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 RATP, 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:
RATP buslines operating mainly in the city proper of Paris, are named with a two-digit code number. 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. Moreover, the runs along the Boulevard des Maréchaux section that is not yet covered by Tramway line 3. All this according to an organized scheme used since public transportation reorganization post-WWII.
The first number represents the sector in Paris where the line's starting point is located:
The second number represents the outermost arrondissement the line finishes in:
0 and 1 are used as "wildcards" for lines whose rightful number is already taken, or for lines ending inside of Paris.
A deep reorganization of the Paris bus network took place on April 20, 2019. Although it didn't change the overall scheme mentioned above, it brought several irregularities, such as lines 21 & 24 no longer starting from Saint Lazare train station, line 40 that doesn't even approach the Gare du Nord, or lines 71 & 77 that do not start from the center of Paris.

Bus services

RATP operates 68 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

Airport Direct Shuttle Buses

Suburban buses

Night Buses (Noctilien)

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

Special and Circular Bus Lines

Special and Circular Bus Lines in Paris

Special and Circular Bus Lines in suburbs