RATP acquires Manchester Metrolink operator

PARIS Transport Authority subsidiary RATP Dev has acquired Stagecoach's Manchester light rail operation as part of its expansion in the British public transport market. The takeover of Stagecoach Metrolink Limited signals RATP's entry into the British light rail market, although the company is already Europe's third-largest light rail operator by traffic volume, and it is already active in the British bus market, taking over a further three bus operators in March this year.