Challenge
- Setting up daily service and ensuring it runs smoothly.
- Advising the federation of communities council on ways to develop urban transit.
595, 581
kilometers traveled by bus per year (in 2020), 707 837 km by DRT and paratransit services
16
buses (excluding DRT)
707, 880
trips per year (in 2020)
Solution
The conurbation or federation of communities christened "Épernay, Coteaux et Plaine de Champagne", was officially founded on January 1, 2017, federating 50 municipalities, and 50,500 inhabitants, around Épernay and Vertus.
Acting as transit authority, the conurbation’s council appointed RATP Dev to operate its Mouvéo bus system, featuring six regular routes and ten DRT.
The public service contract was transferred on 2 January 2020 to syndicat mixte des transports d’Epernay et sa région (SMITER). The CTPC now offers a service to the municipalities of Aÿ, Dizy and Mareuil sur Aÿ in the Grande Vallée de la Marne conurbation. There are now ten regular lines, ten ToD lines and one zonal ToD for the former CCRV managed by the network.
The Compagnie de Transports du Pays de Champagne (CTPC) is 42 dedicated employees service some 57 towns, in addition to providing schoolbusing and paratransit service through another network, Mobilibus.
"We are satisfied with the service continuity that has been provided by RATP Dev. Switching from the previous operator was not easy, yet RATP Dev pulled it off seamlessly for our city transit users."
Mayor of Épernay and President of the Épernay-Pays de Champagne federation of municipalities