RATP (Paris) 3873 and 9728 - 4 Sep 1990

Tuesday 4 September 1990 (approx. 0830) – After taking delivery of RVI (Renault) SC10R buses 9351-9999 between 1991 and 1994 RATP reverted to lower fleet numbers starting at 3001 from 1984 onwards. 9728, on service 184, and what looks like 3873, on service 131, makes slow progress across Avenue de la Porte d’Italie in the morning rush hour traffic.

RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) buses did not carry registration numbers in the normal way, the fleet number was carried as a registration number.