RATP bus network

RATP bus network

Bus  73  heading towards the Musée d'Orsay
Founded	1906
Commenced operation	1945
Headquarters	Paris
Service area	Paris and its near suburbs
Service type	Bus and Express Bus
Routes	315[1]
Stops	around 12,000
Destinations	Paris * Near suburbs * Paris Airports (Orly & CDG)
Stations	Métro, RER and Transilien stations
Depots	RATP Bus centers
Fleet	City and express buses (≈ 5 000)[1]
Daily ridership	From 1.5 million travelers (on Sunday) and 2.4 million travelers (on Saturday) to 3.5 million travelers (on weekday) (2017)[2]
Annual ridership	1.1 billion travelers (2017)[2]
Operator	RATP
Chief executive	President of RATP
Website	www.ratp.fr

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 (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 (Organisation professionnelle des transports d'Île-de-France), 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.^[1]