Batobus

The service was created by the Secretary of State for Transport in 1989, as part of the bicentennial celebrations of the French Revolution.

In 1997, the contract was renewed for eleven years, for the tourist season, under the commercial name of "Batobus".

[1][2] The Batobus serves the following stops: Beaugrenelle/Île aux Cygnes, Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Notre-Dame, Jardin des Plantes, Hôtel de Ville, Louvre, and Champs-Élysées.

[1] The service has eight boats, running at 6 nautical miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) at their fastest, the top speed being limited by the River Authority.

Two other river boats, with the carrying capacity of 150 passengers, were launched soon after, to complete the fleet.

Even with the introduction of the Voguéo, the Batobus refused to directly accept the common Paris travel tickets or the Passe Navigo, but gave discounts for those holding most of the common Paris tickets on the Navigo card (the Intégrale, the Imagine'R, the Émeraude and Améthyste and so on) and for students.