RNTP 2025: A Turning Point Toward Smarter, Greener, and More Connected Mobility in France

RNTP – Mobility Showcase Ahead of Local Elections

The French RNTP Transport & Mobility event closed its doors on November 6, 2025, in Orléans. Year after year, RNTP remains the major Transport & Mobility event in France, drawing around 8,000 visitors and more than 200 exhibitors. RNTP also features more than 100 speakers and 50 conferences and roundtables. Six months ahead of the French municipal elections, it provided a comprehensive overview of mobility trends and challenges in France. The event took place at the CO’Met centre, easily accessible from the train station, with the exhibition entry pass serving as a ticket for the local urban transport system.

Attendees and Global Mobility Leaders

As expected, the attendee list included France’s, European, and global leaders such as Transdev and Keolis, alongside the RATP and SNCF Groups. In addition, all the ticketing providers were present—Arrive, Conduent, AEP, Kuba, Hitachi, Matawan. - Along with a wide range of digital mobility players. Public authorities and central actors were also present, including GART, UTPF (Association of French Transport Authorities), AIT, CEREMA, as well as Mobil’in Pulse and various consulting firms supporting authorities and operators.

The Orléans Metropole and the Centre-Val de Loire Region acted as hosts for the event. Worldline exhibited and was, surprisingly, the only global payments provider represented there. RNTP also showcased the entire Transport & Mobility value chain, from bus manufacturers to everything needed by a Transport & Mobility authority to design and operate a national or local rail and urban mobility network.

Year after year, the “active and shared” mobility segment has grown significantly, now representing a substantial portion of the event with nearly 30 exhibitors. 

Key Mobility Trends – MaaS, Sustainability & Rail Competition

The topic coverage was vast, but a few trends emerged from this rich event with roughly 50 conferences:

• MaaS is less dominant than a couple of years ago: Mobility-as-a-Service will need to reinvent itself. MaaS actors face challenges due to authorities’ specific requirements and potential standardisation gaps, prompting a lot of bespoke development. This is a natural cycle: after strong growth, the model likely needs to evolve to regain momentum as demand remains unchanged. The path forward likely involves greater digital transformation and simplified access to all urban and regional mobility modes.
  
  
• Limited discussion of Artificial Intelligence: Aside from one conference, AI was not the expected buzzword. This doesn’t mean AI won’t be part of the Transport & Mobility world tomorrow; operators and authorities may simply be prioritising other issues at present.
  
  
• Sustainability, electrification of fleets, and EV charging for public transport: Sustainability remains a long-standing trend, with more new electric buses, retrofitted vehicles, and the presence of EV charging actors for public transport fleets.
  
  
• Market opening to competition and SERM (Regional Metropolitan Express Services): The mobility landscape will continue to evolve, with rail services playing an increasing role in urban mobility. Notable topics include the integration of regional rail services into urban mobility platforms, access and fare validation, and broader integration of rail services into urban mobility. Regional platforms are increasingly incorporating significant rail services into their mobility projects. In parallel, rail services are being reopened in France in various locations, and competition is growing locally, with some regional authorities awarding rail services to operators other than SNCF. The impacts are a lot broader than new rail services, thus impacting staff, depots and access to train station services for new rail operators.

RNTP 2025 - France’s Integrated, Sustainable, and Open Mobility Barometer

RNTP 2025 in Orléans reaffirmed France’s ongoing commitment to shaping a more integrated, sustainable, and competitive mobility landscape. The event underscored durable trends: a clear move toward electrification and greener fleets, continued expansion of public-private collaboration, and an opening of markets to new actors and services, including more diverse rail and regional mobility integrations. While MaaS faced a pause for recalibration, the momentum for digital transformation and unified mobility platforms remains intact. As municipalities gear up for the next wave of elections and policy decisions, RNTP will likely continue to be a barometer of where transport and mobility are headed: smarter, cleaner, and more connected, with a growing emphasis on multi-touchpoint experiences across urban and regional networks.

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