'' 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 ,
Veolia Verkehr in Germany or
Connex in
Melbourne ,
Australia .
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, Prague, Warsaw, Dublin and Glamorgan, South Wales.
- North America : Las Vegas, 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 Revenue .
- Israel
- --- to Beit HaKerem .
- --- and Tel Aviv . Formerly run by Margalit . "Modi'in residents irate over new bus service" .. Since taking over from Margalit, there have been a spate of complaints from Modiin residents pertaining to the reduced frequency and reliability of the service.
- --- .
- --- .
- --- . Formerly run by Egged Bus Cooperative .
- India
- --- 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.
- 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.
- especially around Copenhagen.
- --- Copenhagen : Suburban buses.
- Finland :
- --- and operates essentially in Vantaa , a northern suburb of Helsinki.
- 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.
is operated by Veolia.]]
- , 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
- --- tramway which started operations in June 2004. ''Connex Transport Ireland'' changed its name to '' Veolia Transport Ireland'' in April 2006.
- ---.
- urban area and interurban buses elsewhere
- Netherlands : Veolia Transport consists of :
- --- BBA, operating in the Kempen 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 , Parkstad ('' Heerlen - Kerkrade - Landgraaf - Brunssum ''), 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
- operates :
- --- Trondheim Tramway ,
- --- Rogaland buses,
- --- Nordland buses,
- --- Finnmark ferries.
- Poland : Veolia owns a number of bus companies and operates 2 urban networks :
- --- Warsaw : Part of urban network and mostly suburban routes,
- --- Tczew : Urban city network.
- Slovenia :
- --- Maribor : Urban network.
- Spain :
- --- Ávila : Urban network,
- --- and Mataró ,
- --- Jerez : Urban network,
- --- Pamplona : Urban and suburban bus network,
- --- .
- Sweden :
- --- contracted by the Stockholm County Council and three tram ( Lidingöbanan , Nockebybanan and Tvärbanan ) or local rail networks ( Saltsjöbanan ) in the city on behalf of SL . 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 :
- --- Dunn-Line - A National Express franchisee,
- --- Veolia Transport Cymru , which has bought up:
-- Pullman Coaches.
-- Bebb Travel - A National Express franchisee,
-- Shamrock Coaches are seen with Veolia address and contact details as well as their own and vice versa.
-- Longs
-- Hawkes
- --- Paul James Coaches
,
Australia .]]
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
Citizens Area Transit In 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.
- --- Bus Rapid Transit network in York Region in North suburban Toronto for its first five years of service beginning in September 2005.
- United States :
- --- Austin , Texas
- --- 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 : Veolia operates the current CAT and DEUCE fixed route systems, as well as D.O.T.'s BRT pilot project: the "MAX". All 3 systems are owned by the Regional Transportation Commission.
- --- Veolia operates Metrolink suburban train services. It also operates Orange County buses and bus services in outer Los Angeles County in Antelope Valley ( Antelope Valley Transit Authority ) and Santa Clarita ( City Of Santa Clarita Transit ).
- --- and small bus shuttle transport in Ft. Lauderdale .
- --- and Tempe areas
- --- , and NCSU Wolfline campus system
- --- 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.
- --- bus system.
- --- , Loudoun and Prince George's counties
- --- Other clients include bus contracts in New Jersey . and Greensboro, NC
- --- In Washington State Veolia operates a Paratransit operation for King County Metro (Seattle Area). They run approximately 100 buses with 200+ employees. This operation has been in King County since 1996 and is the largest Paratransit operation in Washington State.
- Chile
- --- Santiago : Veolia operates feeder services to the Metro and "Troncales" in northern suburban Santiago.
- Colombia
- --- system used by more than 1,400,000 persons a day.
