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40-558: The agency is a member of the Nordic Road Association. For shipping and aviation, it only does planning and purchasing unprofitable traffic. Trafikverket does not do practical physical work to construct or maintain roads or railways, because that is done by separate companies which Trafikverket write contracts with and pay. A special committee oversaw the effectiveness of the Swedish transport agencies during 2008 and 2009. A conclusion

80-536: A continuous programme of joint punctuality improvement work between itself and the major railway companies based in the Swedish rail sector. Early on, this process was organised around regional action groups along clear geographical boundaries that largely focused on causes of disruption and the necessary measures to improve punctuality. As the process of deregulation took hold, various operators disappeared and were created, while it came to be recognised that these regional action groups were not effectively concentrating on

120-567: A joint venture with RATP Group , known as Veolia Transport RATP Asia (VTRA). It was created in July 2009 and absorbed all existing Veolia Transport operating companies and contracts. Veolia Transport's share has since been passed on to Veolia Transdev , with the joint venture renamed RATP Dev Transdev Asia (RDTA). Veolia Transport Chinese Limited (VTCL) started a joint venture with Nanjing Zhongbei to operate bus networks in China in 2008. It operates in: It

160-558: A preventative basis on the Malmbanan . New funding models and griding profiles were adopted with largely positive results, such as the extension of track life in places as well as improved comfort levels for the travelling public. In Easter of 2008, the Administration undertook the largest ever signal replacement scheme in Sweden was undertaken at Stockholm Central Station. During May 2008,

200-413: A private company spun off from the state-owned operator. A key responsibility of the Administration was to ensure that the state-owned railway infrastructure was safeguarded and appropriately maintained to ensure operations inline with established policies and government targets; it directed substantial efforts into increasing the efficiency of maintenance operations. Starting in 1998, Banverket initiated

240-526: A result, Veolia Transport had no more operations in UK by the time of Veolia Transdev's rebranding in 2013. However, since the services in York were taken over by Transdev York (part of the old Transdev ), they still eventually became part of Veolia Transdev and the current Transdev. Veolia Transport Central Europe was a daughter company for Central Europe. It was later passed on to Veolia Transdev and then sold to Arriva in

280-525: A result, the name of CGEA Transport was rebranded Connex in 1999, adopting the brand that its South Central and South Eastern rail franchises in South East England had traded under since 1996. In 2005, as a result of global rebranding of all Veolia Environnement subsidiaries, Connex was renamed Veolia Transport . Some operations such as Connex Melbourne retained the Connex name and logo. In 2007,

320-575: Is now known as Transdev GmbH since March 2015. Veolia Transport Nederland became part of Transdev in March 2011 and was brought under common ownership with Connexxion to form Transdev Nederland. Both continued to operate independently until June 2015 when both were brought under common management. When the Limburg concession expired on 11 December 2016, the remaining Haaglanden operations were rebranded as Connexxion. On 6 May 2011, Veolia Transport Norge

360-614: The Swedish Maritime Administration , Civil Aviation Administration and the Swedish Institute for Communications Analysis , except that some practical operations were transferred to new commercial companies. These companies do road and railway building and maintenance, airport operations etc. Many activities have historically been performed by national business agencies such as SJ , Banverket and Swedish Road Administration. These agency activities has been taken over by

400-545: The Administration signed contracts with several companies, including Bombardier Transportation , Balfour Beatty , and Ansaldo for the roll-out of the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS). Under these contracts, two pilot ERTMS Level 2 installations were deployed as part of the modernisations of the Ådalsbanan and of the Haparandabanan routes; furthermore, these pilot lines were

440-739: The Greater Montreal Area. Connex arrived in the United States in 2001, with the acquisition of Yellow Transportation in Baltimore, Maryland . On September 1, 2005, Connex acquired ATC from National Express , making Connex-ATC the largest privately owned public transportation company in North America. ATC was formed in 1951 and originally owned bus companies before becoming a contractor. In 2006, Connex-ATC changed its name to Veolia Transportation, acquired ShuttlePort, and won several contracts in

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480-615: The Swedish Transport Administration or by these agencies, if they weren't given to companies. This article about government in Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organization based in Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transport in Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Banverket Banverket ( Swedish for 'rail administration')

520-611: The US, including: Veolia employed over 16,000 employees with 6,500 vehicles and a revenue of over $ 1 billion. in 2005 in North America. Its executive team included Mark Joseph ( CEO of VTNA ). It was headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois . Veolia also owns the SuperShuttle shared-ride airport shuttle service, as well as the ExecuCar black car/sedan service. Veolia also operated taxicab services across

560-607: 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. The company

600-544: The company has reached a turnover of 1.5 billion shekels a year. After 20 years of investment in the country, Gasquet said the company had never lost a tender due to its commitment to Israel. Despite operational hitches, Veolia stated that there were no political problems with the Arabs or the Jews, and the company was "not ashamed to say that we make money in Israel." After these operations

640-441: The entirety of Sweden's mainline railway. Two years later, the construction of radio infrastructure to cover the remaining 2,500 kilometres of low traffic lines was completed, after which all communication pertaining to railway operations was run upon MobiSIR. In the early 2000s, the Administration adopted a new strategic solution for the grinding of across many of Sweden's conventional lines after successful use of railgrinders on

680-600: The exception of Connex Melbourne, the other Veolia Transport operations have since been passed on to Veolia Transdev and grouped to form its Australasian subsidiary Transdev Australasia (together with Veolia Auckland and old Transdev ). Between August 2001 and 2003, Connex also briefly owned 50% of West Coast Railway which operated services between Melbourne and Warrnambool . Veolia Transport Auckland has since been passed on to Veolia Transdev and grouped with Veolia Transport and old Transdev 's Australian operations to form Transdev Australasia . Veolia Transportation

720-483: The group posted revenues of €5.6 billion, and sold Veolia Cargo , the rail freight branch of Veolia Transport in 2009 to SNCF and Eurotunnel . A merger between Veolia Transport and the old Transdev was announced on 23 July 2009. Transdev was then a subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts . The merger was completed in March 2011. Veolia Transdev became the world's private-sector leader in sustainable mobility with more than 110,000 employees in 28 countries. Veolia Transdev

760-603: The last of its Transdev shares to the Rethmann Group, the owner of Rhenus . Veolia Transport Belgium (VTB) was passed on to Veolia Transdev until it was sold to a consortium consisting of Cube Infrastructure and Gimv in March 2014. These operations were sold to Arriva in October 2007. Veolia Transport Finland Oy has since been passed on to Transdev and has been known as Transdev Finland Oy since 5 February 2015. Veolia Verkehr has since been passed on to Transdev and

800-552: The model of a vertically-separated railway. Conceptually, the newly created Administration would act similar to the pre-existing Swedish roads authority, charging operators for licenses to operate upon the railway network; however, the revenue from this approach was at no point viewed as a suitable replacement for state-provided funding of the railways. The Administration set about introducing competition on Sweden's railways; Swedish regional authorities were able to issue competitive tenders to operate their local railway networks. While

840-540: The new Swedish Transport Administration ( Swedish : Trafikverket ), and the subsidiary responsible for railway maintenance was spun off in a separate aktiebolag , Infranord . Veolia Transport 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. Veolia Transport traded under

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880-433: The precursor to the wider deployment of ERTMS, under which several major lines would be equipped with the system, a process that would continue into the following decade. Throughout the late 2000s, the Administration adopted an increasingly customer-centric focus; this included the pursuit of ever-greater levels of reliability and punctuality while also making efforts to stop spiraling costs of major investment schemes. This

920-506: The resolution of disruption or addressing the causes of such. Accordingly, in 2004, the regional orientation was discarded in favour of focusing on individual journeys and modes of transport for evaluating punctuality and the corresponding improvement efforts. Furthermore, specially appointed train administrators became responsible for following up on, and drawing attention to, those trains that frequently had problems with punctuality while operators started specifying their own quality targets for

960-450: The rolling stock generally belonged to these regions, its operation was interchangeable from one operator to the next. Various private sector companies, such as the native company BK Tag and French-owned Connex , entered the train operator market; while Connex operated several major commuter services around Stockholm , BK Tag did not last long in the business. The Swedish State Railways was permitted to compete for these tenders as well; it

1000-643: The spring of 2013. Veolia Transport was one of the largest bus operators, operated also one regional railway line and one trolleybus network. Main acquisitions carried out (as Connex) in 2002–2004 ( ČSAD Ostrava, Třinec, Praha-Vršovice, Příbram, DP Teplice), smaller in 2005 (MAD Kolín), 2008 (Nerabus), 2010 (Spojbus) etc. In summer 2008, it changed its trademark from Connex to Veolia Transport. In 2004–2007, several times competed or offered for passenger railway transport, however have got no new job yet. Veolia Transport's more recent operations in East Asia were operated as

1040-631: The trains so that all parties could know when acceptable quality levels had been achieved. During 1997, the Administration launched the Swedish International Railway radio (SIR) project, being the first railway organisation in the world to do so and thus played a pioneering role in the field. Throughout much of the following decade, construction of the resultant MobiSIR (Mobiles in SIR) GSM-R radio communication network proceeded; by 2005, approximately 800 sites had been completed alongside

1080-437: The transport business. Compagnie générale française des transports et entreprises (CGFTE) was also acquired by CGE in the 1980s, was also absorbed into CGEA in 1988. CGE, the ultimate parent company, was later renamed to Vivendi in 1998, and created Vivendi Environnement in 1999 to consolidate its environmental divisions including the transport division. Vivendi Environnement was renamed Veolia Environnement in 2003. As

1120-686: Was a Swedish state administrative authority which acted as owner on behalf of the State and maintained virtually all main railway lines in Sweden ; except for short sidings for freight, heritage railways, the Stockholm Metro , local railways in the Stockholm area ( Roslagsbanan & Saltsjöbanan ), and the tramways in Gothenburg , Norrköping and Stockholm . Its headquarters was located in Borlänge . Banverket

1160-710: Was a part of the Swedish Rail Administration; it ceased to be following the formation of the Swedish Rail Agency ( Swedish : Järnvägsstyrelsen ) which took over its responsibilities. That agency was in turn incorporated into the newly formed Swedish Transport Agency ( Swedish : Transportstyrelsen ) in 2009. During 2010, the Swedish Government directed a merger with the Swedish Road Administration ( Swedish : Vägverket ) to create

1200-410: Was able to retain roughly 70 per cent of the tendered regional networks. The franchises for operating local lines typically last five years, although in some cases these lasted for as long as ten years. Competition in the regional rail market was pursued more rapidly than in the longer distance inter-regional routes; for a time, train travel between major city pairs such as Stockholm and Gothenburg ,

1240-486: Was effectively a monopoly held by the Swedish State Railways. By 2005, this arrangement had become politically controversial and the Swedish parliament hotly debated the issue that year autumn. Beyond the operations, various services such as train maintenance and overhauls was also partially privatised; the Swedish State Railways' X 2000 fleet of tilting trains was overhauled during the mid-2000s by Euromaint,

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1280-403: Was established on 1 January 1997 as CGEA Transport , created from the public transport business of Compagnie Générale d'Entreprises Automobiles (CGEA), which was a subsidiary of Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE). CGEA was previously acquired by CGE in 1980, and its waste management and environmental services division was already rebranded Onyx Environnement in 1989, leaving CGEA with only

1320-479: Was formed in 1988, when Swedish State Railways (Statens Järnvägar - SJ) was split in two parts, leaving SJ as mainly a train operator (both passenger and freight) and as a real estate owner, only to be split again in 2001. During 1988, Banverket was created, its functions having been previously carried out by the Swedish State Railways. The restructuring was a politically-driven move, Swedish politicians and industry officials having successfully advocated for adopting

1360-582: Was in part directed by the Swedish government as well as being the result of market changes and lessons learnt. The vast majority of its staff, approximately 1,530 people in 2007, belonged to the Operations Division, which delivered track access to the various operators along with various functions from planning to daily traffic management and maintenance. Prior to 2004, the Swedish Railway Inspectorate ( Swedish : Järnvägsinspektionen )

1400-562: Was passed on to Veolia Transdev , the buses in Modi'in were sold to Kavim in July 2013, while the rest were sold to Afikim in September 2013. Connex changed its name to the same as its French parent company's, Veolia , in January 2006. Branding on buses and trains was changed to reflect this position, with the exception of Connex Melbourne . Turnover for Australia was over A$ 635 million. With

1440-696: Was passed to VTRA upon the latter's creation in 2009. Connex operated the Bonifacio Transport Corporation in the Philippines in the early 2000s. It is unknown when exactly did Connex stop operating the bus services. Veolia operates buses in Israel under Veolia Transportation brand. It used to operate with both the Veolia Transportation brand and the Connex brand together in the late 2000s. They operate: In 2012, Denis Gasquet, Veolia's senior executive vice president, visited Israel, where

1480-497: Was reached that there would be significant gains compared with the then-present situation if a new agency responsible for long-term planning of the transport system for road, rail, maritime and air traffic was formed. Preparations started in the autumn of 2009, and the new authority began its work on 1 April 2010. It took over all operations of the Vägverket [road administration] and Banverket [rail administration], as well as parts of

1520-495: Was renamed and simplified to Transdev in 2013. In July 2011, amid disappointing financial results, Veolia Environnement announced the launch of new restructuring plans and redeployment of assets and businesses. In December 2011, Veolia announced a €5bn divestment program in 2012 and 2013. As part of this programme, Veolia would divest its participation in Transdev and exit the transport business altogether. In January 2019, Veolia sold

1560-414: Was sold in a management buyout and renamed Boreal Transport Norge AS . The new owners were Transport Management AS (1.4%) (the management) and Cube Norge AS (98.6%), a subsidiary of Cube Communications Infrastructure S.C.A. (Cube Infrastructure Fund) of Luxembourg . Veolia Transport Sverige AB has since been passed on to Transdev and is now known as Transdev Sverige AB since February 2015. As

1600-542: Was the North American business unit of Veolia Transport It has since been passed on to Transdev and renamed Transdev North America in 2014. In April 2005 Veolia were awarded the contract in York Region in suburban Toronto, Ontario, Canada running the bus rapid transit ( BRT ) naming the routes VIVA and joining with York Region Transit ( YRT ) as a one fare transit system. Veolia also operated transit services in

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