as transdev . for the company that operated as transdev from 1955 to 2011 see transdev historic . veolia transdev redirects here . for the company that operated as veolia transport until 2011 see veolia transport . type soci t anonyme industry public transport founded 3 march 2011 headquarters 36 38 avenue kl ber paris france key people jean marc janaillac chairman and ceo products bus tram metro owner caisse des d p ts et consignations 60 % veolia environnement 40 % 1 number of employees 83 000 2016 2 website www.transdev.com en transdev formerly veolia transdev is a french based international private public transport operator 3 with operations in 19 countries . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations in france 3 operations in benelux 3.1 netherlands 3.2 former operations 3.2.1 belgium 4 operations in north america 4.1 canada 4.1.1 other canadian operations 4.2 united states 4.2.1 former operations 5 operations in germany & central europe 5.1 germany 5.2 former operations 5.2.1 central europe 6 operations in the uk and northern europe 6.1 finland 6.2 ireland 6.3 sweden 6.4 united kingdom 6.4.1 former uk operations 7 operations in asia and the pacific 7.1 australia & new zealand 7.2 east asia 7.2.1 former operations 8 operations in southern europe 8.1 italy 8.2 portugal 8.3 spain 9 operations in the rest of the world 9.1 colombia 9.2 chile 9.3 morocco 9.4 former operations 9.4.1 israel light rail 9.4.2 israel buses 10 references 11 external links history edit lancashire united wright renown bodied volvo b10ble in preston in may 2013 the group was formed by the merger of veolia transport and transdev on 3 april 2011 . 4 veolia environnement and caisse des d p ts et consignations cdc had 50 % shareholdings . it was initially planned for the company to be sold by an initial public offering potentially accompanied by a rebranding within 12 months of the merger . 3 on 6 december 2011 veolia environment seeking to reduce debt and focus on its core businesses of water waste and energy announced a 5bn divestment program over 2012 13 that would include a sale of its share in veolia transdev within two years . 5 at the time of the announcement veolia transdev declared its intention to concentrate on four main markets france the netherlands germany united states to develop uk asia and australia and to divest from other countries and other activities amounting to about 9 10 % of global revenue in 2012 13 . after this announcement the caisse des d p ts et consignations for its part officially reiterated its commitment to veolia transdev and its continued support as a shareholder to the group s development . 6 in early 2012 it was reported that cube infrastructure a fund controlled by the french bank natixis groupe bpce was likely to acquire about half of veolia s stake in transdev . the caisse des d p ts would take over the other half . 7 this was not implemented but instead caisse des d p ts acquired 10 % of the shares from veolia in october 2012 . 1 following the sale of transdev subsidiary sncm in late 2015 cdc and veolia continued talks about selling veolia s stake in the joint venture . 8 in 2013 ceo j r me gallot confirmed veolia transdev would consolidate its operations down to 17 countries . 9 veolia transdev has since been renamed to simply transdev but it is important to note that this is a different entity to the transdev that veolia transport merged with in 2011 due to the partial ownership by veolia environnement and increased number of subsidiary operating companies as a result of that merger . transdev is organised into seven geographical areas strike through countries were former operations 10 france benelux netherlands belgium north america usa canada germany and central europe croatia poland czech republic serbia slovakia slovenia the uk and northern europe finland ireland sweden asia and the pacific australia china south korea india new zealand southern europe and the rest of the world chile colombia israel morocco portugal spain operations in france edit transdev s subsidiary soci t varoise de transports svt operates two lines of the bouches du rh ne district network since 1 january 2014 serving a population of more than one million inhabitants . 11 transdev owned 66 % of sncm a french ferry company operating in the mediterranean . however as of 2014 transdev was planning to sell its shares . 12 sncm was finally sold to a corsican firm rocca group in late 2015 and was renamed maritima ferries in january 2016 . 8 thello see italy section operates trains between italy and france ; transdev relinquishes its 33 % holding in 2016 . 13 in july 2015 transdev commenced operating 17 coach routes under the isilines brand to coincide with the deregulation of the french coach market . 14 15 operations in benelux edit netherlands edit main article connexxion main article veolia transport nederland transdev netherlands is made up of three operations connexxion veolia transport nederland and witte kruis . it was set up in december 2015 to group the three operations together under one brand after bringing connexxion and veolia transport nederland under one management earlier in may that year . 16 each operation continues to exist separately with its branding unchanged . 17 this arrangement was planned ever since the global rebranding of veolia transdev in 2013 . 18 connexxion is owned by transdev bng connexxion holding bv tbch a consortium between transdev 75 % as of 2012 bng bank 25 % as of 2012 and connexxion holding n.v. 19 20 the consortium used to own 66.7 % of shares until they bought the remaining 33.3 % of shares from the dutch state in february 2013 . 21 veolia transport nederland operates bus train and ferry services around netherlands since 1997 . witte kruis dutch for white cross is transdev s mobile care organization in netherlands . former operations edit belgium edit in belgium veolia transdev s operations were known as veolia transport belgium vtb . vtb was sold to a consortium consisting of cube infrastructure and gimv in march 2014 . 22 operations in north america edit transdev north america formerly veolia transportation until august september 2014 is the north american business unit of transdev . it operates a number of public transport services across the united states and canada . transdev north america s operations can be split into four divisions transit buses and paratransit rail trains and light rail on demand airport shuttles taxis private sedans and charter bus services and intelliride healthcare related transportation . 23 other north american operations inherited from the old transdev were never part of veolia transportation and therefore are not part of transdev north america . canada edit 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 . 24 york brt services l.p is the transdev north america canadian subsidiary responsible for operations in york region york region york region transit s vaughan routes and viva rapid transit purple orange green pink and blue routes other canadian operations edit transdev also operates limocar a coach operator in quebec canada . it was inherited from the old transdev and hence is not part of transdev north america operations . united states edit transdev north america us operations include 25 denver colorado regional transportation district rtd routes throughout the metro wide district . the contract has been renewed for a three year term from 2014 with two one year options . 26 las vegas paratransit service under contract to regional transportation commission of southern nevada rtc since early august 2014 27 arcadia ca approximately half of foothill transit s services since october 5 2014 contract awarded in july 2014 28 29 miami tri rail a train system contact won in 2007 by veolia transportation in the miami metropolitan area of florida napa county california vine transit 30 nassau county new york nassau inter county express formerly mta long island bus since january 1 2012 31 phoenix arizona valley metro bus redding redding area bus authority . the contract has been extended for another 2 years from july 1 2014 . 32 san diego san diego metropolitan transit system bus routes and the sprinter dmu light rail system san francisco manages 20 independent providers to operate paratransit services on behalf of the san francisco municipal transportation agency sfmta . former operations edit boston veolia transportation operated the mbta s regional commuter rail operations in conjunction with bombardier transportation and alternate concepts inc. 33 as the massachusetts bay commuter railroad mbcr until 30 june 2014 . mbcr lost the bid for the contract in 2013 and keolis the successful bidder for the contract took over operations on 1 july 2014 . operations in germany & central europe edit germany edit main article transdev germany transdev gmbh operates buses and trains in germany . it was renamed from veolia verkehr gmbh in march 2015 . 34 former operations edit central europe edit main article veolia transport central europe in central europe veolia transdev s operations were known as veolia transport central europe gmbh vtce and included operations in czech republic slovakia poland and serbia . they were sold to arriva in may 2013 . 35 36 operations in the uk and northern europe edit finland edit transdev operates in finland as transdev finland oy . it was rebranded from veolia transport finland oy on 5 february 2015 . 37 ireland edit luas tram in dublin transdev operates dublin s luas tram system . transdev ireland was renamed from veolia transport ireland in may 2013 . 38 sweden edit transdev known as transdev sverige ab operates a number of subsidiaries in sweden . the company was rebranded from veolia transport sverige ab on 2 february 2015 . 39 its subsidiaries are 40 bussakuten flygbussarna airport coaches which operates coach services between sweden s largest airports and the surrounding towns & cities or charter services around sweden . they also operates a few coaches to to various ferry terminals . norrk ping transdev operates the norrk ping tramway on behalf of stg tatrafiken . people travel group sn llt get an operator which runs long distance trains from malm to stockholm and uppsala 41 in the winter season going further on to re and the long distance train from malm to berlin with train ferry via trelleborg to sassnitz in the summer season . 42 styrs bolaget a ferry company in gothenburg which operates the cross river ferries lvsnabben as well as the ferries to the south archipelago . transdev also operates some local city bus networks or interurban lines on contract to the local authorities v sttrafik . transdev also won the tender to operate bus services in ume from 13 june 2016 . 43 ceased contracts stockholm until april 2012 veolia transport now transdev was running three tram networks liding banan nockebybanan and tv rbanan and a local railway saltsj banan in the city on behalf of sl . united kingdom edit transdev in burnley & pendle wright eclipse gemini 2 bodied volvo b9tl in manchester in november 2013 in the united kingdom transdev operates transdev blazefield green tomato cars trident niven black car service cabfind.com and holds an 18 % shareholding in nottingham city transport . 44 transdev blazefield is a bus group with operations in yorkshire and lancashire . it has five operating subsidiaries 45 blackburn bus company harrogate bus company keighley bus company transdev in burnley & pendle yorkshire coastliner transdev owns three car services in london . green tomato cars is an environmentally friendly passenger car service in london and was established in 2006 . 44 46 trident niven acquired in december 2012 is a london based private