Veolia Transportation
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| Veolia Transportation | |
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| Type | Subsidiary of Veolia Environnement |
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| Founded | |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Key people | Henri Proglio (Chairman and CEO) of Veolia |
| Industry | Transportation Services |
| Products | Transportation as Veolia Transportation |
| Revenue | €4.3 Billion EUR (2005) |
| Employees | 72,302(2005) |
| Slogan | "" |
| Website | www.veoliatransportation.com |
Veolia Transportation is a brand name of the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement previously known as Connex. Veolia Transportation trades under the brand names of Veolia Transportation, Veolia Transport or Veolia Verkehr in Germany.
Veolia has diverse road and rail operations across the globe, employing 72,000 workers worldwide and serving completetely or partly more than 30 metropolitan areas with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, including :
- Asia : Mumbai and Seoul,
- Europe : Paris, Marseille, Lyons, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Praga, and Varsovia, and the United Kingdom.
- North America : Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, Denver, Austin, Raleigh and Toronto,
- South America : Bogota and Santiago,
- Oceania : Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Auckland.
In 2005, the group reported a 4.3 billion euro turnover.
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[edit] Asia and Middle East
- Israel : Veolia operates urban network and intercity bus routes originating in the cities of Ashdod and Tiberias formerly run by Egged Bus Cooperative; also:
- Jerusalem : Veolia won in 2003 a $500 million contract to build and maintain a light railway that will run from the west of Jerusalem on the Israeli side of the Green Line to the major Israeli settlements of French Hill, Neve Ya’akov and Pisgat Ze’ev on the other side of the Green Line, with further lines to settlements such as Gilo (near Bethlehem) and Ramot.
- Tiberias : Urban buses
- Yavne : Urban buses in suburban Tel Aviv
- India
- Mumbai : Veolia is part of a consortium which is led by Anil Ambani's Reliance Energy Limited. Hong Kong MTR is the other partner. They will build the first corridor of the Mumbai Metrorail on the 11.4 kms stretch between Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar on the east-west corridor. The project is expected to begin by end of 2006, to be completed by 2009.
- Korea
- Seoul : Veolia is going to operate Line 9 of Seoul's Metro.
[edit] Europe
- Czech Republic : Veolia is the largest bus operator, after a 2002 take-over of the Slezsko regional network in Silesia. Veolia runs 12 urban transport networks especially around Ostrava and Teplice and 3 travel agencies. It also runs an international train service between the Czech Republic and Germany.
- Denmark : Veolia runs half of the transport operations of the privatised Combus especially around Copenhagen.
- Copenhagen : Suburban buses
- Finland :
- France : The company is the third largest private sector operator of public transport and operates:
- 76 bus networks (March 1, 2007), especially in Bordeaux, Nice, Rouen, Saint-Étienne, Le Havre and Nancy
- 8 tramway networks across the country : 3 in service (Bordeaux, Rouen, Nancy) ; 3 in construction (in suburban Lyon, "Leslys", Marseille and Nice) and two in project (Le Havre and Toulon)
- Paris Region : More than 25 suburban networks in suburban Paris (Seine-St-Denis "TRA", Melun "Tram", Sénart "Sénart Bus", etc.)
- Ferry services in Mediterranéa : Veolia recently bought 28% of the Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée, a previously state-owned ferry company
- Germany : Veolia Verkehr, former Connex Verkehr, offers train services, several of a regional character such as the Bayerische Oberlandbahn from Munich, and two long-distance services. Veolia owns a number of bus companies, mostly in suburban areas. It also operates tram systems :
- Aachen : Suburban buses
- Berlin : Suburban tram line linking to the S Bahn
- Frankfurt : Suburban buses
- Hagen : Urban network
- Pforzheim : Urban network won by Veolia in August 2006. Network included in "Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund GmbH" (KVV) and linked to it by Tram-Train line.
- Schwäbisch Hall : Urban network
- Stuttgart : Suburban buses
- ...and also into rural areas.
- Ireland
- Jersey : Buses in the Saint Helier urban area and interurban buses elsewhere
- Netherlands : Veolia Transport consists of :
- BBA, operating in the Campine region around Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant; "De Veluwe" region in Gelderland and northwest of Utrecht
- Veolia Transport, operating in middle and western Noord-Brabant with 4 urban networks in Breda, Tilburg, Bergen op Zoom and Roosendaal
- Veolia Transport Limburg, operating in the whole province of Limburg, including city buses in Maastricht, Heerlen, Venlo and Roermond and the Roermond–Nijmegen and Maastricht–Kerkrade train routes
- Veolia Transport Fast Ferries Zeeland (Westerschelde ferry)
- Veolia Transport Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen, in the southern part of Zeeland province
- Norway : Veolia Transport Norway operates :
- Trondheim Tramway (tourist service)
- Rogaland buses
- Nordland buses
- Finnmark ferries
- Poland : Veolia owns a number of bus companies and operates 2 urban networks :
- Slovenia :
- Maribor : Urban network
- Spain :
- Sweden :
- Stockholm : Veolia runs the Stockholm Metro contracted by the Stockholm County Council and four tram or LRT networks in the city. It also runs the long distance trains from Gothenburg and Stockholm to northern Sweden, as well as several local city bus networks or interurban lines on contract to local authorities.
- United Kingdom :
- Bebb Travel - A National Express franchisee.
- Dunn-Line - A National Express franchisee.
[edit] Oceania
- Australia Connex changed its name to the same as its French parent company's, Veolia, in January 2006. Branding on buses and trains is being changed to reflect this position, with the exception of the Melbourne suburban rail system. Turnover for Australia is over $635 million Australian dollars.
- Brisbane, Queensland : Veolia operates as Veolia Transport Brisbane, using the former National Bus Company's fleet.
- Melbourne, Victoria : Veolia Transport operates its most important electric suburban train service in the whole Metro area. Connex Melbourne was not changed due to Connex being such a strong brand. After re-negotiation in 2004, it is now Connex/Veolia Transport's largest contract in the world[1].
- Perth, Western Australia : Veolia operates the Southern Coast Transit bus lines cirrently being changed to feed Transperth rail extension to Mandurah.
- Sydney, New South Wales : Veolia operates a Light Rail, a Monorail and Veolia Transport NSW commuter bus services.
- New Caledonia :
- New Zealand :
- Auckland : "MAXX" commuter rail service in partnership with ARTA, the Auckland Regional Transport Authority. Connex Auckland changed its name to Veolia on 1 March 2006.
[edit] North America
Veolia arrived in the United States in 2001, with the acquisition of Yellow Transportation in Baltimore, Maryland. On September 1, 2005, Veolia (then "Connex") acquired ATC, making Connex-ATC the largest privately owned public transportation company in North America. In 2006, Connex-ATC changed its name to Veolia Transportation, acquired ShuttlePort, and won several contracts, including Las Vegas, Nevada, the Valley Metro bus system serving the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of Arizona, Orange County, California, the California cities of Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita and the Sprinter Light Rail system currently being built to serve Oceanside, California. It now employs over 16,000 employees with 6,500 vehicles and a revenue of approx. $495 M. in 2005 in North America. Its executive team includes Olivier Brousse (chairman of Veolia Transportation North America, as well as overseeing Veolia Transportation's French operations), and Mark Joseph (CEO of VTNA). It is headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois.
- Canada
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec : Veolia operates city bus contract in outer suburban Montreal.
- Toronto, Ontario : Veolia was awarded an operations and maintenance contract for the Viva Bus Rapid Transit network in York Region in North suburban Toronto for its first five years of service beginning in September 2005.
A "Viva" bus in York Region, Canada
- United States :
- Austin, Texas
- Boston, Massachusetts : Veolia subsidiary Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company operates Boston commuter rail services under contract to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- Columbia, South Carolina : Urban buses
- Denver, Colorado : Urban and suburban buses
- Las Vegas, Nevada : Urban buses currently upgraded into real BRT : the "MAX"
- Los Angeles, California : In Southern California Veolia operates Metrolink suburban train services. It also operates Orange County buses and bus services in outer Los Angeles County in Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita.
- Phoenix, Arizona : 3 contracts in the city of Phoenix and in suburban Mesa and Tempe areas
- San Diego, California : Veolia is going to operate a LRT diesel system between Oceanside and Escondido in northern San Diego County, a contract won in 2005. It also operates city services in Chula Vista, a southern San Diego suburb. It now operates the former Laidlaw Transit in the East County.
- Washington, D.C. - Baltimore Metro area : Suburban buses around Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince George's counties
- Other clients include bus contracts in New Jersey.
[edit] South America
- Chile
- Santiago : Veolia operates feeder services to the Metro and "Troncales" in northern suburban Santiago.
- Colombia
- Bogotá : Veolia, in conjunction with three other operators, runs a 90 km right-of-way bus line called the Transmilenio system used by more than 1,400,000 persons a day.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Connex North America
- Connex International
- Connex Czech Republic
- Connex Germany
- Connex UK
- Connex Netherlands
- Connex Denmark A/S
- Connex Melbourne (Australia)
- Veolia Transport NSW (Australia)
- Connex Auckland (New Zealand)
- Connex Ireland (VeoliaTransport Ireland)
- Connex Israel (Israel)
- Veolia Environnement
- ATC-NEC (merger)
- Veolia Transportation (North America)
