Seine Grand Orly bus network

Seine Grand Orly bus network
Overview
Owner	Keolis (Keolis Ouest Val-de-Marne)
Area served	Val de Marne: (Ablon-sur-Seine, Athis-Mons, Choisy-le-Roi, Orly, Thiais, Villeneuve-le-Roi, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Vitry-sur-Seine) Essonne: (Paray-Vieille-Poste)
Line number	5
Website	Official website
Operation
Began operation	January 1, 2021
Operator(s)	Keolis (Keolis Ouest Val-de-Marne)

Seine Grand Orly is a French bus network running in Île-de-France, organized by Île-de-France Mobilités, this network is operated by Keolis into his society Keolis Ouest Val-de-Marne since January 1, 2021.

The network consists of 5 routes and Île-de-France tramway Line 9 which mainly serve the catchment area of Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre.

History

Network development

In May, 2018, Île-de-France Mobilités published a concession notice of Bord de l'Eau bus network including also Île-de-France tramway Line 9, by calling on potential candidates to come forward.^[1] Ultimately, four potential operating companies were qualified by the organizing authority to compete, in the following categories: RATP Dev, Keolis, Transdev and Moventia.^[A][2]

Competition opening

Due to the opening up of public transport to competition in Île-de-France, the Bord de l'eau bus network became Seine Grand Orly on January 1, 2021, corresponding to public service delegation number 22 established by Île-de-France Mobilités. A invitation to tender was therefore launched by the organizing authority in order to designate a company which will succeed the operation of Keolis Seine Val-de-Marne for a period of five and a half years. It is finally Keolis, via its subsidiary Keolis Ouest Val-de-Marne, which was designated during the board of directions of June 14, 2019.^[3][4] When it was opened to competition, the network consisted of routes 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 and Licorne.

Opening of service of Tramway Line 9

In order to support the opening of service of Île-de-France tramway Line 9, The five lines of the Seine Grand Orly bus network were reorganized on April 12, 2021. All the routes (except Licorne) were renumbered. In addition, route 482 extended its service to the north as far as the shopping center, Belle Épine via Pont de Rungis railway station, and the route 10 which ran Juvisy station to Athis Plaine Basse was folded and a partial portion was transferred to Express 191.100.^[5][6][7]

This next table shows the renaming of the bus network between old and new number routes.

Network renaming

Old route	New route
9	282
8	480
2	482
3	483
Licorne	Unchanged
10	Folded

Routes

Image	Bus	Between	And
	282	Vitry-sur-Seine — Centre Commercial — Pont de Vitry	Thiais — E. Levasseur
	480	Orly 1, 2, 3	Villeneuve-Saint-Georges RER
	482	Thiais — Belle Épine Sud / Mairie d'Orly — Place François Mitterrand	Villeneuve-le-Roi — Place Jeanne d'Arc
	483	Choisy-le-Roi RER	Villeneuve-Saint-Georges RER / Athis-Mons — Saint-Charles
	Licorne	Villeneuve-le-Roi — Foyer Jean-Rostand (via La Fresnaie, circular line)

Gallery

• 
  Heuliez Bus GX 337 n°201273 on route 483.
• 
  Volvo 7900 L Hybride n°203014 on route 482 at its terminus, Place Jeanne d'Arc.
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  Stop and traveler information sign at Lycée Marianne.

Notes

1. Moventa, spanish operator, was the unexpected company of this selection

References

1. "2018/S 092-209815 - Avis de concession". ted.europa.eu (in French). May 16, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2019..
2. "4 candidats pour exploiter T9 et 7 lignes de bus" (in French). October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018..
3. "Tram T9. Keolis premier vainqueur de la concurrence en Ile-de-France". Ville, Rail et Transports (in French). 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2019-06-14..
4. Laure Parny (February 21, 2021). "Val-de-Marne : derniers réglages avant la mise en service du tramway T9". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved April 17, 2021. [...] la filiale Keolis Ouest (NDLR : l'opérateur choisi pour l'exploitation du T9 et de plusieurs lignes de bus du secteur)..
5. "A partir du 12 avril 2021, votre réseau de bus évolue avec l'arrivée du Tram T9 !". Île-de-France Mobilités (in French). April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
6. Dossier de presse du T9 - Avril 2021 (PDF) (in French). April 10, 2021. pp. 17–18.
7. Plan du réseau de bus Bord de l'Eau sur le site officiel d'Île-de-France Mobilités, retrieved on April 12, 2021