Veolia Transportation (ex-Connex) is the brand name for
transportation of
Veolia Environnement. Its activity consists mainly in operating public transit (Trains, Métros, Trams, Buses and coaches, ferries and also freight) for Local Authorities in generally [[public markets or
concessions. Its turnover (2005) is about 4,35 milliards € (from which 40 % in France), plus 21,2 % versus 2004.
Veolia Transportation, actually operate Urban Transit services in more than 30 built up areas of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants. It currently serves more than 5,000 Local Authorities throughout the world. The company employs more than 72,000 salariés at (12.31.2005) and is still the first private public transport iperator in the worlsd. The company operates :
More than 4
BRT networks :
Bogota within
TransMilenio transporting nearly 1,400,000 trips/day ;
Rouen, "
TEOR" : 3 lines, 53,000 trips/day expected in 2007 ;
Las Vegas, "
Max", one line, 7,000 trips/day ; York au Canada in suburban
Toronto, "Viva", 5 lines...,
More than 70 urban networks in France and also about 20 more in Parisian Region "Ile de France". Veolia Transportation also operate shuttle services for skiing resorts (Chatel in Haute-Savoie, France),
Numerous urban bus networks abroad in built up areas as
Los Angeles (Orange County) ;
Washington DC (DC, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince's Georges Counties...) ;
Atlanta (Gwinett and Cobb Counties) ;
Phoenix (Three contracts in Phoenix City,
Mesa et
Tempe) ;
Las Vegas ;
Baltimore ;
Denver ;
Austin,
Raleigh... in United States États-Unis ;
Santiago in Chile ;
Tilburg,
Breda ;
Maastricht... in Netherlands ;
Helsinki ;
Copenhagen, in Finland and and also suburban buses around Aachen, Frankfurtet Stuttgart mainly feeding these cities S-Bahns...
Numerous interurban routes in France and abroad,
Urban boats in
Toulon and
Marseille (Frioul) ana also ferrys till
Corse with the currently taking over of
SNCM and also in Sweden around
Gothenburg,
Managing Nîmes Garons' Airport since 2007.
....
Veolia Transportation strategy is based on :
Numerous successive acquisitions which allow Veolia to be present in mots of french regions and also most of the continents (North and South America, Asia, Océania, Europe...). Two of its main acquisitions were "Tourisme Verney" in France en 2002 and ATC in United States États-Unis during 2005. These acquisitions leaded to reitganizations, for instance in french éorganisations notamment en Rhône-Alpes whre TVRA became Connex Rhôdalia en 2005 and ATC in USA,
Veolia Transportation,
Veolia Transportation, transportation subsidiary of
Veolia Environnement, new brand created in 2005 was previously called "Générale des Eaux" since 1890 puis sous celui de "CGFTE" notamment à
Bordeaux,
Rouen,
Nancy and
Chambéry et enfin sous le nom de "Connex" after numerous fusions ain the 80's and 90's. Its development grew faster from 2002 in France with :
The take over in 2002 of Verney, mainly in Western France, which operated numeous interurban networls but also some urban networks :
Vannes,
Fougères,
Flers,
Chinon,
Saumur and
Sablé-sur-Sarthe, and also
Granville under contract with le la Manche Département ,
The take over (still in discussion) of
SNCM in
2005 after a big social crisis very popularized by newspapers. The answer for the bid for ferries toorsica services is not waited before april 2007qu'en avril 2007.
Veolia Transportation with
TBC (urban
Bordeaux network) and its councellors launched the first tram without catenaries to avoid wires in Bordeaux historical center (place de la Bourse and cours de l'Intendance). In spite of difficulties for beginning, this APS technology is gonna be used in new Tram routes being built in
Angers,
Orléans and
Reims. Bordeaux Urban Community (CUB) is gonna get royalties of it.
To end, Veolia Transportation operated suburban trains since 1996 in London Southern suburbs, until London Transport Authority decided to break up the contract in 2003.
Miami : "
TriRail", Suburban network linking Miami-Dade County to Broward and Palm Beach counties in Northern Suburban Miami. This contract won in 2007 represents 116 Km, 18 stations et 11,000 trips/jour. Short term extensions sapproved toward Jupiter at North, and a new Intermodal Centre in the South.(Train, métro and Bus) is being built next to Miaimi Airport.
Stockholm : 3 lignes with numerous branches (4 on red line, 2 on blue line and 3 on green one) fir a total of 108 km, 100 stations and 7 lignes operated combining the fiffrenet branches of each line.
Bordeaux : Thrre lines being extended till 2009 (44 km and 84 stations). Premier système d'alimentation par le sol permettant de s'affranchir des caténaires dans la traversée des cœurs de ville.
BRT projects pour les secteurs non desservis à moyen terme par le tramway,
Lyons : "
Leslys", contract won for 30 ans en 2007. It's the first project of express link betwween cenbtral city ti airport by
tram-train. This 23 km line, from which 9 are being built will use "LEA" infrastructure for the first 14 km (Urban Tram from la Part-Dieu toward
Meyzieu operated par Keolis) and a new infrastructure for Leslys for the next 9 km to the Airport,
Marseille : Two lines being build until 2008. A Veolia Transportation and
RTM partnership has been agreed for operations,
Nancy : One (TVR) line mostly considered as a
BRT because of its length (24 m), its partial right of way (7 km out of 11) and its weak capacity,
Nice : One ligne being built for 2007 and extensions at the planning stage to l'Ariane and
La Trinité. Two lines planned from the Port towards
Cagnes-sur-Mer (L2) and into the " Plaine du Var" (L3). A kind of BRT, with som right of way has been installed also on an E/W axis in spite of operating in two different streets (by ways) in central Nice, which is still particularly complex,
Rouen : Two lines locally called "Métro" and
BRT on three E/W axis calles "
TEOR"sur ,
Saint-Étienne : Two lines from which a new one of 2 km just launched in 2006,
Germany
Berlin : Two lines, one urban and one suburban linking South-East suburban Berlin to S-Bahn Station Friedrichshagen (Schöneicher-Rüdersdorfer Straßenbahn GmbH),
Gorlitz : Two lines in a city of ex-Eastern Germany bordering Poland,
Ireland
Dublin : Two lines being extended and finally linked, network "
LUAS",
Barcelona : 2 networks still separated
Tram Baix and
Tram Besos in south suburban and north suburban Barcelone. Numerous extensions being built,
Madrid : One circular route being built for 20007 opening in Parla (100 000 inhabitants) din south suburban Madrid,
Sweden
Norrkoping : Urban network with studies to create a 30 km
Tram-Train towards neighbouring city of Linkoping (130 000 inhabitants),
Stockholm : Four lgnes (Lidingöbanan, Nockebybanan, Saltsjöbanan) and also a semi circular LRT being extended (11 km, 17 stations, 20,000 trips/day),
USA
San Diego : Diesel "Tram" being built between
Oceanside and
Escondido in North Suburban San Diego. This project re-use a railway right of way renovated, doubled at stations, and modified to bettere serve San Marcos University.
Fréjus -
Saint-Raphaël : "Agglobus", réseau de bus d'agglomération depuis 2006 operated since 2006 by par Estérel Cars (filiale Veolia subsidiary) and Raphaêl Bus,
Gardanne : Suburban buses in Northern Marseille suburbs,
Méru : Bus and Créabus in l'Oise, North suburban Paris,
Nancy : "STAN", Tramway on wheels or
BRT with a bus network and projects for Trolyebuses 2nd and third lines,
Suburban Nancy : "SUB", Suburban buses linking Nancy "STAN" network to
Pompey and
Neuves-Maisons which ahve got also their own bus networks de leur propres réseaux urbains,
Neuves-Maisons : Suburban nancy network created in 2006,
Nice :
"Ligne d'azur" : Tramway being build for 2007 and eventually extende Nortward. E/W dedicated lanes BRT being investigated to change to tramway 2nd line. L,
Vitrolles : Suburban buses in northern Marseille outskirts operating in localities du "SMITEEB".
Urban Networks : Ile de France Region
Argenteuil -
Bezons -
Sartrouville : "R-Bus", buses operated by TVO in spite of the recent taken over of Sartrouville by the "Communauté de Communes de la Boucle",
Brie-Comte-Robert : "Réseau Arlequin", Suburban network in the SW outskirts of Paris serving 38 815 Hab. (estimation 2006) and 12 communities in partenship with three other local operators. Its services are concentrated on
Brie-Comte-Robert : (High Schools ans Secondary Schools et ) but also towards the Métro in
Créteil, the RER A in
Boissy Saint Lèger et D in
Combs-la-Ville and central
Melun for active customers,
La Celle-Saint-Cloud : Local buses complémenting the "
Traverciel" network serving 20,562 habitants of the city (2006 estimation),
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine -
Achères : Bus network serving 57,715 Hab. on the 2 cimmunities (2006 estimation). Network restructuration at a planning stage,
Fontainebleau : "Aerial", bus network serving 30,275 inhabitants (2006 estimation) in Fontainebleau and
Avon,
Maisons-Laffitte : Bus serving the 21,613 habitants of the city (2006 estimation),
Marly-le-Roi : "Entre Seine et Forêt", réseau de bus desservant
Marly-le-Roi et
Le Pecq soit 32,575 habitants (2006 estimation),
Melun : "TRAM", Bus network servong 14 communities and 107,122 Inhab. (2006 estimation)of the "Communauté d'agglomération de Melun" (CAMY. A BRT project Melun - Sénart is in planning stage,
Seine-Saint-Denis : Seine-Saint-Denis Bus network operated by TRA serving quite exclusively 9 communities and more than 272,000 habitants of the Département and partially 13 communities and 441,000 habitants (2006 estimation),
Sucy-en-Brie : "Situs", suburban bus network operated in partnership with Transdev,
Vélizy : Bus network servong the Vélizy 20,000 inhabitants dand linked to Chaville network (Chaville Bus) and also to Versailles network (Phebus). It allows aso links to Chaville (Chaville-Vélizy, Rive Gauche et Rive Droite) stations. The network was partially restructurated in 2006 after the take over of Gaubert by
Veolia Transport,
Yerres : "STRAV", bus network of Val d'Yerres serving 6 communities, 85,764 inhabitants (2006 estimation) in suburban Paris. Restructuration projected and modernization of Brunoy station still pending.
Herzogenrath : Suburban bus near Aachen operated by TAETER based in Aachen,
Pforzheim : Bus network serving 119,000 Inhab. in the city (2005 estimation) won by Véolia in August 2006. Network linked to a "communauté tarifaire" and linked by Tram-Train to Karslruhe netxwork,
Nitra : Urban and Interurban networks with exploitation de la gare routière en cours de restructuration with a opération immobilière to transform it into a real intermoadl center to accomodate as wezll interurban buses than urban buses and coaches.
Santiago : Feeder buses ("alimentadoras") for the Métro and "truncales" in Northern suburban Santiago.
Colombia
Bogota, (Colombie) :
BRT dans le cadre de (TransMilenio) et bus de rabattement (alimentadoras) dans Bogota et
Soacha banlieue de 500,000 Hab. à l'Est de Bogota,
États-Unis
Antelope Valley, (Californie) : Réseau de bus dans la grande banlieue de Los Angeles autour des villes de Lancaster et Palmdale reliées à Los Angeles par les trains de banlieue
Metrolink exploités par Veolia Transport,
Atlanta, (Georgie): Bus suburbains dans les Comtés Cobb et Gwinett,
Train Network : While British Rail was privatized in 1996, Connex took over South-Eastern (Kent and south London) and South Central (centre de l’
Angleterre) networks. The british train context was marqué by the lack of investments for years, insufficient staff training and updating, insufficient network maintenance which leaded to numerous incidents or even accidents. us au matériel défectueux, des collisions dues à des red signals grillés par les conducteurs. En-dehors de ces accidents, Connex trains accumulated retards ; fréquently, trains would not stop at stations, des wagons de queue se sont retrouvés séparés de ceux de tête et arrêtés en plein campagne ; sometimes, c’est le train tout entier qui restait arrêté toute une nuit, en pleine campagne, voyageurs coincés à l’intérieur. This bad quality of service counted on la remise en cause de la présence de Connex and inspired between others the making of the movie
The Navigators by
Ken Loach.
Au delà de ces péripéties liées notamment à la mauvaise coordination entre Autorités Organisatrices, loueurs de véhicules et operators, english privatization allowed in 120 years :ooster de façon importante l'offre de transport, de multiplier presque par 2 la clientèle et de revenir à une meilleure maintenance des voies ferrées avec un programme de renouvellement particulièrement important.
So, Veolia Transport could bid for new franchises in Great Britain and is already operating several bus networks in the country.
This article is about Veolia's German operations. For the international parent company, see
Veolia Transport.
Veolia Verkehr
GmbH is the largest private operator of passenger
buses and
trains in
Germany. On
April 32006 Connex Verkehr GmbH was renamed Veolia Verkehr GmbH, but the sister companies kept their current names.
In Germany, Veolia, formerly Connex, gave each franchise regional names. Most companies operate rather small, regional train and bus services.
Short-distance trains
Since
April 4,
2005, Connex’s German operations have been structured in four regions.
North
Region North includes the federal states (
Hamburg,
Schleswig-Holstein and a short line in
Denmark). In this region, the Niebüller Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (NVB) and the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn GmbH (NOB) operate. The Niebüller Verkehrsbetriebe is a bus company operating ten bus lines with a length of about 530 km (about 330 miles). It has nineteen employees and transports about 680,000 people each year. Its main
shareholder is the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn, which has also been operating a 237 km (150 mile) long railway service between
Sylt and
Hamburg since
December 122005. The corporate name translates as North and Baltic Sea Railway. It is the first private train operator making such a long journey. The Nord-Ostsee-Bahn also operates the routes
Kiel -
Husum, Husum -
Sankt Peter-Ording, Kiel -
Neumünster together with the
Deutsche Bahn,
Niebüll -
Tonder and the bus line
Brunsbüttel -
Glückstadt. They have over 250 employees, run about 7.1 million km (4.4 million miles) per year, carry 7 million passengers each year and operate a railway network that is 431 km (270 miles) long.
It is planned to extend these trains from
Hamburg on to
Berlin and
Cologne under the Operation of the "Ostseeland Verkehrs Gmbh" (OLA), which runs all Veolia long-distance trains in Germany. Unlike the trains between
Sylt and Hamburg, the trains from Hamburg to Berlin and Cologne are not subsidised by any
State of Germany
Since December 2001 the Ostseeland Verkehr GmbH has been operating a long distance train with German diesel multiple units of the
Talent class between
Rostock -
Berlin -
Leipzig -
Gera. These trains were constructed for regional use so that longer journeys were quite unpleasant. Only later were they fitted with more comfortable long distance seats. From the beginning on they had a BoardBistro. This train was conceptualised as a compensation for the cancelled
Deutsche Bahn trains between
Rostock and
Leipzig.
The trains offered three classes: Traveller, Economy and Business. Each of them with a different kind of service.
From May 2006 the train service was shortened to
Leipzig -
Berlin, running twice each way Monday to Friday. On Saturdays, the train runs from
Leipzig to
Rostock via
Berlin and back on Sunday. The train units have changed into a locomotive of the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn and coaches of the former InterConnex 3. Between
Gera and
Leipzig there is a shuttle train with a diesel multiple unit of the
Desiro class. Ticketing has been simplified and the three classes have been abandoned.
From December 2006 the train service runs now between Leipzig and
Berlin Hauptbahnhof up to three times a day. The train stops in Berlin Potsdamer Platz and with some trains also in
Bitterfeld. On Saturdays the train drives to
Warnemünde via Neustrelitz, Waren and Rostock. On Sundays it drives back from Warnemünde to Berlin and further to Leipzig. The shuttle train between Gera and Leipzig will not be continued. The train material has changed to new coaches of the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn with air conditioning.
Ostseeland Express
In December
2004, a second line from
Zittau via
Berlin to
Stralsund, in the summer season even to
Rügen began operating under the Name InterConnex 2. This line was extended to
Liberec in the
Czech Republic during the summer of that year. Shuttle buses from
Dresden and
Usedom were also operating. With the timetable modification in December
2004, the route was changed and now runs between
Stralsund,
Berlin and
Dresden and in December
2005 it was renamed Ostseeland Express (OLX).
Harz-Berlin-Express
Since December 2005 , the Veolia subcontractor HarzElbeExpress (HEX) has been operating the Harz-Berlin-Express from
Berlin via
Magdeburg,
Halberstadt to
Thale in the
Harz on weekends. This route was previously operated by the
Deutsche Bahn.
InterConnex 3
A third line between
Rostock and
Cologne ran between June 6 and October 27, 2003.
Plans for the Future
Two new lines are planned between
Hamburg and
Cologne, as well as
Hamburg and
Berlin as an extension of the regional trains between
Sylt and
Hamburg from December 2006 on. All long-distance trains will run under the name InterConnex.
Cargo trains
Cargo trains are operated under the name Connex Cargo Logistics GmbH.
Veolia Transportation (ex-Connex) is the brand name for
transportation of
Veolia Environnement. Its activity consists mainly in operating public transit (Trains, Métros, Trams, Buses and coaches, ferries and also freight) for Local Authorities in generally [[public markets or
concessions. Its turnover (2005) is about 4,35 milliards € (from which 40 % in France), plus 21,2 % versus 2004.
Veolia Transportation, actually operate Urban Transit services in more than 30 built up areas of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants. It currently serves more than 5,000 Local Authorities throughout the world. The company employs more than 72,000 salariés at (12.31.2005) and is still the first private public transport iperator in the worlsd. The company operates :
More than 4
BRT networks :
Bogota within
TransMilenio transporting nearly 1,400,000 trips/day ;
Rouen, "
TEOR" : 3 lines, 53,000 trips/day expected in 2007 ;
Las Vegas, "
Max", one line, 7,000 trips/day ; York au Canada in suburban
Toronto, "Viva", 5 lines...,
More than 70 urban networks in France and also about 20 more in Parisian Region "Ile de France". Veolia Transportation also operate shuttle services for skiing resorts (Chatel in Haute-Savoie, France),
Numerous urban bus networks abroad in built up areas as
Los Angeles (Orange County) ;
Washington DC (DC, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince's Georges Counties...) ;
Atlanta (Gwinett and Cobb Counties) ;
Phoenix (Three contracts in Phoenix City,
Mesa et
Tempe) ;
Las Vegas ;
Baltimore ;
Denver ;
Austin,
Raleigh... in United States États-Unis ;
Santiago in Chile ;
Tilburg,
Breda ;
Maastricht... in Netherlands ;
Helsinki ;
Copenhagen, in Finland and and also suburban buses around Aachen, Frankfurtet Stuttgart mainly feeding these cities S-Bahns...
Numerous interurban routes in France and abroad,
Urban boats in
Toulon and
Marseille (Frioul) ana also ferrys till
Corse with the currently taking over of
SNCM and also in Sweden around
Gothenburg,
Managing Nîmes Garons' Airport since 2007.
....
Veolia Transportation strategy is based on :
Numerous successive acquisitions which allow Veolia to be present in mots of french regions and also most of the continents (North and South America, Asia, Océania, Europe...). Two of its main acquisitions were "Tourisme Verney" in France en 2002 and ATC in United States États-Unis during 2005. These acquisitions leaded to reitganizations, for instance in french éorganisations notamment en Rhône-Alpes whre TVRA became Connex Rhôdalia en 2005 and ATC in USA,
Veolia Transportation,
Veolia Transportation, transportation subsidiary of
Veolia Environnement, new brand created in 2005 was previously called "Générale des Eaux" since 1890 puis sous celui de "CGFTE" notamment à
Bordeaux,
Rouen,
Nancy and
Chambéry et enfin sous le nom de "Connex" after numerous fusions ain the 80's and 90's. Its development grew faster from 2002 in France with :
The take over in 2002 of Verney, mainly in Western France, which operated numeous interurban networls but also some urban networks :
Vannes,
Fougères,
Flers,
Chinon,
Saumur and
Sablé-sur-Sarthe, and also
Granville under contract with le la Manche Département ,
The take over (still in discussion) of
SNCM in
2005 after a big social crisis very popularized by newspapers. The answer for the bid for ferries toorsica services is not waited before april 2007qu'en avril 2007.
Veolia Transportation with
TBC (urban
Bordeaux network) and its councellors launched the first tram without catenaries to avoid wires in Bordeaux historical center (place de la Bourse and cours de l'Intendance). In spite of difficulties for beginning, this APS technology is gonna be used in new Tram routes being built in
Angers,
Orléans and
Reims. Bordeaux Urban Community (CUB) is gonna get royalties of it.
To end, Veolia Transportation operated suburban trains since 1996 in London Southern suburbs, until London Transport Authority decided to break up the contract in 2003.
Miami : "
TriRail", Suburban network linking Miami-Dade County to Broward and Palm Beach counties in Northern Suburban Miami. This contract won in 2007 represents 116 Km, 18 stations et 11,000 trips/jour. Short term extensions sapproved toward Jupiter at North, and a new Intermodal Centre in the South.(Train, métro and Bus) is being built next to Miaimi Airport.
Stockholm : 3 lignes with numerous branches (4 on red line, 2 on blue line and 3 on green one) fir a total of 108 km, 100 stations and 7 lignes operated combining the fiffrenet branches of each line.
Bordeaux : Thrre lines being extended till 2009 (44 km and 84 stations). Premier système d'alimentation par le sol permettant de s'affranchir des caténaires dans la traversée des cœurs de ville.
BRT projects pour les secteurs non desservis à moyen terme par le tramway,
Lyons : "
Leslys", contract won for 30 ans en 2007. It's the first project of express link betwween cenbtral city ti airport by
tram-train. This 23 km line, from which 9 are being built will use "LEA" infrastructure for the first 14 km (Urban Tram from la Part-Dieu toward
Meyzieu operated par Keolis) and a new infrastructure for Leslys for the next 9 km to the Airport,
Marseille : Two lines being build until 2008. A Veolia Transportation and
RTM partnership has been agreed for operations,
Nancy : One (TVR) line mostly considered as a
BRT because of its length (24 m), its partial right of way (7 km out of 11) and its weak capacity,
Nice : One ligne being built for 2007 and extensions at the planning stage to l'Ariane and
La Trinité. Two lines planned from the Port towards
Cagnes-sur-Mer (L2) and into the " Plaine du Var" (L3). A kind of BRT, with som right of way has been installed also on an E/W axis in spite of operating in two different streets (by ways) in central Nice, which is still particularly complex,
Rouen : Two lines locally called "Métro" and
BRT on three E/W axis calles "
TEOR"sur ,
Saint-Étienne : Two lines from which a new one of 2 km just launched in 2006,
Germany
Berlin : Two lines, one urban and one suburban linking South-East suburban Berlin to S-Bahn Station Friedrichshagen (Schöneicher-Rüdersdorfer Straßenbahn GmbH),
Gorlitz : Two lines in a city of ex-Eastern Germany bordering Poland,
Ireland
Dublin : Two lines being extended and finally linked, network "
LUAS",
Barcelona : 2 networks still separated
Tram Baix and
Tram Besos in south suburban and north suburban Barcelone. Numerous extensions being built,
Madrid : One circular route being built for 20007 opening in Parla (100 000 inhabitants) din south suburban Madrid,
Sweden
Norrkoping : Urban network with studies to create a 30 km
Tram-Train towards neighbouring city of Linkoping (130 000 inhabitants),
Stockholm : Four lgnes (Lidingöbanan, Nockebybanan, Saltsjöbanan) and also a semi circular LRT being extended (11 km, 17 stations, 20,000 trips/day),
USA
San Diego : Diesel "Tram" being built between
Oceanside and
Escondido in North Suburban San Diego. This project re-use a railway right of way renovated, doubled at stations, and modified to bettere serve San Marcos University.
Fréjus -
Saint-Raphaël : "Agglobus", réseau de bus d'agglomération depuis 2006 operated since 2006 by par Estérel Cars (filiale Veolia subsidiary) and Raphaêl Bus,
Gardanne : Suburban buses in Northern Marseille suburbs,
Méru : Bus and Créabus in l'Oise, North suburban Paris,
Nancy : "STAN", Tramway on wheels or
BRT with a bus network and projects for Trolyebuses 2nd and third lines,
Suburban Nancy : "SUB", Suburban buses linking Nancy "STAN" network to
Pompey and
Neuves-Maisons which ahve got also their own bus networks de leur propres réseaux urbains,
Neuves-Maisons : Suburban nancy network created in 2006,
Nice :
"Ligne d'azur" : Tramway being build for 2007 and eventually extende Nortward. E/W dedicated lanes BRT being investigated to change to tramway 2nd line. L,
Vitrolles : Suburban buses in northern Marseille outskirts operating in localities du "SMITEEB".
Urban Networks : Ile de France Region
Argenteuil -
Bezons -
Sartrouville : "R-Bus", buses operated by TVO in spite of the recent taken over of Sartrouville by the "Communauté de Communes de la Boucle",
Brie-Comte-Robert : "Réseau Arlequin", Suburban network in the SW outskirts of Paris serving 38 815 Hab. (estimation 2006) and 12 communities in partenship with three other local operators. Its services are concentrated on
Brie-Comte-Robert : (High Schools ans Secondary Schools et ) but also towards the Métro in
Créteil, the RER A in
Boissy Saint Lèger et D in
Combs-la-Ville and central
Melun for active customers,
La Celle-Saint-Cloud : Local buses complémenting the "
Traverciel" network serving 20,562 habitants of the city (2006 estimation),
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine -
Achères : Bus network serving 57,715 Hab. on the 2 cimmunities (2006 estimation). Network restructuration at a planning stage,
Fontainebleau : "Aerial", bus network serving 30,275 inhabitants (2006 estimation) in Fontainebleau and
Avon,
Maisons-Laffitte : Bus serving the 21,613 habitants of the city (2006 estimation),
Marly-le-Roi : "Entre Seine et Forêt", réseau de bus desservant
Marly-le-Roi et
Le Pecq soit 32,575 habitants (2006 estimation),
Melun : "TRAM", Bus network servong 14 communities and 107,122 Inhab. (2006 estimation)of the "Communauté d'agglomération de Melun" (CAMY. A BRT project Melun - Sénart is in planning stage,
Seine-Saint-Denis : Seine-Saint-Denis Bus network operated by TRA serving quite exclusively 9 communities and more than 272,000 habitants of the Département and partially 13 communities and 441,000 habitants (2006 estimation),
Sucy-en-Brie : "Situs", suburban bus network operated in partnership with Transdev,
Vélizy : Bus network servong the Vélizy 20,000 inhabitants dand linked to Chaville network (Chaville Bus) and also to Versailles network (Phebus). It allows aso links to Chaville (Chaville-Vélizy, Rive Gauche et Rive Droite) stations. The network was partially restructurated in 2006 after the take over of Gaubert by
Veolia Transport,
Yerres : "STRAV", bus network of Val d'Yerres serving 6 communities, 85,764 inhabitants (2006 estimation) in suburban Paris. Restructuration projected and modernization of Brunoy station still pending.
Herzogenrath : Suburban bus near Aachen operated by TAETER based in Aachen,
Pforzheim : Bus network serving 119,000 Inhab. in the city (2005 estimation) won by Véolia in August 2006. Network linked to a "communauté tarifaire" and linked by Tram-Train to Karslruhe netxwork,
Nitra : Urban and Interurban networks with exploitation de la gare routière en cours de restructuration with a opération immobilière to transform it into a real intermoadl center to accomodate as wezll interurban buses than urban buses and coaches.
Santiago : Feeder buses ("alimentadoras") for the Métro and "truncales" in Northern suburban Santiago.
Colombia
Bogota, (Colombie) :
BRT dans le cadre de (TransMilenio) et bus de rabattement (alimentadoras) dans Bogota et
Soacha banlieue de 500,000 Hab. à l'Est de Bogota,
États-Unis
Antelope Valley, (Californie) : Réseau de bus dans la grande banlieue de Los Angeles autour des villes de Lancaster et Palmdale reliées à Los Angeles par les trains de banlieue
Metrolink exploités par Veolia Transport,
Atlanta, (Georgie): Bus suburbains dans les Comtés Cobb et Gwinett,
Train Network : While British Rail was privatized in 1996, Connex took over South-Eastern (Kent and south London) and South Central (centre de l’
Angleterre) networks. The british train context was marqué by the lack of investments for years, insufficient staff training and updating, insufficient network maintenance which leaded to numerous incidents or even accidents. us au matériel défectueux, des collisions dues à des red signals grillés par les conducteurs. En-dehors de ces accidents, Connex trains accumulated retards ; fréquently, trains would not stop at stations, des wagons de queue se sont retrouvés séparés de ceux de tête et arrêtés en plein campagne ; sometimes, c’est le train tout entier qui restait arrêté toute une nuit, en pleine campagne, voyageurs coincés à l’intérieur. This bad quality of service counted on la remise en cause de la présence de Connex and inspired between others the making of the movie
The Navigators by
Ken Loach.
Au delà de ces péripéties liées notamment à la mauvaise coordination entre Autorités Organisatrices, loueurs de véhicules et operators, english privatization allowed in 120 years :ooster de façon importante l'offre de transport, de multiplier presque par 2 la clientèle et de revenir à une meilleure maintenance des voies ferrées avec un programme de renouvellement particulièrement important.
So, Veolia Transport could bid for new franchises in Great Britain and is already operating several bus networks in the country.
This article is about Veolia's German operations. For the international parent company, see
Veolia Transport.
Veolia Verkehr
GmbH is the largest private operator of passenger
buses and
trains in
Germany. On
April 32006 Connex Verkehr GmbH was renamed Veolia Verkehr GmbH, but the sister companies kept their current names.
In Germany, Veolia, formerly Connex, gave each franchise regional names. Most companies operate rather small, regional train and bus services.
Short-distance trains
Since
April 4,
2005, Connex’s German operations have been structured in four regions.
North
Region North includes the federal states (
Hamburg,
Schleswig-Holstein and a short line in
Denmark). In this region, the Niebüller Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (NVB) and the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn GmbH (NOB) operate. The Niebüller Verkehrsbetriebe is a bus company operating ten bus lines with a length of about 530 km (about 330 miles). It has nineteen employees and transports about 680,000 people each year. Its main
shareholder is the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn, which has also been operating a 237 km (150 mile) long railway service between
Sylt and
Hamburg since
December 122005. The corporate name translates as North and Baltic Sea Railway. It is the first private train operator making such a long journey. The Nord-Ostsee-Bahn also operates the routes
Kiel -
Husum, Husum -
Sankt Peter-Ording, Kiel -
Neumünster together with the
Deutsche Bahn,
Niebüll -
Tonder and the bus line
Brunsbüttel -
Glückstadt. They have over 250 employees, run about 7.1 million km (4.4 million miles) per year, carry 7 million passengers each year and operate a railway network that is 431 km (270 miles) long.
It is planned to extend these trains from
Hamburg on to
Berlin and
Cologne under the Operation of the "Ostseeland Verkehrs Gmbh" (OLA), which runs all Veolia long-distance trains in Germany. Unlike the trains between
Sylt and Hamburg, the trains from Hamburg to Berlin and Cologne are not subsidised by any
State of Germany
Since December 2001 the Ostseeland Verkehr GmbH has been operating a long distance train with German diesel multiple units of the
Talent class between
Rostock -
Berlin -
Leipzig -
Gera. These trains were constructed for regional use so that longer journeys were quite unpleasant. Only later were they fitted with more comfortable long distance seats. From the beginning on they had a BoardBistro. This train was conceptualised as a compensation for the cancelled
Deutsche Bahn trains between
Rostock and
Leipzig.
The trains offered three classes: Traveller, Economy and Business. Each of them with a different kind of service.
From May 2006 the train service was shortened to
Leipzig -
Berlin, running twice each way Monday to Friday. On Saturdays, the train runs from
Leipzig to
Rostock via
Berlin and back on Sunday. The train units have changed into a locomotive of the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn and coaches of the former InterConnex 3. Between
Gera and
Leipzig there is a shuttle train with a diesel multiple unit of the
Desiro class. Ticketing has been simplified and the three classes have been abandoned.
From December 2006 the train service runs now between Leipzig and
Berlin Hauptbahnhof up to three times a day. The train stops in Berlin Potsdamer Platz and with some trains also in
Bitterfeld. On Saturdays the train drives to
Warnemünde via Neustrelitz, Waren and Rostock. On Sundays it drives back from Warnemünde to Berlin and further to Leipzig. The shuttle train between Gera and Leipzig will not be continued. The train material has changed to new coaches of the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn with air conditioning.
Ostseeland Express
In December
2004, a second line from
Zittau via
Berlin to
Stralsund, in the summer season even to
Rügen began operating under the Name InterConnex 2. This line was extended to
Liberec in the
Czech Republic during the summer of that year. Shuttle buses from
Dresden and
Usedom were also operating. With the timetable modification in December
2004, the route was changed and now runs between
Stralsund,
Berlin and
Dresden and in December
2005 it was renamed Ostseeland Express (OLX).
Harz-Berlin-Express
Since December 2005 , the Veolia subcontractor HarzElbeExpress (HEX) has been operating the Harz-Berlin-Express from
Berlin via
Magdeburg,
Halberstadt to
Thale in the
Harz on weekends. This route was previously operated by the
Deutsche Bahn.
InterConnex 3
A third line between
Rostock and
Cologne ran between June 6 and October 27, 2003.
Plans for the Future
Two new lines are planned between
Hamburg and
Cologne, as well as
Hamburg and
Berlin as an extension of the regional trains between
Sylt and
Hamburg from December 2006 on. All long-distance trains will run under the name InterConnex.
Cargo trains
Cargo trains are operated under the name Connex Cargo Logistics GmbH.