As part of the resulting agreement, made in May 2010, it was agreed that the RATP Group would take over ownership of some of Transdev's operations in lieu of cash payment for its holdings in Transdev.

However, in 2009, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, the majority owner of the Transdev group, started negotiations with Veolia Environnement to merge Transdev with Veolia Transport. In the early years of the 21st century, a partnership with the Transdev group resulted in RATP acquiring a minority shareholding in that group, with its many worldwide transport operations. By the time the STCRP was merged into the RATP, all of its streetcars had been replaced by bus routes. The STCRP had been created on 1 January 1921 by the merger of about half a dozen independent bus and streetcar operators in the Paris area. The RATP was created on 1 January 1949 by combining the assets of the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP), which operated the Paris Métro, and the Société des transports en commun de la région parisienne (STCRP), which operated the city's bus system.Įarlier, the CMP had absorbed the Société du Chemin de Fer Électrique Nord-Sud de Paris in 1930 and the Ligne de Sceaux in 1937, which extended commuter rail to the suburbs. The company describes itself as the fourth-largest actor in public transport.

In 2019, the Group's consolidated revenue was €5.704 billion it employs 64,000 people. RATP Dev, the Group's international operations and maintenance subsidiary, is present in 13 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. While RATP's Paris-related activities are still a major part of its business, its operations have extended since 2002 to include business around the globe in various modes of urban and regional transportation. In the Île-de-France region, the RATP carries about 3.3 billion passengers per year.

Today, the RATP is still responsible for most of the public transport in the Greater Paris area, including the Paris Métro, Île-de-France tram, and RATP bus network, as well as part of the regional express rail (RER) network. Its logo represents, in a stylised version, the Seine's meandering through the Paris area as the face of a person looking up. Formed in 1949, it has its origins as the city's public transport operator. The RATP Group ( French: Groupe RATP), also known as the RATP or Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (English: Autonomous Parisian Transportation Administration), is a state-owned public transport operator and maintainer headquartered in Paris, France.

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