The TRA bus network covers the

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department in the

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. It is operated by Transports Rapides Automobiles, which is owned by

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and is a member of

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(Organisation Professionnelle des Transports d'Île-de-France). A 6-month trial of on-demand bus services was carried out from March to August 2018 by

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(IDFM) in the outer suburbs. The service, which operated from 2200 at night, enabled passengers to alight between 2 bus stops, reducing the need to walk to their intended destination as well as to combat gender-based harassment in public transportation. A total of 11 routes were involved, consisting of the Mélibus network in

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(7 routes) and the TRA network (4 routes: 602, 607, 618 and 620) in Seine-Saint-Denis. Due to its positive feedback, IDFM had authorised Transdev to extend the trial to 50 other routes in Île-de-France in 2019.

Network

TRA operates 22 numbered routes from 602 to 644 mainly in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, and to a smaller extent, Seine-et-Marne. 4 routes are designated as ''Mobilien routes,'' 602, 609, 613, and 615. These routes have a higher frequency as well as longer operating hours to serve the dense urban areas of Île-de-France to provide an alternative to cars in the suburbs.

Gallery

File:Bus Ligne 609 Avenue Division Leclerc Bourget 2.jpg, Bus on route 609 in the new blue IDFM livery File:Bus Transdev Ligne 643 Avenue Léopold Sédar Senghor - Neuilly-sur-Marne (FR93) - 2021-04-08 - 1.jpg, Bus on route 643 File:Bus613 besson.JPG, Bus on route 613 in the old TRA livery (2009)

References

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