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![]() Veolia Lok | |
Company type | Division |
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Industry | Transportation Services |
Predecessor | Compagnie Générale des Eaux![]() |
Founded | 1876 (1997) |
Defunct | 2011 |
Fate | Merged with original Transdev |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Key people | Henri Proglio (Chairman and CEO) |
Products | Transportation as Veolia Transportation |
Revenue | 6.1 billion EUR (2009) |
Number of employees | 83,654 (2009) |
Parent | Veolia |
Website | www.veolia-transport.com |
Veolia Transport (formerly Connex and CGEA Transport) was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia until the 2011 merger that gave rise to Veolia Transdev, later renamed Transdev.[1] Veolia Transport traded under the brand names of Veolia Transportation in North America and Israel, Veolia Transport, Veolia Verkehr in Germany and with the former name Connex preserved in Lebanon, Melbourne (until it ceased operations in 2009) and Jersey (until it ceased operations on 31 December 2012) .
Until 2011, Veolia had diverse road and rail operations across the globe, employing 72,000 workers worldwide and serving completely or partly about 40 metropolitan areas with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants.