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The BusWay is a bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit is a broad term given to a variety of transportation systems that, through improvements to infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling, attempt to use buses to provide a service that is of a higher quality than an ordinary bus line....
 line operating in the city of Nantes
Nantes

Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants , while its aire urbaine is the eighth with 804,833 inhabitants at a 2008 estimate....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. The service was inaugurated on 6 November, 2006. The line runs from Place Foch to Porte de Vertou, and interconnects with line one of the Tramway de Nantes
Tramway de Nantes

The Tramway de Nantes is a tramway system located around the city of Nantes, France. The first tramway in Nantes opened in 1879 and closed in 1958 due to bombing damage during World War II, while the present tramway was re-introduced to the city in 1985....
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The system is operated by Semitan
Semitan

Semitan is the company responsible for the comprehensive public transport network of the Urban Community of Nantes, the urban community of the France city of Nantes....
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transport network in Nantes uses paper tickets and passes. There are no "travel zones", as a ticket or pass gives access everywhere on the network in greater Nantes.






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The BusWay is a bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit is a broad term given to a variety of transportation systems that, through improvements to infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling, attempt to use buses to provide a service that is of a higher quality than an ordinary bus line....
 line operating in the city of Nantes
Nantes

Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants , while its aire urbaine is the eighth with 804,833 inhabitants at a 2008 estimate....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. The service was inaugurated on 6 November, 2006. The line runs from Place Foch to Porte de Vertou, and interconnects with line one of the Tramway de Nantes
Tramway de Nantes

The Tramway de Nantes is a tramway system located around the city of Nantes, France. The first tramway in Nantes opened in 1879 and closed in 1958 due to bombing damage during World War II, while the present tramway was re-introduced to the city in 1985....
.

The system is operated by Semitan
Semitan

Semitan is the company responsible for the comprehensive public transport network of the Urban Community of Nantes, the urban community of the France city of Nantes....
.

Ticketing

The transport network in Nantes uses paper tickets and passes. There are no "travel zones", as a ticket or pass gives access everywhere on the network in greater Nantes. The basic tickets and passes can be used on most forms of public transport in the Nantes Métropole area, including the BusWay, trams, local buses, water buses, and suburban trains. The Navette Tan Air airport express bus has its own (more expensive) tickets, but these are also accepted on the BusWay and other modes.

Tickets are not sold on BusWay buses, but ticket machines can be found at every BusWay stop, and tickets must be purchased before boarding the bus. There are also a few staffed ticket offices in the centre of Nantes, opening for limited periods only.