Talk:Veolia Verkehr/French
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 :
- The Stockholm métro and at short term, 2 new Metro routes in Bombay (India) and Séoul (Korea),
- Suburban Trains in Melbourne, Australia ; in Boston, Los Angeles and Miami, United States, in Auckland, New-Zealand,
- Numerous interurban railways especially in Germany and Northern Europe,
- Nearly 20 LRT and Tram Networks which 4 are being built (Marseille, Nice, Jérusalem et San Diego, le Sprinter) and also in the planning stages like Toulon,
- 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.
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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,
- Answering and winning bids to consolidate its market share abroad and also in rance (Metrolink in Los Angeles, TriRail in Miami, Orange County buses, Denver, Austin or Antelope Valley in United States ; Bus networks of Saint-Dizier and Arcachon in France ; "Leslys", suburban LRT in Lyons, etc...) for the last won contracts.
Apparition in médias
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France
[edit]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 andSablé-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.
Operated networks
[edit]Suburban and Interurban Trains
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- Australia
- Melbourne : Suburban network,* Germany
- Bade-Wurtemberg : One train company + several bus companies,
- Basse-Saxe : NordWestBahn Network
- Bayern : Two train companies,
- Westphalie, (East) : 4 lines,
- Görlitz (Région of) : 2 lines,
- Schleswig-Holstein : NordOstseeBahn.
- New Zealand
- Auckland : Réseau de banlieue,
- Sweden
- Links Stockholm-Narvik (Norway) and Göteborg-Narvik,
- Hallsberg-Herrlunga (Kinnekulletaget region).
- United States
- Boston : Suburban network,
- Los Angeles : "Metrolink", suburban network with more than 40,000 trips/day,
- 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.
Métros
[edit]- Inde
- Bombay : 1 line in construction,
- Korea
- Séoul : 1 line in construction,
- Sweden
- 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.
LRT and Tramways (18)
[edit]- Australia
- Sydney : LRT being extended and Monorail,
- France
- 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
- Ireland
- Israël,
- Jerusalem : One line being build,
- Norway
- Trondheim : A kind of touristic line,
- Spain
- 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
Urban networks : France (01.03.2007)
[edit]- France
- Aix-en-Provence : "Aix en Bus", Bus,
- Aix-les-Bains : Bus,
- Amiens : "Amétis", Bus with BRT project de on 3 axis,
- Les Andelys : Andelybus, bus with 3 lines
- Annonay : Bus,
- Arcachon : New network won in 2006 but without the Archachin electric shuttles, out of the urban contract,
- Aubagne : "Autobus Aubagnais", Buses in West suburban Marseille,
- Bar-le-Duc : Bus,
- Beauvais : Bus,
- Bernay : Bus,
- Béziers : Bus,
- Bordeaux : "TBC", 3 Tram lines being extended for 2009, BRT in projet,
- Bourges : "CTB", bus,
- Brive-la-Gaillarde : Bus,
- Calais : "Calais Opale Bus", bus,
- Cannes : Bus with dedicated lanes planned serving the "SITP" made of Cannes, Le Cannet and Mandelieu,
- Chambéry : "STAC", Bus with dedicated lanes in project
- Chateau-Gontier : Bus,
- Chaumont : Bus,
- Chinon : Bus,
- La Ciotat : Bus dans la Communauté Urbaine de Marseille (MPM) mais au sein de l'unité urbaine toulonnaise,
- Cognac : Bus,
- Compiègne : Bus gratuits,
- Creil : Bus en relation avec la ligne D du RER,
- Dieppe : bus,
- Dunkerque : "DK Bus", bus avec projets de sites propres,
- Epinal : Bus,
- Flers : "Flersbus", bus,
- Fougères : Bus,
- 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,
- Gisors: Bus, 3 "loops" operated 3 days a week,
- Granville : Urban network on the responsability of Département de la Manche,
- Grasse : Bus operated with local partner for "Sillages", Local Authority,
- Issoudun : Free buses,
- Istres : Bus, serving Istres, Miramas, Fos-sur-Mer, Grans, Cornillon-Confoux and Port-Saint-Louis du Rhône,
- Le Havre : "Bus Océane", 1 Tram line in project, bus currently with dedicated lanes,
- Langres : Bus,
- Laval : Urban bus network operated by (Kéolis) and suburban by (Veolia Transport),
- Libourne : "Libus", bus
- Lunéville : Bus,
- Manosque : "Manoval", Réseau de bus restructurated in september 2006,
- Menton : Réseau de bus serving "CARF" (Menton, Roquebrune, Gorbio, Sospel and Beausoleil etc...) won in 2006 against Transdev,
- 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,
- Nogent-le-Rotrou : Bus,
- Pontivy : "Pontibus", Bus,
- Périgueux : "Péribus", network operated in partnership with a lcal opetator,
- Pont-Audemer : Bus,
- Roanne : Totally "Clock headways" bus network won in 2006 against Kéolis,
- Rouen : "TCAR", Tramway, BRT ("TEOR") and bus,
- Sablé-sur-Sarthe : Bus,
- Saint-Avold : Bus,
- Saint-Brévin-les-Pins : Bus in Saint-Nazaire suburbs, operated before by urban St-Nazaire network,
- Saint-Dié : "Déobus", Bus.
- Saint-Dizier : "Ticea", Réseau de bus gagné en 2006 against Transdev and operated by Veolia from march 2007,
- Saint-Étienne : "STAS", 2 Tram lines and buses in 15 communities of Sain-Etienne built up areas but also in Saint-Chamond et Saint-Paul,
- Saint-Lo : "TUSA", bus,
- Salon-de-Provence : Bus,
- Sarreguemines : Bus linked to Sarrebrück Tram-Train in Sarreguemines station,
- Saumur : Bus,
- Soissons : Bus,
- Thonon-les-Bains - Evian : Unified bus network in en 2004 with funicular,
- Toulon : "Réseau Mistral", Translohr in project (2015 ?), urban boat shuttles and buses,
- Tulle : "Tulbus", network restructurated and simplified in 2005,
- Valence : Bus network won in 2006 against Kéolis with dedicated lanes and a very good planned central interchange center,
- Vannes : "TPV", bus with dedicated lanes in planning stage,
- Vendôme : Bus,
- Verdun : Bus,
- Vernon : Bus,
- Vierzon : Bus and Créabus,
- Villefranche-sur-Saône : Bus,
- Vitrolles : Suburban buses in northern Marseille outskirts operating in localities du "SMITEEB".
Urban Networks : Ile de France Region
[edit]- 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,
- Chatou : "Bus en Seine", bus network serving 6 communities et 112,501 Inh. (2006 estimation )) in Houilles, Chatou, Le Vésinet, Montesson, Carrières-sur-Seine, Croissy-sur-Seine, and since 09.06, internal Sartrouville, these routes completing "R Bus" network. Network evoluting progressively by restructuring of routes,
- Montlignon : "Cars Roses", bus,
- Montmorency : "Valmy", Réseau de bus network operated by TVO linked to the Argenteuil and Épinay-sur-Seine train stations. It serves Saint-Gratien, Enghien-les-Bains, Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Eaubonne, Andilly, Margency and Ézanville,
- Les Mureaux : "Connex", bus network serving Ecquevilly, Chapet, Bouafle and Meulan,
- Nemours : Bus,
- Poissy : "CSO", bus,
- Rambouillet : "R Bus", réseau de bus en partie restructuré en périphérie en 2005,
- Rueil-Malmaison : "Traverciel", Bus network operated in partnershio with RATP and local bus operators. It serves 8 communities and 189,812 habitants (2006 estimation) of western suburnabn Paris as Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud, Sèvres, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Garches, Ville-d'Avray, Vaucresson et Marnes-la-Coquette,
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye : "Entre Seine et Forêt", bus network serving 4 communities and 47,394 habitants (2006 estimation) with Chambourcy, Fourqueux and Aigremont,
- 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),
- Sénart "Sénart Bus" : Bus network serving 10 communities and 104,107 inhabitants (2006 estimation) of Sénart "Ville Nouvelle": Moissy-Cramayel, Savigny-le-Temple, Combs-la-Ville, Cesson, Vert-Saint-Denis, Lieusaint, Nandy, Saint-Pierre-du-Perray, Tigery and Réau. BRT Projects Sénart - Évry and Sénart - Melun still at planning stages,
- 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,
- Verneuil - Vernouillet : Bus,
- Villiers-le-Bel - Gonesse - Arnouville-lès-Gonesse : "Trans VO", Réseau de bus desservant 3 communes et 64,531 habitants (2006 estimation),
- 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.
Urban Networks : Other European countries
[edit]- Denmark
- Copenhagen : "Combus", buses in Copenhagen and its suburbs.
- Espagne
- Finland
- Germany
- Alsdorf : Suburban bus near Aachen operated by TAETER based in Aachen,
- Backnang : Suburban buses near Stuttgart operated by OVR based in Waiblingen,
- Bad Vilbel : Suburban buses nearFrancfort operated by Alpina Rhein-Main based in Frankfurt,
- 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,
- Schwäbish Hall : Bus,
- Waiblingen : Suburban buses near Stuttgart operated by OVR based in Waiblingen,
- Irlande
- Dublin : "Luas" with 2 Tram lines.
- Jersey
- Jersey : Bus network on the whole Island with a more urban network in St-Helier built up area, the capital city,
- Pays-Bas
- Apeldoorn : Bus,
- Bergen op Zoom : Bus,
- Breda : Bus,
- Heerlen : Bus,
- Maastricht : Bus,
- Roermond : Bus,
- Rozendaal : Bus, 6 lignes,
- s'Hertogenbosch : Bus,
- Tilburg : Bus,
- Venlo : Bus.
- Poland
- République Tchèque
- Slovaquie
- 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.
- Slovenia
- Maribor : Bus.
- Sweden
- Eskilstuna : "Linjebuss", bus network won in 2002 until 2008,
- Eslov : Bus,
- Göteborg : Styrsöbolaget (Ferries and "Bateaux-Mouches"),
- Haparanda : Bus,
- Harnosand : Bus,
- Kristianstad : Bus,
- Lulea : Bus,
- Malmö : Bus,
- Norrköping : Tramway and buses,
- Ornsköldslvik : Bus,
- Pitea : Bus,
- Skeleftea : Bus,
- Stockholm : 31 bus lines, 80,000 trips/day, 26,000 km/day. and 165 buses,
- Sundsvall : Bus,
- Ystad : Bus,
- Tchéquie
- 12 urban networks, mostly in suburban d'Ostrava, second built up area of the country.
Urban networks : Asia, Middle East et Océania
[edit]- Australia
- Israël
- Nouvelle Calédonie
Urban Networks : Northern And Southern America
[edit]- Chile
- 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,
- Austin, (Texas) : Bus,
- Chula Vista : Réseau de bus urbain municipal dans la banlieue de San Diego,
- Columbia, (Caroline du Sud) : Bus,
- Denver, (Colorado) : Bus suburbains dans les Comtés du Sud de Denver,
- Los Angeles, (California) : Suburban buses, servong notamment 3,000,000 Inhab. of Orange County. Network linked to Metrolink, suburban trains operated by Veolia Transport,
- Myrtle Beach : Bus
- Raleigh : Bus,
- Santa Clarita, California : Urban bus network in outer suburban LA linked to central city by suburban trains Metrolink operated by Veolia Transport,
Touristical Trains
[edit]- Le Train des Mouettes,
- Chemin de fer de la Mure,
- Chemins de fer de Provence,
- Petit train de la Rhune,
- Vapeur du Trieux.
United-Kingdom ponctual problems
[edit]- 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.
Main subsidiaries
[edit]Voyageurs
[edit]- Allemagne
- Australie
- Espagne
- FCC - Connex
- DETREN (bus)
- États-Unis
- ATC
- Veolia Transportation North America
- Connex TCT
- "Metrolink" à Los Angeles,
- MBCR (Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail)
- Yellow Transportation
- France (cf. § sur les réseaux urbains)
- Nouvelle Zélande
- Connex Auckland
- Pays-Bas
- BBA Connex Groep,
- SBM (Stadsbus Maastricht Groep),
- Limex
- Suède
Fret
[edit]- France
- Veolia Cargo France
- Allemagne
Sites Internet
[edit]Catégorie:Entreprise ferroviaire Catégorie:Entreprise de transport française Catégorie:Marque de transport
Veolia Verkehr GmbH is the largest private operator of passenger buses and trains in Germany. On April 3 2006 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
[edit]Since April 4, 2005, Connex’s German operations have been structured in four regions.
North
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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 12 2005. 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
East
[edit](Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)
- SaxBus Eilenburger Busverkehr GmbH
- Connex Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH
- Lausitzbahn/Connex Sachsen GmbH
- Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn AG
- Niederschlesische Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
- Ostseelandverkehr GmbH (OLA)
- Schöneicher-Rüdersdorfer Straßenbahn GmbH
- Taeter Tours GmbH (Dresden)
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Görlitz GmbH
West
[edit](Bremen, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
- Alpina Bad Homburg GmbH
- Alpina Limburg GmbH & Co KG
- Alpina Rhein-Main GmbH & Co KG
- Düren trans GmbH
- HABUS-GmbH Verkehrsbetriebe (Hagen)
- Nassauische Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
- NordWestBahn GmbH (NWB)
- PalatinaBus GmbH (Edenkoben)
- RegioBus Gütersloh GmbH
- Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn GmbH (RBE) (Mettmann)
- Schaumburger Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
- TAETER GmbH & Co KG (Aachen)
- TWE-Busverkehrs-GmbH
South
[edit](Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria)
- Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH (BOB)
- J.P. Griensteidl GmbH (Gröbenzell)
- Heidenheimer Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Omnibus-Verkehr Ruoff GmbH (Waiblingen)
- Stadtbus Schwäbisch Hall GmbH
- WEG-Kraftverkehrs-GmbH
- Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft mbH (WEG).
Long-distance trains
[edit]Veolia runs 3 long distance trains:
InterConnex 1
[edit]
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
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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
[edit]
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
[edit]
A third line between Rostock and Cologne ran between June 6 and October 27, 2003.
Plans for the Future
[edit]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
[edit]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 :
- The Stockholm métro and at short term, 2 new Metro routes in Bombay (India) and Séoul (Korea),
- Suburban Trains in Melbourne, Australia ; in Boston, Los Angeles and Miami, United States, in Auckland, New-Zealand,
- Numerous interurban railways especially in Germany and Northern Europe,
- Nearly 20 LRT and Tram Networks which 4 are being built (Marseille, Nice, Jérusalem et San Diego, le Sprinter) and also in the planning stages like Toulon,
- 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,
- Answering and winning bids to consolidate its market share abroad and also in rance (Metrolink in Los Angeles, TriRail in Miami, Orange County buses, Denver, Austin or Antelope Valley in United States ; Bus networks of Saint-Dizier and Arcachon in France ; "Leslys", suburban LRT in Lyons, etc...) for the last won contracts.
Apparition in médias
[edit]France
[edit]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 andSablé-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.
Operated networks
[edit]Suburban and Interurban Trains
[edit]- Australia
- Melbourne : Suburban network,* Germany
- Bade-Wurtemberg : One train company + several bus companies,
- Basse-Saxe : NordWestBahn Network
- Bayern : Two train companies,
- Westphalie, (East) : 4 lines,
- Görlitz (Région of) : 2 lines,
- Schleswig-Holstein : NordOstseeBahn.
- New Zealand
- Auckland : Réseau de banlieue,
- Sweden
- Links Stockholm-Narvik (Norway) and Göteborg-Narvik,
- Hallsberg-Herrlunga (Kinnekulletaget region).
- United States
- Boston : Suburban network,
- Los Angeles : "Metrolink", suburban network with more than 40,000 trips/day,
- 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.
Métros
[edit]- Inde
- Bombay : 1 line in construction,
- Korea
- Séoul : 1 line in construction,
- Sweden
- 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.
LRT and Tramways (18)
[edit]- Australia
- Sydney : LRT being extended and Monorail,
- France
- 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
- Ireland
- Israël,
- Jerusalem : One line being build,
- Norway
- Trondheim : A kind of touristic line,
- Spain
- 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
Urban networks : France (01.03.2007)
[edit]- France
- Aix-en-Provence : "Aix en Bus", Bus,
- Aix-les-Bains : Bus,
- Amiens : "Amétis", Bus with BRT project de on 3 axis,
- Les Andelys : Andelybus, bus with 3 lines
- Annonay : Bus,
- Arcachon : New network won in 2006 but without the Archachin electric shuttles, out of the urban contract,
- Aubagne : "Autobus Aubagnais", Buses in West suburban Marseille,
- Bar-le-Duc : Bus,
- Beauvais : Bus,
- Bernay : Bus,
- Béziers : Bus,
- Bordeaux : "TBC", 3 Tram lines being extended for 2009, BRT in projet,
- Bourges : "CTB", bus,
- Brive-la-Gaillarde : Bus,
- Calais : "Calais Opale Bus", bus,
- Cannes : Bus with dedicated lanes planned serving the "SITP" made of Cannes, Le Cannet and Mandelieu,
- Chambéry : "STAC", Bus with dedicated lanes in project
- Chateau-Gontier : Bus,
- Chaumont : Bus,
- Chinon : Bus,
- La Ciotat : Bus dans la Communauté Urbaine de Marseille (MPM) mais au sein de l'unité urbaine toulonnaise,
- Cognac : Bus,
- Compiègne : Bus gratuits,
- Creil : Bus en relation avec la ligne D du RER,
- Dieppe : bus,
- Dunkerque : "DK Bus", bus avec projets de sites propres,
- Epinal : Bus,
- Flers : "Flersbus", bus,
- Fougères : Bus,
- 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,
- Gisors: Bus, 3 "loops" operated 3 days a week,
- Granville : Urban network on the responsability of Département de la Manche,
- Grasse : Bus operated with local partner for "Sillages", Local Authority,
- Issoudun : Free buses,
- Istres : Bus, serving Istres, Miramas, Fos-sur-Mer, Grans, Cornillon-Confoux and Port-Saint-Louis du Rhône,
- Le Havre : "Bus Océane", 1 Tram line in project, bus currently with dedicated lanes,
- Langres : Bus,
- Laval : Urban bus network operated by (Kéolis) and suburban by (Veolia Transport),
- Libourne : "Libus", bus
- Lunéville : Bus,
- Manosque : "Manoval", Réseau de bus restructurated in september 2006,
- Menton : Réseau de bus serving "CARF" (Menton, Roquebrune, Gorbio, Sospel and Beausoleil etc...) won in 2006 against Transdev,
- 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,
- Nogent-le-Rotrou : Bus,
- Pontivy : "Pontibus", Bus,
- Périgueux : "Péribus", network operated in partnership with a lcal opetator,
- Pont-Audemer : Bus,
- Roanne : Totally "Clock headways" bus network won in 2006 against Kéolis,
- Rouen : "TCAR", Tramway, BRT ("TEOR") and bus,
- Sablé-sur-Sarthe : Bus,
- Saint-Avold : Bus,
- Saint-Brévin-les-Pins : Bus in Saint-Nazaire suburbs, operated before by urban St-Nazaire network,
- Saint-Dié : "Déobus", Bus.
- Saint-Dizier : "Ticea", Réseau de bus gagné en 2006 against Transdev and operated by Veolia from march 2007,
- Saint-Étienne : "STAS", 2 Tram lines and buses in 15 communities of Sain-Etienne built up areas but also in Saint-Chamond et Saint-Paul,
- Saint-Lo : "TUSA", bus,
- Salon-de-Provence : Bus,
- Sarreguemines : Bus linked to Sarrebrück Tram-Train in Sarreguemines station,
- Saumur : Bus,
- Soissons : Bus,
- Thonon-les-Bains - Evian : Unified bus network in en 2004 with funicular,
- Toulon : "Réseau Mistral", Translohr in project (2015 ?), urban boat shuttles and buses,
- Tulle : "Tulbus", network restructurated and simplified in 2005,
- Valence : Bus network won in 2006 against Kéolis with dedicated lanes and a very good planned central interchange center,
- Vannes : "TPV", bus with dedicated lanes in planning stage,
- Vendôme : Bus,
- Verdun : Bus,
- Vernon : Bus,
- Vierzon : Bus and Créabus,
- Villefranche-sur-Saône : Bus,
- Vitrolles : Suburban buses in northern Marseille outskirts operating in localities du "SMITEEB".
Urban Networks : Ile de France Region
[edit]- 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,
- Chatou : "Bus en Seine", bus network serving 6 communities et 112,501 Inh. (2006 estimation )) in Houilles, Chatou, Le Vésinet, Montesson, Carrières-sur-Seine, Croissy-sur-Seine, and since 09.06, internal Sartrouville, these routes completing "R Bus" network. Network evoluting progressively by restructuring of routes,
- Montlignon : "Cars Roses", bus,
- Montmorency : "Valmy", Réseau de bus network operated by TVO linked to the Argenteuil and Épinay-sur-Seine train stations. It serves Saint-Gratien, Enghien-les-Bains, Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Eaubonne, Andilly, Margency and Ézanville,
- Les Mureaux : "Connex", bus network serving Ecquevilly, Chapet, Bouafle and Meulan,
- Nemours : Bus,
- Poissy : "CSO", bus,
- Rambouillet : "R Bus", réseau de bus en partie restructuré en périphérie en 2005,
- Rueil-Malmaison : "Traverciel", Bus network operated in partnershio with RATP and local bus operators. It serves 8 communities and 189,812 habitants (2006 estimation) of western suburnabn Paris as Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud, Sèvres, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Garches, Ville-d'Avray, Vaucresson et Marnes-la-Coquette,
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye : "Entre Seine et Forêt", bus network serving 4 communities and 47,394 habitants (2006 estimation) with Chambourcy, Fourqueux and Aigremont,
- 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),
- Sénart "Sénart Bus" : Bus network serving 10 communities and 104,107 inhabitants (2006 estimation) of Sénart "Ville Nouvelle": Moissy-Cramayel, Savigny-le-Temple, Combs-la-Ville, Cesson, Vert-Saint-Denis, Lieusaint, Nandy, Saint-Pierre-du-Perray, Tigery and Réau. BRT Projects Sénart - Évry and Sénart - Melun still at planning stages,
- 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,
- Verneuil - Vernouillet : Bus,
- Villiers-le-Bel - Gonesse - Arnouville-lès-Gonesse : "Trans VO", Réseau de bus desservant 3 communes et 64,531 habitants (2006 estimation),
- 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.
Urban Networks : Other European countries
[edit]- Denmark
- Copenhagen : "Combus", buses in Copenhagen and its suburbs.
- Espagne
- Finland
- Germany
- Alsdorf : Suburban bus near Aachen operated by TAETER based in Aachen,
- Backnang : Suburban buses near Stuttgart operated by OVR based in Waiblingen,
- Bad Vilbel : Suburban buses nearFrancfort operated by Alpina Rhein-Main based in Frankfurt,
- 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,
- Schwäbish Hall : Bus,
- Waiblingen : Suburban buses near Stuttgart operated by OVR based in Waiblingen,
- Irlande
- Dublin : "Luas" with 2 Tram lines.
- Jersey
- Jersey : Bus network on the whole Island with a more urban network in St-Helier built up area, the capital city,
- Pays-Bas
- Apeldoorn : Bus,
- Bergen op Zoom : Bus,
- Breda : Bus,
- Heerlen : Bus,
- Maastricht : Bus,
- Roermond : Bus,
- Rozendaal : Bus, 6 lignes,
- s'Hertogenbosch : Bus,
- Tilburg : Bus,
- Venlo : Bus.
- Poland
- République Tchèque
- Slovaquie
- 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.
- Slovenia
- Maribor : Bus.
- Sweden
- Eskilstuna : "Linjebuss", bus network won in 2002 until 2008,
- Eslov : Bus,
- Göteborg : Styrsöbolaget (Ferries and "Bateaux-Mouches"),
- Haparanda : Bus,
- Harnosand : Bus,
- Kristianstad : Bus,
- Lulea : Bus,
- Malmö : Bus,
- Norrköping : Tramway and buses,
- Ornsköldslvik : Bus,
- Pitea : Bus,
- Skeleftea : Bus,
- Stockholm : 31 bus lines, 80,000 trips/day, 26,000 km/day. and 165 buses,
- Sundsvall : Bus,
- Ystad : Bus,
- Tchéquie
- 12 urban networks, mostly in suburban d'Ostrava, second built up area of the country.
Urban networks : Asia, Middle East et Océania
[edit]- Australia
- Israël
- Nouvelle Calédonie
Urban Networks : Northern And Southern America
[edit]- Chile
- 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,
- Austin, (Texas) : Bus,
- Chula Vista : Réseau de bus urbain municipal dans la banlieue de San Diego,
- Columbia, (Caroline du Sud) : Bus,
- Denver, (Colorado) : Bus suburbains dans les Comtés du Sud de Denver,
- Los Angeles, (California) : Suburban buses, servong notamment 3,000,000 Inhab. of Orange County. Network linked to Metrolink, suburban trains operated by Veolia Transport,
- Myrtle Beach : Bus
- Raleigh : Bus,
- Santa Clarita, California : Urban bus network in outer suburban LA linked to central city by suburban trains Metrolink operated by Veolia Transport,
Touristical Trains
[edit]- Le Train des Mouettes,
- Chemin de fer de la Mure,
- Chemins de fer de Provence,
- Petit train de la Rhune,
- Vapeur du Trieux.
United-Kingdom ponctual problems
[edit]- 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.
Main subsidiaries
[edit]Voyageurs
[edit]- Allemagne
- Australie
- Espagne
- FCC - Connex
- DETREN (bus)
- États-Unis
- ATC
- Veolia Transportation North America
- Connex TCT
- "Metrolink" à Los Angeles,
- MBCR (Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail)
- Yellow Transportation
- France (cf. § sur les réseaux urbains)
- Nouvelle Zélande
- Connex Auckland
- Pays-Bas
- BBA Connex Groep,
- SBM (Stadsbus Maastricht Groep),
- Limex
- Suède
Fret
[edit]- France
- Veolia Cargo France
- Allemagne
Sites Internet
[edit]Catégorie:Entreprise ferroviaire Catégorie:Entreprise de transport française Catégorie:Marque de transport
Veolia Verkehr GmbH is the largest private operator of passenger buses and trains in Germany. On April 3 2006 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
[edit]Since April 4, 2005, Connex’s German operations have been structured in four regions.
North
[edit]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 12 2005. 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
East
[edit](Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)
- SaxBus Eilenburger Busverkehr GmbH
- Connex Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH
- Lausitzbahn/Connex Sachsen GmbH
- Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn AG
- Niederschlesische Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
- Ostseelandverkehr GmbH (OLA)
- Schöneicher-Rüdersdorfer Straßenbahn GmbH
- Taeter Tours GmbH (Dresden)
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Görlitz GmbH
West
[edit](Bremen, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
- Alpina Bad Homburg GmbH
- Alpina Limburg GmbH & Co KG
- Alpina Rhein-Main GmbH & Co KG
- Düren trans GmbH
- HABUS-GmbH Verkehrsbetriebe (Hagen)
- Nassauische Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
- NordWestBahn GmbH (NWB)
- PalatinaBus GmbH (Edenkoben)
- RegioBus Gütersloh GmbH
- Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn GmbH (RBE) (Mettmann)
- Schaumburger Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
- TAETER GmbH & Co KG (Aachen)
- TWE-Busverkehrs-GmbH
South
[edit](Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria)
- Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH (BOB)
- J.P. Griensteidl GmbH (Gröbenzell)
- Heidenheimer Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Omnibus-Verkehr Ruoff GmbH (Waiblingen)
- Stadtbus Schwäbisch Hall GmbH
- WEG-Kraftverkehrs-GmbH
- Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft mbH (WEG).
Long-distance trains
[edit]Veolia runs 3 long distance trains:
InterConnex 1
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]A third line between Rostock and Cologne ran between June 6 and October 27, 2003.
Plans for the Future
[edit]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
[edit]Cargo trains are operated under the name Connex Cargo Logistics GmbH.
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