1. International Symposium on Regional Commuter Railways
RER in two lines
Taipei, July 1, 2009

2. Public Transport in Paris Region Brief on the Region
Paris Region (Ile de France) is one of the 22 administrative
regions of France with
Area 12 000km2
11.5 million inhabitants
(19% of France’s population)
29% of GDP
29% of France GDP
An area of 12 000 km2
8 counties/1281
5 Million employees
municipalities 20% of national
11 500 000 inhabitants
19% of French population
22.5%of working population
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3. Public Transport in Paris Region Market share
 Total movement per day : 23 million Other
motorised
mode
3% In public
transport
30%
 Modal or means of
by car
67%
transport shares
 Public transport represent
 30% in Paris Region
 60% within Paris City
 10 % in suburb
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4. Public Transport in Paris Region The operators
 3 major operators provide public transport service in Paris
Region:
 RATP : 14 Metro lines – 2 RER lines – 3 Tramways – 350 bus
lines including 31 night lines (Noctilien) – 1 funicular
 SNCF : Regional railways – RER – tram/train - 11 night bus
lines (Noctilien)
 Optile ; association of 75 private bus companies operating
about 1000 bus routes into the greater Paris suburbs
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5. Public Transport in Paris Region Organisation
STIF
 4 missions: Organize, Coordinate, Modernize and Forecast the
public transport services
 Board of Directors : 29 local authority representatives
 Chairman: President of the Regional Council of Ile de France
Each operator is bound to STIF by a contract
 Duration: 4 years (2008-2011)
 Shared responsibilities and shared risks
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6. RATP Its Environment
 Environment
7%
15%
 3 operators
Optile
 4 modes SNCF
78%
 3,7 Bn journeys/year RATP
 RATP
 Leading operator in Ile de
France
 2.9 B journeys / year 16%
RER
 Running a multimodal
50% 12% BUS
transportation network Banlieue
22% Métro
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7. RATP Figure by Numbers
€4,075M
In turn
14 45,315
employees
over metro lines
351
bus routes
€1,011
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M 3,037 lines of
RER
€125
million
In investment Million journeys
In net
in 2008
3 earning
Tram lines
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8. RATP An integrated multimodal transportation network
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9. RATP Metro
 The metro by numbers
 14 lines inc.1 automatic
 213 km length
 383 stations
 10 000 employees inc.
3000drivers
 1,4 billion travelers per
year
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10. RATP Surface network (Bus & Tram)
 The surface network in figures
 350 bus lines (3820 km)
 1 BRT line (20 km)
 3 tramways (32 km)
 8000 bus and tram stops
 4200 buses
 15 000 employees inc.
12000 drivers
 997 million journeys per
year
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11. RATP RER A&B
A little history… 1977
Line A Nation Etoile
Vincennes Noisy
1988 Line B Luxembourg 1983 extension to
Chatelet Gare du Nord and
Interconnexion Line interconnexion Line
A B
A 1980 Noisy Torcy
1972 La Defense
Saint Germain 1970
La Defense Etoile 1992 Torcy
Chessy
1969 Nation Boissy
B
Line of Sceaux
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12. Regional trains
The RER in 2 lines
A (East-West) B (North-South)
 Stations 35 32
 Length (km) 74 40
 Served counties A 6 & Paris 5 & Paris
 Headway (min) 2 to 3.5 3.5 to 5
 Commercial speed (km/h) 49 39
 journeys per year (million)300 in 2008 168,5 in 2008
B
 Interconnection with SNCFNanterre- Gare du Nord
Prefecture
 Airport link CDG and Orly via
Orly VAL
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13. RER A&B Organization
Direction of RER
Regional train
Transport operation unit Transport operation unit
lineA lineB
Station operation unit Station operation unit
lineA lineB
Support unit
Specialized unit
Human resources
Station development
Social policy
Support unit
Specialized unit
Information systems
Training & regulation
finance & revenue Management
Safety Sale
Security Communication
Service quality revenue
Cleanliness
Traffic statistic Fare systems
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14. RER A & B Operation profile
A (East-West) B (North-South)
 Stations 35 32
 Length (km) 74 40
 Served counties 6 & Paris 5 & Paris
 Headway (min) 2 to 3.5 3.5 to 5
 Commercial speed (km/h) 49 39
 journeys per year (million) 300 in 2008 168,5 in 2008
 Interconnection with Nanterre- Gare du Nord
SNCF Prefecture
CDG and Orly via
 Airport link Orly VAL
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15. RER A&B The Rolling Stock
91 units MS61
Starting 1964
1500V DC,1350 KW,
Capacity 630 (1890/train)
Length 73m (219m/train)
65 units Mi84
65 units Mi79
Starting 1984
Starting 1980
Dual current 1500VDC/ 25kVAC
Dual current 1500DC/25kVAC
Power 3000KW Power 3000KW
Capacity 880 (1760/train) Capacity 880 (1760/train)
Length 104 m (208 m/train) Length 104 m (208 m/train)
43 units Mi2N
Starting 19
Dual current 1500VDC/25kVAC
Power 4500KW
Capacity 1281 (2562/train)
Length 112m (224m/train)
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16. RER A&B Passenger Information
 87 sales & information offices
 Information systems:
 Timetable posted
 SIEL real time display
 Information panels
 Mission codes
 Public Address Systems (trains and
stations)
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17. RER A&B Ticketing
 Large choices of travel cards fitting different passengers’ needs
 Long and short term subscriptions
 For younger, schoolchildren or students: Imagine R
 For commuters or frequent passengers: Pass Intégrale or Pass Navigo (1 week or 1
month subscription)
 For tourists and occasional users: Paris Visite or Mobilis
 Innovative technology
 The Pass Navigo system
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18. RER A&B Connection and sharing with SNCF
oTechnical: switching of
traction/voltage due to the dual modal
trains
oOperational: interchange of the
drivers
oFinancial: ticketing integration and
fare box accounting
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19. Conclusions
Perspective and challenge
 Today RER is reliable, safe 3%
and efficient 30%67%
 The main difficulties come Paris - Paris Paris -
from the growing number of 3 millions (13%) 4 millions (17
Suburbs
- 8%
passengers and the share of %) +5%
3%
journeys
37%
60%
 Improvement of people’s 3
mobility in suburbs remains % 16%
Public Transportation
a challenge Individual cars
Suburbs- 81% Other modes
Suburbs
16 millions (70
+50% - 8% movement 1976-
%) 2001
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20. RER A&B Future projects
 RER B NORD
 Interoperability
 Regularity Action plan
 SNCF/RATP Action plan
 Renewal of the trains MI 79
 Purchase of material (equipment) MI2N
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21. Conclusions
 The Ile-de-France Masterplan: RATP is actively involved with
State and Region authorities:
 Initial study and presentation of projects that will probably
come to execution in 20-25 years
 The 2007-2013 State-Region Planning Contract:
A development dynamic involving:
 19 projects including 3 multimodal hubs for RATP
 109 km of new infrastructures, inc. 75 km of tramlines
 € 2.8 billion investment in addition to outlays on rolling stock
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22. Conclusions The 2007-2013 State-Region Planning
Contract
Tw St Denis / Epinay / Tw St Denis / # 75 km of light rail
Villetaneuse Garges-  5 extentions
Sarcelles  4 new lines
T1 St Denis /
AG Les
Courtilles
M12 à Proudhon-
T2 La Défense Gardinoux et
/ Pont de Mairie
Bezons M13 à Aubervilliers
Pô le
AG
Courtille
s
m  10 km of metro
Nanterre T1 Noisy-le- lines
Université Sec / Montreuil
(Val de   4 extentions
T3 Pte Fontenay)
T2 Issy-Val-de-
d’Ivry / Pte

Seine / Pte de
Versailles
de la
Chapelle Pô le
B
 24 km of bus
Noisy-le- lanes
Grand
Tw Châtillon TCSP Est-   3 new lines
/ Viroflay TCSP TVM
RN305
M4 à M8 à Créteil –

Montroug Parc des
Sports
e et  3 Hubs
Bagneux
TCSP Pompadour
/ Sucy-Bonneuil
Pô le
Mass Tw Villejuif / Athis- A total of 19
y Mons / Juvisy-sur-Orge
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23. Conclusions The great
Paris
Evolution of the public transport in Paris Region in 3 steps
 Creating a dense metro network adapted of the needs of Paris
inhabitants
 Creating and improving RER lines to transport suburb inhabitants
 Connection of the different RER lines in Paris
Loop lines around
Paris
Today, the network is no longer adapted to the
demand.
The future is to connect one suburb to another without going through
Paris
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24. Conclusions The great
Paris
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25. Thanks for your attention
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27. RATP in its environment:
Financing public transportation in Ile de France
01.11
2008 budget : 7.4 Bln Euros
Income Outcome
3,0%
4,0%
13,9% 6,7% 2,7%
41,6%
49,3%
41,6%
37,2%
Local companies Fares RATP SNCF
Regional & local authorities State OPTILE Special operations
Investment
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