The benchmark in high-capacity commuter trains
RATP Dev draws on its metropolitan rail expertise - forged on lines with some of Europe’s highest passenger numbers - to design, operate, and modernize commuter trains rooted in the areas they serve.
Commuter trains provide large-scale connections throughout major cities. They link residential neighborhoods to employment hubs, shorten journeys, and offer a credible alternative to the private car for long trips. By broadening accessibility, they make the city more inclusive, more productive, and more equitably balanced.
The Paris region includes lines with passenger numbers among the highest in the world, amid an extremely dense environment with a multitude of branches and players. Management of very high passenger numbers, precise sequencing, operation of a vast spectrum of equipment, modernization of systems in continuous operation... All this has honed a unique mastery of complex urban rail systems.
Today, RATP Dev puts that expertise at the service of major cities in France and around the world.
Creation of entirely new lines, modernization of existing networks, operation of links to airports and commuter trains… Our teams assist organizing authorities at every stage of the project life cycle, always adhering to the highest standards of operational efficiency, reliability, and service quality for the passengers.
1.3
million passengers a day on the RER A commuter train
70km
traversed by the LRT line in Cairo
8
million passenger journeys annually operated by the Gautrain
With our unique expertise, RATP Dev ensures the excellence of high-capacity rail lines to offer seamless and reliable mobility to millions of passengers every day.
Jorge Aguiar
Director of Tram / Rail Operations
Our networks
Discover our networks around the world
Rail
Johannesburg , South Africa
Gautrain, Africa's fastest train
In South Africa, Bombela Operating Company, a local subsidiary of RATP Dev, operates the highly strategic Gautrain, a rapid rail link between Pretoria, Johannesburg and OR Tambo International Airport.
Tramway
Quebec, Canada
Building the backbone of mobility in Quebec
In Québec, RATP Dev Canada is taking part, as an upstream operator, in designing TramCité, the city's future tram line and the cornerstone of the Vision for Active Mobility plan adopted by local authorities.
Metro & automated metro
Tramway
Doha, Qatar
A multimodal network to support Doha's development
Through the RKH Qitarat joint venture, RATP Dev co-operates Doha's metro and tram network, a world reference for its reliability and high technicality.