Connex Melbourne

Connex Melbourne
IndustryPublic transport
PredecessorPublic Transport Corporation
Founded1 July 1998 (as Hillside Trains)
Defunct29 November 2009
SuccessorMetro Trains Melbourne
Headquarters,
Australia
Area served
Hillside Network
ProductsTrain operator
$22.5 million (2008/09)
Number of employees
2,501 (August 2009)
ParentVeolia Transport (formerly known as Connex, now Transdev Australia)
Websitewww.connexmelbourne.com.au

Connex Melbourne was a train operator in Melbourne, Australia. Formed in July 1998 as Hillside Trains, a business unit of the Public Transport Corporation, it was privatised in August 1999 becoming a subsidiary of Connex.

In April 2004, it became the sole operator of Melbourne suburban rail services, taking over the services of M>Train. When the franchise was re-tendered, it was awarded to Metro Trains Melbourne from November 2009.