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The '''RATP Group''' ({{lang-langx|fr|Groupe RATP}}), is a French [[state-owned enterprise]] ([[Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial|EPIC]]) that operates [[public transport]] systems. It is headquarteredprimarily in [[Paris]], France. Headquartered in Paris, andit originally operated under the name {{lang|fr|'''Régie autonome des transports parisiens'''}} ({{lang-langx|en|Parisian Autonomous Transport Administration}}). Its logo represents, in a stylized version, the [[Seine]]'s meandering through the Paris area as the face of a person looking up. The company had described itself as the fourth-largest presence in public transport.<ref name="logbook2019" />

RATP Group was established in 1949 with the express purpose of operating Paris's public transport system. During the twentieth century, it focused solely on the provision of the capital's various forms of transit, from the [[Paris Métro]], [[Tramways in Île-de-France|Île-de-France tram]], and the [[RATP bus network]], as well as part of the [[Réseau Express Régional|regional express rail]] (RER) network. However, since 2002, RATP Group's operations have no longer been geographically restricted; it has competitively pursued contracts to operate transit systems around the world. It also had a partnership with, and a minority shareholding in, [[Transdev (historic)|Transdev]], which has further involved RATP Group in various global transport operations. During 2002, [[#Operations outside Paris|RATP Dev]] was created as the Group's dedicated international operations and maintenance subsidiary; it is present in 16 countries across [[Africa]], [[Asia]], [[Australia]], [[Europe]] and [[North America]].

RATP Group's Paris-related activities are still a major part of its business through to the present day; in 2019, it was recorded that, in the [[Île-de-France]] region, it carried roughly 3.3 billion passengers per year.<ref name="logbook2019">{{Cite web |date = 2 October 2020 |title = 2019 RATP Group Highlights |url = https://www.ratp.fr/sites/default/files/inline-files/2019_RATP_GROUP_HIGHLIGHTS.pdf |access-date = 12 October 2020 |archive-date = 14 September 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210914105514/https://www.ratp.fr/sites/default/files/inline-files/2019_RATP_GROUP_HIGHLIGHTS.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2019, RAPTRATP Group's consolidated revenue was {{€|5.704 billion|link=yes}}; it employed 64,000 people at that time.<ref name="logbook2019" /> In recent decades, the company has operated on an increasingly competitive basis as a result of legislative changes.

The RATP was created on 1 January 1949 by combining the assets of the ''[[Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris|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.

[[Hiba Farès]] is the Chairman of the Board of RATP Dev since January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Info VRT. RATP Dev est désormais seul à bord de Régionéo |url=https://acteurspublics.fr/nomination/hiba-fares-sur-le-point-de-prendre-la-presidence-du-directoire-de-ratp-dev |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=VRT}}</ref>

*The [[Paris Métro]], a system of mostly underground [[rapid transit]] lines which run throughout the city, with some lines extending somewhat beyond the city boundaries. The Métro has 16 lines with {{convert|226.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} of track and 308 stations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Île-de-France Mobilités - Omnil |date=9 October 2016 |title=Caractéristiques du réseau, accessibilité et intermodalité |url=http://www.omnil.fr/IMG/xlsx/reseau_version_en_ligne.xlsx |access-date=27 April 2018 |language=fr |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102194717/http://omnil.fr/IMG/xlsx/reseau_version_en_ligne.xlsx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>The figure of "308" (stations) does not include the fictional [[Montmartre funicular]] station. The latter is indeed considered as a metro station by RATP and statistically attached to [[Paris Métro Line 2|line 2]], which explains why RATP announces 309 stations and not 308.</ref> TwoThree metro lines are [[List of automated urban metro subway systems#Grade of Automation 4 (GoA4)|fully automated and driverless]]: [[Paris Métro Line 1|Line 1]] (since 2012), [[Paris Métro Line 4|Line 4]] (since 2023) and [[Paris Métro Line 14|Line 14]] (since its opening in 1998).

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La RATP va équiper le RER A d'un système contre les émissions de particules fines |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/tourisme-transport/la-ratp-va-equiper-le-rer-a-dun-systeme-contre-les-emissions-de-particules-fines-2100721 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Les Echos}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pour « un métro parlant », la RATP signe une Charte d’accessibilité des malvoyants |url=https://www.la-croix.com/economie/pour-un-metro-parlant-la-ratp-signe-une-charte-d-accessibilite-des-malvoyants-20240607 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=La Croix}}</ref>

*[[Casablanca Tramway|Casablanca LRT]], [[Casablanca]], Morocco (since 2012, contract renewed in 2017 until the end of 2029)<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 September 2017 |title=Casa Transports et RATP Dev scellent un nouveau contrat d'exploitation du tramway et du bus |url=http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/09/16/casablanca-ratp-tramway-bus_n_18007460.html |access-date=17 September 2017 |language=fr |archive-date=18 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063730/http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/09/16/casablanca-ratp-tramway-bus_n_18007460.html |url-status=liveusurped }}</ref>

*Future [[Riyadh Metro]] [[Line 1 (Riyadh Metro)|Lines 1]] and [[Line 2 (Riyadh Metro)|2]] (12-year contract)<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 September 2018 |title=Métro de Riyad: la RATP et Alstom remportent d'importants contrats |url=https://www.lopinion.fr/edition/economie/metro-riyad-ratp-alstom-remportent-d-importants-contrats-162489 |access-date=14 October 2018 |language=fr |archive-date=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920011152/https://www.lopinion.fr/edition/economie/metro-riyad-ratp-alstom-remportent-d-importants-contrats-162489 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 September 2018 |title=Le groupe RATP renforce sa présence en Arabie Saoudite avec le contrat emblématique d'exploitation et de maintenance du métro de Riyad, attribué par ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA) à RATP Dev et SAPTCO |url=https://www.ratp.fr/groupe-ratp/newsroom/ratpdev/le-groupe-ratp-renforce-sa-presence-en-arabie-saoudite-avec-le-contrat |access-date=14 October 2018 |language=fr |archive-date=9 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209050119/https://www.ratp.fr/groupe-ratp/newsroom/ratpdev/le-groupe-ratp-renforce-sa-presence-en-arabie-saoudite-avec-le-contrat |url-status=live }}</ref>

*[[Lextran]] Wheels Paratransit, [[Lexington, Kentucky]] (since 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 September 2022 |title=Lextran awards Wheels Paratransit contract to RATP Dev USA |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/paratransit/press-release/21280651/ratp-dev-usa-lextran-awards-wheels-paratransit-contract-to-ratp-dev-usa |access-date=3 October 2022 |website=www.masstransitmag.com |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113013943/https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/paratransit/press-release/21280651/ratp-dev-usa-lextran-awards-wheels-paratransit-contract-to-ratp-dev-usa |url-status=live }}</ref>

RATP Dev established in 2018 a "regional office" in [[Singapore]] for [[Asia-Pacific]] albeit not having any operational activity in the city-state.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2018 |title=Le Groupe RATP ouvre un bureau Asie-Pacifique à Singapour |url=https://www.ville-rail-transports.com/ferroviaire/groupe-pacifique-singapour/ |access-date=29 October 2018 |language=fr |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227181854/https://www.ville-rail-transports.com/ferroviaire/groupe-pacifique-singapour/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2020, RATP Dev and [[SBS Transit]] announced a partnership for future rail projects in Singapore, without referencing specific commercial targets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 December 2020 |title=SBS Transit partners RATP to vie for new business in Singapore |url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/sbs-transit-partners-ratp-to-vie-for-new-business-in-singapore |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=15 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215112444/https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/sbs-transit-partners-ratp-to-vie-for-new-business-in-singapore |url-status=live }}</ref> RATP Dev and SBS Transit are expected to bid for operations and maintenance of the future [[Jurong Region MRT line]] and the future [[Cross Island MRT line]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 May 2023 |title=LTA Calls for Tenders to Appoint Rail Operators for Upcoming MRT Lines |newspaper=Sgtrains |url=https://blog.sgtrains.com/2023/05/lta-calls-for-tenders-rail-operators-for-jrl-crl/ |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720181045/https://blog.sgtrains.com/2023/05/lta-calls-for-tenders-rail-operators-for-jrl-crl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2024, RATP Dev and SBS Transit were successful in their tender for the Jurong Region MRT Line.<ref name="f425"/>

*[[Line 4 (São Paulo Metro)|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<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delivery of São Paulo Metro Line 4 – Brazil's first passenger rail public-private partnership |url=https://www.arema.org/files/library/2010_Conference_Proceedings/Delivery_of_Sao_Paulo_Metro_Line_4-Brazils_First_Passenger_Rail_Public_Private_Partnership.pdf |access-date=29 March 2018 |archive-date=27 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227220355/http://www.arema.org/files/library/2010_Conference_Proceedings/Delivery_of_Sao_Paulo_Metro_Line_4-Brazils_First_Passenger_Rail_Public_Private_Partnership.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2015 |title=CCR exerce direito de compra de participação da RATP na ViaQuatro |url=https://br.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idBRKCN0SH2H920151023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024163639/http://br.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idBRKCN0SH2H920151023 |archive-date=October 24, October 2015 |access-date=29 March 2018 |language=pt}}</ref>

*[[Yellow Buses]], a bus operator in [[Bournemouth]], England (from 2011 to July 2019).<ref name="Bus&Coach6May10">[http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=3976&categoryid=0 French moves in London] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820023234/http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=3976&categoryid=0 |date=2014-08-20 August 2014 }} ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 6 May 2010</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 2019 |title=Management moves for bus company |url=https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/southwest/management-moves-for-19m-turnover-bus-company |access-date=2 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702164942/https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/southwest/management-moves-for-19m-turnover-bus-company |url-status=live }}</ref>

*[https://entramtravels.sporvognsrejser.dkcom/company/regie-autonome-des-transports-parisiens-ratp Tram Travels: Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)]