Financing

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Ile-de-France residents have access to one of the most important public transport networks in the world. To make it work and allow residents to make 9.4 million trips per day, Île-de-France Mobilités contracts with transport companies (SNCF, RATP, Keolis, Transdev, RATP Dev, Savac-Lacroix, etc.) that it pays.

These companies are responsible for transporting passengers in accordance with the level of quality of service set by Île-de-France Mobilités. They are also responsible for maintaining infrastructure and equipment, ensuring the safety of passengers, maintaining the cleanliness of spaces, providing various services at stations (ticket sales, passenger information, etc.), and carrying out maintenance and modernisation work on the lines for which they are responsible. More than 100,000 people throughout the region work daily to provide this public service.

€10.506 billion was devoted to the operation of public transport in 2021.

Fare revenues, public operating assistance and taxes allocated to Île-de-France Mobilités for public transport in Île-de-France amounted to €10.814 billion in 2021.

Within this amount, €10.506 billion is operating expenditure.

  • 81% of this expenditure relates to Île-de-France Mobilités' contracts with RATP and SNCF.
  • The remaining 19% covers the operating expenses of the operators operating the 1,300 bus lines in the outer suburbs and school transport, as well as the operating expenses of Île-de-France Mobilités.

These expenses primarily cover expenses related to the operation of the networks. They also participate in the financing of investments via depreciation allowances (modernisation of the network, renewal of rolling stock, etc.).

Ile-de-France companies are the main financiers of the transport system and will contribute, in 2023, 48% of operating resources: via the transport payment, payroll tax, the proceeds of which are allocated to Île-de-France Mobilités, and by reimbursing 50% of their employees' Navigo passes (they can go up to 75%).

Ticket revenues represent 33% of financing resources in 2023. After deduction of the share paid by employers and local authorities, the share of passengers corresponds to 27% of resources.

The other resources come mainly from the contributions of the member communities of Île-de-France Mobilités: the Île-de-France Region in the first place, the City of Paris and the Ile-de-France departments.

The main financial balances are summarized in this diagram (here in 2018):

Allocation of fare revenues, public operating assistance and taxes allocated to Île-de-France Mobilités for public transport in Île-de-France in 2018 (Amount including VAT)
  • Public competition: €1,850 million, including €2,176 million in statutory contributions from Île-de-France Mobilités member communities; €114 million from the Region (social action); €191 million from the departments (social action); €163 million in grants and compensation from the State; €106 million in operating subsidies from departments, municipalities and EPCIs.
  • Fare revenue: €3,984 million, including €180 million from public competition, €2,833 million from passengers, €971 million from employers.
  • Transport payment : €4,457 million
  • Other revenue (advertising, fines, etc.): €260 million

That is €10,464 million, which is used as follows:

€9,810 million for

  • RATP and SNCF in charge of operations and investment programmes under the contracts with Île-de-France Mobilités: RATP (50%) and SCNF (31%)
  • Other operators (buses and school transport): 14%
  • Île-de-France Mobilités: operating expenses (5%); Capital expenditure (5%)

And €654 million allocated to Île-de-France Mobilités' capital expenditure