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London Buses Run By The RATP
On Mar 8, 8:45*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 07:21:19 -0800 (PST), Paul wrote: Saw a London United bus on route 10 parked at the terminus at Kings Cross this afternoon. Underneath the "London United " logo was the logo for the RATP (Regie Autonome Des Transports Parisiens) which runs the buses, metro, trams and RER in Paris. The change of ownership only took place late last week. First report I've heard of the RATP logo appearing on a bus. This was news to me, at it remains to be seen what difference French ownership might make. Very little in the short term I would expect. Even medium to long term I doubt much will happen with London United. RATP might try to buy out Epsom Buses as they'd be a logical fit with London United but other than that I would expect it to be "business as usual". What is more interesting is that RATP have bought the Bath Bus Company which runs sightseeing services in Bath. In former times it did compete for tendered services and the head of the operation used to work for First Group in the South West! *Whether RATP see it as a springboard for taking on tendered work again or competing head to head with First remains to be seen. RATP also own Yellow Buses in Bournemouth - an operation transformed under Transdev ownership. Worth noting that in Paris, two thirds of the buses stop running at 8:30pm, and only about half run on Sundays. To be fair the Paris bus network is vastly more comprehensive, frequent and extensive than it used to be. *RATP and STIF realised that the network could make a far bigger contribution and have funded expansion for several years. I think they took part of their cue from London's experience under the early years of Ken. I would suggest you refresh your understanding of the Paris bus network via this link. http://www.ratp.fr/informer/pdf/orie...=reseaux&nompd.... No bus stops at 20.30 M-F - the time is now 22.00 and only two routes seem to stop. *Many routes are daily and very few adopt the "barre" system of part route operation on Sundays. -- Paul C I think their website must be out of date then, If you look at http://www.ratp.fr/plan-interactif/cartebus.php, you can select "en journee", "en soiree" or "dimanche et fetes". By switching from one to the other, you can see which routes run in the day, but do not run in the evenings or on Sundays. If you hover the mouse pointer over "en soiree", it says "Afficher la carte Bus Paris circulant apres 20:30." Taking one example, route 20 between the Gare De Lyon and the Gare St Lazare does not appear on the "en soiree" map. And yet the timetable shows it running up to 1am seven days a week. You live and learn. |
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