
Italy,
Morocco, the
Philippines,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Serbia,
Singapore,
South Africa,
Switzerland, and the
United States. Wholly and partly owned operations include the following:
Operations in France Heavy rail • Future
CDG Express, express rail link between
Paris Gare de l'Est and
Charles de Gaulle Airport expected to launch in March 2027 (through the Hello Paris joint venture with
Keolis) • Future "Étoile de Caen", regional rail services in the
Normandy region (from mid-2027 on, routes: Caen/Coutances, Caen/Saint-Lô, Caen/Evreux, Caen/Cherbourg, Caen/Rouen, Caen/Lisieux, Caen/Granville, Caen/Rennes, Lisieux/Trouville-Deauville, Trouville-Deauville/Dives-Cabourg)
Other modes • Agglobus, the network of
Bourges in the
Cher department (since 2011, renewed for the 2017–2022 period, and again renewed for the 2023–2030 period) • ALPBUS, operating various school, shuttle and coach services as well as fixed routes services including, among others, the bus network serving
Cluses and cross-border services between France and Switzerland with routes connecting
Annecy,
Thonon-les-Bains and
Sallanches with
Geneva Airport • The AXO network covering the
Communauté d'agglomération Creil Sud Oise (for the 2021–2028 period) • The Bibus multimodal network in and around
Brest including the
Brest tramway and Brest cable car, in the
Finistère department (for the 2019–2027 period) • The IZILO network of
Lorient Agglomération in the
Morbihan department (since 2018, renewed for the 2024–2032 period) • Com'Bus,
Yvelines and
Val-d'Oise departments • The Impulsyon network of
La Roche-sur-Yon in the
Vendée department (since 2010, renewed for the 2017–2023 period) • The Irigo multimodal in and around
Angers including the
Angers tramway (for the 2019–2025 period) • The Kicéo network of
Vannes in the
Morbihan department (for the 2017-2023 period) • Lignes de Vienne et agglomération (L'va) in and around
Vienne in the
Isère department (since 2011) • Le Vib in
Vierzon in the
Cher department (since 2011, renewed in 2015 for 8 more years) • The Marinéo network of
Boulogne-sur-Mer in the
Pas-de-Calais department (since 2013, renewed in 2021 for another 6 years) • The Mistral network of
Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée area in the
Var department • Mouvéo, the network of
Épernay in the
Marne department (since 2016) • Ondéa, the network of
Aix-les-Bains and its surroundings in the
Savoie department (since 2014, renewed in 2021 for another 7 years) • "RIO 4", regional and school bus services in the
Oise department (since 2021) • TAAM, paratransit in and around
Amiens in the
Somme department (since 2021) • Transports annemassiens collectifs (TAC), the network covering the
Agglomeration community of Annemasse – Les Voirons (joint control with
TPG) • Transports de l'agglomération de Charleville-Mézières (TAC), the network of
Charleville-Mézières and
Sedan in the
Ardennes department (since 2012, renewed for the 2017–2024 period) • TBK bus and coach network covering
Quimperlé and surroundings in the
Finistère department (for the 2020-2028 period) • Transports urbains laonnois (TUL), the network of
Laon in the
Aisne department (since 2016, renewed for the 2023–2029) • Transports urbains lavallois (TUL), the network of
Laval in the
Mayenne department (for the 2023-2031 period) • Transports en Commun Lyonnais (TCL), the operation and maintenance of rolling stock, infrastructure upkeep and safety on the TCL network (from January 2025 and for a period of 10 years). • RATP Dev operates the coastal zone of the
Basque Country network
Txik Txak, and Transdev will handle the retro-coastal zone in association with local transport company Hiruak Bat (since 2024)
Other activities In December 2022, RATP Dev launches hydrogen training center in
La Roche-sur-Yon. In June 2024, RATP partnered with Wabtec to equip all its RER A trains with a new brake lining that eliminates 70-90% of the health-damaging fine particles found on platforms. Similar tests are being carried out on some metro lines. The same year, RATP and Île-de-France Mobilités signed an accessibility charter to make it easier for blind and partially-sighted people to travel on Île-de-France's transport network.
Operations outside France Heavy rail Bombardier Electrostar unit in
South Africa. •
Gautrain, regional express train in
Gauteng province, South Africa, linking
Johannesburg,
Pretoria and
O. R. Tambo International Airport (since 2010) •
Cairo-New Cairo railway, regional rail service between
Cairo and the new administrative capital of Egypt (since 2022) • "La Ferroviaria Italiana", two regional rail lines in
Tuscany,
Italy (minority share)
Metro and tramway Alstom Citadis 302 in
Casablanca double-deck car. • Future
Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport, Australia (15 years of operations and maintenance starting 2026) • Future
Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop, Australia (design alliance followed by 15 years of operations and maintenance after 2035) •
Cairo Metro Line 3,
Cairo, Egypt (for the 2020-2035 period) •
Florence tramway,
Florence, Italy (since 2010) •
Casablanca LRT,
Casablanca, Morocco (since 2012, contract renewed in 2017 until the end of 2029) •
Hong Kong Tramways,
Hong Kong (since 2009) •
Manila Line 1,
Manila, Philippines (technical assistance, since 2014) •
MATA Trolley,
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (since 2021) •
Sun Link Streetcar,
Tucson, Arizona, United States (since 2013, renewed in 2019) •
Doha Metro and
Lusail LRT, Qatar (20-year contract through RKH Qitarat,
joint venture formed by Hamad Group (51%) and
Keolis-RATP Dev (49%)) •
Riyadh Metro Lines 1 and
2 (12-year contract) • Future
Jurong Region MRT line,
Singapore (minority position in a partnership with
SBS Transit, scheduled to start revenue service in 2028).
Bus and coach Italy •
Tuscany regional bus network including 4,800 employees, 2,700 vehicles and 57 depots, via the
Autolinee Toscane subsidiary (since 1 November 2021, for a duration of 11 years) • Cilia Italia,
Lazio United Kingdom Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV battery electric bus on
route 94. RATP Dev's presence in the United Kingdom is mainly concentrated in London with its portfolio of
bus services on behalf of
Transport for London. Through its three subsidiaries
London United,
Quality Line (acquired as
Epsom Coaches in April 2012) and
London Sovereign (acquired in April 2014), RATP Dev manages 1129 vehicles on 96 routes out of 10 garages, and has 3387 employees, as of 2020. Early 2021, RATP Dev announced that it is to close its Quality Line subsidiary and Epsom depot. The closure was effective as of July 2021. On 16 June 2021, the firm announced it had placed an order for 195 electric buses for its London operations to be delivered jointly by
Alexander Dennis and
BYD Auto, the by then largest ever full battery electric bus order in the UK. On 22 September 2021, RATP Dev and SeaLink Travel Group (now
Kelsian Group) announced that their respective West London bus operations (including London United, London Sovereign and
Tower Transit's Westbourne Park garage) would merge into a new joint venture called
RATP Dev Transit London, with RATP Dev holding 87.5% of shares and SeaLink 12.5%. The incorporation of the joint venture was finalised on 11 December 2021. Tower Transit's Lea Interchange garage, located in East London, was not part of the joint venture and remained unaffected until sold off separately to
Stagecoach London.
United States in
North Carolina. , a
bus rapid transit system in
Connecticut. RATP operates various transit systems in the
United States through its American entity, RATP Dev USA: • Arlington Entertainment Area Management District Trolley,
Arlington, Texas •
Asheville Rides Transit (ART), North Carolina (since 2017) •
Bloomington Transit, Indiana •
Bowling Green, Kentucky (since 2020) • Mountain Mobility,
Buncombe County, North Carolina (paratransit, since 2011, renewed in 2020) •
Camarillo Area Transit,
California (since 2018) •
Citibus,
Lubbock, Texas •
Citylink Edmond, Oklahoma (since 2014) •
City of Lompoc Transit,
California (since 2018) •
The COMET, South Carolina (since 2020) • Hartford, New Haven, and Stamford Divisions of
CTtransit,
Connecticut (management contract since 2023) •
GoDurham,
Durham,
North Carolina (since 2023) •
GoRaleigh and GoRaleigh Access,
Raleigh,
North Carolina (since 2023) •
Greensboro Transit Authority,
Greensboro,
North Carolina (since 2022) •
IndyGo,
Indianapolis, Indiana (paratransit only, since 2021) •
LakeXpress,
Lake County, Florida (seven fixed routes,
paratransit and 54 vehicles, management contract since 2017) •
Lextran Wheels Paratransit,
Lexington, Kentucky (since 2022) •
Oxford-University Transit,
Oxford, Mississippi •
Memphis Area Transit Authority,
Memphis, Tennessee (since 2021) •
THE Bus,
Hernando County,
Florida •
TheBus,
Prince George's County,
Maryland (since 2020) •
VCTC Intercity,
California (since 2018) •
Votran,
Volusia County,
Florida (until 2020 and again since 2025) •
Wake County,
North Carolina (since 2023) • Winston-Salem Transit Authority,
Winston-Salem,
North Carolina (since 2024) •
Zion National Park,
Utah, shuttle system (since 2000, renewed in 2020)
Saudi Arabia • All of
Riyadh's urban bus network which will progressively grow to about 100 lines and 1,000 vehicles over three depots. RATP Dev and its Saudi Arabian partner
SAPTCO have established the network since 2014 and launched revenue service in March 2023 • Autonomous shuttles in
Al-'Ula, on behalf of the
Royal Commission for Al-'Ula (since 2022)
Switzerland • HelveCié, operating various school, shuttle and coach services in the cantons of
Fribourg,
Geneva,
Neuchâtel and
Vaud • Various bus and coach services as subcontractor to
Geneva's transit operator
TPG • Cross-border services between Switzerland and France including services connecting
Annecy,
Thonon-les-Bains et de
Sallanches with
Geneva Airport Other Since 2013, RATP Dev, in a consortium with
TPG and
Pomagalski, manages the
Salève cable car, in the
French Alps. Ridership of the cable car has increased by 50% since 2013, notably after the introduction of shuttle buses from
Annemasse and
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois. The contract of the RATP Dev-led consortium has been renewed in 2019 for 12 additional years, until 2031. Ultimately, this partnership would not succeed, and RATP Dev wins its first contract in French regional rail, in Normandy, in 2025, acting alone without any partners. In October 2024, RATP Dev and the
East Japan Railway Company announce their association to jointly bid for operations and maintenance of the
North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR), in the
Philippines.
Former operations network until its closure at the end of 2024.
(selection / non comprehensive list) •
Algiers Metro (from 1 November 2011 to 31 October 2020) • The entirey of Algerian tramway networks in the cities of
Algiers (2012-2023),
Oran (2013-2023),
Constantine (2013-2023),
Sidi Bel Abbès (2017-2023),
Ouargla (2018-2023) and
Sétif (2018-2023) •
São Paulo Metro Line 4: technical assistance for start-up and the launch of commercial operations in 2010 and 1% share in the concessionnaire ViaQuatro until 2015 •
Rio de Janeiro Light Rail: technical assistance for start-up and the launch of commercial operations in 2016 • Anqing Zhongbei buses in
Anqing,
China (as part of
RDTA from 2008 to ?) •
Line 9 of the
Seoul Metropolitan Subway (as part of
RDTA from 2009 to 2019) •
Line 1 of the
Mumbai Metro (as part of
RDTA from 2014 to 2019) • STI Allier et STI Nièvre,
France (ceased to Prêt à Partir in 2018) • The Transvilles multimodal network in and around
Valenciennes, including the
Valenciennes tramway (from 2015 to the end of 2022) •
Manchester Metrolink (from August 2011 to July 2017) •
Selwyns Travel: coach operator with 92 vehicles based in
Manchester,
Runcorn and
St Helens, England (acquired in 2013 and sold in 2020). • "Slide", an on-demand
shared transport /
microtransit service targeting commuters in
Bristol, England (from July 2016 to December 2018, in partnership with French start-up Padam) • "Slide Ealing" in
London (from November 2019 to mid-2020, in partnership with MOIA) •
Yellow Buses, a bus operator in
Bournemouth, England (from 2011 to July 2019). • "Air Decker", a deregulated bus service connecting
Bristol Airport with
Bath (from 2011 to its sale (as part of
Tootbus Bath) in December 2025). •
Tootbus Bath (formerly Bath Bus Company, in several UK cities (
Bath,
Bristol,
Cardiff), sold in December 2025) •
DC Circulator,
Washington, D.C. (from 2018 to the end of 2024) • Fullington Auto Bus Company,
State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.: acquired in 2009 and sold in 2017 •
Open Loop New York: hop on hop off tour company in
New York City commenced in May 2014, ceded to
Big Bus Tours in 2017 •
Capital MetroBus in
Austin, Texas: 79 routes, 250 buses, 21 million passengers/year, from 2012 to early 2020. •
Augusta, Georgia (from 2013 to 2025) •
Mountain Metropolitan Transit, Colorado Springs, Colorado (until early 2023) •
DC Streetcar,
Washington, D.C., United States (from 2016 to 2026) ==References==