As a combined force, both companies will offer an unrivalled “Hop-On Hop-Off” bus and boat experience where customers can see London at their own pace on board an extensive fleet of open-top buses and on a Thames River Cruises.

With over 66 years’ experience and currently operating 6 routes with 65 hop-on hop-off stops, The Original Tour - a subsidiary of RATP Dev - has enabled over 42 million travelers to explore the best of London since bus touring was first introduced by the company for the Festival of Britain in 1951.

Ronan Bois, Director of the Sightseeing business declared: “Thanks to these new partnerships Extrapolitan is consolidating its leading position in Europe. The growth of our sightseeing network will serve the commercial success of both our partners and ourselves”.

The initial line from Villa Costanza has now been extended to Careggi hospital—11.5 km of tracks and 26 stations will enable Florentine locals to make the entire journey in 40 minutes, with trams running every four minutes from 5.00 a.m. to 12.30 a.m., and until 2.00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.  

The players of the French national team will be appearing aboard an electric Open Tour Paris bus specially decorated for the occasion, in a parade on the Champs-Elysées Monday, 16 July. Featuring the players, the bus will take the team from Place Charles de Gaulle to Elysée Palace to greet fans and celebrate this victory.

Over 200,000 festival-goers come each year to meet the thousand artists performing at four venues. Topping the bill in 2018 are Al McKay’s Earth Wind & Fire Experience, Jeff Beck, Marcus Miller, Selah Sue and Youssou Ndour. 

There were various sections in the competition such as driving technique (maneuverability, ease of access at the stop, backwards slalom and precision stopping), impact in terms of sustainable development (measurement of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions), customer relations (welcome, driving comfort) and a multiple-choice questionnaire, etc. – during which some sixty competitors took part from all over France.

The new bikes are modern, ecological, fast and comfortable and are intended to encourage the use of soft modes and meet travel needs of all the conurbation’s inhabitants, as well as tourists (of whom there are many in the summer). The Vélocéo system consists of a fleet of 50 electrically-assisted bikes. It is spread across six stations in the city. Three very reasonable price packages are offered, one by the day and two by the year.  

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After the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, it is in Valenciennes that the famous British Museum’s touring exhibition will begin its journey round Europe. This first European showing will take place from 19 April to 22 July 2018 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes, which has joined forces with RATP group, one of the exhibition's official partners. This exhibition tells two million years of history through 100 objects from the collections of the British Museum, dating from 2,000,000 BC to the present day.

Three days of meetings and discussion
The European Mobility Exhibition, which is held every two years by the Objectif Transport Public EIG* - will open in Paris on June 12th for three days of meetings and conferences about the transport world. RATP Dev is participating alongside RATP Group in this must-see international event.